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(05/12/22 9:59am)
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 (NERFU)’s South Conference.
(05/05/22 10:00am)
The American Legions of Middlebury and Vergennes are each holding Memorial Day parades this year, and Bristol is planning a Fourth of July parade. The Middlebury parade will begin at 9 a.m., while the Vergennes parade will begin at 11 a.m. The timing is coordinated so that people are able to participate in both parades.
(04/14/22 11:23am)
For the past two weeks, from Sunday to Wednesday, 150 to 400 students have trekked over to Ross’ Fireplace Lounge to enjoy the recent return of 10 o’clock Ross, which serves cereal, bagels and drinks from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m.
(04/07/22 9:58am)
Starksboro is the latest Addison County town to attempt to withdraw from its school district. On March 16, the Starksboro branch of the statewide group Save Our Schools began circulating a petition to force a town-wide vote about withdrawing from the Mount Abraham Unified School District (MAUSD), according to an article in The Addison County Independent.
(03/31/22 2:03pm)
Open water. Dry grass. Warm weather.
(03/10/22 10:58am)
SGA held elections for new Feb senators and three special elections — for one sophomore and two senior Senators — from Feb. 24-25. The new Feb senators are Ting Cui ’25.5 and Faith Wood ’24.5, while Michael Eller ’24 stepped into the sophomore senator position, and Joel Machado ’22 and Nia Williams ’22 filled the senior roles.
(03/03/22 10:56am)
While Middlebury students often scatter across the globe after graduation, some chose to remain in Vermont and work for the college or return many years later to their alma mater. According to Maggie Paine, director of advancement at the college, 7% of college faculty and staff are alumni. The Campus wanted to know how those alumni who have remained at the college see their time as MiddKids in relation to their current roles at the college, and how the campus has changed since their time as students.
(01/27/22 10:57am)
Students planning to study abroad in the Kingdom of Morocco for the spring semester were informed on Jan. 3 that they would not be able to attend. Following the rapid spread of the Omicron variant in November 2021, Morocco closed its borders, initially for two weeks, on Nov. 29. The closure has since been extended through Jan. 31 and could be further lengthened in the coming weeks.
(01/20/22 11:00am)
Vermont Covid-19 cases have dramatically climbed as the Omicron wave of the pandemic has surged through both the state and the country. On Jan. 14, Vermont reported 2,137 new cases, more than an 11-fold increase from last January's peak of 205 cases. Though the town of Middlebury does not have an indoor mask mandate, town organizations and the college have made changes to their operating procedures in light of recent case numbers.
(01/20/22 10:58am)
As the fall semester wrapped up with a sharp spike in positive Covid-19 cases on campus, faculty passed a Sense of the Faculty motion calling for increased testing, with 75% of faculty voting in favor.
(01/21/22 10:59am)
Students returned to Middlebury for a delayed start to J-term, with all classes held online on Monday, Jan. 10 and Tuesday, Jan. 11. Some classes remained online throughout the week, with professors given flexibility in adapting the modality of their classes.
(12/09/21 10:58am)
As the holiday season approaches, low-income Addison County parents may turn to Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects’ (HOPE) Holiday Shop for free gifts for their children.
(11/18/21 10:55am)
With both academic and social events returning to in-person meetings this fall, some social houses have seen an uptick in new member interest.
(11/11/21 10:59am)
In the summer of 2020, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled to uphold Act 46, a law passed in 2015 that is designed to consolidate school districts over the course of several years to manage costs and better the educational experience for students. Now, towns in Addison County are grappling with the dynamics of staying in or leaving their school district in the face of consolidation.
(10/28/21 9:55am)
As the college continues to struggle with filling staff vacancies in dining halls, some current employees have been asked to work extra hours while student employees have filled in key positions.
(10/14/21 9:58am)
This fall, the class of 2025 will be the first to participate in the Compass Mentorship Program, which pairs students with a non-academic staff member at Middlebury who serves as an additional resource and mentor for the next four years. Following the dissolution of Middlebury’s 30-year-old commons system in the fall of 2020, ResLife — in partnership with other support systems at the college — sought to implement new mentorship systems for first years. First Year Seminar professors serve as students’ academic advisors until they declare a major, often remaining their advisor for more than a year. Compass mentors are supposed to supplement the work of academic advisers during students’ first year at Middlebury and remain a point of contact for students seeking resources or advice throughout their undergraduate careers. The commons system, first envisioned in 1998, split first years into five commons, within which they shared a dean, a first- and second-year residence and ResLife programming. A 2019 report entitled “How Will We Live Together” recommended the dissolution of the commons system and an overhaul of residential learning experiences at the college. “It didn’t mean much to me other than the fact I got to say, ‘I’m in Ross, which one are you in?’” Finn Wimberly ’23.5 said about the former commons system. Kristy Carpenter, associate director of Residential Life, worked on the Compass development team to design and implement the new program this fall. “This program and its early iterations have been in the works for a while now but really gained traction last year,” Carpenter said in an email to The Campus. “The Compass team came together virtually to work collaboratively across departments to reimagine a way for students to more easily access and intentionally engage with everything Middlebury has to offer.”Esther Palmer, the Annual Giving coordinator at Middlebury and current Compass mentor, said her experience in the program so far has been “a human being to a human being relationship.”“There's no office attachment to it, there's no specific outcome attached to it in the sense that your academic advisor is trying to help you navigate picking a major or picking your courses,” Palmer said.Palmer noted that the program has no strict structure; it evolves as mentors and students — and their relationships — do. “It could be that it's intentional . . .keeping it very kind of open ended and to figure out what works best for the people you're working with,” Palmer said.“Right now, I feel like I can much more easily reach out to my compass mentor than my first year seminar professor,” Dan Urchuck ’25 said. Alex Scott-Hansen ’25 initially expressed confusion when asked about the Compass Mentorship Program and was not familiar with the program’s name, but after connecting the program with the mentor he already knows, said that he and his mentor had gone for an hour-long walk last week discussing campus life. “It was a lot more about my social life, the kinds of things I’ve been up to. All my professor cared about was academics, but my Compass mentor asked me about my friends and what my future plans are,” Scott-Hansen said.Other first years expressed their confusion with the mentorship program and how it fits with their other post-orientation obligations. The Compass Mentorship program is part of the college’s efforts to encourage first years to engage with the campus community. As part of the first year seminar program this fall, all first years are required to attend at least two program events. Many chose to attend the Clifford Symposium, which took place from Sept. 23–25, to fulfill one of the requirements. In the spring of 2021, the Compass Team reached out to administrative staff seeking volunteers to be mentors. While the program has officially kicked-off, it will continue developing for the next several semesters. After a year of a ResLife structure in transition, this year’s freshman class will be the first to have the Compass Program impact all four years of their college experience.
(10/07/21 9:57am)
Florence Wu
The CCI's new office is on the edge of campus, about four-minute walk from Davis Family Library. The CCE is located behind Ross on the way to the Knoll.The Center for Careers and Internships (CCI) and Center for Community Engagement (CCE) have moved to new offices in Kitchel House and 26 Blinn Lane, respectively.
Adirondack House and DKE, where the CCI and CCE were previously housed, were converted to student housing in fall 2020 to spread students out and accommodate additional on-campus students due to the cancelation of study abroad programs. Staff in both offices spent much of the year working remotely, with some on-campus meetings.
With record enrollment this fall, the college kept converted houses as residential spaces and moved the CCE, CCI and Innovation Hub to new locations. According to the CCI’s Executive Director Peggy Burns, every non-academic department based in a house has shifted locations.
The CCI — the largest of the three — moved to Kitchel because it was the largest available location. The CCE and the Innovation Hub are now both located on Blinn Lane, in houses that had previously served as Commons Head houses. The Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life also moved from its house next to the admissions office to 46 South Street.
Compared to Adirondack House, Kitchel has limited space and is less connected to campus.
“We had spent four or five years, you know, really cultivating our brand [at the Adirondack House],” Burns said. “Moving to Kitchel House was a net loss of 11 spaces.”
The change has required some creative thinking, such as shared offices, shifting some artistic career advising to the Mahaney Arts Center and using the Twilight Auditorium as a meeting space for larger CCI events.
It has been a challenge, but according to Burns, the staff has been able to adapt.
Health professions and science advisors also moved out of the CCI and joined the Center for Teaching, Learning and Research (CTLR).
“That was a strategic decision,” Burns said, “feeling that it aligned better with professional advising. That actually was the model maybe eight years ago.”
Last year, the CCI was temporarily located within the 75 Shannon Street building — an undesirable location due to its lack of ideal space for individual meetings, which have long been a hallmark of CCI’s work.
“It was a decision made in the throes of Covid and where decisions were being made quickly,” Burns said.
The home of CCI for thirty years was the Adirondack House, a space that felt cozy and comforting to Burns and her staff. For Burns, it was “the student byway where [she] got to see all of the fun stuff that was happening.”
Kitchel house, located across from Twilight Hall, is on the periphery of campus. Despite this, Ursula Olender, director of career advising and employer relations at the CCI, said that more students have been in the area than she expected. Burns and Olender both noted that Kitchel house is not as far from most campus buildings as it may seem — a mere four-minute walk from the Davis Library, according to Google Maps — they emphasized their commitment and willingness to adapt programming to meet the needs of students.
Olender said that if requested, peer and staff advisers could meet with students at other locations on campus. Peer advisors already hold evening quick questions hours in the Anderson Freeman Center and virtually. According to Olender, student consultations and visits with the CCI are similar to fall 2019 levels.
Students who do find themselves at Kitchel House are on the edge of town, which the center is leveraging to foster engagement between students and the town of Middlebury. In an ideal world, Burns said, students would stop by the CCI on their way to and from engaging with the people and economy of Middlebury.
Virtual engagement has also been a part of the CCI’s toolbelt for many years, making their services accessible to students studying abroad even before the pandemic. Burns said virtual meetings can be useful for students to hone their communication skills on-camera.
Olender also said that while virtual visits worked, CCI staff prefers — especially for first consultations — to meet with students face-to-face.
“We’d love to meet students in person, and we also think it kind of contributes to their abilities to articulate their goals,” said Olender. “In-person contact has been very important to students, who for so long could only interact with advisors and mentors online.”
While Kitchell House initially felt new, according to Olender, the paint color is slowly growing on everyone. And old traditions like the CCI’s annual cider and doughnuts — happening Oct. 7 on the Kitchel House lawn at 3:30 p.m. — have made the trip to the center’s new home.