Vermont Technical College


Vermont Technical College is a public technical college in Vermont with its main campuses in Randolph Center, Williston, and Norwich. In addition, there are regional campuses in Brattleboro and Bennington, and nursing campuses in six locations throughout the state.
The school is a part of the Vermont State Colleges, a consortium of Vermont's four public colleges, governed by a common board of trustees, chancellor and Council of Presidents, each college with its own president and deans. Total enrollment is approximately 1,650, the average class size is 14, and the student-to-faculty ratio is 10:1.
In April 2020, Vermont State Colleges floated a proposal to close the Vermont Technical College residential campus in Randolph as well as Northern Vermont University.

Academics

VTC offers master's, bachelor's and associate degrees.

Athletics

The college is a member of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association in the Yankee Small College Conference. From 2006 to 2011, Vermont Tech was a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and played within the Sunrise Conference. The Knights currently sponsor men's and women's basketball, cross country, soccer and golf.

Student radio station

, Vermont Tech's 300-watt fully licensed radio station, broadcasts online and locally at 90.7FM.

CubeSat Lab

The Vermont Tech CubeSat Lab launched its first satellite, the Vermont Lunar CubeSat, a 1U CubeSat on November 19, 2013, and was fully functional until reentry on November 21, 2015. It is still the only successful university satellite from a college or university in New England or the east coast of the U.S. They are now working on the flight software for Lunar IceCube which has a ride to the moon on NASA's Space Launch System.

History

In 1806, the Vermont House of Representatives passed a law creating the Orange County Grammar School in Randolph. The school provided education through the high school grades and by the 1850s its state mandate had expanded to include training of schoolteachers. In 1866, Edward Conant, the principal of the Orange County Grammar School, expanded its course offerings to make it a full-fledged normal school for the education and training of teachers. Later that year the Vermont General Assembly passed legislation making the change official, and the school became the Randolph Normal School.
In 1910, the Randolph Normal School was selected by the legislature as the location for the Vermont School of Agriculture. In 1957, technical courses were added to the curriculum, and the Vermont School of Agriculture was renamed the Vermont Agriculture and Technical Institute. In 1962, VATI was authorized by the state to award associate degrees and became Vermont Technical College. VTC began awarding bachelor's degrees in 1993 and master's degrees in 2015.
For many years, the Vermont public colleges have experienced financial stress and chronic underfunding. Exacerbated by COVID-19, in April 2020, Vermont State Colleges system Chancellor Jeb Spaulding recommended closing the Vermont Technical College residential campus in Randolph as well as all operations/campuses of Northern Vermont University. Under the proposal, some of the Vermont Tech academic programs would be consolidated in Williston.

Notable alumni, faculty, and administrators

Alumni