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(10/10/24 10:02am)
With the brisk mornings and bright foliage of autumn finally sweeping across campus this week, we wanted to reflect on the most memorable parts of the season and what parts of life we could really do without. Your personal fall ins and outs list may look different, but we hope this provides some inspiration for what we’ll keep around for the rest of the year and what will be swept away like the many leaves now dotting our lawns. Whether this is your first or last fall at Middlebury, there is always time for self-reflection and growth.
(10/10/24 10:06am)
On the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 terrorist attack in Israel, followed by the ongoing war in Gaza, members of the Middlebury community came together in a variety of spaces this Monday to mourn the lives lost and reflect on the past year of violence.
(10/10/24 10:00am)
Almost all of us would do better in class if we took notes on paper and did our readings from physical books. I will be the first to admit it: I love to take notes with my laptop in class. It stores them all in one place, I do not have to worry about deciphering my writing after the fact and it means fewer things to lug around and keep organized. Heck, I like the (obnoxious) click-clack noise my keyboard makes. Best of all, when lectures get boring, I can check my email, message my friends — maybe even work on another assignment. It’s all about efficiency, right?
(10/03/24 10:04am)
Architecture, political standards, everyday ways of life — how did these concepts interact with each other in the Later Roman Empire? On Sept. 26, Dr. Hendrik W. Dey ’99, Middlebury alumnus and Professor of Art History at Hunter College of City University of New York (CUNY), shed some light on this question with a lecture elaborating on colonnaded streets' role in Later Roman societies.
(10/03/24 10:03am)
On Sept. 23, U.S. News & World Report released its 2025–2026 national liberal arts colleges rankings, which dropped Middlebury to 19th place — eight positions lower than last year, tied with Grinnell College and Washington and Lee University. This ranking is Middlebury’s lowest since its first appearance on the list in 1988, when the college was ranked 17th.
(10/03/24 12:37pm)
Senior Research and Instruction Librarian Brenda Ellis retired on Wednesday after over 23 and a half years in her position, making her the seventh librarian to depart from the college in the past two years and the third in the past five months.
(09/26/24 10:00am)
At this year’s Clifford Symposium from Sept. 19–21, titled “Home: Housing and Belonging in Middlebury and Beyond”, organizers and speakers engaged in discussions on how to support Vermont communities through the lens of the ongoing housing crises.
(09/26/24 10:02am)
Over the course of this semester, a group of Super Senior Febs and I will publish a series of op-eds detailing what Middlebury used to be like and what it could be. We hope to provide a similitude of institutional memory. We have conducted hours of interviews with alumni, professors and students, and we plan to conduct dozens more. Throughout our research, it has become increasingly clear that something within our great school is wrong. Our culture, traditions and support for curiosity have decayed over the past decade. I leave in January; all I can do now is write. However, the Earth belongs to those who live upon it: For those of you with more time left than me, I aim to impart to you that you deserve more than what Middlebury is offering. You deserve what they promise: a liberal education.
(09/20/24 5:24pm)
The “For Every Future” campaign recently entered its second year of public fundraising, having garnered significant momentum since its launch party last October. As of Sept. 3, 2024, the college had reached about 76% of its total fundraising goal and reached 71% alumni engagement, 14 percentage points short of its 85% goal, according to the campaign’s website. The college is also currently running a new need-based aid challenge to raise money for financial aid.
(09/19/24 10:03am)
‘Awe’ is an emotion many of us have felt throughout our lives, but one that has eluded a singular definition throughout its history. This concept has fascinated researchers since the 18th century, and has more recently undergirded Middlebury’s newest art exhibit: “An Invitation to Awe”, a project developed by Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture Katy Smith Abbott. Smith Abbott originally intended for the exhibit to premiere in the fall of 2020, however, the effects of Covid-19 delayed its debut until the fall of this year. On the evening of Sept. 13, Smith Abbott presented her opening speech for the exhibit to a crowd of over 150 eager attendees.
(09/12/24 10:02am)
In January 2025, after almost 10 years at the college, President Laurie Patton will step down from her post to become President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dean of Language Schools Stephen Snyder will serve as interim president this coming spring, with the Board of Trustees and presidential search committee hoping to have named the 18th president by February 2025. Board of Trustees Chair Ted Truscott has previously shared that the Board is hoping for a president who represents a continuity of President Patton’s tenure rather than a change in policy.
(09/12/24 10:00am)
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(09/06/24 4:00pm)
Middlebury College has announced that the role of interim president next year will be filled by Stephen Snyder, dean of Middlebury Language Schools and vice president for Academic Affairs, beginning Jan. 1, 2025. He will serve through June 30, or until the 18th president of the college is chosen.
(05/09/24 10:03am)
This past weekend, the Middlebury men’s tennis team competed in the NESCAC championship as the top seed and two-time defending champions. After handily defeating Trinity College 5–0 in the first round, the Panthers narrowly lost to eventual winners Bowdoin College 4–5 in the semifinals.
(05/09/24 10:03am)
I broke my foot in Davis Library at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2023. The moment I realized, I began to cry — not because of the pain, but out of frustration. I immediately knew that my life was about to get a lot more inconvenient and exhausting.
(05/09/24 10:02am)
In an effort to improve transportation accessibility, Tri Valley Transit (TVT) announced the launch of EZ Trips on April 10, a free door-to-door on-demand ride service in Middlebury. Launched on May 8, the service is a potential substitute for services like Uber or Lyft, which do not exist in the area.
(05/09/24 10:00am)
Huy Tran ’24 was walking home from Shaw’s Grocery with a friend around 8 p.m. on March 20 when a man approached him from behind and attacked him with a knife. Jerry L. Hoffman, 31, reportedly wielding two knives, stabbed Tran in the back four times.
(05/02/24 4:02pm)
After almost ten years at the helm of Middlebury College, President Laurie Patton has announced her intention to leave her post in January 2025. As the 17th president and first woman to ever hold the position, Patton leaves a legacy of leadership and expansion at an institution that has faced unprecedented challenges in recent years.
(05/02/24 10:00am)
Ah, the best four years of our lives. Middlebury College is supposed to be more than just a place we go to school. We are a community of students living together — we go to parties together, play sports together and this year, we experienced a total eclipse together. In its sixth year, Zeitgeist seeks to find out the diverse experiences of Middlebury students.
(05/02/24 10:02am)
Misty weather was no match for Middlebury student creatives, who filled the campus with musical, visual and experimental arts on April 27 at Nocturne, an annual campus-wide art festival.
