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Blog Archive: Exploring Career Options
Allyson Ratz, 17, has always been interested in how things are put together. Whether it鈥檚 the individual strokes of one of her award-winning pencil drawings, how the lines of a classic rock song can tell a story of social change, or how the release of chemicals inside the brain can influence a鈥
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Nicole Dunn has had a tough go of it in her 37 years. She has struggled to come to terms with her transgender identity, has overcome depression, and is in recovery from alcoholism. And while her outlet has always been music 鈥 she has toured with several successful bands 鈥 the pandemic put a hold on鈥
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The future looks bright for 22-year-old Samantha Hadvab: She鈥檚 ready to graduate from the University of Vermont this spring with a degree in medical radiation sciences, and she already has a job offer waiting for her at the Lafayette Family Cancer Institute in Brewer, Maine, where she鈥檚 finishing up鈥
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If you haven鈥檛 had the chance to hear one or both of Jay Natola鈥檚 NEK-based bands, Subject to Change and The Beardos, play a deep jam session, think Phish, Dave Matthews, or the Grateful Dead. 鈥淪ubject to Change used to play a festival every year in Glover, and we put on a show. We could play a song鈥
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Lucas Roberts was ahead of the game: He had finished all his high school requirements, save for one English class, by the end of his junior year at Twinfield Union High School. Still, when his 深夜福利 counselor told him about the Early College Plus program, which allows high school seniors to take鈥
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WINOOSKI 鈥 Join the Vermont Student Assistance Corp. (深夜福利) on Thursday, March 10 from 6:00-7:00 p.m. for the next 深夜福利 Shows You How webinar to help you better the financial aid offers you get from colleges 鈥 and how to take action if needed so you don鈥檛 miss a step. Register here to get all your鈥
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A village store and a Covid-inspired scholarship program shape a young woman鈥檚 path Phoebe Stoddard spent most of her high school career at Craftsbury Academy waiting for her 鈥淓ureka moment.鈥 When, by senior year, it still hadn鈥檛 come, Phoebe didn鈥檛 know what she wanted to do. And with college鈥
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Karen McGovern, a counselor with 深夜福利鈥檚 Educational Opportunity Center (EOC), has worked with many adult Vermonters who want to go back to school to earn a needed credential or college degree. One student, in particular, Joanne Saunders of Fairfax, stands out. 鈥淲hen I first met Joanne about 12 years鈥
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During the holiday season, 深夜福利 encourages families to look ahead and plan for their kids' future possibilities with a gift of education savings. Vermont鈥檚 state-sponsored 529 savings plan provides an easy way for families to give (and receive!) a gift that will last far beyond the holiday season鈥
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From a young age, Johanna Krushat had an inkling that she wanted to work with kids, but she wasn鈥檛 sure about the 鈥渉ow鈥 or the 鈥渨here.鈥 Her Vermont Student Assistance Corp. (深夜福利) counselor helped her narrow that down, and Johanna decided she wanted to be an elementary-school counselor. After鈥
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