UVM faculty win 21 thousand in 14 incentive grants
Nineteen University of Vermont faculty and two graduate assistants shared 21 141 to fund 14 instructional improvement projects. The announcement cited high faculty interest and a focus on introductory courses, with 79 percent of funded projects addressing entry level curricula.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
UVM
H. Lawrence McCrorey
David Holmes
Holmes
College of Arts and Sciences
Robert Rindler
Francis Colburn
Cynthia Grissom
Gardiner Barnum
Marshall True
Virgil Benoit
Thomas Geno
Christmas cards highlight Vermont poverty warnings
Vermont's 180 state legislators and top officials received Christmas cards from the Bread and Low Task Force. The cards paired holiday greetings with a plea about hunger and poverty, noting over 60,000 Vermonters live in poverty and many are malnourished. BLT Director Wink Pearson urged officials to consider the poor year round and push for decisions benefiting all Vermonters.
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Vermont
BLT
Wink Pearson
Vermont mails renewal notices at a cost of 31000
Vermont's Motor Vehicles Department has spent about 31000 to mail renewal notices to 239,000 automobile owners. Deputy Motor Vehicles Commissioner William Conway said several thousand renewal applications have already been returned.
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Thomas P. Salmon
Vermont
Ella Grasso
Connecticut
Blair House
Washington
Carter
Northeast
Salmon
Montpelier
UPI
Motor Vehicles
William Conway
Motor Vehicles Department
A bigger future's in store for solid waste management
Boston based EPA regional administrator John A S McGlennon notes a 1000 city survey showing solid waste is tops among urban problems. He warns disposal capacity may exhaust in 1 to 5 years while resources deplete and imports rise. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act aims to reduce waste, recover materials, set hazardous waste standards, and fund state regional programs starting 1978.
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John A.S. McGlennon
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Boston
United States
EPA
New England
Gambling profits probed in Connecticut
Connecticut officials will study profits of gambling operators including Hartford and Bridgeport jai alai frontons and a Plainfield dog-racing track. The frontons posted about 2.8 million net profit on 11 million invested, with the commission planning a March 1 report.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
State Gaming Commission
Bridgeport
Plainfield
Commission
Lester B. Snyder
Commission On Special Revenue
Christian Science Publishing Society
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Susan Page
Amy Chang
Lawrence Shelton
Bread and Low Task Force
Bennington
Main ST. Bennington
NSUA
Arctic Pac
Sorel Boot
Winfield
America’s Christmas Store
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Jack Nicklaus
Wilson
Jack Nicklas
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Northside Drive
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Office of Solid Waste
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