The college received a call at 10:28 p.m. about a possible active shooter, Director of Public Safety Demitria Kirby said in an email to The Campus. At the time, they were told by law enforcement that “there was a low probability the threat was credible.”
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The Islamic solution to the climate crisis: Consistency, collaboration and conversation
By Ellie Trinkle | May 17, 2023Students and faculty gathered in Bicentennial Hall to listen to authors Ibrahim Abdul-Matin and Rhamis Kent discuss an Islamic solution for climate change on May 3. The event was co-sponsored by Faithfully Sustainable, Muslim Student Association (MSA), the Climate Action Capacity Project and Environmental ...
SGA announces new endowed fund to expand financial assistance for students
By Mandy Berghela | May 11, 2023The Student Government Association (SGA) announced the creation of a new endowed fund called the “SGA Seizing Opportunities Endowed Fund” in conjunction with the Office of Advancement on Friday, April 28. The fund, which has a $3 million endowment goal and is currently at $680,398, will increase ...
Student-led proposal aims to bring culturally diverse food trucks to Middlebury
By Madeleine Kaptein | May 11, 2023For Talia Chang’s ’26 final project for her gender studies class “White People” with Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies Laurie Essig, she and her partners Zoe Rosen ’26, Lizzy Guzman ’26 and Yaxeny Erazo ’26 are proposing that the College bring food trucks with culturally ...
College files motion to dismiss Mead lawsuit, considers education efforts
By Rachel Lu and Lily Jones | May 11, 2023Middlebury filed a 37-page motion on Friday, April 28 to dismiss the lawsuit brought by former Vermont Governor and executive in residence at the college, Jim Douglas ’72, contesting the removal of the name “Mead” from the chapel.
Marine biologist, author and policy expert Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson to give 2023 commencement address
By Lily Jones | May 11, 2023Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, a marine biologist, author and conservation policy expert will deliver the 2023 Middlebury commencement address. Johnson is the co-founder of the nonprofit think tank Urban Ocean Lab, co-editor of the bestselling climate anthology “All We Can Save,” co-author of the ...
College offers new study abroad program in Denmark to incoming first-year students in effort to address over-enrollment, housing issues
By Daniza Tazabekova | May 11, 2023Middlebury is offering a one-time opportunity for incoming first-year students to spend their first semester in Copenhagen at the DIS: Study Abroad in Scandinavia program. Thirty-two members of the class of 2027 will take a total of four courses with two Middlebury professors designed to immerse them ...
Marine biologist, author and policy expert Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson to give 2023 commencement address
By Lily Jones | May 4, 2023Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, a marine biologist, author and conservation policy expert will deliver the 2023 Middlebury commencement address.
Middlebury School in China to reopen in fall 2023 for the first time since 2020
By Hanwen Zhang | April 27, 2023For the first time since the school’s sudden closure in spring 2020, six students from Middlebury and other institutions were admitted to study in Beijing for the upcoming fall semester. Study abroad at Kunming, the school’s other location, will not be offered for the fall semester because of the ...
Abed Abbas ’24 wins SGA presidential election
By Jonathan Eaton | April 27, 2023The student body voted on Monday, April 24 to elect Abed Abbas ’24 as president of the Student Government Association (SGA), with Fanta Diop ’25 & Tara Masri ’25 joining as his vice presidents. Approximately 44% of students eligible to vote, or 1,111 of 2,520 students, voted in the presidential ...
Thor Sawin named new associate dean of Middlebury Language Schools for curriculum
By Ryan Mcelroy | April 27, 2023Thor Sawin, associate professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) in Monterey, was named the new associate dean of curriculum of Middlebury Language Schools on April 20. Having taught German, English and linguistics at MIIS since 2013, he looks forward to strengthening the ...
Juntos, Migrant Justice rally in solidarity with migrant workers
By Tiffany Li | April 27, 2023Students and community members gathered on Friday, April 21 outside the Hannaford supermarket at 260 Court St. in Middlebury to protest unfair treatment of migrant farm workers by the supermarket chain. The protesters chanted slogans in both Spanish and English, demanding that Hannaford acknowledge ...
Middlebury student, volunteer firefighter sets new world record
By Ryan Mcelroy | April 20, 2023Emily Jones ’23.5 was surrounded by over 100 of her fellow firefighters, friends and Middlebury students as she broke the Guinness World Record for fastest mile run by a woman wearing full firefighter turnout gear — including a respirator — on Saturday, April 8. At eight minutes and 25 seconds, ...
Staffing crisis in food services causes early closing of the Grille, Crossroads and MiddXpress
By Jessica Li | April 20, 2023Staff shortages at the Grille, Crossroads Cafe and MiddXpress have resulted in limited hours. Former employees cited frustration with student behavior, the local housing market and retirement as reasons for leaving.