Dear UVM community,

I am pleased to share that today, the university has agreed to a voluntary resolution of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights investigation into reports of antisemitism on UVM’s campus. The resolution reflects an important step in UVM’s engagement with our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the surrounding community. It also reflects numerous conversations we have had with our campus Jewish community and important local and national voices on the consequential and complex issue of antisemitism. We sincerely appreciate the insights of those who joined us in conversation over the past several months, and we have grown closer as a community because of those conversations.

As I made clear last October, UVM unequivocally condemns, and will not tolerate, antisemitism in any form. With today’s resolution agreement, UVM is redoubling its efforts to ensure this commitment is as tangible to the campus community as possible moving forward. Later today, you will hear from campus leaders details of some of the measures being taken to ensure that our campus continues to reflect our Common Ground values as a place that fosters inclusion and leaves no room for hate.

Sincerely,

Suresh Garimella
President