Carbondale Student Halley Johnson Wins Senior Award at University of Vermont Commencement

BURLINGTON, VT (06/02/2011)(readMedia)-- Haylley Johnson, a Carbondale, Colorado resident, graduated with a double major in English and economics from the University of Vermont this May. At the commencement ceremony, Johnson was presented with the Elmer Nicholson Achievement Prize, which recognizes a student for whom "emergence" is an overriding characteristic.

During her time at UVM, Jonson focused her work on campus in journalism and residential living. She served The Vermont Cynic as a reporter, section editor, and finally as editor in chief. She also served as a resident advisor and senior resident advisor. She has been a dean's list recipient every semester at UVM and is in the Honors College.

Johnson captured her UVM experience with these words: "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." --Albert Einstein

Chartered in 1791, UVM was the first college or university in the United States that did not give preference to a religious sect in its charter. UVM now has nearly 10,460 undergraduates in seven schools and colleges, 1,490 graduate students and 452 medical students. As a small, comprehensive university, it blends the academic heritage of a private university with services missions in the land-grant tradition.