The Faculty Council passed a motion in an emergency meeting last Friday, Nov. 17 to extend the deadline to drop a course and invoke Credit/No Credit for the fall semester through Friday, Dec. 8.
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Middlebury grieves death of Ivan Valerio ’26
By Maggie Reynolds | November 7, 2023Class of 2024 dedicates senior gift to mental health funding
By Olivia Mueller | March 14, 2024Guest lecture tells story of Rwandan genocide
By Mars Romero | March 14, 2024Second annual Student Ski Day offers new events at the Snow Bowl
By Daphne Wang | March 14, 2024Latest stories
SGA unanimously votes to ban Starbucks on campus, pending Dining Services review
By Olivia Mueller and Cole Chaudhari | March 7, 2024The Student Government Association (SGA) passed a resolution at the end of J-Term to replace the Starbucks products on campus with those of a local Vermont business, which is still to be determined. Dining Services intends to gather student feedback in collaboration with the SGA in order to make a decision ...
Middlebury receives unrestricted gift of $40 million to the endowment
By Maggie Reynolds | March 7, 2024Middlebury has received an unrestricted donation to the endowment of $40 million from the estate of M. Brooks Michel ’55. The college announced the gift in an email to faculty, staff and students on March 1, stating that Michel’s donation is the largest bequest — a gift as a part of a will or ...
Middlebury students provide input on the college endowment investment strategy to student liaison
By Mandy Berghela | March 7, 2024The Student Government Association (SGA) wants to know how students want Middlebury College to invest its money. with a Google form asking for student input on the investment strategy of Middlebury College’s endowment.
Middlebury institutes new in-person lottery for suites, raising issues for students studying abroad
By Tejas Srinivasan | March 7, 2024Middlebury Residential Life will hold in-person lotteries on campus on Friday, April 5 for suite-style housing assignments, which is a new update for the housing selection process for sophomores, juniors and seniors from the online-only assignment system used in past years.
Middlebury returns to typical enrollment this spring, with plans to sell Inn on the Green in 2025
By Susanna Schatz | March 7, 2024Middlebury has returned to a more typical student enrollment number this semester following a surge in the number of students on campus in the fall and overall elevated enrollment since fall 2021. This decrease in enrollment has taken some of the strain off of on-campus housing, and the college does ...
Trustees talk tuition, construction, finances for 2023-2024
By Katie Futterman | February 29, 2024A winter weekend at Middlebury was host to important decisions by the Board of Trustees. On Feb. 9 and 10, the Board increased tuition and named the Christian A. Johnson Memorial Building plaza, among other discussions of finances, construction projects and language learning.
Black Student Union holds Apollo Night, Soul Food Sunday and other celebrations for Black History Month
By Cole Chaudhari | February 29, 2024In celebration of the month of February as Black History month, the Black Student Union (BSU) has held events including Apollo Night and Soul Food Sunday, along with the upcoming Night of Black Culture.
Winter Carnival returns to Middlebury with ski races, ice sculpture contest and more
By Liv Sanchez | February 29, 2024The annual Winter Carnival returned to campus at full capacity last weekend, following a brief ski race hiatus last year. The weekend included Middlebury Carnival ski races as well as on-campus activities organized by Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) such as an ice-sculpting competition outside ...
Middlebury named top producer of Fulbrights for 2023-2024
By Caroline Jiao | February 29, 2024Middlebury has been named a top producer for the Fulbright U.S. Student and Scholar Programs for the 2023–2024 academic year by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Program. Four out of 23 student applicants and three faculty members at Middlebury were selected for the awards. With seven ...
Middlebury announces new Monterey graduate scholarship program for students from China
By Jonathan Eaton | February 29, 2024The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS) is partnering with the China Scholarship Council to launch a new scholarship program beginning in the fall of 2024, intended to host 20 Chinese students at MIIS on a yearlong full-ride scholarship.
Join the Club initiative offers new fundraising opportunity for student organizations
By Susanna Schatz | February 29, 2024The Office of Advancement and the Student Activities Office (SAO) are collaborating with student organizations this spring to launch the inaugural Join the Club fundraising campaign. Club leaders had the opportunity to opt into the campaign between Dec. 5 and Feb. 21, and the actual fundraiser will ...
Thefts from cars increase on campus, leading to new warnings for student lots
By Edith Mauch | February 22, 2024An increase in thefts from vehicles in student parking lots in recent weeks led Public Safety to urge caution and vigilance from students.
Middlebury receives $1.48 million grant from Mellon Foundation to address migrant justice through the humanities
By Liv Sanchez | February 22, 2024Through the Axinn Center for the Humanities Middlebury has received a $1.48 million grant from the Mellon Foundation’s Humanities for All Times, an initiative that fosters education and research on migrant justice in Vermont and globally through the creation of thirty new Public Humanities Labs. The ...
Middlebury hires new class dean for first years, bringing total to four
By Anabelle Lapp | February 22, 2024The college announced changes to the composition of the class dean structure in early February, marked in part by the hiring of new dean, Sabrina Durand, this past fall.