Category: History 1970-1979

Budget Crisis

CCV weathers a legislative budget crisis with grassroots and media support, and escapes a narrow brush with dissolution.

Accreditation

CCV earns its first accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

First Commencement

CCV holds its first commencement, awarding eight associate degrees.

Community College of Vermont

VRCCC becomes the fifth member of the Vermont State Colleges (VSC) system and is renamed Community College of Vermont.

Governor Deane Davis creates the Vermont Regional Community College Commission (VRCCC). Peter Smith is hired as the first president, and VRCCC opens its doors in Montpelier with 10 courses and 50 students.P