News and Announcements Stay up to date with the most recent updates to HR policies and stories about your colleagues. HR Stories 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... 05/13/2025 Meet Caylin McCamp, 2024 President’s Our Common Ground Winner Looking out the windows of theOffice of Sustainability on the first floor of Marsh Hall is a... 04/16/2025 Meet Corinne Thompson, UVM’s Official Record Keeper Corinne Thompson arguably knows the University of Vermont better than anyone.She has spent the past... HR Announcements 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... 01/30/2026 2025 Total Reward Statements Now Available in PeopleSoft Benefits eligible employees can now find 2025 Total Rewards statements in the PeopleSoft HR... 01/22/2026 Annual Preventing Harassment and Discrimination Training to Launch January 28 The UVM Office of Equal Opportunity is issuing the annual refresher course entitled “Preventing... 01/13/2026 Announcing Updated Staff Performance Evaluation Process After a year of thoughtfully engaging with staff members and leaders, the University of Vermont has... 11/21/2025 Search for UVM's Next CHRO is Underway Dear Colleagues,I am writing to announce the launch of the search for UVM’s next Chief Human...