Vermont State University is officially up and running, merging several state colleges under one umbrella. The Vermont State Colleges System consists of Castleton University; Vermont Tech, with campuses in Randolph and Williston; Northern Vermont University Lyndon and Johnson; and the Community College of Vermont. Those schools, with the exception of CCV, will now merge into Vermont State University. The cash-strapped system will have $200 million from the state to carry out the plan but has also been tasked with cutting $5 million from the budget over the next four years.
