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UVM president seeks state help to finish $101 million multipurpose center, asks for steady funding increases and cancer‑care support
Summary
University of Vermont President Marlene Trump told the Senate Appropriations Committee she is asking the state for a 3% inflationary increase to the general fund appropriation, a five‑year $1 million/year commitment for the UVM Cancer Center, and support toward completing a multipurpose center with remaining costs the university placed at about $101 million.
Marlene Trump, the newly installed president of the University of Vermont, told the Senate Appropriations Committee that the university is asking the state to help complete a long‑stalled multipurpose center and to sustain student aid and rural‑health programs.
Trump said UVM's formal requests align with the governor's budget: a 3% inflationary increase to the university's general‑fund appropriation to preserve need‑based student aid and tuition support for Vermont students; a five‑year commitment of $1 million per year to the UVM Cancer Center to expand care in rural communities; and continued support for extension programming across all 14 counties.
Why it matters: Trump framed the requests as investments in access, workforce and rural health.…
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