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Blog Archive: Exploring Career Options
Jamira Armah was able to come to the United States from Ghana through a Visa lottery. She first settled in New York City, where she trained as a certified nursing assistant. She moved to Vermont in 1999 for a relationship and met with the Educational Opportunity Center program counselor for the鈥
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An hour of your time could = $1,000 (or more) for college or training. But to be considered, you need to apply. Here鈥檚 how. Did you know that every year, 中国竞彩网 administers about $25 million in grants and scholarships to Vermont students? For the current academic year, eligible Vermont students have鈥
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Have you ever wondered about a job or career and what it would be like to do that work? Plan on attending the Vermont Career Connect virtual event, Oct. 28, from 10 a.m. to noon, to take the first step in discovering your future. The Zoom event features Kathi Terami, from Careers CLiC, presenting鈥
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When 18-year-old Hawa Abdi was 2 years old, her parents made the decision to emigrate from Africa to the United States, where they knew they could give their children a life filled with education and opportunity, rather than poverty and political persecution 鈥 things they had personally experienced鈥
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Abdimajiid Mohamed is in search of total bliss when it comes to career planning 鈥 among other things. 鈥淎ny job that I get up in the morning happy to go to would be great,鈥 he says. 鈥淟ife鈥檚 too short not to be happy.鈥 For Mohamed, now a student at Trine University in Angola, Indiana, a major in鈥
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At Proctor Jr./Sr. High School, Phyllis Currao works to ensure the success of all her students and provides them with the opportunity for a successful academic school year as well as a bright future in a promising career. With a student body of just over 135 from grades 7鈥12, Proctor Jr./Sr. High鈥
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Megan Rippie, who graduated from Milton High School this spring, has always been a mentor and support for her brother, who is two years younger and on the autism spectrum. 鈥淭yler and I are very close,鈥 she says. 鈥淗e鈥檚 more like a best friend than a brother. We never bickered, growing up.鈥 That鈥
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Dr. Cody Paiva, a 2009 graduate of Blue Mountain Union High School in Wells River and a 2020 medical degree recipient from Pacific Northwest University in Yakima, Washington, was once his mother鈥檚 boss at McDonald鈥檚. It鈥檚 a quirky twist of fate that helps tell the story of a young man from humble鈥
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Visit the website for Northern Vermont University-Johnson, and near the top of the announcements list you鈥檒l find a link to a special 鈥渧irtual celebration鈥 of the graduating Class of 2020 鈥 a group of accomplished young Americans who will always be remembered as the 鈥淐OVID-19 class,鈥 graduating in a鈥
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Courtney Carr, who graduated from UVM last month with a bachelor鈥檚 in psychology and minors in law & society and sociology, is intently focused on starting her career with a criminal justice nonprofit. However, she didn鈥檛 always know exactly what she wanted to do. 鈥淚t was a bit of a roller coaster,鈥濃
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