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.
News
Faculty members reinstate Middlebury chapter of AAUP
By Abigail Chang | May 14, 2020Faculty hope to mitigate cuts to employee compensation as Middlebury explores ways to reduce the financial toll of the pandemic.
Admin-staff relations tested by health crisis
By Sabine Poux and Amelia Pollard | May 14, 2020As the college faces significant logistic and economic challenges from the health crisis, relations between administrators and staff are being tested in a way they have not been before.
The Middlebury Sap Map
By Emma Brown | May 14, 2020We gave horticulturalist Tim Parsons the difficult task of narrowing down his ten favorite trees and asked him to share a bit about what makes them so special.
Career Center assists students with internships, entering the job market in uncertain time
By Tony Sjodin | May 14, 2020The CCI is hosting daily virtual "Quick Questions" and other online programming to support students in their career exploration this summer.
Student environmental organizers find ways to keep active from home
By Nicole Pollack | May 14, 2020When sports seasons were canceled and classes went remote, activism did, too.
College landscapers continue to work amidst campus shutdown
By Porter Bowman | May 14, 2020“If we’re not safe landscaping and working outside, we’re not safe anywhere,” said landscaper Todd Weedman. “My wife is in more danger going to the grocery store than I am going to work.”
Students and counselors navigate challenges of tele-mental health care
By James Finn | May 14, 2020Parton overhauled its counseling program over spring break in anticipation of Covid-19 realities, but regulations in many states prevent counselors from continuing to hold sessions with some students.
Technology services step up to make remote learning happen
By Rachel Lu | May 14, 20208,000 Zoom meetings have been held since May 1, in contrast to roughly 700 per week prior to Covid-19.
Faculty approve changes to PE credits and add card policies
By Rain Ji | May 14, 2020PE credit adjustments Faculty ratified a motion allowing students to earn both of their PE credits in the same sport or activity this Tuesday. According to the proposal, “students are currently required to earn their two PE credits in two different courses, but this discourages students from persisting ...
Sophie Clarke ’11 takes on ‘Survivor’ … twice
By Hannah Bensen | May 14, 2020Sophie Clarke ’11 most recently competed on season 40 of 'Survivor' and has been an ardent fan of the show since its premiere in 2000.
Middlebury Volunteer Tutors come together to tutor children of staff
By Porter Bowman | May 14, 2020“We want to continue to give back to staff and get to a point where staff feel that students have their back,” said Ami Furgang ’20, one of the lead organizers of the program.
News in Brief: Middlebury expects 750 in the class of 2024 and 2024.5
By Hattie Lefavour | May 14, 2020640 new students currently plan to enroll in September, but this figure is tentative, given uncertainty about the college's fall semester plan and potential student visa challenges.
Midd professor assists with national Covid-19 stimulus decisions
By Tony Sjodin | May 14, 2020Associate Professor of Political Science Keegan Callanan, who was appointed to the National Council on the Humanities last August, is helping to advise its chairman on Covid-19 stimulus funding.
Small number of Middlebury students petition for partial refund of semester tuition
By Benjamin Glass | May 14, 2020Over 120 students signed a petition to college administrators that Tamar Freeland published online last week.
Hunter Graham '20 nominated for prestigious ROTC award
By Tony Sjodin | May 7, 2020The award is given to the top two graduating female Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadets in the nation.
How are faculty connecting with students during distance learning?
By Emmanuel Tamrat | May 7, 2020Professors have shown that it's possible to build community while practicing social distancing.
“The memory hangs on”: 50 years later, activist alums talk anti-war strike
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | May 7, 2020A student strike in 1970 catalyzed anti-war action in the years to follow, but many activists were excluded from the mainstream conversation.
Freeze puts hiring on pause, though many positions were already filled
By Rose Evans | May 7, 2020As part of its commitment to pay continuity for existing staff, the college has frozen all hiring that had not been completed before the transition to remote learning.
This isn't Middlebury's first time dealing with a pandemic
By Ben Beese | May 7, 2020“Middlebury faces almost daily changes," reads a December 1918 Campus editorial. "It is with a feeling of wonder as to what will come next that we greet each day and it is not strange that under such conditions the student body should be unusually restless and undecided.”