On May 6, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz rechristened the Main Library as the Davis Family Library, after Jim Davis ’66 and his wife, Anne.

It was James S. Davis ’66 and his wife, Anne, who in 2007 kicked off Middlebury’s $500 million capital campaign with an anonymous donation of $50 million. It was the Davis family that — for the past five years running — anonymously matched every alumni pledge to the College, dollar for dollar. And it was…

Student journalism has never been more central to the future of news media. At a time when traditional industry titans are being challenged for control over the information landscape, it’s college reporters who are writing the next chapter of media history. To have helped pen a paragraph or two of that history has been an…

Middlebury’s comprehensive fee for the 2010-2011 academic year will rise 3.4 percent to $52,120, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz confirmed on April 7. Factoring in the $380 annual student activities fee, this latest increase brings the total price of a year at Middlebury to $52,500.

The move reflects commitments Liebowitz made in his…

In a landmark address on Friday, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz outlined a sweeping new vision for Middlebury’s future that would raise the profile of the College’s affiliates while reducing the financial burden carried by students and families. Liebowitz’ remarks reflect a growing recognition among administrators that the College’s historical business model has become unsustainable.

“Demand for a four-year liberal arts degree, while still great, is not inelastic,” Liebowitz said. “There will be a price point at which even the most affluent of families will question their investment.”

Last week, I gave $10 to Haiti without ever opening my wallet.

In May 2006, the Middlebury College Board of Trustees unanimously approved a strategic plan, entitled “Knowledge without Boundaries,” which strengthens the College’s mission as an institution of higher education.
The report includes a lengthy list of recommendations that seek to improve certain elements of the College. These recommendations were divided into five categories: “shaping…

President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz has been recognized by Time Magazine as one the top ten college presidents in the country.

Since the successful opening of the College’s biomass gasification plant last January, community members raised questions about the plant’s impact on Vermont forests as well as the overall environmental integrity of the biomass initiative.

The plant currently receives three truckloads of woodchips daily from loggers and mills within a 75-mile radius. However, because a private…