Middlebury mourns death of Evelyn Mae Sorensen ’25
By Ryan Mcelroy | September 21, 2023Evelyn Mae Sorensen '25 has passed away at Middlebury College. She was found in her dorm room in Forest Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 19.
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NIB: Middlebury unveils plan to pay students $10,000 to take a leave of absence this fall
By Ryan Mcelroy | August 15, 2023Middlebury is paying a $10,000 stipend to 30 juniors and seniors who opt to take the fall and winter semesters off.
Supreme Court decision against affirmative action creates new challenges for Middlebury’s admissions policies
By Ryan Mcelroy | July 14, 2023Following the June 29 Supreme Court decision against affirmative action, Middlebury's admissions process will have to balance complying with the new ruling and striving to maintain a diverse student body.
New dorm for the twenty-first century student
By Katie Futterman | July 4, 2023Members of the Middlebury student life and facilities broke ground on the new first year dorm last week. The new dorm is set to be completed by the spring of 2025.
Hoax call about active shooter in college library leaves community reeling
By Abigail Chang | April 10, 2023The 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.”
Student environmental group holds protest against Middlebury’s contract with Chase Bank
By Ryan Mcelroy | March 16, 2023Approximately 100 Middlebury students, professors, administrators and community members gathered inside Wilson Hall to protest Middlebury’s contract with Chase Bank due to its investments in the fossil fuel industry on March 14. The demonstration was organized by the Sunday Night Environmental Group ...
News in Brief: Jeremy Ward named vice president of academic affairs
By Maggie Reynolds | May 19, 2023Jeremy Ward, the Albert D. Mead professor of Biology, has been chosen as the next vice president for academic affairs.
Middlebury hires new Muslim Chaplain, interfaith advisor Zahra Moeini Meybodi
By Orly Berke | September 21, 2023As the school year begins, Zahra Moeini Meybodi has started her role as the new Muslim chaplain and interfaith advisor at Middlebury.
College implements new programs to balance enrollment next year
By Tiffany Li | April 13, 2023Middlebury plans to continue housing students in the Inn on the Green next year for the third fall semester in a row, due to an unusually small graduating class and uneven number of students studying abroad. The college has offered a $2,000 travel reimbursement for anyone willing to switch their spring ...
History of Art and Architecture Department hires first specialist in art of Africa and the African Diaspora
By Rachel Lu | April 13, 2023The History of Art and Architecture Department recently announced that Marguerite Lenius has accepted an assistant professor position, specializing in the art of Africa and the African Diaspora. Lenius is the first professor covering art from the African continent and diaspora at the college.
Faculty approve the creation of statistics major
By Lily Jones | April 13, 2023The Mathematics Department, soon to be called the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, will now be home to a new statistics major. On Friday, April 7, Middlebury faculty voted to approve the new major with a vote of 68 to 26. The faculty discussed the proposal for over an hour before the vote. ...
Fall Family Weekend comes early this year
By Mandy Berghela | September 28, 2023The beginning of autumn on campus brings with it the annual Fall Family Weekend, eagerly awaited by many students and families as a chance to reunite. This year, however, parents will touch the ground on campus before many of the leaves do.
Students navigate recent Covid-19 surge on campus
By Jessica Li | September 28, 2023Though many experts now consider Covid-19 to be endemic, the virus continues to impact the lives of Middlebury students this fall. Since the beginning of the semester, there has been a surge in Covid-19 infections among Middlebury students. While such an increase in cases has impacted students’ academic ...
Facilities Services works to address mice problem, construction noise affecting Coffrin Hall
By Ellie Trinkle | September 28, 2023This semester, residents of Coffrin Hall, one of Middlebury’s predominantly sophomore residence halls, have recently experienced both noise from the construction of the new first-year residence hall and a mice infestation. Though these issues have impacted students’ experience over the first weeks ...
Middlebury completes renovations to Christian A. Johnson Memorial Building
By Daniza Tazabekova | September 28, 2023After over a year of renovations, the History of Art and Architectural Studies (HARC) department will celebrate the re-opening of the Christian A. Johnson Memorial Building on Sept. 28. The building is home to the Architectural Studies program and the Department of Studio Art, as well as the revived ...
Knoll’s 20th anniversary celebrations to begin fall family weekend
By Susanna Schatz | September 21, 2023The Knoll’s biggest event of the year is just around the corner. After a year and a half of planning, the Knoll will soon begin its 20th anniversary celebrations, just in time for families coming to campus next weekend.
Incoming Feb recounts experience with Moroccan earthquake
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | September 21, 2023Beck Orten ’27.5 clung desperately to her friend, surrounded by glass shards from the shattered light bulbs that once adorned the terrace overhang where she had been admiring the lights over the city of Marrakech, Morocco before the earthquake hit at 11:11 p.m. on Sept. 8.
New Middlebury School in Taiwan to begin spring 2024
By Charlie Keohane and Cole Chaudhari | September 21, 2023Middlebury will add another C.V. Starr School Abroad to the map this spring, bridging the gap between Vermont and Taiwan. Students will have the opportunity to study at National Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung, a port city in southern Taiwan with over 2.7 million residents.
Thinking outside the box: Mail center adapts to mailbox shortage, plans new system
By Olivia Mueller | September 21, 2023Back-to-school is always a busy time of year, especially at the mail center. It’s a guarantee that students will order larger items directly to school during move-in or have to place last-minute orders when they realize which dorm decorations they are missing. This year, however, on top of the typical ...
In memoriam: Remembering Middlebury faculty and staff who recently passed away
By Susanna Schatz and Sabrina Salam | September 14, 2023This past summer, the Middlebury College community mourned the passing of three professors emeriti and one staff member: Professor Emeritus Robert “Bob” Pack, Professor Emeritus Robert “Bob” Martin, Professor Emeritus John McWilliams and former Language School Director of Operations John Stokes. ...