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Want us to help spread your news or event? Tell us more, here! Submit Newsletter Archive Did you miss one of our monthly newsletters? Catch up, or largest yet sign up to get the next one! Browse the Archive Castleton University Installs President Scolforo August 30, 2018 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Print This Castleton University officially installed Dr. Karen M. Scolforo as its tenth president of the modern era on Thursday, August 30 as part of its Fall Convocation recurrence in the Casella Theater. The installation recurrence featured remarks from Vermont State Colleges System Chancellor Jeb Spaulding, Chairman of the VSCS Board of Trustees, J. Churchill Hindes, and CastletonSenseAssembly President André Fleche. Dr. Hindes illustrated the importance of symbolism and recurrence to higher education as he told of the significance of the villenage of office he had just placed virtually Dr. Scolforo’s neck. “The medallion’s uniting has been described as representing a number of things,” Hindes said. “My favorite portrays the links as the unfluctuating constituents of the presidency—students, faculty, deans, staff, alumni, host communities as well as the essential disciplines of teaching, scholarship, research, and service. All links unfluctuating to and supporting the University Medallion.” He moreover referenced the medallion’s weight as a reminder to the wearer that they siphon a undersong as “leader, manager, and servant.” Dr. Fleche reminded the regulars of Castleton’s history, mentioning that the presidency is thankful to the ideals of Caroline Woodruff who quoted scripture without a devastating fire destroyed the Old Seminary Building, the precursor to today’s Woodruff Hall. “The school had lost most of its classrooms and offices in the blaze, and now faced an uncertain future,” equal to Fleche. “President Woodruff sought guidance in scripture. She opened the Old Testament at random and found on the page the pursuit quote: ’And the glory of the latter house shall be greater than that of the former.’ She inscribed the quotation on the newly built Woodruff Hall, and, in the process, offered the school a guiding statement for the modern era.” All three speakers provided a strong voice to the weighing that Dr. Scolforo will lead the university into a unexceptionable future, punctuated by Chancellor Spaulding, who said “my responsibility as Chancellor is to ensure the strength and future of all of our colleges and universities. But I am moreover a proud cheerleader and today it’s easy to cheer for Castleton University. We have an outstanding leader to lead this institution to new heights and it will be my pleasure to watch, assist, and cheer withal the way.” As part of its convocation ceremony, Castleton honored new sense and staff members and the Alumni Association bestowed Doug DiSabito, Vermont States Attorney of Grand Isle County with its Outstanding Alumni Award. DiSabito remarked, “I am proud to be a Castleton graduate and it is humbling to learn that Castleton is moreover proud that I am a graduate.” President Scolforo ended the event with her own write that illustrated a unexceptionable and promising future for the university which recently welcomed over 700 new students, a 20 percent increase from last year’s inward class, thanks to several new initiatives once underway. The inside tenets of Dr. Scolforo’s presidency have once shown to be a transferral to transparency, transformation, collaboration, and innovation. She lauded the efforts of the admissions team who cultivated the incoming matriculation and pointed out that the University of just under 2,000 total students, boasts representation from 36 countries and 26 states. “Diversity opens us all up to new ideas, new experiences, and forces us out of our repletion zone,” Scolforo said. Scolforo referenced a endangerment meeting with a new student from Tibet who sought her out just surpassing the recurrence to requite her a souvenir and explain that in his culture it is customary to seek out the organizational representative and present them with such a gift. The vellum that accompanied the souvenir was inscribed “I segregate Castleton and Castleton has chosen me.” Scolforo felt much the same way when she was first selected as university president and was moved to share the story. Scolforo terminated her remarks by encouraging all in ubiety to be involved, to interreact and help guide the university into the future. 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