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.
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 ...
As hundreds of students gathered on campus for a concert co-sponsored by the Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) last Friday, questions remain about the organization’s future on campus. In the wake of legislation passed by members of the previous Student Government Association (SGA) last spring, ...
The Honor Code Review Committee (HCRC) published an interim report this past May outlining themes in current Honor Code practice as well as recommendations to address the code’s shortcomings. Just one month prior, 65% of Middlebury students self-reported having broken the Honor Code in The Campus’ ...
For Joe Russell, Middlebury’s new Dean of Students, arriving on campus has been a whirlwind of new joys and challenges.
Middlebury’s incoming classes of 2028 and 2028.5 are the first to be admitted in light of the Supreme Court’s decision to ban the consideration of race in college admissions. The new challenges posed by the elimination of affirmative action were reflected in a sharp decrease in students of color ...
This fall, there are 2,774 students enrolled at Middlebury’s Vermont campus, an increase from 2,546 in spring 2024, but a slight decrease from 2,800 in fall 2023. Currently, 128, or five percent, of those students are living off campus, and the remaining 2,646 are living in on-campus college housing, ...
This fall, Middlebury will add a new outdoor tennis facility along with throwing areas for the track and field teams to its athletics facilities. The new construction is planned to be completed in late September and will feature 12 new tennis courts on the corner of South Street and Porter Field Road, ...
Renovations began on the mailroom in McCullough Student Center on Monday, June 10, and concluded on Friday, July 19. These changes were part of a general overhaul of the downstairs of the student center, including a new locker system, updated flooring and an updated mail retrieval system.
This semester students, faculty and staff have started off the fall semester with numerous changes in the dining halls and retail food operations. A new retail dining option, South East Asian (S.E.A.) Dinette by Sushi Maru, will exclusively operate the space in McCullough Student Center previously occupied ...
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.
Amidst student anticipation for the upcoming spring concert, the Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) has faced mounting questions for these spending decisions, among others, from this academic year.
A Ross Dining Hall checker was doing morning setup around 5:45 a.m. on Monday, April 30, when the Department of Public Safety alerted the dining hall staff that both computer monitors had been stolen, the receipt printer had been smashed and the wires had been torn out of the ground.
Amidst proposals from the Student Government Association (SGA) to change the credit limit from 36 to 34 and institute a climate distribution requirement, the faculty Educational Affairs Committee (EAC) will appoint a taskforce to revise curriculum goals during the 2024-25 academic year.
As the academic year comes to a close, the student body begins to pack up and head home for the summer. But each year as people take their belongings with them, many things inevitably get left behind.
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.
At 11:45 a.m. on Monday, May 6, students began packing up their tents, putting an end to the seven-night Gaza Solidarity Encampment on McCullough lawn. Students voted this past weekend to end the encampment as soon as the administration released a statement, and did so immediately when President Laurie ...
The Gaza Solidarity Encampment on McCullough lawn created the “The People’s University,” a tent space where professors can host their courses, and since its inception on April 29, some Middlebury professors and staff members have taken advantage of the opportunity. “The People’s University” ...
Upwards of 200 people gathered at the top of the chapel hill on Friday, May 3 at 12 p.m. to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and for the administration to meet the Gaza Solidarity Encampment’s demands. The group marched down the hill chanting, “While Old Chapel stalls, bombs on Gaza fall,” and stopped ...
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After almost ten years at the helm of Middlebury College, President Laurie Patton has announced her intention to leave her post in January 2025. Patton will leave Middlebury to take on the position of President of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.