In May 2006, the Middlebury College Board of Trustees unanimously approved a strategic plan, entitled “Knowledge without Boundaries,” which strengthens the College’s mission as an institution of higher education. The report includes a lengthy list of recommendations that seek to improve certain ...
President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz has been recognized by Time Magazine as one the top ten college presidents in the country. In an article that appeared in last week’s issue of Time, Liebowitz was recognized for his commitment to achieving carbon neutrality at the College and also for ...
Since the successful opening of the College’s biomass gasification plant last January, community members raised questions about the plant’s impact on Vermont forests as well as the overall environmental integrity of the biomass initiative. The plant currently receives three truckloads of woodchips ...
Green group rallies support for climate summit Members of Middlebury’s Sunday Night Group (SNG), a student-run environmental advocacy organization, engaged in a campaign this week to encourage students to call President Obama and demand his attendance at the upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen. Officials ...
The Middlebury police cited 16 Middlebury students with underage drinking at a party that was taking place at 424 Quarry Road on Friday, Oct. 30. Four residents — all members of the Middlebury lacrosse team — of the off-campus house will appear in court on Dec. 14 under the charge of serving alcohol ...
Student jobs available on cam- pus remain steady this year, but many employers are offering fewer shifts due to budget considerations. “For the past three to four years, we’ve seen about the same number of jobs and the same number of students looking for jobs,” said Dee Gilbert, student employment ...
After additional dialogue with the library, the Student Government Association (SGA) decided to fund extended library hours the week before finals week, beginning Nov. 29. Though the library will be covering the cost of extended opening hours during finals week itself, it has traditionally provided ...
As the number of students succumbing to H1N1 or other influenza-like illness continues to grow — with more than 247 students having been isolated since August — the shipments of the H1N1 vaccine received by Parton Health Center re- main steady yet small. Following the initial shipment and clinic ...
NORWICH — “It was so hard to find an open computer in the library after dinner!” is not a far-fetched snatch of conversation to overhear at Middlebury. Here, it is more like, “The pub was so packed after dinner, it was hard to find a booth!” The library at University of East Anglia is a ghost ...
Fewer students have used the new components of the alcohol policy, namely the sober friend and the duty office, than the services offered by Parton Health Center in previous years. Sober friends have been required in 30 instances this semester, compared to the 37 students who went to Parton Health Center ...