Green Mountain College
Seal of Green Mountain College
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| Motto | Lux Fiat |
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Motto in English
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Let there be Light |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1834 |
| Affiliation | United Methodist Church |
| Endowment | $2,926,034 |
| President | Robert W. Allen |
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Academic staff
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46 |
| Students | 710 |
| Location | Poultney, Vermont, USA |
| Campus | 155 acres (0.63 km2) |
| Colors | Golden Yellow and Hunter Green |
| Nickname | Eagles |
| Mascot | Larry the Eagle |
| Website | www |
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Green Mountain College is a coeducational private environmental liberal arts college located in Poultney, Vermont, United States.
Green Mountain is located in the Vermont countryside, at the foot of the Taconic Mountains between the Green Mountains and Adirondacks.
The college has a core set of courses known as the Environmental Liberal Arts (ELA) curriculum, in environmental and natural sciences, writing, reading, history and philosophy.
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. Beginning in the late 1990s the college began to focus on environmental literacy and citizenship.
Green Mountain College offers 25 majors: Adventure Education, Art, Art with Secondary Licensure, Biology, Biology with Secondary Licensure, Communications, Elementary Education, Elementary Education with Special Education Endorsement, English, English with Secondary Licensure, Environmental Studies, Fine Art, History, History with Secondary Licensure, Interdisciplinary Studies, Natural Resources Management, Philosophy, Psychology, Renewable Energy & Ecological Design, Resort & Hospitality Management, Self-Designed, Sociology/Anthropology, Sustainable Agriculture & Food Production, Sustainable Business & Writing.
Green Mountain offers distance master's programs in Environmental Studies, Food Systems, and Sustainable and Resilient Communities, as well as an online master's of business administration.
Green Mountain College is part of the Eco League, a group of liberal arts colleges committed to environmental sustainability.
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 education goals and work with faculty members individually to meet them.
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