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Dan Smith Chosen To Lead VTC

Vermont Public | By Steve Zind

Published October 30, 2014 at 5:52 PM EDT

Vermont State Colleges Chancellor Tim Donovan has announced that Dan Smith has been appointed president of Vermont Technical College.

Smith became interim president seven months ago. He took the post after then-President Philip Conroy agreed to retire. The change came in the midst of growing deficits at the Randolph Center school.

Before his appointment, Smith served as the state college system’s director of community relations and public policy. He is the son of former Vermont Congressman and Lt Gov. Peter Smith.

Smith will formally assume the presidency of the college on Nov. 10.

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Steve has been with VPR since 1994, first serving as host of VPR’s public affairs program and then as a reporter, based in Central Vermont. Many VPR listeners recognize Steve for his special reports from Iran, providing a glimpse of this country that is usually hidden from the rest of the world. Prior to working with VPR, Steve served as program director for WNCS for 17 years, and also worked as news director for WCVR in Randolph. A graduate of Northern Arizona University, Steve also worked for stations in Phoenix and Tucson before moving to Vermont in 1972. Steve has been honored multiple times with national and regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for his VPR reporting, including a 2011 win for best documentary for his report, Afghanistan's Other War.

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