Welcome to The Vermont Connection (TVC)! TVC is the official organization of all current students in the Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration graduate program at the University of Vermont. TVC consists of all current HESA students, known as the Full Board, and the Executive Board, an eight-member board elected each year by the Full Board. The goals and objectives of TVC are in line with HESA historical traditions and regularly adjust to fulfill the needs of its membership.
TVC’s first priority is to publish a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal of high integrity, addressing the student affairs profession and the field of higher education. This journal has been a tradition of the HESA program for over three decades. Learn more at About The Vermont Connection.
TVC is also responsible for providing opportunities to develop members’ educational and professional skills in order to prepare them for their future careers. TVC helps to foster cohesion and camaraderie within the organization, as well as provide ways for its members to enrich their graduate experience.
Current Volume: Volume 45 (2024) Rage and Revolution: Change and Transformation in Higher Education
Journal Cover
Cover Page
Joy N. Emmanuel and Madison Pimental
Editor's Notes
Editors' Note
Joy N. Emmanuel and Madison Pimental
Land Acknowledgement
Joy N. Emmanuel and Madison Pimental
Foreword
Articles
Queer Joy as Rage: A Tool to Transform
E. Jeremy Torres
The case of Blackness and Disability: Disproportionality in Special Education Identification
Patricia Pfende
Post-9/11 Racism and Xenophobia's Effects on Muslim Students' Persistence and Belonging in U.S. Higher Education
Takudzwa Kennedy Bozhiwa
Racism, Immigration Laws, and Financial Hurdles: An Assessment of Triadic Traumatizing Experiences of BIPOC Students in the USA
Ayodele A. Akinsnaya
POV: Working in Admissions During the Ruling on Affirmative Action
Kirsty Nicole Bayo-ang Bocado
Resisting the Deficit Framework: Practices for Student Services Professionals to Effectively Support BIPOC Students at Predominantly White Institutions
Joshua Ravenscroft
(In)Effectiveness of Summer Bridge Programs among First-year Low-income, First-generation College Students
Joy N. Emmanuel
Bringing Personal Identity into our Learning Spaces
Sobha Kavanakudiyil
Shift Happens! Clashing AIs in Higher Education and the Unexpected Implications of Restriction and Implementation
Carol A. Bruzzano
Reflection
Shaping a Spark
Gabi Cuna
Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement
Joy N. Emmanuel and Madison Pimental
TVC 45 Executive Board
- Executive Director
- Grace Peterson
- Managing Director
- Elyse Ellis
- Co-Content Editors
- Joy Emmanuel & Madison Pimental
- Membership & Community Development Chair
- Adriana Eldred
- Growth & Aspirations Chair
- Steve Zatarain
- Legacy & Alumnx Relations Chair
- Melissa Ochoa
- Public Relations Chair
- Lydea Rowell