News and Announcements Stay up to date with the most recent updates to HR policies and stories about your colleagues. HR Stories 04/02/2026 Turning Values into Action with Sharon Mone, 2025 Our Common Ground Staff Award Recipient When the director of UVM’s newly formed Office of Accessibility Services (OAS) Sharon Mone talks... 02/16/2026 Gail Shampnois: Bridging Campus and Community Speak to anyone who knows Gail Shampnois well, and the word “relationship” will always come up.... 01/29/2026 Lori Durieux: The Definition of Professionalism We all know those people who consistently make our days better. Lori Durieux is one of them.As... 01/22/2026 Barbara Stewart: A Quiet Force for Our Common Ground When Barbara Stewart retired on January 15, after more than five years at UVM, she left behind a... 12/09/2025 Our 2025 Employee Wellness Champion: Inspired to "Reclaim" Haydee Miranda's journey is a powerful example of how wellness can transform both personal and... 12/08/2025 Meet Tim Bilodeau, 2025 Our Common Ground Recipient Tim Bilodeau’s very first day on the job with campus police at the University of Vermont –... 09/22/2025 2025 Presidential Our Common Ground Staff Award Recipients Announced On Thursday, September 19, President Marlene Tromp announced the recipients of the... 07/30/2025 Cultivating a Heart-centered Team At University of Vermont, V. Ernesto Méndez is doing more than leading important work in... 07/28/2025 Meet Lisa McCrae, 2024 Our Common Ground Winner If you think business operations is all about prioritizing process over people, then you haven’t... 06/23/2025 Building Common Ground with Dave Blatchly, 2024 Presidential Staff Award Recipient When Dave Blatchly took a temporary job at the University of Vermont after receiving a mechanical... HR Announcements 04/20/2026 Enhanced Emergency Communication Features for UVM Employees The University of Vermont is pleased to announce new features in PeopleSoft to help make emergency... 04/08/2026 HR Talent Team to Launch Peer Mentor Program The Human Resources Talen Team will be piloting a peer mentorship program designed to strengthen... 03/30/2026 Goal Setting Opens May 1 for the 2026 Performance Evaluation The goal setting portion of the 2026 Performance Evaluation will open in PeopleSoft's... 02/20/2026 1095-C Documents Available Upon Request Due to recent legislation and the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act, 1095-C documents will no longer... 02/10/2026 Announcing Inaugural AI Academy The University of Vermont will be hosting its first AI Academy on March 4, 2026, a day filled with...
