Allison Hooper named Chair of the Sterling College Board of Trustees
As of July 1, Allison Hooper will serve as chair of the Sterling College Board of Trustees, following Peter Chehayl who has held the position since 2017. Allison was first…
View moreSterling College Receives $200K VOREC Grant to Make Outdoor Recreation More Accessible in Craftsbury
Sterling College has been awarded a $200,000 community grant from the Vermont Outdoor Recreation Economic Collaborative (VOREC) to help establish a public-facing outdoor recreation hub as part of its vision…
View moreA Woman of Many Parts
Katie Connor is, to use an old-fashioned phrase, a woman of many parts. She is or has been (deep breath here): A licensed boat captain, commercial fisherperson, research vessel crew,…
View moreIn Memory of Michael Phillips
“We are not at the end of a rope, as it’s so easy to think. Humanity can yet choose to turn direction. The moment has come to leap into action…
View moreDiverse Voices Fellowship
Sterling College is now accepting applications for a new online course on the art of food and environmental writing, with tuition-free fellowships funded by Penguin Random House and other donors….
View moreIn Memoriam: Ted Bermingham
April 28, 1927 – January 18, 2022 Without a doubt, Ted Bermingham set Sterling on the path that has led us to today–a path that began in the early years…
View moreSeed Preservation: A Wendell Berry Farming Program Graduate Profile
Jennifer Laura Palmer wants her grandfather’s asparagus back. More specifically, she’d like to be able to grow the same asparagus that he, “a child of the Great Depression,” did when…
View moreCommunity and Empowerment: A Wendell Berry Farming Program Graduate Profile
When you talk to the recent graduates of the Wendell Berry Farming Program, you hear the word “community.” A lot. And when you talk to recent graduate Lizzie Camfield, it’s…
View moreDr. Lori Collins-Hall Appointed Interim President of Sterling College
The Sterling College Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Lori Collins-Hall as interim president of the college, effective November 1, 2021. Dr. Collins-Hall’s appointment follows the departure of Matthew Derr,…
View moreCommon Ground: A Wendell Berry Farming Program Graduate Profile
Gabe Francisco came to the Wendell Berry Farming Program with a lot of baggage: clothes, books, computer stuff, a hand-made, hardwood oxen yolk, and a pair of Swiss Brown oxen…
View moreSterling School Pioneers Mourn Ginny Hagen, RN
Those Sterling School Pioneers, then aged 14-18, who passed through Sterling School together between 1958 and 1964 have been the beneficiaries of memories of people whose humanity and character have…
View moreA Taste of Change: A Wendell Berry Farming Program Graduate Profile
As a student passionate about food and agriculture, Ashland Tann, learned quickly that when he spoke about this passion “people’s eyes would just glaze over.” “But if I cooked them…
View more
