VSAC will be closed Thursday, July 4, 2024 in observance of Independence Day.
News Releases
10
Jan
Outgoing VSAC Chief to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Don Vickers receives the Eleanor M. McMahon Award
Don Vickers, who will retire in June after 25 years as the chief executive of Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC), has been chosen to receive the Eleanor M. McMahon Award for Lifetime Achievement from the New England...
26
Nov
VSAC Begins Federal Loan Servicing Contract
VSAC has a long history of financing and servicing both federal and private education loans
WINOOSKI — Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) has joined other state-based nonprofits working under government contract to service federal education loans.
Servicing involves issuing loan bills, helping borrowers select...
10
Oct
Longtime VSAC Chief Plans Retirement
Don Vickers retires as chief executive
Don Vickers used the occasion of his 41st anniversary as an employee of the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) to publicly announce his plans to retire as the organization’s chief executive on June 30, 2013.
Vickers...
23
Aug
VSAC Receives Continued Funding to Assist Public Service Lawyers
This is the third year VSAC has received the funding
WINOOSKI — Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) has received a grant of $51,515 from the U.S. Department of Justice to go toward student loan forgiveness for attorneys who work as state prosecutors or state or federal...
02
Jul
Hold the Line on Debt, but Don’t Give Up the Schooling
By Don Vickers
A month ago, I joined other Vermonters in calling for more reasonable interest rates on federal education loans so that we don’t price students and their families out of higher education.
Today, I issue a word of caution — namely...
08
Nov
Federal Education Loans: The Story Behind the Story
By Don Vickers
Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) spent many years providing education loans to Vermont students and parents through the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). We stopped making federal loans in July 2010 when...