Snowshoeing and ice skating can cost you much less than downhill skiing or riding. Check out Leddy Park or Cairnes Arena, less than a 10-minute drive from Champlain. Whether it's the triple black diamond at Smuggs, the ice-skating rink at Leddy, or a back country trail for snowshoeing, many Champlainers agree that the best season in Vermont is winter. With her charismatic personality, Fitzgerald encourages Champlain students of all different backgrounds and interests to help plan campus events. When the brainstorming is done, Fitzgerald helps students with the logistics.
Students often plunk themselves down on the couch to chat in between classes.
Fitzgerald is an alumna who became a kindergarten teacher and then fell into an activities position at Champlain three years ago. Now when I have to say goodbye to graduates at the end of each school year, I just cry for two weeks. With that kind of interest in Champlain students, Fitzgerald helps keep the campus hopping. Peeva, an international student from Bulgaria, won second prize from the North American Open Amateur Poetry Contest. She was rewarded with a bronze medallion.