01/17/2025

Comprehensive Inclusive Excellence Action Plan available

In previous communications, we shared content and updates surrounding the university’s Comprehensive Inclusive Excellence Action Plan (IEAP). We are very pleased to follow up on those with this announcement that...

01/13/2025

Welcome back, Catamounts!

Dear Catamounts, Welcome back to campus! Please take a few moments to view this video message and share in my excitement and enthusiasm for the promising semester ahead. Warmly, Patty Prelock ...

01/10/2025

Vice President Richard Cate to retire in June

Dear UVM community, I am writing to share with you the bittersweet news that Vice President for Finance and Administration Richard Cate will retire from the University of Vermont effective June 27, 2025. Richard’s 17 years of exemplary service to UVM have been an...

01/09/2025

Welcome back, faculty and staff

Dear faculty and staff, Welcome back to campus! I hope that you all had a restful and restorative break and got to enjoy time with friends and family while celebrating the holidays. Please know that I appreciate all the hard work each of you put in to help make UVM the special place...

12/05/2024

Season's Greetings from UVM!

Dear Catamount community, Sending you warm wishes of peace and health for people and planet this holiday season. With gratitude and joy, Patty Prelock Interim President

11/25/2024

A message of gratitude from Interim President Patricia Prelock

As we begin the holiday season, I wanted to offer my gratitude for you and for the privilege and honor it is to serve our beloved institution. This Thursday, many of us will be sharing a Thanksgiving meal together with family and friends. Others will be taking the time to rest and prepare for...

10/30/2024

Free speech, Our Common Ground, and the upcoming election

Dear students, faculty, and staff, Yesterday, as part of our Presidential Lecture Series, we had the privilege of hearing Nadine Strossen share her perspective in the annual George Aiken lecture. Her presentation, titled Hate: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not...

10/22/2024

Call for nominations: The 2025 Presidential Leadership Fellows

Dear students, faculty, and staff, We are pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2025 Presidential Leadership Fellows. Current UVM sophomores and juniors are eligible for selection. During the spring 2025 semester, Fellows will join us for a series of conversations on...

10/04/2024

A message from Interim President Patricia Prelock

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff, What an incredible September we had, with weather that is so uniquely Vermont! A vibrant UVM Weekend capped off the month with alumni and families visiting their students’ academic programs and faculty, attending athletic events, and relishing all that...

09/16/2024

Appointment of Acting Provost During Leadership Transition

We are pleased to announce that the Board of Trustees approved today the appointment of Linda Schadler to serve as acting provost for the university. Her appointment begins October 1, coinciding with President Garimella’s departure for a new role and the start of Provost Prelock’s appointment as...

09/16/2024

A Heartfelt Farewell

Dear UVM community, Even before I arrived as president at UVM, I marveled at the charm and mystique of this special place. And as we have come to know each other over the past five years, any mystery about the source of that...

08/26/2024

Welcome to the 2024-25 academic year

Dear students, Welcome to the 2024–25 academic year! The past week has been a busy one with students returning from UVM GO and UVM TREK experiences, the successful move-in of thousands of residence hall students, and the new student convocation and candlelight induction...

08/21/2024

Announcing the President's Our Common Ground Staff Award recipients for 2024

I am delighted to announce the recipients of the 2024 President’s Our Common Ground Staff Award. This award recognizes staff members who exemplify the qualities of the University of Vermont’s Our Common Ground, the...

08/01/2024

UVM 2023-24: A Year of Gaining Velocity

Dear UVM community, The 2023-24 academic year was especially extraordinary. As I reflect on the past five years as president of this great institution, I note with pride that we are gaining velocity in the many ways that we achieve...

06/07/2024

Transition news regarding the General Counsel

Dear Colleagues, After nearly two years of devoted service as Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel, our friend Trent Klingerman shared with me his decision to return to the private practice of law in his home state of Indiana, beginning mid-July. Trent has...

05/21/2024

Celebrating the Class of 2024

Dear members of the UVM community, Our 223rd Commencement was a remarkable success with perfect weather, high spirits, and the largest crowd attending in recent memory. I am grateful for the part played by so many students, faculty, and staff who participated and who worked to...

05/20/2024

President Garimella's Remarks at UVM Commencement 2024

Greetings on this beautiful morning! Welcome, everyone, to the UVM campus—members of the board of trustees, university leaders, faculty members, distinguished guests, family and friends, and of course every one of you who will receive a degree today.  You, your achievements, and...

05/03/2024

A Message from President Suresh Garimella

Dear UVM campus community, As we enter the final week of what has been a challenging academic year, I am reaching out to you with three messages. First, I want our students to know that I see and hear you. I see you mourn for lives lost in Israel and Gaza. I hear your...

02/01/2024

Our Common Ground staff award nominations

Dear UVM community, I am pleased to announce the call for nominations for the Our Common Ground staff award. The award recognizes staff members who have made extraordinary contributions to our university and who exemplify the values expressed in...

01/11/2024

UVM Mourns the Passing of Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne

Last weekend, we received the sad news that our colleague, Research Assistant Professor Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne, died suddenly while cross-country skiing in Craftsbury. Our hearts are heavy thinking of Jarlath’s beautiful family and all his colleagues in the Rubenstein School, the Spatial Analysis...

01/11/2024

Bouchey to Lead Professional and Continuing Education at UVM

Bettyjo Bouchey has been appointed Chief Officer for Professional and Continuing Education (PACE) at the University of Vermont, bringing nearly two decades of higher education experience to the state’s flagship land-grant university and its innovative PACE...

12/08/2023

Season's Greeting from University of Vermont

Dear campus community and Catamount families, I’m pleased to share our 2023 holiday message,...

11/26/2023

Shooting incident on North Prospect Street, November 25

Dear students, faculty, and staff, We are saddened by reports of a shooting at approximately 6:30 pm last night on Prospect Street in Burlington near UVM, injuring three out-of-state visitors. Currently, we have no indication of a connection to the university community, but the...

10/10/2023

Reflecting on the tragedy in Israel and Gaza

Dear campus family, Saturday’s horrific violence targeting Israeli civilians and the turmoil, anguish, and destruction that have followed leave us heartbroken and deeply concerned. Acts of terrorism can never be justified. Many among our community have family, friends, and loved ones...

10/03/2023

Call for nominations: The 2024 Presidential Leadership Fellows

Dear faculty, staff, and students, We are pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2024 Presidential Leadership Fellows. Current UVM sophomores and juniors are eligible for selection. During the spring 2024 semester, Fellows will join us for a series of conversations on...