Vermont State University sees enrollment increase in its second year [Video]

a YEAR AFTER ITS CONTROVERSIAL CAMPUS MERGER…. VERMONT STATE UNIVERSITY SAYS IT’S SEEING A BOOST IN ENROLLMENT. NBC 5’S YUNIER MARTINEZ SPOKE WITH school leaders… ABOUT HOW THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD THIS SEMESTER. VERMONT STATE COLLEGE IS SEEING A RISE IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT AS IT STARTS ITS SECOND YEAR AS A NEWLY-FORMED UNIVERSITY David Bergh, President of Vermont State University: <“SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND ENROLLMENT GROWTH REALLY BEING THE KEY TO THAT. AND SO IN THAT CONTEXT, THESE NUMBERS THAT WE’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW ARE REALLY HOPEFUL AND REALLY INSPIRING. SO SPECIFICALLY, WE’RE ABOUT 14% HIGHER IN TERMS OF INCOMING FIRST YEAR STUDENTS THAN WE WERE AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.”> THE SCHOOL SAYS THERE ARE SEVENTEEN HUNDRED NEW STUDENTS IN THIS FALL’S CLASS. THAT NUMBER IS UP BY 200 SINCE LAST YEAR. VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADMISSIONS SAYS THE MERGER OF THE FIVE VERMONT CAMPUSES CREATED NEW RECRUITING OPPORTUNITIES. VERMONT STATE …