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| Type | Public university |
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| Active | 2018–July 2023; 2 years ago (2023-07) |
| Chancellor | Sophie Zdatny |
| President | Mike Smith |
| Students | 1,145 (Johnson), 1,057 (Lyndon)[1] |
| Undergraduates | 856 (Johnson), 1,011 (Lyndon) |
| Postgraduates | 289 (Johnson), 46 (Lyndon) |
| Location | , Vermont ,United States |
| Campus | Johnson:Rural village, 350 acres (1.4 km2) 1,000 acres (4 km²) (nature preserve) Lyndon:Rural 195 acres (0.79 km2) |
| Successor | Vermont State University |
| Nickname | Badgers (Johnson) Hornets (Lyndon) |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division III –NAC |
| Website | northernvermont.edu |
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Northern Vermont University (NVU) was apublic university inJohnson andLyndon, Vermont, United States. It was established in 2018 by the unification of the formerJohnson State College andLyndon State College.[2] The university offered over 50Bachelor's degree programs andMaster's degree programs. On July 1, 2023, its two locations became campuses of the newly formedVermont State University.
In September 2016, the Vermont State Colleges board of trustees voted to unifyLyndon State College withJohnson State College, located roughly 50 miles apart.[3] The new combined institution was named Northern Vermont University, and JSC President Elaine Collins was named as NVU's first president to oversee the consolidation of both campus into the new university.[4][5] The merger became effective on July 1, 2018, and ended over 100 years of the two colleges' existence as separate institutions, although the combined university remained public and under the Vermont State College system.
For many years, the Vermont public colleges have experienced financial stress and chronic underfunding. Exacerbated byCOVID-19, in April 2020,Vermont State Colleges system Chancellor Jeb Spaulding recommended closing Northern Vermont University as well asVermont Technical College. Under the proposal, which faculty, staff and others protested,[6] some of the NVU academic programs would move to another public state college,Castleton University.
Due to ongoing financial challenges and low enrollment in theVermont State Colleges, Northern Vermont University merged withCastleton University andVermont Technical College to formVermont State University which officially launched on July 1, 2023.[7]
The Vail Center has classrooms and teachers' offices, especially English, mathematics, and education. It also contains the Vail Museum,[10] mail room[11] and The Hornet's Nest, the campus snack bar.[12] The science wing contains classrooms and laboratories. There is a television wing for the television studies and is home to News 7, Lyndon's daily live broadcast facility.[13] It also contains the smallAlexander Twilight Theater.[14]
The Samuel Read Hall Library & Academic Center (LAC) contains classrooms, a 24-hour computer lab, and the three-floorSamuel Read Hall Library.[15] There is a large pond adjacent to the library.
The Harvey Academic Center (HAC) is located at the center of campus, and houses offices and classrooms for arts and outdoors classes.[16][17] The Center also hosts the Quimby Gallery, a small regional art gallery named after alumnus Susan Quimby.[18]
The Academic and Student Activity Center (ASAC) is on the western side of campus, and houses science and business classrooms, along with the Moore Community Room and the university's weather station.[19]
Veteran's Park is a small grassy common area in the center of campus dedicated to alumni and current students who served or are serving in the armed forces. Multiple walkways surround the park.[20]
The SHAPE Center is Lyndon's fitness center, containing multiple fitness-related rooms.[21] The George W. Stannard Gymnasium is the primary gymnasium for sporting events, with a seating capacity of 1,500.[22] The smaller Rita L. Bole Gymnasium is primarily used for intramural athletics and exercise science classes, as it has no permanent seating.[23] The SHAPE Center also contains a swimming pool,[24] fitness center,[25] racquetball court, and rock climbing wall.[26]
On the north side of the campus across from the baseball fields is the Brown House, the university's health and counseling center.[27] The Brown House also houses Lyndon Rescue, Inc., a regional ambulance service that evolved from the Lyndon State Rescue Squad, a former club formed in 1972.[28]
The Gray House is a special residential opportunity, currently for those performing service to the community.
Half of the student population lives on campus in one of the nine residence halls. The Stonehenge residence hall complex is located on the southern end of campus, and consists of six residence halls: Whitelaw/Crevecoeur (first-year students), Arnold/Bayley, and Poland/Rogers. They are clustered around a central courtyard and shaped in a circle, hence the nickname "Stonehenge." Wheelock is a residence hall that is located in the center of campus. Rita Bole is the newest of the residence halls, which features apartment-style living for upperclassmen.[29] The ninth hall, Gray House, is a living-learning community dedicated to performing community service on campus and in the local area.
Johnson State College teams participated as a member of theNational Collegiate Athletic Association'sDivision III, being a member of theNorth Atlantic Conference (NAC).
Men's sports included basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, track & field, and volleyball. Women's sports include basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis, triathlon, track & field, and volleyball. In 2018, women's triathlon was added to the varsity sports roster, representing the only NCAA institution in New England to carry women's triathlon as a varsity sport.
The Lyndon State Hornets are a member of theNCAA, and compete on theDivision III level in theNorth Atlantic Conference.
LSC had 12 NCAA sponsored teams, which included baseball, basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball. LSC also had five club teams, men's sice hockey, men's and women's rugby, frisbee and dance.
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