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The Samuel Read Hall Library [1] is the library at Lyndon State College, [2] a member of the Vermont State College [3] system. The library is named for Samuel Read Hall , an educational pioneer and native Vermonter and is located in the Library Academic Center on the college's campus in Lyndon Center .
Three schools claim to be the oldest college in Vermont. UVM was chartered in 1791 but did not begin instruction until 1800 or grant a degree until 1804. Middlebury College was chartered in 1800 and was Vermont's first college to grant an academic degree in 1802. Castleton University, which today is a campus of Vermont State University, was ...
Castleton University was chartered as a grammar school in 1787, making it the oldest institution dissolved to create Vermont State University. [6] Johnson Academy was founded in 1828, later becoming Johnson State College; Vermont Technical College was founded in 1806 as Orange County Grammar School; Lyndon State College was founded in 1911 as a normal school.
Until 1969 the state had two library agencies: the State Library, and the Free Public Library Service which ran a series of regional libraries and a bookmobile service. The two units were merged into the Department of Libraries on March 31,1970. [3] The State Librarian is appointed by the Governor. [4]
Merrimack College is a private Augustinian university in North Andover, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1947 by the Order of St. Augustine with an initial goal to educate World War II veterans. It enrolls approximately 5,700 undergraduate and graduate students from 34 states and 36 countries. [6] The school has an acceptance rate of 75%. [7]
The Vermont State Colleges System (VSCS) is the system of public colleges in the U.S. state of Vermont. It was created by act of the Vermont General Assembly in 1961. There are presently two entities in the VSCS consortium, the Community College of Vermont and the Vermont State University. Together, more than 11,000 students are enrolled in the ...
Harold Parker State Forest Bridge crossing on one of the forest's many challenging single-track mountain biking trails Berry Pond Stearns Pond Seasonal views of ponds in Harold Parker State Forest Location in Massachusetts Show map of Massachusetts Harold Parker State Forest (the United States) Show map of the United States Location Andover, North Andover, North Reading, Middleton, Essex ...
William Samuel Johnson (1727-1819), American jurist, statesman and educator. Both the college and the town are named for him. Painted by Gilbert Stuart.. The town of Johnson, and a part of neighboring Cambridge, Vermont together once made up the King's College Tract, a land grant chartered by King George III in 1774 for the eventual expansion of King's College in New York, today's Columbia ...