Vermont State Colleges (VSC) Community:
I am so happy to have the chance to welcome you back to our spring semester – a time to appreciate the calm of winter, with excitement for what lies ahead with spring. Wishing you well as you dive back into exciting learning, new opportunities, and reconnecting with community.
In our spring 2025 newsletter you will find many updates from the Information Technology (IT) team. It has been a busy few months, and I am happy for the chance to spotlight a few exciting projects underway.
In our newsletter, you will find information about our ongoing intentional work around Artificial Intelligence (AI). In August of 2024, we held a system-wide AI event to bring our community together for a day of learning. Since then, there has been exciting ongoing work to not only develop an IT roadmap for AI but to also ensure opportunities for learning. Visit our website to learn more and stay tuned for a save the date announcement for our next event.
Over the past several months, a large group of community members from across the VSC have been engaging in a request for proposals process to decide our new enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for Finance, HR, Payroll, and Student systems. This work is extremely impactful and touches many across the system. We had deep engagement from folks across the entire VSC and, through our Board-approved governance model, will be advancing forward with a partner vendor. I encourage you to review all of the updates here.
In early January, Chancellor Mauch announced my departure from the VSC. I leave this position with optimism and excitement for what is ahead for you all. I am beyond thankful to my team for their commitment and engagement in our work together and for all that we have accomplished and for all that is ahead. As I step forward to new adventures, I am happy to share my support with Wilson Garland stepping in as Interim CIO. Wilson and I have worked very closely together for the past three years – his collaborative leadership approach and deep capabilities give me extreme confidence not only in his ability to continue supporting the IT team and the work we do every day, but he will prove to be an invaluable leader to support the next phase of ERP work.
It has been an absolute honor to be part of a historic chapter with the VSC. I will be cheering you all on from afar and wishing you well.
Best,
Kellie Campbell
Chief Information Officer and Vice President for Information Technology