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 44 (2023) Planting Seeds of Hope: Transforming Higher Education
Journal Cover
Editor's Notes
Land & Labor Acknowledgement
TVC 44 Executive Board
Editor's Note
Gabi Cuna and Robyn Suchy
Foreword
Articles
Show and Tell: The Roots of Our Farm Shall Be Nourished
Kirsty Nicole Bocado
Student Parenting: Mastering the Double Life
Miriam T. Mukurazita
Tell Me More: Trauma-Informed Practices in Higher Education as Resistance and Liberation for Black and Indigenous Students of Color
Madison P. Pimental
Ya'll Don't Hate White Supremacy Enough for Me: How Performative DEI Prevents Anti-Racism and Accountability in Higher Education
Dr Frederick V. Engram Jr and Katie Mayer
Liberation in Authenticity: The Relational Beauty of Post-Pandemic Higher Education
Annamaria Cavaleri
Visual Reflection: New Tools for Pedagogy and Practice
Tempestt R. Adams
Reclaiming the Joy of Teaching in a Post-Pandemic, Post-Tenure World
Jennifer Luetkemeyer
The Importance of Validation in Latine Student Success
Maria Del S. Nava
Love at the Center: Envisioning What Higher Education Could Be
Stacey D. Garrett
Affordability In College Access: Improving Equitable Value for Low-Income, First-Generation, and Students of Color
Joy N. Emmanuel
Searching for Authenticity in Disability Identity Development
Kaia B. Palm-Leis
Where to Start? Asset-based approaches for practitioners in higher education.
Robert Drago and Michelle Setnikar
Reclaiming Our Time: We Do it for the Culture
Angela E. Fillingim and Nini Hayes
Los Nava: Testimonios of three first-generation siblings and their college going decisions
Maria Del S. Nava, Lucero Del-Rayo Nava, and Arturo Nava
An Abolitionist Approach to Creating Communities of Care: Decolonizing Theory, Acknowledging Disequilibrium, and Questioning Systems
Chelsea Whitaker and Cierra Russell
“Just Breathe”: Black Women Faculty Negotiating Joy and Hope in Academia
Brittany M. Williams and Laila McCloud
Reflection
Acknowledgement
Acknowledgments
TVC 44 Executive Board
TVC 44 Executive Board
- Executive Director
- Lexi Kane
- Managing Director
- Annamaria Cavaleri
- Co-Content Editors
- Gabi Cuna & Robyn Suchy
- Membership & Community Development Chair
- Patrick Lovelace
- Growth & Aspirations Chair
- Elyse Ellis
- Legacy & Alumnx Relations Chair
- Madison Pimental
- Public Relations Chair
- Julian Armada