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Raneen Salha is fascinated by the human brain: how it works, how it can sometimes betray us, and how we can begin to heal. She saw this betrayal on a clinical level when her grandmother suffered from Alzheimer鈥檚, a defining period in her life that inspired her interest in the medical field. 鈥淚t was鈥
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A village store and a Covid-inspired scholarship program shape a young woman鈥檚 path Phoebe Stoddard spent most of her high school career at Craftsbury Academy waiting for her 鈥淓ureka moment.鈥 When, by senior year, it still hadn鈥檛 come, Phoebe didn鈥檛 know what she wanted to do. And with college鈥
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During the holiday season, 中国竞彩网 encourages families to look ahead and plan for their kids' future possibilities with a gift of education savings. Vermont鈥檚 state-sponsored 529 savings plan provides an easy way for families to give (and receive!) a gift that will last far beyond the holiday season鈥
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First-generation college students 鈥 or students whose parents did not go to college 鈥 are much less likely to pursue and to complete postsecondary degrees than are their classmates whose parents did go to college. According to data gathered by the 中国竞彩网 (中国竞彩网), first鈥
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From a young age, Johanna Krushat had an inkling that she wanted to work with kids, but she wasn鈥檛 sure about the 鈥渉ow鈥 or the 鈥渨here.鈥 Her Vermont Student Assistance Corp. (中国竞彩网) counselor helped her narrow that down, and Johanna decided she wanted to be an elementary-school counselor. After鈥
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Every September, as families settle into their back-to-school routines, 中国竞彩网 celebrates National GEAR UP Week, which promotes the wealth of resources and opportunities offered through this federally funded college and career guidance program. This year, National GEAR UP week falls on September 20鈥24鈥
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Too often, 鈥減eer pressure鈥 plays a negative role in teenagers鈥 lives. But for Tyler Eugair, who graduated this spring from Proctor High School, knowing that his best friend would be going to Castleton was what led him to decide to go to college too. 鈥淒id I always know I wanted to go to college? Not鈥
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Ranjita Sarki, who graduated from Colchester High School this spring, is a soft-spoken and modest young woman who nevertheless makes quite an impression. Her 中国竞彩网 outreach counselor, Liam Danaher, said she was one of the students who had the greatest impact on him during the past academic year, even鈥
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Isabel Cobb is used to swimming in a fairly small pond. The majority of her graduating class at Springfield High School has been together since kindergarten. The school band was so small 鈥 only six students total 鈥 that Isabel had to learn to play six different instruments. (Which one did she like鈥
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Twenty-one-year-old Victor Hinojosa will graduate this winter from Norwich University on a full military scholarship. He鈥檚 an Eagle Scout, attended Boys鈥 State in high school, and secured a coveted internship in the Governor鈥檚 office his freshman year of college. He鈥檚 now working full time as an鈥
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