Daniel Mark Fogel

Daniel Mark Fogel took office in July 2002 as the 25th president of the University of Vermont. Just seven months after Fogel's arrival on campus, his administration marked a major milestone with the release and public discussion of the president’s 10-year vision for the university.

The invest-and-grow strategy detailed in the vision called for increases in undergraduate and graduate enrollments, significant new facilities, and expansion of the research enterprise among the initiatives to strengthen the academic and financial foundations of the university. After creating a strategic financial plan to undergird the university’s heightened level of aspiration, the Fogel administration, Board of Trustees, and UVM community put the vision into action.

In 2009, six years into implementation of the plan, the university declared an end to the period of planned, aggressive enrollment growth, announcing a shift from invest-and-grow to a new focus-and-excel strategy, amid signs of transformation and progress throughout the university. Increasing undergraduate enrollment, a key component of the initial invest-and-grow, produced more than 22,000 applicants for undergraduate admission in 2009 and 2010, yielding classes of record academic quality and diversity.

In the fall of 2009, 11.9% of entering undergraduate were American students of color, nearly four times the percentages that prevailed a decade ago. President Fogel’s years at the University of Vermont have also been marked by a reaffirmation of UVM’s connection to the state and the Burlington community.

On January 1, 2008, a Burlington Free Press editorial named Fogel the “Vermonter of the Year.” Beyond Vermont, Fogel has been a key voice on higher education issues over the past six years. He has been interviewed for media outlets such as National Public Radio and the PBS NewsHour and has published commentaries in publications that include the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and Presidency Magazine.