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Fall 2012The Alumni IssueWelcome to our Alumni Issue. As department chair, it is very gratifying to hear from our graduates

about their success post-UVM. During their four undergraduate years, we try to give them a strong base in liberal arts/critical thinking linked to real world applications. One CDAE catch-phrase is “we put the tools in a student’s tool-box to help solve real world problems.” Starting this issue, even our own COMPASS is being compiled as a part of a new internship program.

It was difficult to decide which alums to highlight! As you read through these pages, please take time to note the breadth of experience these students have had...from mentioning a life changing experiences in the course “World, Food, Population and Development” and “Introduction to Community Entrepreneurship” to getting a taste of the real world in an internship or service learning course. These highlighted students exem-plify our mission to provide a broad based and flexible curriculum taught by passionate professors in order to graduate students who are capable employees and emerging leaders, across a variety of fields related to community development, entrepreneurship, and public communication.

— Jane Kolodinsky, Ph. D.

Recent grads put their CDAE degree to workCommunity Development and

Applied Economics (CDAE) is a department that prepares students to think outside the box when starting the new chapter in their life after graduation. From each of its three majors — Public Communication (PCOM), Community Entrepreneurship

(CEnt) and Community and International Development (CID) — alumni have proven that the education they have taken from their four years at UVM has opened doors for them post-graduation.

Students come to CDAE for a variety of reasons — including the major’s applied entreprenuership approach, the community development and sustainability focus and the internship emphasis. In the case of Jon Gilman (CEnt ’10), he was interested in the business school before being drawn to CDAE.

“It was recommended I check out CDAE because of their concentrations such as CEnt, which was focused on more of an applied business. I met with Jane Kolodinsky [the Chair of CDAE] and spoke to her about my thoughts on my major,” Gilman said. “Essentially she put me over the fence and really sold me on the program, explaining students went on to be successful in many different career paths.”

He is now living in Boston working as Associate Account Executive (AAE), at Yahoo! on the display advertising team. Gilman is part of the Brand Development team within Mid-Market Sales in which he personally supports a team of six Account Executives (sales reps). His boss is also a UVM alum.

Gilman uses his CDAE education for more than just his job — his passion has always been music. He uses his ever-

growing entrepreneurial knowledge to co-own a music blog/website (MyMusicIsBetterThanYours.com) with a few other students while still enrolled at UVM.

“That is the definition of entrepreneurship and we have grown it from one viewer a day to over 30,000 per month,” he said. “We are constantly invited to be part of the media guest list at concerts around the country.”

Another CDAE student with entrepreneurial interests, Amanda Hayward (PCOM ’12) switched from Business to French before deciding on a Public Communication major.

“I had a vague idea that I wanted to do something with marketing/communications, and a few months after switching to French, I was talking with my work study supervisor about my major,” she said. “ She suggested that I look into CDAE because it sounded like it

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Jen Kaulius (CID ‘12) traveled to Honduras in 2010 as part of CDAE’s international service-learning project. Pictured above is one of the many ruins that she visited at Copan Ruinas, Honduras.

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AlumniP r o f i l e Karen Fries ‘10 Public Communication

and Community Entrepreneur-With a surname like Fries, you could say it was destiny

that CDAE 2010 double major in Public Communication and Community Entrepreneurship graduate, Karen Fries, would end up working in the food industry. Fries caught the first glimpse into her future when Brand Manager for Ben & Jerry’s, Jody Eley, gave a guest lecture in Fries’ Social Marketing class in her senior year.

Eley, now a good friend of Fries’, was bombarded by students asking about internship opportunities after finishing her presentation on brand marketing and the history of Ben & Jerry’s. Unfortunately, no internships were available at the time, Fries said.

Later that spring, Fries was approached by Adjunct Lecturer Kate Finley-Woodruff, about a temporary marketing position at Ben & Jerry’s. “I started five days before graduation and after about six months, the position transformed into a full-time job,” she said.

A Vermont native, Fries couldn’t have imagined a better place to land her first job. “I felt like I had hit the jackpot,” she said. “The Ben & Jerry’s family welcomed me with open arms and an abundance of pints.”

During her time at Ben & Jerry’s, Fries was responsible for marketing programs, collaborating with the Design and Sales team on promotion materials, fully executing all coupon programs and more. Toward the end of her time with Ben & Jerry’s, she was promoted to be their US Marketing Specialist.

After over two years working in Vermont, social media provided a connection to another well-known dairy company, Chobani, where she took a job in June of this past summer. “While I adored Ben & Jerry’s and my team there, I was excited to explore this fantastic brand in the Big Apple,” she said.

The transition from Ben & Jerry’s to Chobani began when she shared her love of Chobani to the brand over social media, she said.

“After the exchange of a few emails, I met with the marketing team in New York and the rest is history,” Fries said.

Even though Fries moved from the mountains to the city, she didn’t leave everything behind.

“Don’t be fooled, Ben & Jerry’s are still hiding in the back of my tiny, NYC freezer,” Fries admits. “[However,] the unlimited yogurt supply is a bit friendlier to the waistline than three pints a day.”

In her current position, Fries is responsible for implementing short and long term strategic marketing goals and initiatives, working with advertising agency to build and execute advertising campaigns, and much more.

When Fries started as a first year at UVM, she knew she was interested in being an entrepreneur but wanted a more

diverse curriculum. “CDAE offered an interesting variety of courses, ranging from Social Marketing to Sustainable Community Development,” she said. “This variety gave me the freedom to figure out what I wanted to do post-graduation.”

Her CDAE education helps Fries feel confident in her post-graduation jobs. “I use aspects of what I learned at UVM every day in my work, as I interact with colleagues, present information at meetings and build and analyze data,” she said.

CDAE students are required to participate in a service learning class and are encouraged to find an internship, both of which Fries believes every UVM undergrad should take advantage of. “These experiences will help you figure out what you like and don’t like and where you excel,” she said. “They are also excellent additions to your resume.”

During her time as a CDAE student, Fries interned at Shark Communications, an award-winning creative and digital marketing agency located right in downtown Burlington. Managing social media websites, producing print and online press releases and optimizing websites for Shark clients were just a few of her responsibilities.

“My experience with Shark Communications helped me both personally and professionally by giving me the confidence and skills necessary to apply for a position at Ben & Jerry’s,” Fries said.

In her time at UVM, Fries quickly learned the importance of showing up to class and focusing on her future. “When I look back at my experience at UVM and in CDAE, the lesson that stuck with me the most was the power of the professor,” she said. “Entering college at the ripe age of 17, I was stubborn enough to think that I knew best and could easily make the right decisions for my career at UVM. I got over that quickly, pulled up a seat … and started listening. I am lucky to have formed relationship with a few UVM professors who continue to serve as mentors.”

As someone who helped Fries land her first job, Finley-Woodruff is considered both a mentor and a true friend, according to Fries. Having Fries as a student in the past, Finley-Woodruff found one of Karen’s greatest strengths to be her drive and enthusiasm for taking on a new challenge.

“The ultimate goal for her was not to earn a grade, but gain knowledge and experience that could be applied directly to her professional career,” Finley-Woodruff said, “It is truly rewarding for me to see her doing well, and knowing that I will learn great things from her in the future.”

When asked about what advice Fries would give current CDAE students, it’s clear she is a big supporter of following your dreams.

“Figure out what you love and run with it,” Fries encouraged. “If you enjoy what you do, you will likely succeed. And more importantly, you’ll bring value to your life in ways you never would with the job you pursue for monetary motivations.

This Confucius quote sums it up very well by saying, ‘Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.’ “

Karen Fries ‘10

“Figure out what you love and run with it. If you enjoy what you do, you will likely succeed.”

- Karen Fries ‘10

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When Associate Professor Dr. Charles Ferreira is not busy teaching CDAE students about various topics — including drafting and design drawing — he is helping students add to their college experience with service-learning and internship opportunities. 11 years ago Ferreira became the CDAE internship and service learning one stop shop, and as such, he has watched the internship

climate change dramatically since his first year.“Ten years ago very few students did internships,” he said.

“But after 2008 when the economy dropped, it exploded. All of a sudden internships became a priority.”

According to Pamela Gardner, UVM Career Services Director, because of the economic collapse, employers have been cutting back in training costs and recruiting budgets in the last ten years or so.

Given these restrictions and since every field is constantly changing with technology and other variables, companies need people who can adapt to those changes, she said.

“They want people who are capable of managing their own careers, rather than having to train people with each new development in their field,” Gardner said. “The companies see internships as a beautiful solution. They save money on training and recruiting costs, and the interns gain invaluable experiences.”

Since the job market is still pretty tight, employers want future hires evidencing commitment to their interests and an internship is a great way of showing that, Gardner said.

“Charlie’s been doing a great thing for student interns and helping them gain credit,” she said.

All CDAE students are required either to earn a service learning credit or to find an internship to gain more real-world experiences. Often, required CDAE classes for each major include the service-learning element, where students get out of the classroom to help communities in Vermont and other countries.

“Internships give students a clinical experience with what they are learning at the university,” Ferreira said. “It’s a stepping stone, and good experience”.

This fall, there are 47 CDAE students in internships across the city and university, and in the summer the number averages about 27 students. The types of experiences vary from Public Relations to Music Recording and Distribution, to name just a few.

Ferreira is the metaphorical internship gate-keeper. Students, who are interested in gaining credit for their internship, must talk through the fine details with him.

“Most of them are sent by their academic advisor. We also get people from arts and sciences, business school, and environmental studies,” Ferreira said. “If they contact me, I send them out a packet with step-by-step how to acquire credit.”

According to CDAE’s Student Services staff member, Tina Haskins, both the intern and employer must fill out the packet, including evaluations and weekly student journals, to make sure students recieve credit.

“The credit hours [the students] receive are based on the hours they work,” she said.

During the year, most of the internships are located either on campus or downtown Burlington to make it reasonable for a student to get there. Sometimes students travel to Williston or other locations, Ferreira said.

“I try and keep them close. If someone is doing an internship where I’ve never had been before, I visit,” he said. “I do it as a courtesy. Thank the business, and familiarize myself with the business.”

Evaluation forms filled out by the business are given to Ferreira at the end of the semester.

“The evaluations are great. Four or five said they were going to hire the student’s in their evaluations,” he said with pride. “One of the questions in my evaluations is ‘Are you happy with the student’s performance?’ They answer that ‘they’re better prepared than the people fully employed by me, so [UVM] must be doing a good job.’”

When asked if the businesses are happy with the student’s communication and computer skills, the answer is always yes, Ferreira said.

Internship tasks vary with each position, but some students are given a lot of responsibility at their internship initially.

“If the students display a lot of potential, they’re given more responsibility,” he said. “You get out of it what you put into it.”

Any UVM student can gain academic credit for an internship/service-learning as long as they enroll in CDAE 196 or 296. To find out more about getting an internship for credit or otherwise, check out www.uvm.edu/~cferreir/internship.html or contact Dr. Charles Ferreira at Charles.Ferreira@uvm.edu.

FacultyS p o t l i g h t

The internship gatekeeper gets students CDAE credit for pursuing their dreams

“If the students display a lot of potential, they’re given more responsibility. You get out of it what you put into it.”

- Dr. Charles Ferreira

Associate Professor Dr. Charles Ferreira

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Growing Vermont invites vendors from across the state of Vermont to showcase their products at our location. We also hold a special place in our hearts for members of the UVM community who recognize the value of this resource on campus to expand their business ideas. This semester we welcomed several promising ideas from some of our entrepreneurial staff members, faculty and students.

Rogue Radish: Gina D’Amico, owner of Rogue Radish, has successfully transformed her love for photography and trinket-style keepsakes into a variety of unique prod-ucts. Gina uses all original photos to press onto magnets, buttons, bottle openers, key chains and hair ties.

Journey’s table: Jolyn, owner of Journey’s table, started her business from simply experimenting in the kitchen with specialty foods and good quality ingredients. She soon discovered that breakfast couscous with dried fruits and nuts was the perfect meal; it was not only delicious but also easy to make! Journey’s table can now be found on the shelves at Growing Vermont!

Designs by Julia M: Julia Maille, a senior here at the University of Vermont, has discovered a unique use for old license plates that had once been collecting dust. Julia up-cycles license plates into eclectic jewelry, including earrings, charm bracelets, and cuffs, all which represent the Green Mountain State. Her line of jewelry as created a new way to display Vermont pride while wearing one of kind art!

The excellent craftsmanship that goes into these products is clear to see and we are proud to be able to support such talented endeavors. We encourage other budding entrepreneurs to inquire about opportunities to work with Growing Vermont and to begin building this rewarding partnership. Hours: M-F 9:30am-4pm Contact Us: 802-656-3568

Trisha Hlastawa ‘12

Trisha Hlastawa ‘12Recent GraduateQ & A

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Trisha Hlastawa is a recent 2012 graduate with a double major in CDAE. She currently works at Healthy Living Market and Cafe and uses her CDAE education daily. She gives the COMPASS some background on her career today:

What is your current job and its responsibilities? I am currently Service Lead at Healthy Living Market and Cafe. I have been at Healthy Living for two years now and had a number of positions including Human Resources Assistant, Farmers’ Market Coordinator, Front End Supervisor, Customer Service Supervisor and Community Outreach Coordinator. My time at Healthy Living has been tremendously valuable to me, as I learned to use a lot of the skills and information I picked up along the way in CDAE. I now am responsible for company-wide Customer Service, which includes service to our customers, our staff and our community.

How did you decide on a major in CDAE?I initially came to UVM as part of the business school. After a semester, I began to have second thoughts on whether or not that was the right path for me. I found out about CDAE after signing up for CDAE 002 [World Food, Population and Developement] ... I realized at that point that I needed to check it out, [and] that Community Entrepreneurship would still allow me to study business while adding the community aspect, which is something that I really care about.

How has your CDAE education helped you in your career?CDAE gave me a sense of what it is like to work for a purpose. It was during my CDAE education that I gained a sense of what my main interests were and that I really wanted to have a job that mattered to me and to the people I worked with every day. It was in CDAE that I first learned about the food

system concept. When this happened, I realized I wanted to be involved in trying to help make a positive change to a more sustainable future.

What is your favorite CDAE class experience and why?It is difficult to come up with a favorite, as I had positive experiences in all my CDAE courses. Dollar Enterprise, I feel, is an obvious favorite to those who experienced it. I really enjoyed getting to run a secondhand clothing operation on campus and having a team raise almost $800 [for charity] — definitely a highlight.

How do you feel your education has impacted your life in general?I feel my education has changed my mindset for the better. I learned about the importance of the community as I was involved with such a tight community at UVM. I learned that one person can make a difference, whether it be in an organization, a state, a country or the world. If you do your best every day and keep a positive attitude, things will work themselves out and happiness will come.

What advice would you give current CDAE students?Get involved and try new things — the way that I learned what I was passionate about was listening and putting myself out there. Whether it is a club, a job, finding things to do in the community, there are plenty of ways to explore and try to find what it is you are passionate about. If you are struggling to find that one thing, keep looking — it will come.

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CDAE in the InternshipsAt New Breed

Marketing, I’ve been an events intern promoting the Summer U and Study Abroad accounts for UVM. As part of my job, I get to drive the Summer U Scion around campus, put on events to promote Summer U and hand out all the free swag such as the famous sunglasses, mood cups, lanyards and more. I also work on branding Summer U on campus through poster campaigns and tabling events in the Davis Center.

Working at New Breed has been an exceptional experience for me and has made me realize I want to be involved with marketing and promotions in some way once I graduate.

This summer I worked as a paid intern for a high powered advertising agency in New York City called Deutsch. I applied and interviewed in the city and ended up getting the job and living there for the summer. I worked as an art and motion production intern, which in layman’s terms is photo and video producer. I worked on campaigns, such as Degree Do:More, GoDaddy Inside and Out and Clear Shampoo.

Before I left for Spain last semester I really had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, [but] after that and my internship in New York I really am going to pursue a career in advertising. It is much more interesting than I had originally perceived it to be. Deutsch was so welcoming and the internship wasn’t just getting people coffee. In fact, it was quite the opposite. I felt as if I was a real employee.

In the end they explicitly told me that if I ever wanted a job to make sure to contact Deutsch, and if there wasn’t a position open there, they could help me get a just as good job at just as good an agency.

Alexandra ColkittPCOM ‘13

Max Landerman PCOM ‘13

CALS Reunion/Homecoming Weekend EventOctober 6th -12:45 p.m.- 1:45 p.m.

Jeffords Hall- Classroom 112College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Open House with the Dean

Visit with Dean Thomas Vogelmann and learn what makes the the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences such a

remarkable academic community!

I recently completed a summer internship at the Planning & Zoning Department of Colchester, VT. My responsibilities there included updating the town’s ‘Business Directory’, a listing of all businesses located in the Town of Colchester.

I also helped develop and design a GIS-based Map that can be used by both residents and visitors of Colchester to locate local businesses. The map provides an easy way for users to gather information on location, product/service, contact info and websites. The Business Map will be accessible through the Town of Colchester’s website.

This was an unbelievable experience where I was able to apply what I learned as a CID major outside of the classroom and actually see my work make a difference through helping to improve local businesses in Colchester.

John NeriCID ’13

PHOTOS COURTESY OF Alexandra Colkitt, John Neri and Max Landerman

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Recent Grads continued from cover...would be a better fit for me. I switched, and it couldn’t have worked out better.”

Hayward is currently an Assistant Account Coordinator at Kemp Goldberg Partners; a full-service advertising agency in Portland, Maine. Her overarching job responsibility is to support the Account Services department by creating production schedules, opening jobs for projects and much more.

Although CDAE brings business-oriented students,

others are drawn in after listening to the community-based experiences of other CDAE students. Jen Kaulius, (CID ’12), made her decision based on a tour guide’s stories of service-learning projects he worked on and the close relationships he had with his professors as a CID major.

“It was like someone had finally been able to clarify the subject I wanted to study and the exact kind of college experience I wanted. I found it all in CDAE,” she said.

Kaulius currently works in the Burlington, Vt. Office of the Mayor for Mayor Miro Weinberger as the Administrative Assistant and describes the job as being a different experience every day.

“In the Mayor’s office, I handle the Mayor’s schedule, including all scheduling requests that come from our City departments and from the greater Burlington community,” she said. “I also work with both Assistants to the Mayor, helping them with their work coordinating with City department heads, communicating with the media and the rest of the city and implementing Mayoral initiatives and special projects. “

Their Lessons Learned

The service-learning and internship requirement for all CDAE students must meet gives students a chance to gain experience both in and out of the classroom.

“Of the few classes I had to take outside of CDAE, there wasn’t nearly the same availability or importance placed on internships,” Hayward said. “One of the things my employer told me that made me stand out and helped get me my job

was the fact that I had four internships in my subject area throughout my college years.”

Kaulius traveled to Honduras for three weeks after her sophomore year and worked for an organization in St. Albans for a semester during her junior year. Kaulius credits her CDAE education and service-learning experiences as having shaped the way she approaches her career.

“My ability to foster cooperative working relationships with others in City Hall and throughout the Burlington community is the best skill I learned in CDAE,” she said.

Kaulius believes that CDAE gives students the tools and knowledge necessary to find something they are passionate about and take action.

“If you really care about something, make it happen,” she said. “CDAE gives you the opportunity to start caring about something, and there are world-class faculty ready to congratulate you when you succeed.”

One of the lessons that Hayward learned while studying at UVM and within CDAE was to set goals, no matter how big or small.

“It’s important to have something to work towards and measure yourself against,” she said. “That way, when you achieve whatever the goal is, you have something to show people and evidence to back it up.”

Hayward said her CDAE professors challenged her to look at projects with a more holistic point of view, rather than relying solely on her own interpretations.

“This skill has come in handy numerous times in the three short months that I have been working,” she said. “There have been times (too many to count) where I’ve been asked to interpret something from a client, and rather than just making a quick call, I’ve talked with different people within the agency and the client so that we’re all on the same page.”

Gilman, who minored in Business, found his CEnt education to have more of a community development perspective, whereas he learned about theories, rules, laws and so forth in his minor classes.

“I wasn’t just learning about business, but I was learning about it while considering the environment and communities,” he said.

Throughout his time at UVM, Gilman learned that college is not just about hitting the books. He attributes his career success to different aspects of his life including work experience, classes and networking.

“I feel like CDAE provided me with a lot of knowledge in economics and general business practices, as well as real-world experience with sales via programs like [CDAE Professor] Kathleen Liang’s Dollar Enterprise [where students form small businesses selling food and other small items],” Gilman said. “You can’t teach persistence, but in sales it’s a necessary tactic and I feel as though my work through four years of CDAE required lots of it.”

During his job search, Gilman’s interviewers found the CDAE major interesting and unique. “It’s something few other universities offer and that sets us apart from our competition,” he said. “You can honestly go into almost any career field with a degree in CDAE and that’s one thing I find valuable.”

Jon Gilman ‘10

Amanda Hayward ‘12

Jen Kaulius ‘12

PHOTOS COURTESY OF Jon Gilman, Jen Kaulius and Amanda Hayward

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With this January’s service-learning trip to St. Lucia approaching, the twenty students in CDAE 186 Sustainable Development in Small Island States course are fervently planning and preparing for the projects that they will be working on with their community partners.

The fall semester course work prepares the students by introducing the history, economics and culture of St. Lucia, focusing on socio-economic factors that impact development. Lead by instructors Kevin Stapleton and Thomas DeSisto, the service-learning class travels to the island after the conclusion of the fall semester; collaborating with community partners and government ministries to implement community projects.

“We have benefited tremendously from this exchange,” explained Peter Lorde, St. Lucia’s Deputy Permanent Secretary. “The government of Saint Lucia is very committed to the [partnership] as the benefits that have accrued from this exchange is having an economic impact in addition to the socio-cultural dimension,” he said.

One project this year focuses on the implementation of school gardens that will teach students in St. Lucia about sustainable agriculture. “A lack of access to healthy and affordable food on the island poses a problem to sustainable economic growth,” Community and International Development (CID) senior Justin King said. “Our school gardens program plays an important role in educating the community on healthy food alternatives.”

The project utilizes a small plot of land located on school grounds at the Dugard School, a small rural primary school located in Choiseul, as a garden for growing foods and vegetables.

Students in the service-learning project will be working with schools in St. Lucia to develop an in-class curriculum about sustainable agriculture, integrating the foods grown in the garden into a nutritious lunch menu and expanding gardens to other schools on the island.

This year marks the 9th trip to St. Lucia, which began in the fall of 2004, with 125 UVM students participating in this service-learning experience since its inception. “The Ministry is hopeful that this program will continue and that UVM will continue to grace St. Lucia with these annual visits,” Lorde said.

Big impacts on a small island: CDAE’s service-learning projects in St. Lucia

CDAE in the World

CDAE by the 2012 NumbersPlaces of business

where CDAE students intern

51 CDAE is made up of

375+ majors and

250+ minors

Service-learning classes offered with

businesses and non-profit organizations all over Vermont

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PHOTOS COURTESY OF CDAE 186 Kitchen Garden Project

Elizabeth Semmer, Class of 2009, helps teach students about about healthy food alternatives by working on the new garden. The students are from Dugard Combined Primary School, St. Lucia. Their school moto is “We Have Planted the Seeds that will Grow.”

Students from the Grand Riviere Secondary School in St. Lucia learn about sustainable argriculture.

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Baker, D. and D. Chappelle (2012) Health Status and Needs of Migrant Farm Workers in Vermont. Journal of Agromedicine

Baker, D. and D. Chappelle (2012) In Vermont, Se Habla Español. Experiences In Occupational Spanish Instruction. Journal of Extension.

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Conner, D., King, B., Kolodinsky, J., Roche, E., Koliba, C. and Trubek, A. (2012). You can know your school and feed it too: Vermont farmers’ motivations and distribution practices in direct sales to school food services. Agriculture and Human Values.

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About CDAE

Thesis Defenses*

The Community Development and Applied Economics Department (CDAE) is part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Vermont. CDAE supports sustainable local, regional, and international communities through transdisciplinary research, education, and outreach that serve the public interest.

The department offers undergraduate students the following majors and minors: Community and International Development, Community Entrepreneurship, and Public Communication. Additional minors are also offered in Applied Design, Consumer Affairs, Consumer and Advertising, and Green Building and Community Design.

Two graduate opportunities are available within the department: Master of Science in Community Development and Applied Economics (more at: www.uvm.edu/cdae) and Master of Public Administration (more at: www.uvm.edu/mpa). Both graduate programs participate in the Peace Corps Fellows Program (more at: www.uvm.edu/~cdaepcf ).

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This CDAE Compass was written by Danielle Bilotta and Sean Wilcox and edited by Haylley Johnson, Sarah Heiss and Jane Kolodinsky. To suggest a story or feature for the next newsletter, send an email to cdae@uvm.edu. Special thanks to those interviewees for this edition including Alex Colkitt, Charles Ferreira, Kate Finley-Woodruff, Karen Fries, Pamela Gardner, Jon Gilman, Tina Haskins, Amanda Hayward, Trisha Hlastawa, Jen Kaulius, Max Landerman, Peter Lorde and John Neri.

CDAE UpdatesPeople, Publications, Awards, Classes, Research

Publ icat ions

Minghao Li (MS ’13) successfully defended his thesis: “Two Essays on Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Food Attributes: Determinants and Implications.”

Richard Nam (MS ’12) successfully defended his thesis: “An Exploration on Intra-Household Motorized Vehicle Allocation Using the 2009 National Household Travel Survey.”

Ethan Thompson (MS ’12) successfully defended his thesis: “Purchaser Preferences and Market Potential for Artesian and Farmstead Cheeses. Assessing Market Support for Value Added production on Vermont Dairy Farms.”

*To find out about upcoming Thesis Defenses this semester, contact Leslie Barchard at Leslie.Barchard@uvm.edu; Morrill Hall Room 205.