Quarantining professors temporarily move classes online
By Katie Futterman | September 30While classes are largely held in-person this fall, professors have had to move some classes temporarily online while awaiting Covid-19 tests.
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Clifford Symposium puts a spotlight on environmental activism
By Claire Greenburger | September 30When a student asked 350.org founders to imagine being members of the Class of 2025, and whether they would drop out of college to more effectively fight for climate justice, Jeremy Osborn '06 responded, “Stay in school––lower your GPA."
New hire Alberto Soto brings social justice focus to role as director of counseling
By Julia Clarick | September 30The Parton Center for Health and Wellness is welcoming Alberto Soto as the new Director of Counseling this year, whose work focuses on incorporating social justice into mental health counseling.
Mead Chapel name removed in acknowledgement of its namesake’s role in eugenics
By Riley Board, Lucy Townend and Abigail Chang | September 27Middlebury’s Mead Memorial Chapel, named for John Mead, a Vermont governor and member of the class of 1864, lost the name Mead this morning in acknowledgement of its namesake’s role in promoting eugenics in Vermont during the early 1900s. The piece of stone bearing the chapel’s name was removed ...
First cases on campus this year put college Covid-19 policy to the test
By Catherine Mclaughlin | September 23Two students tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival to Middlebury and one student tested positive post-arrival, according to Julia Ferrante, associate vice president for public affairs, putting into action the college’s policies for confirmed cases on campus and outbreak prevention. Fourteen additional ...
Classroom experience and course registration suffer as over-enrolled Middlebury returns to in-person classes
By Charlie Keohane | September 23From an unusual system for course registration to packed classrooms, both students and professors are feeling the impact of over-enrollment — and many have concerns about the potential spread of Covid-19 in the classroom. The morning of course registration is typically a time of stress for Middlebury ...
The buzz on wasps
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | September 23“How crazy would it be if a bee flew into your mouth while you were eating?” Charlie Reinkemeyer ’21.5 asked his friends over breakfast outside Proctor. When Reinkemeyer stood up with a yelp and announced that he’d just been stung, his friends thought he was joking. But the wasp that had ...
Pre-arrival testing requirement poses logistical, financial challenges to students
By Katie Futterman | September 23All students were required to obtain a negative Covid-19 PCR test within 72 hours before arriving at Middlebury this fall semester, in a change to pre-arrival procedures announced via email on Aug. 17. Students who had not yet received a test result by the time they arrived — those whose results ...
Mail Center adjusts to over-enrollment, with some students receiving packages directly to their doorsteps
By Lily Jones | September 23While the college has around 2,800 students enrolled this year, the mail center has only 2,628 mailboxes — posing a problem for the 300 or so additional students looking to receive mail. As a solution, the mail center has begun sending mail directly to the houses of certain students. Jacki Galencamp, ...
Remembering Miguel Sanchez-Tortoledo ’23
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | September 16Miguel Sanchez-Tortoledo seemed to know everybody. On campus, he couldn’t help stopping to greet nearly everyone he passed, which often made those walking with him late. His family and friends remember him as an overwhelmingly positive presence and magnetic personality whose ambition never got in ...
Facing over-enrollment, Middlebury adds satellite housing at Bread Loaf, the Marriott and Inn on the Green
By Ideal Dowling | September 16For the first time in history, Middlebury will house undergraduates at the Bread Loaf campus to accommodate some of the more than 300 extra students enrolled at the college this fall. The college also purchased the Inn on the Green in August and arranged several rooms at the Marriott Hotel on Court ...
College to host two commencement ceremonies in May 2022
By Charlie Keohane | September 16Middlebury will hold two commencement ceremonies this May, one for the class of 2022 and one for the class of 2020.
SGA President Roni Lezama ’22 brings personal experience and big plans to student government
By Catherine Mclaughlin | September 16When Roni Lezama ’22 first stepped onto campus, he “looked around, wanting to hear Spanish in a place where most have spent their whole lives breathing and living English.” Though he was unsure whether Middlebury was the kind of place where he — an only child of Mexican immigrants and one of ...
Middlebury IT specialist arrested for alleged child pornography
By Katie Futterman | September 16Middlebury Senior Technology Specialist Scott Remick was arrested July 7 on federal charges of possesing child pornography. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison and would be required to register as a sex offender. At his preliminary hearing on July 26, he pleaded not guilty. Remick allegedly ...
ISSS International Pre-Orientation Celebrates 20 Years
By Roya Touran | September 16International Student & Scholar Services’ (ISSS) International Pre-Orientation, formerly known as International Early Arrival, celebrated its 20th year of programming this summer with the arrival of the biggest international class Middlebury has seen to date. For many international students traveling ...
Testing reveals four Covid-19 cases at summer language schools
By Brinlea La Barge | September 15Two students and two employees at the Middlebury Language Schools tested positive for Covid-19 near the end of the college’s seven-week summer program, prompting tighter restrictions for those staying on campus. Both students remained in self-isolation on campus, the college announced on Aug. 13, ...
College announces July 1 staff and faculty raises, new hiring incentives
By Jake Gaughan | June 24Administrators announced a 2% raise for faculty and staff that will go into effect on July 1. The college will also work to alleviate wage compression and initiate new department-specific bonuses, according to the email announcements.
News in Brief: Graffiti related to Indigenous land rights appears on campus
By Charlie Keohane | June 11In the last two weeks of the semester, graffiti with phrases referencing Indigenous land rights appeared around campus. The sentence “‘American Rent Is Due’” was spray painted in red on the canvas of a large tent on Battell Beach on May 19. The next week on May 27, the phrase “Land Back” ...
News in Brief: Graffiti related to Indigenous land rights appears on campus
By Charlie Keohane | June 11In the last two weeks of the semester, graffiti with phrases referencing Indigenous land rights appeared around campus. The sentence “‘American Rent Is Due’” was spray painted in red on the canvas of a large tent on Battell Beach on May 19. The next week on May 27, the phrase “Land Back” ...
Smita Ruzicka named as next vice president of student affairs
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | June 10The college has appointed Smita Ruzicka as the new vice president for student affairs (VPSA). The position has remained vacant since the previous VPSA, Baishakhi Taylor, left in April 2020.Along with overseeing the student affairs division, Health and Wellness and Public Safety, Ruzicka will be responsible ...