As pandemic recedes, student service organizations navigate re-engagement with Middlebury community
By Viraj Shankar | October 14, 2021Service orgs have increasingly had the opportunity to work in-person with community partners.
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Alum, founder of girls school in Afghanistan, shares story of escape
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | October 7, 2021“Come to the airport with a purse or backpack. You have 30 minutes,” Shabana Basij-Rasikh ’11 told nine graduates of the School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA), the school she founded in 2008. Of the school’s 95 current students, 92 accompanied Basij-Rasikh and those nine graduates to flee ...
With room freeze lifted, students try to move out of Bread Loaf
By Katie Futterman | October 7, 2021Sixty-five students began the semester living at Bread Loaf, but several have successfully moved out in recent weeks due to rooms opening up on campus or due to ADA accommodations. The college is housing undergraduates at the Bread Loaf campus for the first time to accommodate more than 300 extra ...
Fall family weekend approaches, other visitors still barred from campus
By Carly Mcadam | October 7, 2021Sports recruits, prospective students, visiting speakers, and Fall Family Weekend visitors are allowed on campus, but students are not allowed to host other visitors.
CCI and CCE move to new locations in Kitchel and Blinn Lane
By Ben Wagner | October 7, 2021The college renovated several office buildings to create more living spaces for students in the last year, including the CCI and CCE's former buildings.
Club sports and student orgs navigate return to competition and new Covid-19 guidelines
By Rachel Lu | October 7, 2021The Student Activities Office emailed student organization leaders last week with updated information about college-sanctioned travel guidelines, including new restrictions on lodging intended to mitigate Covid-19 risks. These standards have the greatest impact on club sports, which resumed competition ...
John Mead’s name removed from chapel for role in eugenics
By Ideal Dowling | September 30, 2021Mead, a former Vermont governor and alumnus whose monetary gift funded the creation of the chapel, urged legislation based on eugenics theory in the 1900s. A working group convened in May to deliberate the change.
Middlebury sends students to schools abroad despite Covid-19 safety concerns
By Ideal Dowling | September 30, 2021As Covid-19 cases rose in countries with low vaccination rates, a number of Middlebury students asked about withdrawing from their international programs and re-enrolling at Middlebury for the fall semester. They were told that — because of over-enrollment — the college could not guarantee them ...
News in Brief: Campus construction updates include new dorm site preparation
By Charlie Keohane | September 30, 2021Construction projects are taking place across campus, including site preparation near Bicentennial Hall for a new first-year dorm and renovations of Warner Hall and Dana Auditorium.
Dining halls and parking lots stretched thin due to over-enrollment
By Sj O'connor | September 30, 2021With more students than ever on campus, lines are stretching out of dining halls and students are struggling to find parking near their residential halls.
Quarantining professors temporarily move classes online
By Katie Futterman | September 30, 2021While classes are largely held in-person this fall, professors have had to move some classes temporarily online while awaiting Covid-19 tests.
Clifford Symposium puts a spotlight on environmental activism
By Claire Greenburger | September 30, 2021When 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 30, 2021The 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 27, 2021Middlebury’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 23, 2021Two 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 23, 2021From 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, 2021“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 23, 2021All 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 23, 2021While 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 16, 2021Miguel 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 ...