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a YEAR AFTER ITS CONTROVERSIAL CAMPUS MERGER…. VERMONT STATE UNIVERSITY SAYS IT’S SEEING A BOOST IN ENROLLMENT. NBC 5’S YUNIER MARTINEZ SPOKE WITH school leaders… ABOUT HOW THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD THIS SEMESTER. VERMONT STATE COLLEGE IS SEEING A RISE IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT AS IT STARTS ITS SECOND YEAR AS A NEWLY-FORMED UNIVERSITY David Bergh, President of Vermont State University: THE SCHOOL SAYS THERE ARE SEVENTEEN HUNDRED NEW STUDENTS IN THIS FALL’S CLASS. THAT NUMBER IS UP BY 200 SINCE LAST YEAR. VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADMISSIONS SAYS THE MERGER OF THE FIVE VERMONT CAMPUSES CREATED NEW RECRUITING OPPORTUNITIES. VERMONT STATE UNIVERSITY WAS FORMED IN JULY 2023 -UNIFYING FORMER STATE COLLEGES IN LYNDON, JOHNSON, RANDOLPH AND CASTLETON. ZOOM CALL AND UNIVERSITY LEADERS ARE EAGER TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING – INCREASING THE SCHOOL’S VISIBILITY AND GROWTH IN THE YEARS AHEAD. AFTER DEALING WITH FINANCIAL CHALLENGES AND RESTRUCTURING – PRESIDENT DAVID BERGH IS EXCITED ABOUT THE RECENT SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY HE’S HOPEFUL THE COLLEGE CAN SERVE AS A DESTINATION FOR STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 10 SECONDS