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December is here, and the traditional signs are all around campus. Cold winds blow. Snow flurries fly. UVM students hunker down for finals. And local eighth graders are taking fieldtrips to the STEM complex and the Davis Center.

Browns River Middle School has a many-year history of bringing students to UVM during finals week for the students to get a feel for what college is like and see some exciting science demonstrations. They return this year, coordinated by Lisa Windhausen, who brought 48 students to see hour-long science shows from the Chemistry and Physics Departments.
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Dr. Cory A. Bennett, Professor of Mathematics Education, and Dr. Allison Roxburgh, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education, both in the Department of Teaching and Educational Studies, were lead writers on the publication of a new position paper for NCSM called Leading with Technology: Enhancing Mathematics for All Students.
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Minnesota State University, Mankato ranks 15th nationally in international student population among master’s institutions, according to the annual Open Doors Report and press release that was released Nov. 18 by the Institute of International Education.

The rankings, which reflect data from the 2023-24 academic year, list Minnesota State Mankato as having 1,716 international students during the fall 2023 semester – five more students than in the fall 2022 semester.
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Student voting at the University of Delaware increased significantly in the 2020 presidential election, rising to 75 percent in 2020 from a rate of 55.5% in 2016. “When I came to UD in 2007, we were voted one of the most politically apathetic campuses in the nation.