News in Brief: Three students, one employee test positive for Covid-19
By Abigail Chang | November 21, 2021Three students and one employee have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of active cases to eight.
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Faculty reinstate late-semester Credit/No-Credit option and extend drop deadline
By Lily Jones | November 18, 2021Content warning: This article contains mentions of suicide.
News in Brief: Faculty and staff to receive $1500 bonus, two new vacation days
By Katie Futterman | November 18, 2021Middlebury faculty and staff who have worked at the college since July 1 will receive two extra vacation days and a $1,500 bonus this December, according to an email sent from the Vice President for Human Resources to all staff and faculty.
J-Term registration leaves nearly 100 upperclassmen without a course
By Lauren Thompson | November 18, 2021A shortage of seats available when upperclassmen registered left many juniors, seniors, and upperclassmen Febs without a class for this winter term.
College receives two $10 million gifts to fund Black Studies professorship, Johnson renovations, new museum
By William Reed | November 18, 2021The anonymous gift will help fund the planning of the new college museum that will be located across from Johnson and Wright Theatre, where Battell Hall currently sits.
Women in U.S. Electoral Politics Class hosts panel of Vermont legislators
By Orly Berke | November 18, 2021Vermont State Senator Ruth Hardy's class prepared questions for the panel, which included notable women in Vermont politics, including Lieutenant Governor Molly Gray, several Vermont representatives, and college Community Residence Director Esther Thomas, who also serves as a Middlebury selectboard ...
Social houses welcome new members as gathering restrictions loosen
By Ben Wagner | November 18, 2021Following semesters of limited social gatherings, several houses have noticed an increased demand for opportunities to connect through house events.
News in Brief: Bread Loaf and Marriott students staying for Thanksgiving break required to move onto campus
By Bea Parr | November 11, 2021According to Associate Dean of Student Life AJ Place, Breadloaf and the Marriot residents staying on campus over Thanksgiving break will be accomodated in housing currently set aside for emergency use.
Post-Halloween damage in Atwater creates extra work for facilities staff
By Alexandra Burns | November 11, 2021Urine in the elevators, smashed pumpkins, spilled trash, spit on the doors, shattered glass and vomit in the stairwell confronted custodial staff in the Atwater A and B residences in the morning after Halloween weekend.
News in Brief: Twenty students continue remote classes
By Sabrina Salam | November 11, 2021While many of these students have taken advantage of being home, they have also faced difficulty finding classes in their major and staying connected to their friends on campus.
Student advocacy groups rally in Portland for Milk With Dignity protest
By Aidan Shepardson | November 11, 2021Student organizations and environmental groups are working with the migrant farm worker advocacy group, Migrant Justice, to promote the Milk with Dignity program in Vermont and New England. Representatives from several campus advocacy groups convened on Oct. 28 with organizers from the Milk with Dignity ...
Student suffers near-critical medical emergency at Marriott Hotel without support from Public Safety
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | November 4, 2021Zoe Sipe ’23.5 waited to die in the parking lot of the Middlebury Marriott.
News in Brief: Middlebury’s endowment grows by 37.4%
By Jack Mcguire | November 4, 2021Other colleges, including Williams and Bowdoin, saw substantial endowment increases as well.
News in Brief: Demitria Kirby named new Director of Public Safety
By Charlie Keohane | November 4, 2021Kirby comes to Middlebury with experience working with youth and families in New Hampshire, following the recommendation of a search committee that included students, staff, and administrators.
Club sports struggle to compete with limited funds
By Ryan Mcelroy | November 4, 2021Club leaders said the lack of funding limits the opportunities they can offer Middlebury students and their ability to remain competitive against other colleges.
A conversation with Caitlin Goss, newly appointed vice president for Human Resources
By Alec Gong | November 4, 2021Goss, a native of Hinesburg, Vermont, comes to the college to lead the HR team on issues including recruiting, wage, and benefits.
News in Brief: At the fall faculty forum, academic discourse across disciplines flourishes, in-person
By Viraj Shankar | November 4, 2021Middlebury hosted its fourth Fall Faculty Forum on Oct. 29, an opportunity for faculty and staff to share their academic projects and research with the community.
Middlebury mourns death of Yan Zhou ’23
By Ideal Dowling | October 28, 2021Content Warning: This article contains mentions of suicide.
College breaks ground on new solar panel project, following controversial site selection
By Maya Heikkinen | October 28, 2021An expanse of field off South Street Extension will soon be the site of a 29,000-panel solar array, but community and ecological concerns linger.
NIB: College announces Prism Center for Queer and Trans Life, to open fall 2022
By Katie Futterman | October 28, 2021Exact events and programming has yet to be planned, but the focus of the center will be on community building.