The Spencer Prize Speech Competition is an annual event hosted by Oratory Now that showcases the public speaking abilities of the First Year class. Participants progress through a nomination process in their First Year seminar, followed by two rounds of speech competitions, culminating in a final showcase ...
On Feb. 4, Dean of Students Joe Russell announced the launch of the Center for Student Success, a new centralized hub designed to streamline access to student resources and support.
In January 2022, eight young women from Afghanistan arrived to begin their Middlebury College educations over the frigid winter break. The quiet mountain landscape and gray limestone buildings displaced the skyscrapers and big screens they had imagined when they thought of the U.S. Other students had ...
Changes to Middlebury’s Student Access and Support (SAS) grant program this fall sparked frustration among some students who rely on the funding, raising questions about accessibility, financial stigma and how the college supports students with demonstrated financial need.
On Jan. 14, faculty, administrators and students gathered in Middlebury College’s Wilson Hall for the first student-only open meeting designed to shape President Ian B. Baucom’s 10-year strategic plan — the college’s first comprehensive planning initiative in more than a decade.
In the fall 2025 semester, MiddCORE announced its partnership with OpenAI for its 2026 J-Term session. The plan to work with the $500 billion company led to a 50% increase in applications to the program from last year, according to Robert Moeller, associate professor of psychology and director of MiddCORE. ...
The “For Every Future” campaign, now in its third year of public fundraising, is close to completion, having raised 83% of its fundraising goal of $600 million and garnering 81% undergraduate alumni engagement, just 4% shy of its goal of 85%, according to the campaign’s website. With less than ...
Middlebury’s winter term, or J-Term, brings a wide range of visiting instructors to campus each January, from career academics and graduate students to professionals working in the field. While the month offers a unique opportunity to teach an intensive course in Vermont, visiting faculty — particularly ...
In the fall 2025 semester, residents of Coffrin Hall received an email from Residential Life informing them that the dorm’s only kitchen and lounge would be locked up for the remainder of the semester due to the excessive amount of broken dining hall dishes consistently found in the building’s lounge. ...
Since returning to the White House, President Trump has signed a series of executive orders reshaping federally funded research grants, including those from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Although several of these orders have been blocked by federal ...
On Dec. 4, the Elizabeth Hackett Robinson ’84 Innovation Hub hosted a student-run Winter Art Market, which brought roughly 10 student artists into the Old Stone Mill and allowed them to display and sell their artwork. The Old Stone Mill, located at 82 Weybridge Street, is an incubator for students ...
Since Ian Baucom began his role as Middlebury College’s 18th president in July, he’s mapped out a regular walking route. Starting at his office in Old Chapel, he winds past Old and New Battell, through BiHall, out to the Knoll, back up College Street, around Proctor and down to Axinn. Sometimes ...
Last spring, the college temporarily changed the process for choosing a student Commencement speaker, selecting Student Government Association (SGA) President Brandon Straker ’25 to deliver a speech without the routine input of a student and staff-led committee. This change was made due to controversies ...
For the past two years, the Academic Integrity Committee (AIC) has been reviewing Middlebury’s Honor Code, bringing students, faculty and staff into the process. Dean of Students Joe Russell announced the results of this review process in November.
On Nov. 14, college President Ian Baucom sat down with Jamie Henn ’07, a climate advocate and founding member of the Sunday Night Environmental Group (SNEG). The discussion, held in Wilson Hall as part of the “What Works Now” conference, marked the 20th anniversary of SNEG and echoed the college’s ...
Earlier this fall, leaders of PALANA, Middlebury’s Pan-African, Latinx, Asian, and Native American multicultural student organization, said they were informed by the Student Activities Office (SAO) and Residential Life (ResLife) that the group is at risk of losing its social house, also known as Palmer ...
Beginning next semester, the Research Desk at the Davis Family Library will be terminated as part of a broader restructuring of the Library’s Research, Instruction and Data Services (RI&D) department to adapt to student needs and budget constraints. The RI&D team will instead focus on individual ...
On Nov. 5, the senate of the Student Government Association (SGA) voted to reject a student-led referendum concerning rights for protection and free expression on Middlebury’s campus, instead announcing alternative solutions to the issues it raises. In response, the writers of the referendum have ...
The Middlebury College Democrats hosted an election watch party on Nov. 4 in Hillcrest, which followed gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, as well as the mayoral race in New York City. Students watched as victories unfolded for Democrats in all three elections.
What started in the winter of 2005 as a J-Term class taught by Jon Isham, professor of economics and environmental studies, has progressed into a flourishing student environmental group that is approaching 20 years of sustainable conversation and climate activism. Having begun with environmental conversations ...