In the 2025–2026 academic year, around 13% of Middlebury students were non-residents, hailing from more than 70 countries. For those students — and for all students in the United States without American citizenship — this means something very different from what it did before the second Trump ...
Conversational Art is a column of artist interviews (faculty & students alike) that foregrounds the personal voice, the creative process and moments of insight springing from the resonant space in between.
One week after both Team USA ice hockey teams skated their way to gold medals at the Olympics, Middlebury men’s hockey pulled off a miracle of their own. From 2–0 down with 1:50 left in the third period, the Panthers roared back to beat Wesleyan in double overtime, booking their ticket to the NESCAC ...
The first annual Vermont Chocolate Festival, presented by Adagio Chocolates, will take place Sat. March 15 at Town Hall Theater in downtown Middlebury. The weekend-long event will feature tastings, demonstrations and educational programming centered on ethically sourced chocolate.
On Dec. 29, Domino’s Pizza opened a location in Middlebury at 40 Court Street. The Campus reported in a Jan. 15 article that Domino’s offered a more cost-effective option than other local pizza shops such as Nino’s and Green Peppers.
On any given walk to class, the campus feels quiet — not because it is silent, but because so many of us are plugged in. AirPods in, eyes forward, moving through shared space while listening to something entirely private.
Crossword Solutions 03/05/2025: Spring Forward!
Of the excuses for missing class that Anthropology professor Michael Sheridan has ever received, Nikhil Alleyne’s ’28.5 ranks among the best. Instead of reading and attending lectures, Alleyne took the first nine days of the semester to do something nobody else had done before: ski for Trinidad ...
On March 2nd, Middlebury residents gathered in Middlebury Union High School Auditorium to participate in the annual Town Hall Meeting Day. A cherished Green Mountain State tradition since 1762, the local town hall usually takes place in the first week of March, with community members voting on local ...
In some Middlebury classrooms, a few seats are filled not by degree-seeking students but by local residents who have chosen to audit a course. Since 2008, the college has allowed community members to audit most classes free of charge, in addition to welcoming residents to public lectures and ...
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Middlebury’s Economics Department recently set a new department-wide threshold of 95% for receiving an A-grade. As we recently reported, this policy change stemmed from concerns about grade inflation, which has prompted us to ask: What is the value of an A?
Crossword 03/05/2026: Spring Forward!
Who would you drive through a snowstorm for? For many Middlebury basketball alumni, the answer is Jeff Brown. On Saturday, Jan. 24, amid winter storm warnings, a group of Middlebury’s most accomplished basketball alumni made the drive back to campus — some with their families and small children ...
On Saturday, Feb. 28th, Middlebury College’s oldest acapella group, The Dissipated Eight (D8), sang (and debuted their stand-up comedy routine) to a small but lively crowd of college students, parents and local community members at Brandon Town Hall.
This spring semester, the Middlebury Economics department instituted a department-wide threshold of 95% for an A-grade. The department previously had no standardized cutoff; prior to this policy, individual faculty members used 93%, 94%, or 95%.
In March 2024, the Middlebury College Republicans (MCR) was revived, with new president Joseph Jacobson ’27 framing the club as a necessary corrective to a stifling campus culture “opposed to free speech.” In another piece written on behalf of MCR, Jacobson reiterated that “advocacy for freedom ...
Digital discourse over representations of female sexuality, Victorian class-race politics and the proper use of quotation marks ensued after the release of Emerald Fennell’s “‘Wuthering Heights’” in theaters on Feb. 13.
Middlebury Varsity Sports Spring Previews
During its virtual Feb. 6–7 winter meeting, the Middlebury Board of Trustees approved a comprehensive fee of $94,386 for the 2026–2027 academic year, a 4% increase over the fees for this current academic year.
Athletic scholarships are prohibited in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). The conference justifies this policy by emphasizing its “long tradition of success both in meeting high standards of athletic performance and academic excellence.” The ideal NESCAC student is not ...
“Cultural Fabrics: The Kimono Through Literary, Cross-Cultural, and Practical Lenses” commenced the Johnson Exhibition Gallery’s spring program on Feb. 9. The photos below present a small glimpse into the exhibit, but of course cannot fully encapsulate it in all its glory, so be sure to check ...
