The third annual Student Global Affairs Conference, titled “Power and Protest: Global Responses to Atomic Energy,” explored the multidimensional issue of nuclear proliferation and took place over the course of two days featuring five speakers. The student-designed topic was selected from a group ...
Recent graduate Rana Abdelhamid ’15, a current Truman Scholar and Pickering Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, was recently featured by the Associated Press, BBC News, and Elle Magazine for her organization, the Women’s Initiative for Self-Empowerment, or WISE. After being accosted ...
On Monday, Jan. 12, Community Council held its first meeting of the 2016 Winter Term. The Council welcomed Maddie Orcutt ’16, who discussed The Ribbon Project, an upcoming project centered around the prevention of sexual and relationship violence at the College. Orcutt told the Council that the project ...
The College notified 338 new students of their early admission to the Class of 2020 via an online portal on Dec. 5. Mailed letters were sent in the next week. The students were chosen from an overall application pool of 636 applicants. This is an increase from the 280 students offered early admission ...
Legal action in the John Doe v. Middlebury College case formally ended on Dec. 21. Doe, the student expelled over a charge of alleged sexual assault, dropped his lawsuit against the College after the two parties reached a settlement. “The lawsuit has been resolved by the parties and they have agreed ...
Kimberlé Crenshaw, a professor of law at Columbia University and UCLA, filled Mead Chapel last Friday night as the keynote speaker for the grand opening of the Anderson Freeman Resource Center (AFC). Crenshaw’s speech was one of many events held over the weekend to celebrate the opening of the new ...
At the Jan. 15 Plenary Meeting the faculty passed resolutions that reinstated the Pass/D/Fail option, set to expire this year, and changed the cultures and civilizations set of distribution requirements. The last iteration of Pass/D/ Fail (P/D/F) expired on Dec. 31 after a six semester trial period. ...
On Wednesday, Nov. 2, in Wilson Hall, three administrators — Katy Smith Abbott, Andi Lloyd and Miguel Fernández — unveiled a plan they developed over the summer to remedy student stress. This was the first time that the plan, which they termed “The Grid,” was available to the student body. ...
On Dec. 6 the town of Middlebury’s adopted ordinance concerning rental houses, apartments and the control of public nuisances went into effect. Associate Dean of Students for Residential and Student Life Douglas Adams notified all off-campus residents in an email the following day. According to ...
On Thursday, Dec. 3, in an effort to raise awareness of HIV infection and the AIDS pandemic, GlobeMed in partnership with Chellis House held a panel discussion in honor of World AIDS Day. The panel of professors across different disciplines addressed this year’s central theme, “The Time to Act is ...
On Monday, Dec. 7, Community Council held its final meeting of the fall semester. Student Co-Chair Tiff Chang ’17.5 began by noting that the Student Government Association recently passed two recommendations – an extension of the add/drop deadline and an extension of the Pass/D/Fail option – ...
SGA President Ilana Gratch ’16 began the Nov. 15 meeting with the results of the Eat Real survey about dining options. Of the 800 students who responded, 92 percent were in support of reaching the goal of 50 percent “real food” served on campus by 2020. (“Real food” is defined as meeting at ...
On Monday, Nov. 30, Interim Chief Diversity Officer Miguel A. Fernández and Associate Professor of American Studies Roberto Lint Sagarena, also Director for the Center for Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity, hosted a town hall discussion in Dana Auditorium. The discussion was focused on cultural ...
In an effort to alleviate student stress and promote mental health at the College, several administrators are working to develop a multi-faceted plan to build community and resilience, promote mind-body well-being, increase diversity and foster inclusivity. Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean ...
The College joined more than 200 colleges and universities nationwide to sign the American Campuses Act on Climate Pledge to demonstrate support for strong international climate action. President Laurie L. Patton sent the College’s pledge to the White House on Nov. 10 in preparation for the United ...
On Nov. 9, Community Council reviewed its large list of potential solutions to student stress, discussing whether additional topics should be added. Several students agreed that the advising system could be significantly improved. An opportunity to engage with their advisors on subjects that are not ...
Student organizations that have yet to receive funding will see a shortage of resources available to them in the 2015-16 academic year. The Student Government Association (SGA) Finance Committee has already allocated around $900,000 of the $1,000,000 Student Activities Fee (SAF). Roughly 40 organizations ...
Following the terrorist attacks that occurred in Paris on Friday, Nov. 13, Vice President and Dean of the College Katy Smith Abbott and Dean of International Programs Jeff Cason reported that all 50 undergraduate and graduate students studying at Middlebury’s School in France, in addition to ten other ...
On Thursday, Nov. 12, in the wake of the events that took place at the University of Missouri and Yale University surrounding racial tensions, students of the College wore black clothing and stood in front of Carr Hall in solidarity with black students across the nation. The event was organized by ...
The College has opened the Anderson Freeman Resource Center (AFC) to support minority students in an institutional effort to take new steps to better serve an increasingly diverse campus. Director Roberto Lint Sagarena said the AFC, located in Carr Hall, will house cultural organizations, a study library ...