Student-run MiddNight Food Truck prepares for launch of late-night food, pop-ups
By Olivia Mueller | April 11, 2024A student-run late-night food truck serving tostadas, street corn and more is set to open in mid-April.
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College will hold events, provide glasses for total solar eclipse on April 8
By Ellie Trinkle | April 4, 2024For the first time since 1932, Middlebury will be in the path of totality for a solar eclipse. Starting at 2:14 p.m. on Monday April 8, the moon’s shadow will slowly move until it fully covers the sun, which will occur at 3:27 p.m.
SGA passes resolution to lower number of credits needed to graduate
By Cole Chaudhari | April 4, 2024The Student Government Association (SGA) passed a resolution to reduce the number of credits needed to graduate from 36 to 34. The change, proposed on March 14, has not been implemented and would need faculty approval to become the new graduation criteria at the college.
The woman who revolutionized the dining hall experience
By Katie Futterman | April 4, 2024Kathy Swan’s warm, cheerful voice turned a dining hall into a home. All it took was picking up a microphone.
Understaffing still poses challenges for employees in dining halls, Davis Family Library
By Tejas Srinivasan | April 4, 2024Days when the usual dishes are replaced with paper plates and utensils in Ross Dining Hall are a sign that the dishroom is overwhelmed, and when the pizza station is shut down, it is a sign that the cooks are occupied at other stations. Students lining up for food can easily spot the understaffing that ...
“Our campuses are beautiful, all in their different ways”: How staff across the country help run Middlebury
By Ryan Mcelroy | April 4, 2024From up Route 125 to Ripton, Vt., down the coast to Washington, D.C. and across the country in Monterey, Calif., staff members across Middlebury’s far-flung campuses are crucial to the college’s success and its reputation outside of the Green Mountain State.
After nearly two years, staff still give mixed reviews on ‘skill matrix’ compensation system
By Maggie Reynolds | April 4, 2024Employers in the United States have shown trends of movement from performance- or tenure-based compensation systems to skill-based compensation models in recent years. Middlebury is no exception.
Middlebury student reportedly stabbed on College Street, with suspect in custody for attempted murder
By Ryan Mcelroy | March 21, 2024A student at Middlebury College was stabbed repeatedly yesterday, March 20, while walking down College Street with another person at around 8:00 p.m. The pair fled to a nearby residence following the stabbing and called 911.
Students and faculty reflect on college’s educational approaches to Israel-Gaza war
By Liv Sanchez and Ellie Trinkle | March 14, 2024A Fox News story published on Feb. 16 discussed an accusation made by StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice that Middlebury is failing to protect Jewish students who face antisemitism on campus. The reporting prompted community responses and the college’s release of a web page titled “Middlebury’s ...
Class of 2024 dedicates senior gift to mental health funding
By Olivia Mueller | March 14, 2024The Senior Committee Gift Team has dedicated the class of 2024 senior gift to mental health initiatives, continuing a long-standing annual tradition of gifts given from the graduating class to future Middlebury students. The graduating class has left a gift to the campus community upon graduation since ...
Guest lecture tells story of Rwandan genocide
By Mars Romero | March 14, 2024Students and faculty gathered in McCardell Bicentennial Hall this past week to listen to a lecture, “30 Years of Reconciliation in Rwanda: Alice’s story” by Colgate University Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies Susan Thomson. Narrated through the life experiences of a single individual referred ...
Second annual Student Ski Day offers new events at the Snow Bowl
By Daphne Wang | March 14, 2024Despite the warming weather, ski season in Vermont is not over just yet. On Friday, March 8, the Middlebury Snow Bowl hosted its second annual Middlebury College Student Ski Day. With special deals for students including free lift tickets and discounted rentals, along with a new “rail jam” event, ...
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 ...