Brand New Institutes Will Join GIV Family!Vermont’s young people will have more extraordinary summer study opportunities than ever next year. Thanks to a three-year grant from the Canaday Family Charitable Trust, the Governor’s Institutes is partnering with some of our state’s biggest names in their fields to launch:

• The Governor’s Institute on Astronomy, an outgrowth of our two-year-old teaching collaboration with the Northeast Kingdom Astronomy Foundation, and

• The Governor’s Institute for Young Writers with the Master’s in Fine Arts program at Bennington College.

Handpicked for the excellence of their faculty and presenters and ability to match students with extraordinary resources, each Institute will accept up to 24 students in its inaugural year for a weeklong, residential immersion in his or her chosen topic.

This brings GIV’s summer Institutes to ten and the number of students we’ll serve next summer close to 500! If you know of interested 9th–12th graders, don’t wait to tell them. The more in advance they plan, the more they’ll enjoy that rush of anticipation.

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2015 AchievementsEnrollment:

Summer: 428 Winter: 102 Total: 530

Student Demographics:52% female, 48% male

Number of Institutes: 10

Institute Topics: Arts; Asian Cultures; Current Issues & Youth Activism; Engineering; Environmental Science & Technology; Information Technology & Digital Media; Mathematical Sciences; Entrepreneurship; Multidisciplinary Winter Weekends

Referring Schools:76 Vermont high schools 2 other schools (VT residents) 4 homeschools

Scholarships: 379 students paid less than full price due to financial need. 74 students received EPSCoR incentive grants.

Scholarship Total: $356,752

Average Summer Scholarship:$990

College Campuses: 7Castleton State College, Champlain College, Goddard College, Marlboro College, School for International Training, University of Vermont, Vermont Technical College

WINTER WEEKENDS!

Coming in February — featuring Astronomy, Biomedical, Actors’ Work-shop, Writing & more! Apply online starting Dec. 10 at www.giv.org/apply.

Quick Action Helps Save GIV FundingThe Governor’s Institutes had a shock this spring when its name appeared on a list of cuts being considered at the Statehouse. Although the state funding accounts for only 1/5 of GIV’s budget, it enables the scholarship program that ensures that talent is never excluded due to family income. Nearly one in five GIV participants has a family income below $25K and pays only $10 or $20 to attend.

Fortunately, Governor Shumlin and Secretary of Education Rebecca Holcombe both recognize the impact of GIV, especially for the state’s most rural teenagers, and advocated strongly against the cut. GIV alumni and parents also poured out to tell their story at the Statehouse and sign a petition that gained 1200 signatures in 5 days. Engineering alum Jonathan Leitschuh testified to the House Education Committee that GIV directed him towards a future as an engineer and gave him self-esteem and social confidence. Numerous legislators and educators who had personally seen GIV transform their childrens’, grandchildrens’, students’ or neighbors’ lives also spoke up. The result? GIV retained full funding and was able to serve all students with need in 2015.

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Board of TrusteesGovernor Peter Shumlin, Honorary ChairNancy Burzon, LandgroveJenny Carter, RandolphDon Collins, Swanton Andrea Diehl, North BenningtonAllen “Chip” Evans, MiddlesexJim Feinson, RichmondEd Flynn, CharlotteMegan Mayhew Bergman, ShaftsburyDavid Porteous, BurlingtonElizabeth Sightler, BurlingtonBob Turnau, CharlotteRichard Wizansky, GuilfordWoody Woodworth, Brattleboro

Honorary TrusteesMadeleine KuninEllen LovellBonnie Reid MartinKathy White

Ex Officio membersStephan Morse, Chair State Board of EducationIrwin Gelber, Chair Vermont Arts Council

Executive DirectorKaren Taylor Mitchell

Institute DirectorsArts: Elizabeth FrascoiaAsian Cultures: Brian NelliganCurrent Issues: John Ungerleider and

Simon NortonEngineering: Andrea PearceInformation Technology and Digital

Media: Coberlin Brownell and Shannon Walters

Mathematical Sciences: Sheila Weaver and Kevin Beard

Environmental Science and Technology: Paul Bierman and Christine Massey

Special Topics: Entrepreneurship: Laurel Butler

“I was a first generation college student — none of my family had gone to college. GIV was the best prep for college I could have done.”

– Jason Williams, Senior Government Relations Strategist,

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Dear Friends of GIV – If GIV makes you think of high achievers, you’re not alone. On every page of this issue, you’ll find inspired teachers and young people reaching to improve themselves and the world around them.

But the high achievement at GIV does not begin and end within the Institutes. The community of friends that supports GIV achieves such amazing things! Consider this: just this year, we’ve removed the geographic and monetary barriers for hundreds of Vermont teenagers unable to pursue their intellectual and artistic passions, instead serving them up a richness of resources other states envy. Over the longer term, we’ve provided more than ten thousand students the skills, self-confidence, social confidence, peer support and career pathways to transform lives and attain big dreams.

So many GIV achievers deserve special notice this year. One is Bob Turnau of Charlotte. GIV’s Board Chair for three years, Bob presided as GIV expanded its vision of its potential impact and grew enrollment by 65%. GIV’s daring switch to our “Total Accessibility” sliding scale tuition structure owes special credit to his leadership.

Bob “Woody” Woodworth, a Brattleboro businessman, school board leader, GIV parent, and GIV Board member since 2012, has stepped up as GIV’s new Board Chair, and the Board also welcomed Don Collins, former champion for education in the Vermont Senate and school superintendent, to its ranks.

New leaders at two UVM-based Institutes are succeeding while standing on the shoulders of giants. Thanks to Kevin Beard at the Math Institute and Andrea Pearce at Engineering for bringing their passion and vision to new generations of teens, and kudos to Sheila Weaver and Jeff Dinitz for the tremendous legacy they’ve achieved.

Vermont’s policy makers who kept GIV’s funding secure during the spring budget deliberations deserve more credit. Governor Peter Shumlin and Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe, House Education Chair Dave Sharpe and Senator Dick McCormack were among dozens of leaders who made sure their colleagues realized the outsized value of an investment in GIV.

And then there is you. As you read about the achievements in these pages, recognize them as your achievements. Each time you sent in a donation, signed a petition, or referred a teenager, you made this powerful teaching and learning occur. Thank you for lighting fires for Vermont’s talented youth.

Sincerely,

Robert “Woody” Woodworth, Board Chair Karen Taylor Mitchell, Executive Director

GIV’s Sliding Scale Tuition Ensures All Students Can Attend *Note: all tuition levels are suggested. Applicants are encouraged to call if their financial situation doesn’t match this chart. We aim to have no student excluded due to financial constraints.

Annual Family Income $0- $20,000

$20- $45,000*

$45- 60,000*

$60- $80,000

$80- 100,000

>$100,000

Short courses - Engineering* - Environmental Sci/ Tech* - Mathematical Sciences* - Info Technology* - Asian Cultures (first year) - Special Topics

$10 $150 $450 $750 $950 $1250

*Attention girls in the 4 starred Institutes! EPSCoR will pay part of your tuition so you can subtract even more off of the prices above! See www.giv.org/epscorgirls for more details.

Long courses - Arts - Current Issues

& Youth Activism

$20 $250 $550 $950 $1350 $1850

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – attributed to William Butler Yeats

Warning — This May Be Our Hottest February Ever!Check out these ten amazing Winter Weekend opportunities at Goddard College and sign up starting December 10th at www.giv.org!

February 5–7Singing from the Soul with NYC gospel singer Troy BurtonGirls’ Advanced Math with Greg Petrics of Johnson State CollegeDeveloping a Business with the GIV Entrepreneurship TeamDebate and National Issues with the GIV Current Issues TeamAstroPhotography with the Northeast Kingdom Astronomy Crew

February 19–21Actors’ Workshop with Isaac Eddy of Johnson State CollegeGlobal Issues Dialogue with the GIV Current Issues TeamBiomedical Research with Karen Hinkle of Norwich University Hacking and Cybersecurity with Duane Dunston of Champlain CollegeWriting with Bennington College MFA faculty

Sliding scale tuition means everyone can attend. See www.giv.org/winter for more info.

2015 GIV by the Numbers

Scholarships Awarded to Students in Need

$354,754Total 2015 Budget$983,550

Agency of Education Contribution$192,654

Tuition Received$296,456

Donated Scholarships  and Funds$220,082

In kind Donations$103,000

% of Financial Aid Awarded Based on Need 94%

Schools’ Financial InvolvementAll participating schools contribute a fee which amounts to 5% of GIV’s budget. 7 schools also covered some or all of their students’ tuition.

Governor’s Schools: Offered in 23 states. GIV is the only one in New England. For more information, see ncogs.org. Apply right away!

Winter applications are considered as they’re received, so don’t wait.

2015 Scholarship SpotlightIn 2014 GIV launched the 30-year anniversary scholarship initiative. What does this mean for the students who receive them? Hear from two of them:

Rachael Wells, an aspiring arts teacher from Stowe High School, received the Ellen and Chris Lovell Scholarship to attend the Governor’s Institute on the Arts (GIA). She says, “GIA has influenced me on countless levels… It exposes high school students to a welcoming community of similar interests and encourages them to pursue those interests. It also gives high school students a great sense of college campus life, which I’ve found to be extremely beneficial… It’s an experience that will remind me to strive for new goals without hesitation.”

Matthew Brown attends Hazen Union High School and attended the Current Issues and Youth Activism Institute through the Lamoille & The Kingdom Scholarship donated by Judy Geer & Dick Dreissigacker. He wrote “GIV helped break the shell that many students my age feel stuck in… [it] sparked motivation in me to achieve my goals and to do the things I love. My future plans are to become a social worker, counselor or to fulfill a path in alternative medicine. GIV surrounded me with resources that have helped increase the drive we all seek to be something special.”

If you’d like to discuss the possibility of funding a GIV scholarship for your region or topic of interest, please contact Erika Nichols-Frazer at erika@giv.org or (802) 865-4448.

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Avalon Triumvirate Academy

Arlington HS

Bellows Falls UHS

BFA- Fairfax

BFA- St. Albans

Blue Mountain UHS

Brattleboro UHS

Burlington HS

Burr & Burton Academy

Cabot School

Canaan School

Central VT HS Initiative

Champlain Valley UHS

Chelsea Public School

Colchester HS

Compass School

Concord HS

Craftsbury Academy

Danville School

Enosburg Falls HS

Essex Center for Technology

Essex HS

Fair Haven UHS

Green Mountain UHS

Green Mt. Tech. Career Ctr

Hanover HS

Harwood Union HS

Hartford HS

Hazen Union HS

Lake Champlain Waldorf HS

Lake Region UHS

Lamoille UHS

Leland & Gray HS

Long Trail School

Lyndon Institute

Middlebury UHS

Mill River HS

Milton HS

Missisquoi Valley UHS

Montpelier HS

Mt. Abraham UHS

Mt. Anthony UHS

Mt. Mansfield UHS

Mt. St. Joseph Academy

North Country Career Ctr

North Country UHS

Northfield HS

Otter Valley UHS

Oxbow HS

P. A. Hannaford Career Ctr

Peoples Academy

Poultney HS

Proctor HS

Putney HS

Randolph UHS

Rice Memorial HS

Rivendell Academy

River Bend Career & Tech Center

Rutland HS

Sharon Academy

South Burlington HS

South Royalton HS

Spaulding High School

St. Johnsbury Academy

Stowe HS

Thetford Academy

Twinfield HS

United Christian Academy

U-32 HS

Vergennes UHS

Vermont Commons School

Whitcomb HS

Williamstown HS

Windsor HS

Winooski HS

Woodstock UHS

2015 GIV Students Hailed from…

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Kristin Wolf, Governor’s Institute on Environmental Science and TechnologyChamplain College professor Kristin Wolf has an unusual educational background: an undergraduate and master’s degree in science and a doctorate in philosophy. These meld into a unique vision about how to unite science and social goals, whether it’s using the apiary she founded and leads at Champlain College to teach incoming freshmen about anthropocentrism, or promoting beekeeping training as a source of sustainable income among indigenous Amazonian groups. For three of the last four years, they have also helped her inspire budding scientists at the UVM-based Governor’s Institute on Environmental Science and Technology.

“GIV students are the most engaged students I’ve ever worked with,” says Kristin Wolf, noting that each year her GIV teams design and execute original studies and put the data into presentable form, all in the space of a week. “You can just take everything to a higher level because they are genuinely intellectually curious about the topic. What we can accomplish in a week always amazes me.”

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GIV Brings Educators and Community Together to Address Gender Equity in EducationThe Governor’s Institutes typically runs world-class programs for teenagers, not all-age advocacy conferences. But in 2015, our deep commitment to educational equity and efforts to attain greater gender balance in our own programs led to a special initiative, a groundbreaking statewide conference called “Boys, Girls and Gender Equity in Education.”

The November conference at Middlebury College gathered educators, policymakers, parents, students, and nonprofit leaders. Together, the group began to build the state’s first shared understanding of gender-linked achievement gaps affecting both girls and boys in Vermont. In the afternoon, participants collaborated to identify practical ways to improve learning outcomes for all. Learn more and sign up to receive the upcoming conference report at www.giv.org/conference.

New at GIV HQPlease give a big welcome to “Hurricane Nan” — Nan Atherton, our new Registrar and Office Manager. Nan brings boundless energy and talents previously honed at KnowledgeWave and the National MS Society, and also happens to be the parent of GIV graduate Dan Atherton! She says, “My professional career in Vermont began with Governor Richard Snelling, so to come full circle and be part of one of his initiatives almost 30 years later is awesome. I am thrilled to embark on my next life adventure that happens to be with GIV!”

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EngineeringSeventy-nine young problem-solvers gathered at UVM in July to plunge into a maker’s fantasy world. Surrounded by expert teachers, peers with shared passions, and a veritable treasure chest of tools and materials, these ambitious teams created everything from a bicycle-powered smoothie-maker to a running shirt that notifies the wearer of heatstroke danger. One team, inspired by a soccer game truncated by darkness the first night, even created an LED ankle band to sense and spotlight whichever player had the ball!

Each teenager dove into the field of engineering he or she chose, whether sustainability, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, robotics, or wearable electronics, then developed and executed an original project idea within that field. Guest speakers including IBM engineer John Cohn, UVM Maker-in-Chief Jenn Karson, and entrepreneurs Steve Arms and Jeanne Morrissey brought expertise and visions for careers in engineering. Program leads Andrea Pearce and Anne Watson made sure that students tried out many facets of engineering, such as structural, material and mechanical, as well as the ethical implications of engineering. The impact of their comprehensive approach didn’t stop with engineering. Said one student, ”GIV changed how I am able to conquer problems in life.”

EntrepreneurshipWhen your introduction to human resources management is a hands-on experiment called “How to use your team’s talents and network to survive the Zombie Apocalypse,” you know that your exploration into entrepreneurship is going to be far from ordinary. Twenty-eight enterprising young people who came together at Vermont Technical College found themselves immersed in every aspect of launching a business, from idea creation and market research through product development, promotion, finance, and operations. Institute Director Laurel Butler brought in visiting entrepreneurs and arranged insider tours of King Arthur Flour and LED Dynamics, which showcased principles in action and allowed students to network with successful businesspeople and ask them about career choices and business decisions. A weeklong team project requiring the development and presentation of a viable business plan exercised every ounce of students’ creativity and intellect, while raising their expectations of what is possible. Said one student: “I loved getting a chance to be around kids just like me, who share the same passion for business and entrepreneurship. Everyone was able to bring their individual skills and intelligence to the table and it was amazing to see a vision turn into a product.”

Judging from the quality of the six business plans presented at the end of the week, the future of Vermont’s economy will be in excellent hands.

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“GIV has opened the door to countless opportunities for me, from work to friendships to finding my dream college. I am infinitely grateful for having been able to attend GIV, and I know that it has made a positive, lasting impact on my life. Thank you so much for this amazing program.”

– Amelia Sherman, Entrepreneurship 2015

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ArtsEvery year, Vermont’s most promising young artists find their voices at Governor’s Institute on the Arts, and this year was no different.

“Music is what I do, and coming to GIA I thought I’d want to try something new instead of sticking to what I know — but Gromposition [a team improvisation course invented by longtime GIA faculty member Ron Kelley] was both. This was a completely different form of music than I had ever played. Not once did I look at a piece of sheet music or play something written by someone other than our group, a concept new to me as a classical musician. I had so much fun. It was truly an ensemble experience in which our group depended on and bonded with each other. And our performances were so satisfying, knowing that I was playing pieces that I had written with fellow artists, pieces that had never existed until now. I wasn’t just making music, I was making art. When I came to GIA, I was a writer and a musician; when I left, I was an artist, and that is something I hope to remain for the rest of my life.” — Greta Hardy-Mittell

Institute Director Elizabeth Frascoia’s cornucopia of wonders also included new courses in gospel singing, digital filmmaking and 3D installation art, as well as nationally known visiting artists Red Baraat and author David Macaulay. Many thanks to the Vermont Arts Council, the National Endowment on the Arts, and the Bay and Paul Foundations for making GIA’s 32nd summer an incredibly powerful nexus of creativity, community, and joy for 123 young Vermonters.

Information Technology and Digital MediaImagine playing a drum kit made of cardboard but hearing the deep percussive thump of real instruments. GIVers at this year’s Information Technology and Digital Media Institute dreamed it — and then made and played it! That’s just one of nearly two dozen projects conceived and executed by seventy-five young women and men who explored creative uses of technology at Champlain College this summer. A robust curriculum allowed students to choose Information Technology, Digital Media, or Game Design as their main learning focus, then challenged them to utilize their newfound skills to complete a major project. Some students designed their own video games; another programmed a physics calculator, and yet another turned her talents to developing an anonymous online help site for victims of abuse.

Program Directors Coby Brownell and Shannon Walters arranged learning trips to Dealer.com, the Emergent Media Center and the Leahy Center for Digital Forensics as well as fun events like Beach Day and Movie Night. The Institute’s climax was the GIV Mini Tech Jam, where proud scholars displayed their projects to gathered visitors. Leaving was hard, one student told us: “The best part of my experience with GIV was being able to connect with so many like-minded individuals who have interests similar to [mine]. For a week I was surrounded by not only other high school students but actual professionals who have made a career out of a field they are also so passionate about. It’s an amazing feeling.”

“Turns out I can be anything I want to be.”

– Makayla Jones, Arts 2105

Environmental Science and TechnologyDowntown Burlington is becoming a safer place to live thanks to a team of motivated young scientists at this summer’s Environmental Science and Technology Institute. Armed with professional-grade Global Positioning System (GPS) units, these young people threw themselves at ferreting out lead contaminated soil in public areas. Meanwhile, their peers conducted an analysis of the health of local waterways, using cutting-edge lab equipment such as UVM’s scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results? Final reports that integrated chemistry, biology, mapping, and human health impacts, and a world of new knowledge and inspiration for 29 young scientists.

Said one participant, “I really liked having access to advanced equipment I would not normally get to use until I attend college. This further developed my interest in science because it was pretty amazing to look at very small organisms under the SEM. I now want to take more science classes in college and pick a career in that field.”

Director Christine Massey arranged workshops on food sustainability, dams and energy production, along with field trips to Burlington’s McNeil energy plant, the wastewater treatment plant, and a working apiary. (See fun news footage of the apiary at www.giv.org/news.) Another student told us, “This experience was amazing and insightful for me. I learned so much about the scientific field and what was needed to make a field study. I was pushed by my peers and mentors to do my best work, and it made me a better scientist and student.”

Current Issues & Youth ActivismIn a year awash with political debate and pressing global concerns, forty-nine passionate young peoples’ desire to better the world brought them to the Governor’s Institute on Current Issues and Youth Activism, where Program Director John Ungerleider and guest assistant Belle Barthelmess led a 10-day exploration of local, national and world issues and the skills that participants would need to make change.

Accompanied by students from Ireland, Germany, Bosnia and major US cities, these young Vermonters empowered themselves through in-depth study of topics such as leadership, social justice, human rights, and climate change. They honed their activism through workshops in teambuilding, conflict resolution and public speaking and learned about policy from experts like international education advocate & attorney Joseph Kaifala, who spoke from his experience as a Sierra Leone child war refugee, and Dr. Mokhtar Bouba, who led a workshop on “Deconstructing International News Stories.” Inspiringly, they saw their passion reflected in Vermont policymakers, two of whom, gubernatorial staffer Aly Richards and legislator Diana Gonzalez, could attest to the power of pursuing their dreams from their own prior experience as students in the Governor’s Institutes. A bonfire with s’mores, a human rights hip hop performance, and a Barn Dance affectionately called “the most wholesome event in the universe” rounded out a packed ten days. Said one graduate, “It felt amazing to be a part of a community that cares about bettering the world and themselves.”

“During the week, I changed from just talking to the people I already knew, to branching out and making new friends. I also changed from being the guy in the group who’s reluc-tant to speak, to contributing when I have something to say.Personally, the journey through this week filled with thinking and learning has taught me about myself socially and academically…[it’s been] a great experience that will have a lasting impact for both my personal life and professional careers.”

– Student, Env. Sci 2015

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Asian CulturesDo you know why Chinese ghosts have no legs? Thanks to an entrancing and occasionally creepy presentation on Chinese superstitions by Champlain College’s Kerry Noonan, thirteen lucky Asian Cultures students do! The Asian Cultures Institute started with 5,000 years of Chinese history covered in just 90 minutes, and the exhilarating pace never flagged throughout. Chinese and Japanese language classes, presentations on Chinese environmental, economic, and religious concerns, Japanese boatmaking and literature explorations, hands-on bookbinding and chop-making experiments, and Tai-Chi and Taiko drumming sessions enveloped students in Eastern thinking. Students participated in an authentic Chinese tea ceremony, dined on food representative of five Asian nations and cultural regions, and learned how to respectfully negotiate other cultures. Plus, they earned three UVM credits. Institute leaders Brian Nelligan and Craig Divis will follow up to encourage each student in independent study in preparation for a trip to China with the Freeman Foundation and the UVM Asian Studies Outreach Program.

GIV is actively seeking sponsors to enable more students to participate in this Institute. If interested, please contact Karen@giv.org.

Mathematical SciencesAnyone who saw 32 purple-shirted teenagers clustered around the UVM fountain one day this summer might have wondered what they were doing. The answer? Studying the mathematics of measurement while solving the exact same problem that stumped Samuel Jackson and Bruce Willis in Die Hard 3.

Sound cool? That’s exactly what Program Directors Sheila Weaver and Kevin Beard intended when they put together a whirlwind tour through 18 applications of math, including 3D printing, evolutionary robotics, jury decision-making, origami, and calculating the size of infinity. GIV scholars worked far into the night on math problems they chose and woke up each day overjoyed to be surrounded by students and mentors who loved math as much as they did. With the Math Amazing Race, the beach day, and the problem solving workshops again counting among the Institute’s biggest hits, one student told us: “I think that the Institute has a lot of value. I learned a lot more about math, and I had tons of fun. I feel like I will do better in math and be able to help more people in math now that I have gone here.”

Given the extreme popularity of the Math Institute, we’re especially excited to offer both an Advanced Math Weekend for Girls and a summer Astronomy Institute to young Vermonters in 2016. See www.giv.org for more details.

“I definitely have a better idea of what I want to study in college because of GIV. I see a much broader use of mathematical studies than I did before.”

– Kimberly Bau, Mathematical Sciences 2015

Thank you!Gifts in Memory/HonorIn Memory of Jack Alpert, 

Francis Greenberg, Sylvia Greenberg Sam Alpert*

In Memory of William Goodson Gregg & LeeLee Goodson**

In Memory of William Goodson Hesterly Black Buckley

In Memory of William Goodson Jan & Dick Kilburn

In Memory of William Goodson Susan Llewellyn & Ira Marshall

In Memory of William Goodson Carolyn Ruschp & Walter Levering**

In Memory of William Goodson Elaine & Jeff Nichols**

In Memory of William Goodson Erika Nichols-Frazer & Dylan Frazer*/†

In Memory of Sam Maltese* Jeanne Maltese Deuso**

In Memory of Sam Maltese* Jasmine Lamb*

In Memory of Tricia McVeigh** Christopher McVeigh**

In Memory of Chuck Meese** Ozzie & Judy Henchel**

In Memory of Rita Turgeon-Finn Kathy & Richard White

In Memory of Rita Turgeon-Finn Nancy Castle

In Memory of Rita Turgeon-Finn Anita Meyers

In Honor of Maxine Cook* The Cook Family**

In Honor of Dawn Densmore-Parent; Tom & Beth Tailer Ian Moore*

In Honor of Judy Dow† Verandah Porche†

In Honor of Virgina Finigan-Carter* Jenny Carter**

In Honor of David Frazer & Alicie Soloway on the occasion of their marriage Patricia & Brett Frazer**

In Honor of GIA Staff† Mark O’Maley†

In Honor of Zack Katz* Marne Diehl

In Honor of Erin Kelly* Maria Calamia & William Kelly**

In Honor of Noah & Asa Mease* Stephen Mease**

In Honor of Erika Nichols-Frazer*/† Ryan & Sarah Frazer*

In Honor of Erika Nichols-Frazer*/† Ann Nichols

In Honor of Jen Raynak* Anonymous

Schools that partially or fully funded tuition

Brattleboro Union High School

Canaan High School

Lyndon Institute

Missisquoi Valley Union High School

North Country Career Center

Organizations that partially or fully funded tuition

Black River Rotary Club

Essex High School Scholarship

Marlboro Alliance

Stowe High School Margo Tormey Scholarship

United Methodist Church of Middlebury

Scholarship Recipients 30th Anniversary Scholarships

Anonymous 30th Anniversary Scholarship: Dalaney Vaughan

Vonae McCray

Nancy Burzon Scholarship for Rutland girls: Lily Schillinger

Anna Smiechowski

Essex Special Topics Scholarship: Anh Pham

Jim & Lyn Feinson Scholarship: Keyshawn King

Emma Porcelli

Stephen Greene Scholarship: Nathaniel van Osdol

Emily Bryant

Lamoille & The Kingdom Scholarship: Karamae Hayman-Jones

Matthew Brown

Ellen & Chris Lovell Scholarship: Rachael Wells

Jessie Paron

Bob & Robin Turnau Scholarship: Tasha Pearce

Anthony Mueller

American Mathematics Society: Emily Cass

Elizabeth Firkey Channing George Ali Fox Anh Pham Emma Pearson

Ky & Yu Fen Fan Scholarship: Jia Hui Huang

Gary Blomgren Memorial Scholarship: Olivia Krzeminski

Meara-Anne Seery

Neil & Louise Tillotson Fund of New Hampshire Charitable Foundation: Victoria Souder

Sam Maltese Memorial Scholarship: Benjamin Becker

Donny Osman Scholarship: Susie Francy

Walter Judge Scholarship: Emily Wylie

Yankee Farm Credit Rural Entrepreneurship Scholarship: Fern Fredella

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We thank our sponsors and partners:

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the Institutes are only possible thanks to the generous support of donors like you. Please consider giving a tax-deductible gift to GIV today online or via the enclosed envelope.

Canaday Family Charitable Trust

“GIV allowed me to not conform with people, but to construct with them.”

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Governor’s Circle($1000 and up)

American Mathematical Society

AT&TBay & Paul FoundationsJudith & Frederick BuechnerNancy BurzonCanaday Family Charitable

TrustChroma TechnologyCommunity National BankConcept2 RowingDealer.comPeter & Bari Dreissigacker**Jim & Lyn Feinson**Gisela Gamper**Judy Geer &

Dick Dreissigacker**General Dynamics Ordnance

& Tactical SystemsGreen Mountain FundStephanie Greene &

Marshall Brooks, Jr.**Hallam-ICSHarris & Frances Block

FoundationHills & Hollows FundKing Arthur FlourLORD CorporationEllen & Chris LovellMadeleine C. Kinzel FundMerchants BankGreg & Toni Morgan**Mount Snow ResortMylan Technologies, Inc.National Endowment

on the ArtsNational Life Group

Charitable FoundationNeil & Louise Tillotson FundNellie Mae Education

FoundationNorthfield Savings BankTrust Company of VermontBob & Robin Turnau**Vermont Agency of EducationVermont Arts CouncilVermont Department of LaborVermont Women’s FundVSACVT-EPSCoRWalter Cerf FundWindham Foundation

Benefactors($500-$999)

Casella Waste Systems, Inc.Barry T. Chouinard, Inc.Andrea Diehl**David Ellenbogen**Gregg & LeeLee Goodson**Lelia Greenewalt**Irene & Jeffrey Horbar** Hubbardton ForgeChristopher McVeigh**Ginny & Hartley NeelNichols & Associates, PCDavid Porteous &

Vicky Smith**Del & Skip Sheldon**Karen Taylor Mitchell†

Vermont State Employees Credit Union

Washington Electric Co-opYankee Farm CreditJ. Peter Young**

Sponsors($250-$499)

Leigh Seddon & Ann AspellDavid Binch & Willa HarrisAllen “Chip” EvansEd FlynnHunger Mountain Co-opJan & Dick KilburnKathleen KocherlakotaMary Meyer CorporationMegan Mayhew BergmanJean MillerJohn Miller &

Debbie Van Schaack**Passumpsic Savings BankRiver Valley Credit UnionAndrea RogersTim Sullivan**Susan & Bob Titterton** Union Mutual Fire Insurance

CompanyMary & Marty WatermanKathy & Richard White

Friends($100 to $249)

Nancy & David Alsobrook**Hesterly Black BuckleyWilliam & Ruth BotzowCoberlin Brownell†Jenny Carter**John H. Clarke**Clark’s Quality FoodsColdwell Banker Carlson

Real EstateSusan & Thomas Cook**Sharon Crites**Darby Thorndike Kolter &

Nordle, LLPMarne DiehlElizabeth & Alan Frascoia*/†Mark Yorra & Catherine GatesChristine GrahamMelinda & Jim HamiltonMartha HeathAlan Homans &

Lynn Reynolds**Wilma & David KelleyThe Honorable

Madeleine KuninLeonardo’s Pizza, Inc.Donna & Daniel Longnecker**Jeanne Maltese Deuso**Stephen Mease**Microbrightfield, Inc.Matt & Maria Miller**Greg Moreau &

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What’s Happening in the GIV CommunityAlumni News 1983Sylvia Plumb, Arts, is the Executive Director of Communications at Lyndon State College. She credits Verandah Porche and the Arts Institute for helping her make a career of writing.

1986The Make-a-Wish Foundation in South Burlington, VT recently appointed James Hathaway, Arts, as its new Executive Director.

1989When not helping to lead the Arts Institute, Sarah Yorra, Arts, loves teaching English to speakers of other languages at a New York City public high school. Her students include natives of the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Bangladesh, and Greece.

Dan Atherton, CIYA, works with the US. Department of State and is assigned to the American Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand.

1991Alisha Laramee, CIYA, is the Program Coordinator for New Farms for New Americans at the Association of Africans Living in Vermont.

1994Elizabeth (Dotson-Westphalen) Frascoia, Arts, recently performed on trombone on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert with Jon Batiste and Judith Hill, and on PBS’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, honoring Eddie Murphy. Read more at www.elizabethjazz.com.

The website Atlas Obscura recently published an extensive interview with Isaac Eddy, Arts, about his twelve years acting with the Blue Man Group, and he gave the 2015 graduation speech at his alma mater, Randolph Union High School. This fall, Isaac will begin teaching theater at Johnson State College, speak about the power of vulnerability at TEDx Battenkill, and welcome his second daughter, all before returning to teach at GIV’s Winter Weekend.

1997After receiving a Masters degree in Architecture from Norwich University, Josh Chafe, ENG, became a designer at Burlington architecture firm TruexCullins. He also teaches architecture at Norwich.

Amanda Mowle, S&T, is a public defense attorney.

1998Bay (Danforth) Jackson, Arts, manages the Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury.

Vermont’s Science Teacher of the Year in 2012, Bianca (Rotmil) McKeen, Arts, studied science, theater and education at Castleton State College and now teaches biology and chemistry at Rutland Middle School.

1999Gillian Trimboli-Zettler, Arts, is a Clemson University graduate and the director of the Charleston, SC Wine and Food Festival. She has two children.

2000Living in San Francisco, Paul Goodman, AC, is working at Mapbox.

2001Carrie Lavalley, now Blaise Smith, Arts, earned her PhD in Early Childhood Education.

2002Marcus Falion, CIYA, is a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State in Karachi, Pakistan.

2003Hillary Gerardi, CIYA, is in Grenoble, France, pursuing a Master’s degree in International Cooperation and Multilingual Translation.

Morgan Fox, Arts, received her BA from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and works as a technical production manager in London’s West End and as house staff at the Prince Albert Hall Theatre.

2004Jacob Miller, ENG ’04/’06, is completing his PhD in Physics at the University of New Mexico.

Inspired at her Institute to study mechanical engineering at UVM, Rose Long, S&T, is now pursuing her doctorate on spinal research at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City.

2005Erika Nichols-Frazer, CIYA, married Dylan Frazer and was recently promoted to Development Director at the Governor’s Institutes of VT. She was thrilled to have many GIV alums at the wedding, including the groom’s brother, Ryan Frazer, S&T 2002, Kelsey Goodson Dunn, S&T 2005, Alicia Jacobs, CIYA 2005, and Samantha Brody, Arts 2006.

Graham Goodman, CIYA, is pursuing a PhD in Biology at the University of Utah.

Frost Gay, ENG, is back in Vermont working for Champlain Investment Partners after graduating in 2010 from Dartmouth, where he studied political science.

Cassidy Fox, Arts, co-founded NextMarvel Inc., a Brooklyn-based agency connecting artists of all kinds with advertising agencies and corporations.

2008Chris Giannitti, AC, is studying music at Bennington College.

Peace Corps volunteer Emily Hirsch, AC, is teaching English to middle school students in Zambia.

2010Tricia Sullivan, Arts, is a senior at Emerson College in Boston.

Ian Young, Arts, is the Artistic Director of The Joust Theatre Company, based in New York City. He recently wrote and directed a one-act play in the company’s one act performance series. More information can be found at jousttheatre.org.

Zachary Krasner, ENG, is a senior at University of Pennsylvania studying computer science and chemical and biomolecular engineering.

2011Peter Connolly, IT, attends Amherst College in Amherst, MA.

After studying Japanese at Middlebury after the Institute, Taylor Allred, AC, matriculated at UVM. He is now spending a gap year in Japan teaching English before returning to UVM.

2013Maxine Cook, ENG, is studying chemical engineering at Bucknell University College of Engineering.

Olivia Bryce, Math, is studying mathematics and secondary education at St. Michael’s College.

Bontenello, a screenplay by Harrison Allen, Arts, was selected as a finalist in the World Series of

Screenwriting. Meanwhile, his film The Yellow Block was selected to be part of the Laguna Film Festival in Laguna Beach, CA.

Trinna Larsen, CIYA/ENT ‘14, attended Girls Nation in Washington, DC and is now working with Vermont Public Interest Research Group. She has recently been published in the Times Argus newspaper.

Following a summer teaching schoolchildren in Ghana, Ben Cole, CIYA, is attending Brown University.

2014Lyra Wanzer, ENG, matriculated to Harvard University.

Recently honored when her artwork was selected to the Congressional Art Competition to be displayed in the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, Natalie Reed, Arts, is studying at the Mass. College of Art & Design.

Faculty and Staff News Robin MacArthur’s collection of short stories set in Vermont, Half Wild, will be published by Ecco (Harper Collins) in August 2016, and the Vt Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts have awarded her a 2016 Creation Grant for her novel in progress.

At its 2015 annual meeting, the Vt Arts Council honored faculty member Geof Hewitt and fellow-poet/GIVer Verandah Porche with the inaugural Ellen McCulloch-Lovell Award for teaching artists.

Isaac Eddy, Elizabeth Frascoia and Sarah Yorra — see alumni news.

Samuel Rowlett’s most recent project is “Itinerant Painter,” which emphasizes new art. He was awarded a highly competitive Artist Fellowship grant of $10,000 by the MA Cultural Council this year and also continues to teach at Landmark College in Putney.

Dawn Densmore married Fabien Parent in a small family ceremony in September 2015 and is now a proud stepgrandmom.

Former faculty members Verandah Porche (poetry) and Kathleen Kolb (painting) and current GIA faculty member Mark O’Maley (lighting/sound technician) have collaborated on a Brattleboro Museum/Art Center exhibit “Shedding Light on the Working Forest” that was borne from Kathleen’s presentation to GIA in 2013, which inspired Verandah to put words to her images. The exhibit combines Kathleen’s paintings and drawings with Verandah’s poetry and narrative and Mark’s presentation and lighting. GIA Faculty member Judy Dow is featured in both painting and narrative. The exhibit travels next to the Vermont Folklife Center, the Vermont Statehouse and the Supreme Court.

Read more here: www.kathleenkolb.com/Shedding-Light.htm.

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