Vermont Technical College
Template:This article is about Template:Short description {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other{{#if:|Template:Main other }}{{#if:|Template:Main other }}{{#if:|Template:Main other }}{{#invoke:check for unknown parameters|check |unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox university with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y | academic_affiliation | academic_affiliations | academic_staff | accreditation | address | administrative_staff | affiliation | affiliations | athletics_affiliations | athletics_nickname | athletics_nicknames | budget | campus | campus_type | campus_size | canton | caption | chair | chairman | chairperson | chancellor | city | closed | colors | colours | coor | coordinates | country | dean | director | doctoral | embedded | endowment | enrollment | established | faculty | footnotes | former_name | former_names | founder | founders | free | free1 | free2 | free_label | free_label1 | free_label2 | head | head_label | image | image_alt | image_name | image_size | image_upright | language | latin_name | location | logo | logo_alt | logo_size | logo_upright | map_size | mascot | mascots | module | motto | mottoeng | motto_lang | mottoeng | name | native_name | native_name_lang | nickname | nrhp | officer_in_charge | other | other_name | other_names | other_students | parent | postalcode | postcode | postgrad | prefecture | president | principal | province | provost | pushpin_label_position | pushpin_map | pushpin_map_caption | rector | region | religious_affiliation | sporting_affiliations | sports_free | sports_free1 | sports_free2 | sports_free3 | sports_free_label | sports_free_label1 | sports_free_label2 | sports_free_label3 | sports_nickname | sports_nicknames | state | students | superintendent | top_free | top_free1 | top_free2 | top_free_label | top_free_label1 | top_free_label2 | total_staff | type | undergrad | vice_chancellor | vice-president | vice_president | visitor | website | zipcode }}{{#invoke:Check for clobbered parameters|check | template = Infobox university | cat = Template:Main other | image; image_name | other_names; other_name | former_names; former_name | founders; founder | academic_affiliations; academic_affiliation | academic_staff; faculty | campus_type; campus | other_students; other | location; address | location; city | location; address | location; canton | location; prefecture | location; province | location; region | location; state | location; country | location; postalcode | location; postcode | location; zipcode | postalcode; postcode; zipcode | coordinates; coor | colors; colours | free_label; free_label1 | free; free1 | athletics_nicknames; sports_nicknames; athletics_nickname; sports_nickname; nickname | athletics_affiliations; sporting_affiliations | affiliation; affiliations | mascots; mascot | nrhp; embedded; module }} Vermont Technical College (Vermont Tech or VTC) was a public technical college in Vermont. Its main residential campuses were located in Randolph Center and Williston. In addition, there were regional campuses distance sites, and nursing campuses in locations throughout the state.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Founded in 1866 as the Randolph Normal School, the mission of the school evolved through time, finally becoming a technical institute in 1957.<ref name="Herald2" /> On July 1, 2023, VTC merged with Northern Vermont University and Castleton University to become Vermont State University.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
HistoryEdit
In 1806, the Vermont House of Representatives passed a law creating the Orange County Grammar School in Randolph.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The school provided education through the high school grades and by the 1850s its state mandate had expanded to include teacher training.<ref name="Harris">Template:Cite book</ref> In 1866, Edward Conant, the principal of the Orange County Grammar School, expanded its course offerings to make it a full-fledged normal school for the education and training of teachers.<ref name="Harris" /> Later that year, the Vermont General Assembly passed legislation making the change official, and the school became the Randolph Normal School.<ref name="Harris" />
In 1910, the Randolph Normal School was selected by the legislature as the location for the Vermont School of Agriculture.<ref name="Praeger">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Herald2">Template:Cite news</ref> In 1957, technical courses were added to the curriculum, and the Vermont School of Agriculture was renamed the Vermont Agriculture and Technical Institute (VATI).<ref name="Praeger" /><ref name="Herald2" /> In 1962, VATI was authorized by the state to award associate degrees and became Vermont Technical College (VTC).<ref name="Praeger" /><ref name="Herald2" /> VTC began awarding bachelor's degrees in 1993 and master's degrees in 2015.<ref name="Herald2" />
For many years, the Vermont public colleges have experienced financial stress and chronic underfunding.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Exacerbated by COVID-19, in April 2020, Vermont State Colleges system Chancellor Jeb Spaulding recommended closing the Vermont Technical College residential campus in Randolph as well as all operations/campuses of Northern Vermont University. Under the proposal, some of the Vermont Tech academic programs would be consolidated in Williston.<ref name="Lindholm">Template:Cite news</ref> The proposal was abandoned after public opposition, with the Vermont State Colleges instead announcing it would merge its four-year schools as Vermont State University.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
AcademicsEdit
VTC offered bachelor's, master's, and associate degrees.<ref name="Programs">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Its five schools included: Agriculture, Plant, & Animal Sciences; Engineering & Computing; General Education; Nursing & Health Professions; and Professional Studies & Management.<ref name="Programs"/> The schools offered degrees in over 50 majors.<ref name="Programs"/>
AthleticsEdit
Template:See also The Vermont Tech athletic teams are called the Knights. The college is a member of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), primarily competing in the Yankee Small College Conference (YSCC) since the 2011–12 academic year.<ref name="Athletic">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Knights previously competed in the Sunrise Athletic Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 2006–07 to 2010–11.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The Vermont State University Randolph Knights continue to play as of 2023.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Student lifeEdit
Student radio stationEdit
WVTC, Vermont Tech's 300-watt fully licensed radio station, broadcasts online and locally at 90.7 FM.<ref name="Hill">Template:Cite news</ref> The station is located at Morey Hall on VTC's Randolph Center campus.<ref name="Hill" /> WVTC is operated and maintained by the students of VTC through the school's Radio Club, and is financially supported by VTC Student Council.<ref name="Hill" />
CubeSat labEdit
The Vermont Tech CubeSat Lab launched its first satellite, the Vermont Lunar CubeSat, a 1U CubeSat on November 19, 2013.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Intended to orbit for three to five years, the satellite was fully functional until reentry on November 21, 2015.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Vermont Tech's CubeSat was the first successful satellite launched by a New England college or university.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Vermont Tech subsequently aided in developing the flight software for the Lunar IceCube, a satellite intended for deployment as part of the NASA Space Launch System's first flight in 2022.<ref name="CubeSat Laboratory">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Notable peopleEdit
AlumniEdit
- Charles Bayley Adams, Randolph Normal School graduate who served as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.<ref name="Herald">Template:Cite news</ref>
- Berthold C. Coburn, member of the Vermont House of Representatives, Democratic nominee for governor in 1946<ref name="FreePress">Template:Cite news</ref>
- Harry H. Cooley, Secretary of State of Vermont, Vermont School of Agriculture graduate (1913) and faculty member.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Alexander Dunnett, Randolph Normal School graduate who served as US Attorney for Vermont, President of the Vermont Bar Association, a member of the Vermont Senate, and Caledonia County State's Attorney.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Eugene Frederick Ladd, 1877 Randolph Normal School graduate who served as a brigadier general in the United States Army<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- William B. Mayo, 1874 State Normal School graduate who became a prominent medical doctor, businessman, and state legislator in Northfield, Vermont<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Norman H. McAllister, member of the Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont Senate<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Robert A. Starr, member of the Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont Senate<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Larry Townsend, member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Randolph<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Faculty and administratorsEdit
- Abel E. Leavenworth, Union Army veteran of the American Civil War; principal of the normal schools that are now Vermont Technical College and Castleton State College, as well as Bolivar Academy in Bolivar, Missouri.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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