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UVM emphasizes workforce ties, housing solutions and nursing capacity after a $16M gift
Summary
At the Senate Education briefing, UVM President Marley Trump highlighted workforce outcomes, a $16 million gift to reduce nursing students' costs, plans for co‑op placements to relieve campus housing pressure, and mobile health initiatives to reach rural Vermonters.
University of Vermont President Marley Trump told senators Feb. 5 that workforce alignment, student housing and clinical training are central to UVM’s strategy to keep graduates in Vermont and meet state labor needs.
Trump said UVM has nearly 4,000 Vermont students, about 32% of whom are Pell‑eligible and roughly 18% first‑generation, and that the university is committed to access. "We have nearly 4,000 Vermont students at the University of Vermont," she said.
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