Staff brace for an uncertain on-campus fall semester
By Jake Gaughan | July 6, 2020Looking ahead to August and the return of students to Middlebury, staff members are imagining what work might look like on a campus once again populated by students.
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Should I stay or should I go? International students deliberate the fall
By Florence Wu | July 6, 2020As the college unveils its fall semester plans, anxieties about making a decision with limited information and a pressing deadline are overshadowing previous uncertainties related to the fall. While most international students would like to return and reunite with friends, they are also concerned about ...
Administrators discuss plans for fall semester, systemic racism during virtual town hall
By Ideal Dowling | July 6, 2020Panelists from the Student Leadership Group (SLG) and other administrative offices shared an overview of the school’s plans for fall semester during a June 29 student Town Hall hosted by the Student Government Association (SGA).
Leaked via social media, letter from four accused professors criticizes administration’s response to racism allegations
By James Finn and Lily Laesch | July 3, 2020Update — July 3 AAUP chapter president Laurie Essig said in an email to The Campus that the AAUP would seek to support both Dr. Hernández-Romero and/or the accused professors if either went forward with filing an official complaint. However, she also stated the AAUP’s concern that “the accusations ...
‘Sent Without Permission: A Farewell from an Unwelcome Hire’: Departing visiting professor alleges incidents of racism
By Lily Laesch | July 1, 2020Marissel Hernández-Romero, departing visiting assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese, sent an email to the Middlebury community on Sunday evening describing in detail a series of alleged incidents of racism she experienced in her department and at the institution during her three years as a ...
BREAKING: Middlebury announces on-campus instruction for the fall
By Bochu Ding, Riley Board and Hattie Lefavour | June 22, 2020Middlebury will reopen its campus to students, faculty and staff in the fall with certain precautions. The College plans to welcome students back on September 8 for a 12-week semester, which will continue without interruption until Thanksgiving Break, before a transition to remote learning.
News In Brief: CCI announces “Midd Gigs” program, SGA reveals donation-matching campaign
By Lily Laesch | June 22, 2020CCI announces new “Midd Gigs” program The Center for Careers and Internships launched Midd Gigs, a new initiative empowering alumni to post short-term projects for Middlebury students and recent graduates. Students can join through their Midd2Midd profile — a module piloted by the center helping ...
Faculty vote in favor of students returning in the fall
By Abigail Chang | June 21, 2020A majority of faculty members voted in support of students’ return to campus this fall, passing the “motion regarding modality” during a Tuesday faculty meeting.
What could a mid-pandemic semester at Middlebury look like?
By Riley Board | June 18, 2020As students count down the days until the college’s announcement about procedures for next year, we look at how, even in a best case scenario, life at Middlebury would be altered in the fall.
Developing: Middlebury Schools Abroad announces fall program cancellations
By Benjy Renton | June 16, 2020As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to affect study abroad and international travel, Middlebury Schools Abroad has announced the suspension of several fall programs. This story will be updated with the latest program suspensions. !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(a){if(void ...
Black at Middlebury: Students criticize President Patton’s email, demand action
By Tony Sjodin | June 15, 2020An email sent from the Office of the President to the Middlebury community on May 31 concerning the death of George Floyd sparked criticism from students at the college, who expressed discontent with its tone and content in the context of nationwide protests against police brutality and race-based violence. ...
Tear gas traces its roots back to Middlebury
By Lucy Townend | June 15, 2020In 1928, Ben Corson and Roger Stoughton were investigating the reaction between carbonyl compounds and malononitrile in Warner Hall at Middlebury College when they discovered 2-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile (CS). Even though it garnered little attention when published in the Journal of American Chemistry ...
‘Injustice doesn’t have a schedule:’ Students join protests across the country
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | June 8, 2020“I put my body on the line every time I [protest]. I put my mental health on the line every time I do this . . . I'm willing to risk it all," said Angelina Gomes '23. “And if I'm willing to risk it all, it is to burn this whole thing down.”
From cluttered homes to an uncertain fall, survey lays bare students’ pandemic struggles
By Benjy Renton and James Finn | June 4, 2020From our Covid-19 student survey, we discovered key insights on the Middlebury student body's experiences of the remote spring semester, summer plans and thoughts on the fall.
College outlines criteria for retrieving on-campus belongings
By Abigail Chang | June 2, 2020Students not returning in the fall — including students who graduated and students planning to study abroad — will reserve 90-minute time slots to collect their belongings from the college.
Trustees to match any college donation with $100 through the end of June
By Riley Board | May 30, 2020The matching donations will support the Student Emergency Fund, the Fund for Staff Support, and the Financial Aid Fund, among others.
Students return to Middlebury surrounding senior week, sparking safety concerns
By Abigail Chang | May 29, 2020“It’s very quiet when there are no students around, and we love having the students come back and all the energy they bring,” said Middlebury resident Barbara Marlow. “This [incident] did not feel like that to the people who were affected. It felt disrespectful, and it felt frightening because ...
First openly gay NBA player Jason Collins named commencement speaker
By Hattie Lefavour | May 24, 2020The class of 2020 commencement speaker will be Jason Collins, a retired professional basketball player and the first male active sports athlete in a major sport to come out as gay. Collins graduated from Stanford in 2001, after which he was drafted to the NBA where he played for myriad teams for 13 ...
Remaining students asked to leave campus by end of May
By Abigail Chang | May 17, 2020"No student will be required to leave without a safe alternative in place," wrote senior associate dean of students Derek Doucet.
The letter
By Caroline Kapp | May 14, 2020In the fall of 1967, all first-year women received an anonymous letter in their mailboxes during their first weeks on campus.