Vermont State University officially opens its doors

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont State University is officially up and running, merging several state colleges under one umbrella.

The Vermont State Colleges System consists of Castleton University; Vermont Tech, with campuses in Randolph and Williston; Northern Vermont University Lyndon and Johnson; and the Community College of Vermont. Those schools, with the exception of CCV, will now merge into Vermont State University.

The cash-strapped system will have $200 million from the state to carry out the plan but has also been tasked with cutting $5 million from the budget over the next four years.

State colleges trustees believe that unification is the key to financial stability without closing campuses. But students and staff continue to question the execution of the merger and whether it will actually leave individual campuses worse off than they are now.

The system is also contending with a drop in enrollment.

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