News and Announcements Stay up to date with the most recent updates to HR policies and stories about your colleagues. HR Stories 11/19/2024 Got Sustainability? UVM Researchers Test Ways to Green-Up Dairy Farming Joshua Faulkner squats in a corn field, scooping out the insides of a hole. He holds a handful of... 10/03/2024 Dr. Marie C. Vea Receives Award for Inclusive Excellence Dr. Marie C. Vea was honored with the 2024 Dr. H. Lawrence McCrorey Award for Inclusive Excellence... 09/30/2024 Transformative Social Work Attracts New Faculty to UVM Inspired by a distinctive focus on transformative social work practice, a group of accomplished... 08/15/2024 2023 Our Common Ground Staff Award recipient Ann Kroll Lerner broadens pathways to undergraduate research With a background in anthropology and archeology, Ann is interested in the way groups of humans... 07/29/2024 A new day with Francis Churchill, 2023 Our Common Ground Staff Award winner Francis Churchill has worked in the same office off Spear Street since 1993 and every spring, he... 06/21/2024 Meet Mary “Penni” French, Our Common Ground Staff Awardee and Committed Problem-Solver Mary “Penni” French has worked as an academic office coordinator for the computer science... 06/03/2024 Our Common Ground Staff Award winner Michael Hill, Jr.: Meeting students where they are at The reception room in the Center for Health and Wellbeing/Living Well space in the Davis Center has... 05/15/2024 Transformative Social Work Book Depicts the Power of Curiosity, Mindfulness and Change After packing her bags in whirwhind, Danielle Jatlow flew to Florida to visit her ailing... 04/05/2024 Meet Tammy Bender, President’s Our Common Ground Staff Award winner Sometimes, Tammy Bender is an academic advisor, helping students choose classes for an upcoming... 03/26/2024 Meet Jean Evans, President's Our Common Ground Staff Award winner For Jean Evans, the University of Vermont is not just a job – it’s a family tradition. Her... HR Announcements 03/04/2025 University Hiring Pause The following memo was shared with UVM Deans, Directors, and Department Chairs on Tuesday, March 4,... 03/04/2025 Announcing UVM Cares: An Enhancement to UVM's Medical Coverage As part of our commitment to providing the best possible coverage for our benefit-eligible... 01/17/2025 Discrimination and Harassment Training Goes Live this Week The UVM Office of Equal Opportunity is issuing the annual refresher course entitled “Preventing... 01/08/2025 Medical Insurance Card Notice UVM Human Resources recently learned that our medical insurance provider, Blue Cross Blue Shield of... 12/16/2024 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Information Review & Update The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires employers to request employees to verify or submit the...