Green Mountain College president Paul Fonteyn to step down at end of academic year - vtdigger.org
Kevin Coburn, Director of Communications, (802) 870-7068. POULTNEY, VT–Green Mountain College President Paul J. Fonteyn announced at a meeting of faculty and staff yesterday that he will step down as president at the end of the 2015-16 academic year. “The accomplishments I have achieved during my tenure as president have only been possible because of the vibrant, creative, and dedicated faculty and staff composing the Green Mountain community,” Fonteyn said. The seventh president in GMC history, Fonteyn was appointed in June, 2008. Dr. Anthony D. Cortese, chair of the Board of Trustees, stated: “Paul Fonteyn has done an immense job over the past seven years that we on the board greatly appreciate. He led us in becoming one of the nation’s top colleges in environmental, social and economic sustainability and greatly expanded cutting- edge online graduate programs. He has been Green Mountain College’s greatest champion and a model for loyalty, public service and sustainability—the hallmarks of the College’s mission. During Fonteyn’s tenure, GMC was ranked in 2010 as the number #1 environmental school in the nation by Sierra Magazine, the #2 Greenest School in 2015 by the Princeton Review, and one of the top fifty excellent yet affordable colleges in the... Source: vtdigger.org
