Lea Davison ’05 announces retirement from World Cup mountain biking
(04/07/22 12:29pm)
To say that Lea Davison ’05 has led an accomplished mountain biking career is an understatement.
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Not in it for Recognition: Club sports coaches reflect on their experiences at Middlebury
(04/07/22 12:35pm)
Club sports are an alternative to the highly structured environment of varsity athletics at Middlebury. However, compared to varsity, club teams receive little funding and few resources, putting a lot of responsibility on the coaches to keep their teams’ wheels spinning.
Reported cases low in week after mask mandate ends
(04/07/22 10:06am)
Reported Covid-19 cases at Middlebury remained low in the week since students returned from spring break, after the college shifted to an optional mask mandate on March 18 and stopped requiring weekly Covid-19 testing on March 13. According to the college’s Covid-19 reporting dashboard, there are two active cases of Covid-19 on campus, one student and one faculty member, as of March 31.
Middlebury receives $25 million for conflict transformation
(04/07/22 10:05am)
Middlebury has announced a $25 million grant from an anonymous donor to create the Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation, a concept designed to reframe the way in which peacebuilding initiatives are discussed and pursued. The money will be doled out over the next seven years between five programs: Middlebury’s undergraduate college, the Bread Loaf School of English, the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, international programming and experiential learning.
Alum Conversation with Douglas Perkins '94, Associate Director of Operations and Finance at the Middlebury Museum of Art.
(04/03/22 4:08pm)
Douglas Perkins ’94 majored in economics and minored in art history. He was a cyclist and lived in Colorado for a while. Now he is the associate director of operations and finance at the Middlebury Museum of Art. He has studied and worked at Middlebury for over twenty years. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. You can listen to the full interview here.
The lives of Middlebury’s student firefighters
(03/31/22 9:59am)
It was an early fall morning, around 2:30 or 3 a.m., when the tones of a pager awoke Emily Jones ’23.
Anikaya Dance Theatre takes flight at Mahaney
(03/17/22 9:58am)
Despite setbacks presented by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Anikaya Dance Theatre was able to make the journey to Middlebury at long last to perform their interpretive dance piece “Conference of the Birds.” The group performed at the college’s Dance Theater on March 11 and 12. The group’s visit had to be rescheduled twice since planning began in 2019. The performance was well worth the wait.
A letter to the class of 2021.5
(03/13/22 11:56pm)
Middlebury has taught me a lot. After attending this elite liberal arts academic institution for eight semesters over four and a half years, I sure hope I’m smarter than when I started, and that you are all, too.
Home
(03/10/22 10:58am)
I am one of the eight new BOLD-SOLA Leadership Scholars that were evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 17, 2022, to Qatar, then to Kigali, Rwanda. Now we are all here, at Middlebury College, ready to start our academic careers, but thoughts of home — what it is, what it means and where to find it — linger.
Calling on Community
(03/10/22 10:59am)
It goes without saying that the pandemic involuntarily forced us into a state of isolation. Our focus has shifted from a community mindset to an individual perspective. Although technology and social media have made communication easier, they’ve also made interpersonal social-emotional check-ins less common.
Actors From the London Stage do more with less
(03/10/22 11:00am)
This past weekend, the Actors from the London Stage (AFTLS) visited Middlebury to put on a production of William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” in Wright Memorial Theatre.
Middlebury must commit to better faculty retention
(03/10/22 11:00am)
For the last week, students of Visiting Professor of History Lana Povitz have been calling on the college to grant her a tenure-track position via partner hire, which has historically been granted to partners and spouses of faculty members. Povitz’s partner is Arabic professor and CV Starr Fellow in International Studies Dima Ayoub.
Students rally in support of tenure track position for Professor Lana Povitz
(03/08/22 7:12pm)
Update, 6 a.m. March 17: Lana Povitz told The Campus on Friday, March 11 that she had signed a contract for a tenure-track position in the History Department, starting this July. Read our full coverage of the update here.
Spring sports: Season previews
(03/03/22 7:46pm)
While spring temperatures are still weeks away, Middlebury’s spring varsity teams are gearing up for their seasons. For many of these teams, it’s been a while since things have felt normal. The 2020 season was upended in early March and last spring was severely altered because of Covid-19. That’s not to say that we are officially back to normal, but the spring 2022 season brings promise and excitement. Unlike last year, spring teams will play both in-conference and non-conference opponents and won’t be subjected to the same Covid-19 measures as last year. With many teams starting their seasons this weekend, The Campus’ sports editors have compiled previews of every team.
Time to take notice
(03/03/22 10:56am)
Before the pandemic, students would frequently interact in person with the custodial staff assigned to their housing spaces. FYCs and RAs would make a point of mentioning them by name to their residents and introducing them as members of the residential community. Last fall, when facilities staff were mandated to work in the early hours of the morning to reduce contact with students, these connections — along with other commonplace interactions — became uncommon.
Keep Professor Povitz
(03/03/22 10:58am)
Dear President Patton,
What Would You Do in Our Place?
(03/03/22 10:59am)
I’ve worked at Middlebury as a staff member for more than five years now as a member of the Interlibrary Loan Team. I am not a librarian — I don’t have the degree necessary for that title — I just work here behind the circulation desk on Interlibrary Loan (ILL) with the few who survived Workforce Planning and the brunt of the pandemic. We’re a motley lot who do our best to get students the information and resources they need, but sometimes it feels like we’re hiding the extent of the damage understaffing is causing in some misguided attempt to succeed at our work.
“A little bit of normalcy”: Dining moves away from to-go, but understaffing persists
(03/03/22 10:57am)
The beginning of the spring semester brought a return to seemingly “normal” dining operations, with staff shifting schedules and dining hall procedures to fully accommodate indoor dining, regular Grille hours and the impending opening of the food truck.
Welcome Baby Febs: Navigating Normal Together
(02/24/22 11:00am)
As a board, we have a somewhat informal tradition of kicking off the semester by welcoming the newest students to campus — whether through offering advice during a Covid-19 semester, for example, or making recommendations for bridging the Feb-reg divide. This year, however, we recognize that first-year Febs have arrived at Middlebury at a critical transition point amid the pandemic. Thus, this welcome warrants more nuance and clarity than those that came before it.
Made with love: John Maru builds sushi business in Middlebury
(02/24/22 10:57am)
A line wound down the stairs of the Grille every Thursday during the fall semester, as students waited for their lunch of the day — a box of sushi. While the sushi was briefly available on the meal plan as part of the college’s efforts to reduce the lunch rush in dining halls, sushi has been a staple available to purchase in the Grille for several years.