Career Services
CCV Career Services resources offer general information as well as links to various tools to help students with:
- Self-Assessment to help students define their skills, strengths, values and interests;
- Career Exploration to help students match assessment results with career paths that fit; and
- Decision-Making Information to help students make effective financial decisions, build a professional image, and display their skills in cover letters, resumes, and job interviews.
Access CCV Connections through the portal or at www.ccv.edu/career_development.
Student Leadership
CCV’s Student Advisory Board (SAB) provides students with a forum to discuss the programs and services offered by CCV and review student-related policies and procedures. The board is made up of two student representatives from each of the College’s 12 academic centers and meets at least once every semester with CCV’s SAB staff advisor and/or other College administrators. The names of student representatives are posted in every CCV academic center.
We encourage students to share with their representatives any ideas, requests, concerns, and recommendations for improving the College’s ability to serve students effectively. Students who are interested in serving on the Student Advisory Board should contact their academic advisor. In addition, three students participate in the Vermont State Colleges Student Association, and CCV students can run for the position of student delegate to the VSC Board of Trustees. The SAB annually selects a student to serve a one-year term on Academic Council, CCV’s academic governance body.
Transfer to Other Programs
Each year numerous CCV students apply to four-year schools and many go on to complete bachelor’s degrees, and others continue on for advanced degrees. The College has developed transfer agreements with many four-year colleges within and outside of Vermont, including the other Vermont State Colleges and the University of Vermont. Academic advisors and information on the portal can assist students as they plan and apply to transfer from CCV to other institutions.
CCV Community
Although a nonresidential college, CCV sponsors performing and visual arts nights, lectures and events, concerts, and Winooski’s International Food Festival. Statewide, CCV sponsors two major efforts, the fall Harvest for Hunger week and the spring wellness week, when the College, in conjunction with local community partners, holds events around these themes. Additionally, CCV sponsors short trips each spring, typically to Boston, Washington D.C., or New York, for cultural events and occasionally for service projects.
Hartness Library System
The Hartness Library System serves CCV and Vermont Tech. In addition to a large collection of online periodical and eBook collections, faculty, staff, and students can borrow materials from the Hartness Library and other VSC libraries through the online Library Catalog. All of these resources are accessible 24/7 through the CCV Hartness Library website at http://hartness.vsc.edu. VSC usernames and passwords are used to borrow books and for off-site access to the periodical databases.
Among the services available to CCV students are:
- a toll-free phone number (800-431-0025), chat and email (library@ccv.edu) for reference assistance;
- an online system for home delivery of library materials;
- research guides, video tutorials; and
- access to thousands of full-text articles in more than twenty periodical databases.
Learning Centers in each CCV location also provide basic library support from friendly and resourceful staff, and computer equipment for accessing library materials. Library staff are available for in-depth research assistance by appointment. |
