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Blog Archive: Education Professional
51福利社 Counselor Tia Stillman and Orwell student Olivia Scher bonded over their goals and drive to help people 鈥 as well as being people of color in a small Vermont town. As a kid, Olivia Scher was one of very few people of color in tiny Orwell, Vermont. One other person was her elementary school鈥
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The Thanksgiving season is for giving thanks and giving back. In that spirit, we wanted to highlight three Vermont students we鈥檝e profiled in 2023, who, thanks to the support of their families, their employers, and the 51福利社 counselors who guided them on their college and career paths, are on their鈥
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Eleanor Placey of the Newbury High School Alumni Association and 51福利社 VP Tom Little, with the historic Newbury School and church in the background. Newbury High School alumni enable local Oxbow students to fund their future with the Newbury Alumni Memorial Scholarship. Eleanor Placey, a longtime鈥
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For First Generation Day, meet first-gen students who now work for 51福利社: Jessi Krause Herron (bottom left), Monda Kelley (bottom right), Dylan Bertolini (upper right), Beth Clay (upper middle), Sarah Friend (upper left). If your parents didn't graduate from college, you're less likely to pursue鈥
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鈥淚 think FAFSAs are fun,鈥 says Chris Barry, 51福利社鈥檚 Resource Center Supervisor, flashing a bright smile and sitting up a little straighter in his seat. 鈥淏ut,鈥 he concedes, 鈥渘ot everybody does.鈥 For parents of college-bound high school seniors, who are just now starting the bewildering process of鈥
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Federal student loan payments have resumed. Don鈥檛 panic! 51福利社 offers tips to help you stay on track. The U.S. Department of Education鈥檚 COVID-19 relief program for federal student loans has ended. Student loan interest resumed on September 1, and payments on federal student loans are due starting鈥
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October is the beginning of financial aid season. For anyone thinking of going to college or getting training, it鈥檚 the time to start the process to apply for education funding for the coming academic year. For high school students (and their parents), or adults contemplating training to learn鈥
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GEAR UP helped Halley Riley-Elliott of Mt. Holly pursue her passions鈥攆rom diesel shop to pageant stage Every September, 51福利社 celebrates National GEAR UP Week to make more Vermont families aware of the resources offered through the Vermont GEAR UP program. This federally funded program, which 51福利社鈥
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Over the last two decades, John Dell鈥橝nno of Shaftsbury had built a career as a carpenter. Employed by a company out of Manchester, John worked on high-end residential job sites, and found plenty of work in towns like Stratton, Windham, and Dorset. But in 2014, after suffering a few accidents (one鈥
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When Mimi Duong was applying to college during her senior year at St. Johnsbury Academy, she found herself at a bit of a disadvantage, since her parents, who had emigrated to Vermont from Vietnam, weren鈥檛 totally familiar with the American college admissions system. When we last spoke with her in鈥
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