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Champlain College is a private, coeducational college located in Burlington, Vermont. It offers professionally focused programs that incorporate an interdisciplinary core curriculum. In addition to its main campus, the College maintains study-abroad campuses in Montreal and Dublin, a satellite campus in Mumbai, and offers online programs. Eighty percent of students are from out of state.
ded as Burlington Collegiate Institute by G.W. Thompson in 1878, a series of acquisitions changed the College's name and location multiple times.
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Champlain College is a private, coeducational college located in Burlington, Vermont. It offers professionally focused programs that incorporate an interdisciplinary core curriculum. In addition to its main campus, the College maintains study-abroad campuses in Montreal and Dublin, a satellite campus in Mumbai, and offers online programs. Eighty percent of students are from out of state.
History
Founded as Burlington Collegiate Institute by G.W. Thompson in 1878, a series of acquisitions changed the College's name and location multiple times. It was renamed Burlington Business College in 1884, moved to Bank Street in 1905, and relocated to Main Street in 1910. In 1958, the College took its current name and moved to Hill Section of Burlington, where it remains today. That year, it offered associate's degree programs and enrolled about 60 students.
Champlain College grew over the decades, opening its first dormitories in 1965, starting new programs in the field of social services in the 1970s, and adding the Hauke Family Campus Center in 1989. The first bachelor's degree programs were offered in 1991, and online education began in 1993. The College's library, the Robert E. and Holly D. Miller Information Commons, was opened in 1998. In 2002, the College initiated its first master's degree program.
The S.D. Ireland Family Center for Global Business & Technology, a new academic facility, opened in 2004, and the IDX Student Life Center was dedicated the following year. Also in 2005, Dr. David F. Finney was inaugurated as the Champlain's seventh president, and the College added a second master's degree to its offerings.
A program to encourage student entrepreneurs, called BYOBiz, was launched in 2006. The next year, the College opened a study-abroad campus in Montreal. In 2008, two new student residences, Lakeview Hall and Adirondack House, opened in Burlington, and a second study-abroad campus opened in Dublin. Later that year, Champlain acquired Woodbury College, which now offers graduate degrees as the Woodbury Institute of Champlain College.
Presidents
- G.W. Thompson (1878-1883)
- E. George Evans (1884-1919)
- A. Gordon Tittemore (1920-1955)
- C. Bader Brouilette (1956-1976)
- Dr. Robert A. Skiff (1977-1991)
- Dr. Roger H. Perry (1992-2004)
- Dr. David F. Finney (2005-present)
Campus
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Champlain's campus consists of 42 buildings on about 2.5 city blocks in the residential Hill Section of Burlington, Vermont. Most of the student residence halls are renovated Victorian-era houses. Jensen Hall is thought to be haunted by the original owners wife, who hung herself from the top floor of the tower room. About 750 students reside on campus, others occupy off-campus college housing, and many live independently.
The IDX Student Life Center features the dining hall, gym, and fitness center. Students also spend time in its lounge and game room.
Academic buildings include the Hauke Family Campus Center, the S.D. Ireland Family Center for Global Business & Technology, and the Miller Information Commons. Facilities available include 3D animation and game production labs, multimedia classrooms and editing suites, and a photo lab and darkroom.
International campuses
Champlain students have the opportunity to study abroad at the College's international campuses.
- Montreal, Canada: Champlain College of Vermont opened in the fall of 2007. Facilities include classrooms, a lab, student lounge, and kitchen. Student housing is provided by the Université du Québec à Montréal.
- Dublin, Ireland: Champlain College Dublin Centre opened in the fall of 2008. The Academic Center contains classrooms, a computer lab, and lounge, with residency nearby.
- Mumbai, India: Champlain College's Mumbai campus is administered by the International College at St. Xavier's Technical Institute. Indian students can obtain degrees in Business, Software Engineering, and Hospitality Industry Management.
Academics
Undergraduate education
Champlain issues bachelor's degrees in over 30 diverse fields of study, ranging from Computer & Digital Forensics to Radiography. Some of the most popular undergraduate programs include Business, Graphic Design, and Electronic Game Programming.
Starting with the class of 2011, general education is taught in the form of an interdisciplinary core curriculum. Through courses such as Rhetoric, Concepts of the Self, and Concepts of Community, students gain a background in the liberal arts and sciences. Beginning in the fall of 2008, incoming students also participate in an out-of-the-classroom life skills program.
U.S. News America's Best Colleges 2009 ranks Champlain College 12th among baccalaureate colleges in the North.
Online programs
The college also offers a variety of programs online. Some associate's and bachelor's degrees, as well as certificates, can be obtained through online courses. Champlain offers four (soon to be 6) master's degrees, which heavily incorporate online learning. In 2009, OEDb ranked the college third out of 44 institutions that offer most of their degree programs online.
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