My resignation from Vermont Technical College is not being handled well by the administration. I received a retro-active end of service date and cannot complete the work I had planned to finish in the first month of the semester. That means grade changes, help with incompletes, club transfer work, etc. is beyond my reach. I’m not sure how long I’ll maintain a VTC email address or access to any of the systems. If you are upset about not being able to finish your incomplete please email Dean Gaillat and the new VTSU Provost Atkins. Don’t bother Dr Tookey or Prof Damon, they are powerless to help and have their own trials and tribulations with the leadership.
The evidence is piling up that VTC and the follow-on VTSU is not a good place to work nor learn. It is unlikely that the CIS department will survive the merger and you should plan for a few things: 1) be ready to move to Williston. 2) Focus on the fastest degree you can complete. So if you wanted a BS plan your schedule to get an AS. This makes it easier to transfer to another school when the department collapses. 3) Take your CIS elective early. Most electives are taught by only one faculty (e.g. Info Warfare) if that faculty retires/resigns/terminates that elective is gone. Get as many of those done now as possible.
Best of luck going into what will be a very challenging academic year this year and a very perilous start of the VTSU. I would recommend you find a more stable and professional school to attend. You, as a student, don’t need to be in the middle of all this chaos while trying to complete a degree. You are paying to be at VTC/VTSU the least the leadership should do is provide a stable learning environment.
