As the May 25 commencement ceremony quickly approaches, the college has quietly altered the selection process for the student speaker. Student Government Association (SGA) President Brandon Striker ’25, known as B Striker, will be the only student speaker at commencement, marking a departure from ...
April 30 marked 100 days since President Trump took office, and in that time, uncertainty surrounding visas, research grant funding and key employment sectors has affected job prospects for Middlebury seniors and recent graduates. Students looking to work in industries or government programs targeted ...
This semester, the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has been overhauled to increase student flexibility, expand course offerings and broaden its academic scope.
The college announced on May 1 that it had received 11,831 applications for the class of 2029 and 2029.5, a six percent drop from last year’s 12,540. Meanwhile, the overall acceptance rate increased to 13.9% from last year’s 12%.
In honor of the 25th anniversary of marriage equality in Vermont, Special Collections hosted a panel of speakers and an open house related to its archive of the Vermont Freedom to Marry task force. Over 75 community members and Middlebury students gathered in the lower level of Davis Family Library ...
This year has witnessed surprise and turmoil on many levels. Historic election results in the U.S. and around the world, federal budget cuts, ongoing global conflicts, and seemingly universal political tension have allowed international and national discord to exert daily influence on the lives of Middlebury ...
In a series of moves last week, Middlebury’s next president, Ian Baucom, began to stake out positions on key issues at the college and in higher education that will shape his tenure, standing up for the college — and for Monterey.
Since the college’s announcement on April 16 that the U.S. government had terminated the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) status of one Middlebury undergraduate student and three Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) alumni, administrators have further addressed ...
Chuck Davis, a philanthropist and investment executive who spent two years at Middlebury before transferring to the University of Vermont, will deliver the 2025 commencement address.
In a plenary faculty meeting on Friday, April 18, 94% of the nearly 200 faculty members in attendance voted to pass a motion demanding that the administration and Board of Trustees reverse the recently announced compensation cuts for employees and enrollment increase.
Director of Harvard’s Center for Jewish Studies Derek Penslar gave this year’s Hannah A. Quint Lecture in Jewish Studies, titled “The Struggle for Palestine on the World Stage, 1947–1949.” As Harvard’s William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Penslar studies Jewish history within the ...
The college’s crew and rugby teams have moved under the umbrella of the Middlebury Athletics department, beginning the process to exit the supervision of the Student Activities Office (SAO). Anonymous donations made the transition in February possible by funding new coaches and other support for the ...
From sushi to poke bowls, S.E.A. Dinette has served a variety of seafood since its opening on Sept. 8, 2024, replacing the space in McCullough Student Center that once housed the student-run Crossroads Café and then Wilson Café for the 2023–2024 academic year, which sold Starbucks products. The ...
Earth Day is celebrated internationally on April 22, but at Middlebury, this year’s festivities spanned the entire month and beyond. Between March 29 and April 30, campus groups including the Sustainability and Environmental Affairs team, the Climate Action Program, the Prism Center and the Knoll ...
On April 11, students, faculty and visitors filtered through BiHall to explore the 248 student research projects and presentations given at the annual Spring Student Symposium. Community members stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the packed Great Hall during poster sessions and hopped around classrooms throughout ...
On April 9, Judge Robert A. Mello of the Addison Unit of the Vermont Superior Court ruled in favor of the college in the ongoing case to restore the Mead name to the Middlebury Chapel. The court denied all motions made by Jim Douglas ’72 on behalf of the Mead estate and granted the college’s motion ...
On Wednesday, April 16, the college announced that a current international student at Middlebury had their Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) records revoked by the U.S. government, placing their legal status in question and leaving them at risk of deportation. Three alumni from the ...
Crossroads Café has raised prices again this year, meaning students now pay over $6 for a specialty matcha, mocha or maple latte from Middlebury’s only student-run coffee shop.
After a high-turnout contest on Monday, April 14, Nicole Meyers ’26.5 won the Student Government Association election and will serve as Middlebury’s first female Feb president next year. Together with vice presidents Anna Miller ’26 and Anina Dentel-Pham ’27, Meyers defeated Tony Wang ’26 ...
The college announced a series of cost-saving measures on Wednesday, April 2 that aim to cut over $10 million from the annual budget through reducing staff and faculty benefits and permanently raising the student enrollment projection to 2,600–2,650. The college attributed the changes to 15 years ...