Admissions

Student Services

Career Development

Student Services Team (left to right): Jessie Lynn (Academic Advisor/Interniship Coordinator), Jody Maunsell (Registrar), Anne Connor (Director of Student Services), Pat Aja (Student Accounts), Suzanne Rexford-Winston (Academic Advisor/Financial Aid Counselor)

Career development is an ongoing activity at Woodbury. Eighty-nine percent of the graduates who sought work were employed, according to data from our last graduate survey. Although we cannot guarantee employment, we will do all we can to prepare you to develop a role for yourself in your field. We serve as a clearinghouse for career development skills, internship opportunities, and information on employment opportunities.

Woodbury's internships, required for all students, provide a basis of experience that will help you acquire professional skills while developing useful contacts in your field. The internship process is designed to help you develop employment skills by mirroring the job hunting process, from resume and cover letter writing through interviewing skills. The Internship Coordinator will assist you through this process and can provide support for you while you make contacts in your chosen field, find employment or create work opportunities for yourself.

In addition, because many of your Woodbury instructors will be practicing professionals in your new field (such as attorneys, mediators, social service professionals, and others), you have the opportunity to develop a network of useful contacts that can assist you in finding employment.

Library

Woodbury is a leader in electronic information delivery. Students may log on to the Woodbury College Library from their home computers and have access to more than 1,600 full-text periodicals and more than 10,000 full-text books which cover subjects in all disciplines. WorldCat, an international library catalog lists nearly every book ever published and these books are available through Interlibrary Loan. All students have full use of the powerful LexisNexis(TM) database, a full text electronic law library with more than 16,000 traditional sources in law and public affairs. A faculty librarian is available in the Woodbury Library to teach these information systems and to help with individual research. Woodbury students may also use the Vermont State Supreme Court Library that is located in Montpelier.

Tutoring Services

A key element of Woodbury's supportive atmosphere is our peer-tutoring program. Each term, many students take advantage of student-to-student tutoring in writing and other subjects.

Student Support

Your first contact, before enrollment, will be your admissions counselor. Your counselor will discuss the program and career options with you, advise you on your professional and educational goals, and help you decide if Woodbury College will be a good fit for you. Once you enroll, you'll be assigned an advisor who will help you plan your studies. Advisors are able to discuss academic and professional goal setting, answer questions about academic programs, register students for classes, and make referrals to college and off-campus resources as needed. If you need a leave of absence, experience a family emergency, or need special accommodations during your studies at Woodbury, your advisor is available in person, by phone, and by e-mail. In addition, Woodbury College's Student Support office is available to provide specialized support for students who need tutoring or other assistance.

Counseling services

Confidential counseling services are available free on a limited basis to all full- and part-time matriculated students (students currently enrolled in an Associate's Degree, Bachelor's Degree, or Certificate program). Woodbury covers up to ten individual or group sessions per student per school year (three successive terms) at no charge to the student. After a student has used ten sessions, he or she has the option of continuing to work with Woodbury's contracted counselor on a sliding fee schedule.