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Green Mountain College
Motto:	Lux Fiat Let there be Light
Established	1834
Type:	Private
Endowment:	$4,000,000
President:	John F. Brennan
Faculty:	42
Students:	750
Location	Poultney, Vermont, USA
Campus:	155 acres
Athletics:
Colors:	Golden Yellow and Hunter Green
Nickname:	Eagles
Affiliations:	United Methodist Church (historically)
Website:	www.greenmtn.edu

Green Mountain College is a coeducational private liberal arts college located in Poultney, Vermont, in the USA.

The College bills itself as Vermont's Environmental Liberal Arts College. Green Mountain is located in the Vermont countryside, in the Valley of Vermont between the Green Mountains and Adirondacks.

The College has a core set of courses, colloquially known as the Environmental Liberal Arts (ELA) curriculum, designed to create students well-rounded in environmental and natural sciences, writing, reading, history and philosophy.

Contents 1 History 2 Education 3 The progressive program 4 Graduate programs 5 Green Mountain College choir 6 Green campus 7 References 8 Related resources 9 External links

Green Mountain was founded in 1834 as Troy Conference Academy, a coeducational institution. In 1863 the school’s name changed to Ripley Female College; in 1874 back to Troy Conference Academy; in 1937 to Green Mountain Junior College. Green Mountain became a two-year junior college for women in 1943. In 1974, the school changed its name to Green Mountain College and returned to coeducational status, offering four-year baccalaureate degrees to both men and women. Beginning in the 1990s the college began to focus on environmental conservation and has since received numerous environmental awards.

Green Mountain College offers 22 majors, which include: Adventure Recreation, Art, Art w/ k-12 Certificate in Education, Biology, Business, Communications & Journalism, Elementary Education, Elementary Ed w/ Special Ed. Endorsement, English, English w/ Secondary Ed. Certificate, Environmental Studies, Environmental Management, Fine Arts, History, History with Secondary Ed Certificate, Natural Resources Management, Philosophy, Psychology, Resort & Hospitality Management, Interdisciplinary & Self-designed, Sociology/Anthropology, Writing, and Youth Development and Camp Management.

Green Mountain College also offers 26 minors, which include: Adventure Recreation, Asian Studies, Biology, Biopsychology, Chemistry, Communications, Economics, Education, English, Environmental Studies, Environmental Education, and General Business.

GMC is home to an educational tract known as the Progressive Program. Based on the ideas of philosopher John Dewey and formed on a philosophy similar to that of Goddard College -- a Vermont institution recognized for its dedication to progressive education-- the students in the program define their own educational goals and work with faculty members individually to meet them.

Green Mountain offers a distance Masters program in Environmental Studies and the first ever distance Masters in Business Administration with a focus on sustainable business.

The GMC choir is the only collegiate choir in the U.S. with a repertoire of Welsh language music.

In 2007, the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) awarded Green Mountain College the Campus Sustainability Leadership Award in the "Under a 1,000" category. The award recognizes Green Mountain for outstanding commitment to environmental sustainability in their governance and administration, curriculum and research, operations, campus culture, and community outreach.

Green Mountain was the first college in United States to be named EPA Energy Star Showcase Campus following campus-wide retrofitting of light fixtures.

Students have installed a wind turbine to power the campus green house and solar panel on the roof of the student center. Students also run the college's compost program which composts food scraps from the dining hall.^[1]

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• Green Mountain College is at coordinates 43°31′02″N 73°14′23″W / 43.5171, -73.2396Coordinates: 43°31′02″N 73°14′23″W / 43.5171, -73.2396

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