VEOP News and Events               

The 2008 VEOP conference will be held on Wednesday, October 29th at the Capital Plaza Hotel in Montpelier.   To register for the conference, review the workshops and then print, complete and send in the registration form. Please note: there has been a change in the morning workshop offerings and the workshop list has been update.  Click on conference agenda to view the schedule for day.  We look forward to seeing you!

This year's conference theme is: Can you hear us now?  Engaging TRiO and GEAR UP voices to get our message out. The keynote speaker is Dr. Mary Childers, author of Welfare Brat: A Memoir.

Dr. Mary Childers

Photos from last year's VEOPconference

Ana McDuff, student, May Munger, advisor, Laura Parker, student, all from the Rutland CCV's SSS program

       2007 VEOP Achiever Award Winner and Nominees

     Winner: Beth O'Brien, VSAC, Talent Search with VSAC Career and Education Outreach Counselor, Michele LeGault

2007 VEOP Achiever Award Nominees

Winner: Beth O'Brien, VSAC, Talent Search

Melanie Crosby, CCV, SSS

Bryan Fortier, LSC, UB

Colleen Goodrich, VSAC, TS

Jessie Jankowski, LSC, UB

Amelia McConnell, CSC, SSS

Anna Telensky, JSC, UB

2007 Policy Seminar Nominees

 Winners: Karen Marineau, LSC, UB, Andre Fontaine, JSC, UB, Fern Fontaine, JSC, SSS

Bryan, Fortier, LSC, UB

Kaili Williamson, LSC, UB

Christina Welch, LSC, UB

Joe Thibault, LSC, UB

Jesko Lane , LSC, UB

Gabrielle Watson, VSAC, EOP

 2007 NEOA Conference

VEOP members played an active role in organizing the 2007 NEOA conference that was held at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in Burlington Vermont March 24th -- 27th.

Casey Johnson Honored as New England TRiO Achiever

Lyndon State College Upward Bound student and University of Vermont graduate Casey Johnson was recently named the 2006 New England TRiO Achiever at the New England Educational Opportunities Association’s annual conference in Burlington. This award is given each year to the New England TRiO Alum that most exemplifies a commitment to their education. The achiever must have “enrolled in and successfully completed a post secondary program of study, must be a person of high stature within his or her profession and must have received recognition for outstanding academic achievement and have made significant civic, community, or professional contributions.”

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Photos from the 2007 policy seminar in Washington D.C.

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Sixth Annual State Policy Seminar at the Vermont Legislature in March, 2008

Thanks to Matt Patry

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