Students organize for extension of visiting professor's contract

What an evolving sense of institutional memory means for future MiddKids

In a couple of weeks, the last class who has experienced a full year of pre-pandemic Middlebury will graduate. This has left some of us wondering about the potential loss of institutional memories and traditions that flourished before the onset of social distancing and Zoom links.

Frisbee Dog statue reinstalled outside of Forest Hall facing Battell Beach

A bronze statue celebrating a sport that supposedly began at Middlebury was reinstalled this past week outside of Forest Hall. 

Khuram Hussain appointed new vice president for equity and inclusion

Khuram Hussain will leave his current position at Hobart and WIlliam Smith Colleges to serve as Middlebury's next vice president for equity and inclusion starting July 1

Counseling Services of Addison County raises pay for direct entry staff, clinicians

A mental health services provider for Addison County raised its pay rate for employees on April 4. In an effort to make wages more competitive with other jobs in the community, Counseling Services of Addison County (CSAC) increased its wages to $17 per hour for direct entry staff, and between $51,000 ...

Radio Roundup: Songs I found in my mom’s closet

Perhaps one of the best things to come out of isolation was "folklore," an exciting creative departure for Taylor Swift. "folklore" is more stripped down than her previous albums. Still, it doesn't skimp on rich imagery and complex storytelling.

Baseball advances to NESCAC semifinals after intense three-game series against Tufts

Middlebury baseball’s strong season continued into the playoffs this past weekend as the Panthers beat Tufts in a best-two-out-of-three NESCAC quaterfinal series on home soil. The top-seeded Panthers knocked off the Jumbos in Sunday’s decisive third game after a split doubleheader the day before.  ...

Environmental studies students collaborate with Newfane farm for spring practicum: ES 0401 Class Group worked with SUSU CommUNITY Farm

For their project titled Building for Belonging, Molly Connover ’22, Masud Lewis ’22, Taylor Lovely ’22, Jaab Veskijkul ’22.5 and Galen von Wodtke ’22.5 worked together with SUSU CommUNITY Farm in Newfane, Vermont this spring to support the farm as it grew, as well as creating a guide to permits ...

Katie Concannon’s award-winning sculpture translates climate grief into art

Like many young people today, Katie Concannon ’22 has dealt with her share of climate grief. She has searched for relief in the imagination of different visions of the future. One such experiment was her Tidal Shift Award-winning sculpture, “What We Left Behind,” based on her experiences with ...

Notes from the Desk: 272 Pages

We returned to printing last September. I sat down to do the math recently, and figured out that during my tenure as the Editor in Chief, I’ve overseen 272 pages across 24 print issues of the paper. 

Men’s rugby reflects on a successful season, looks forward to 50th year on campus

The Middlebury College Men’s Rugby Club (MCRC) went 11–3 this spring, falling to Bryant University in the Beast of the East tournament on April 24 while still qualifying for the national tournament. The team competes in the National Collegiate Rugby Small College’s New England Rugby Football Union ...

New fiction collection from Professor Megan Mayhew Bergman recieves acclaim

Timely themes of problematic inheritance and climate change loom large in “How Strange a Season,” a new collection of fiction stories from Visiting Assistant Professor of English & American Literatures Megan Mayhew Bergan. The book, containing seven short stories and a novella, “Indigo Run,” ...

Involuntary Unpaid Labor is Unfair Labor

As part of the Twilight Project’s “Archives of Anti-Racist Activism” Project, which studies the history of student anti-racist initiatives and manifestations of systemic racism at Middlebury, I looked at The Middlebury Campus’s archives. I found that not only has student advocacy for compensation ...

Museum of Art’s Reiff Interns present year-long special projects

Every year, the Robert F. Reiff Curatorial Interns work with Director of the Middlebury College Museum of Art Richard Saunders on upcoming exhibitions and study the current collection as well as special upcoming projects. This year’s interns, Ethan Moss ’23 and Niamh Carty ’23 put their interests ...

Nadya Tkachenko ’00 helps Ukrainian Refugees

A few weeks after Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Nadya Tkachenko ’00 traveled to Poland, where she has been working to provide aid to Ukrainian refugees crossing the border.

A Letter to the Administration: We are still the skinniest college in America

The college Director of Health & Wellness, Maddie Hope, has proposed the hiring of a nutritionist at Parton to the administration. We need student allyship to accelerate this demand on the administration’s deemed hierarchical list of priorities, as well as vocalize the demand for more than just ...

Women’s track 4x100-meter relay team continues to break its own school record

The women’s track and field team has enjoyed a stellar season so far, claiming their first NESCAC title since 2000 and setting numerous school and league records. While there have been many record-setters this spring, one standout group is the 4x100-meter relay quartet of Cady Barns ’22.5, Eva Kaiden ...

PFL Weekly Ep. 11: Men's tennis wins second-straight NESCAC title, T&F successful at regionals, baseball onto conference semis

The eleventh episode of PFL Weekly was published on Tuesday, May 10.

PayPal CEO Dan Schulman ’80 to give 2022 commencement address

Middlebury alumnus Dan Schulman ’80, CEO of the financial technology company PayPal, will give the commencement address to the class of 2022 on May 29. 

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Photos from the Desk: Midd in Four Seasons