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Dr. Elaine Collins Outlines Goals As President Of Unified Northern Vermont University

Vermont Public | By Mitch Wertlieb
Published June 29, 2017 at 12:44 PM EDT
Dr. Elaine Collins, the current president of Johnson State College, will become president of the new Northern Vermont University on July 1.
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Dr. Elaine Collins, the current president of Johnson State College, will become president of the new Northern Vermont University on July 1.

Dr. Elaine Collins, current president of Johnson State College, will find herself in charge of a brand-new higher education institution called Northern Vermont University on July 1.

In this new role, Collins won't technically be leaving the campus of Johnson State. Northern Vermont University is the name for the merger of Johnson State and Lyndon State Colleges – a move championed by State Colleges Chancellor Jeb Spaulding and one that comes with a $2 million transition price tag.

The two campuses won't officially merge until July 2018, but Collins begins her tenure Saturday as president of both Lyndon State and Johnson State until the two schools unify officially next year. Collins spoke to VPR about the challenges and opportunities ahead.

Listen to the full conversation with President Collins above.
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Mitch Wertlieb
A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
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