Ever been walking to class on a Wednesday morning and wondered who those students in Army fatigues on campus are? They are Middlebury’s very own cadets — and likely part of the next generation of Army officers. Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) is a program that offers college students at ...
The month of November is National American Indian Heritage Month, which was designed in 1990 to commemorate the nation's indigenous heritage. At Middlebury, students who celebrated the Indigenous community last month have said that their visibility on campus and their ability to maintain an organized ...
This semester, Talking Trash has detailed Middlebury’s food waste and recycling processes. This time, we’re investigating what happens to the waste that is not recycled or composted: landfill trash. In 2023, Middlebury sent 943,520 pounds of waste to the landfill, which accounted for ...
A month has passed since former President Donald Trump won the presidential election and the Middlebury community began discussions surrounding the implications of his return to office. Trump’s victory has sparked concerns among college faculty about the future of higher education, with specific ...
During a three-hour faculty meeting on Friday, Nov. 8, Middlebury professors voted in favor of the Faculty Council’s proposal to reduce the credits needed for graduation from 36 to 34. The decision will take effect on July 1, 2025, meaning that students enrolled in the fall 2025 semester will now ...
For international students at Middlebury, making sense of the turbulence in today’s world — from ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East to the U.S. presidential election — can be particularly challenging in rural Vermont. Amidst the weight of global challenges, Middlebury’s International ...
Middlebury is now the latest contributor to Green Mountain Club’s (GMC) efforts to protect the Long Trail. Last month, the college donated a 1.5-mile segment of land — stretching from the summit of Worth Mountain to Vermont Route 125 — to GMC, leaving just two percent of the land on the Long Trail ...
In the early hours of Wednesday, Nov. 6, national news outlets called the 2024 presidential election for former President Donald Trump. As the election finally came to a close last week, Middlebury community members’ responses ranged from disappointed and anxious to celebratory.
On Tuesday, Nov. 5, the Board of Trustees met on campus from Oct. 24–26 to discuss a variety of issues affecting the college and to name Laurie Patton President Emerita prior to her departure in January. The trustees also reviewed new fundraising by the “For Every Future” campaign, learned about ...
Middlebury College President Laurie Patton cut the ribbon to officially open the South Street Extension solar array on Thursday, Oct. 24, unveiling a project that will now provide 40% of the college’s total electricity. The college hosted the event along with the developer, Encore Renewable Energy, ...
On Saturday, Nov. 2, the college hosted its third annual Día de los Muertos (DDM) celebration. The procession began in front of the Anderson Freeman Center (AFC), where a group of about 30 Middlebury students, faculty and residents from the town gathered to learn about and celebrate the holiday. Programming ...
As a Jewish-Israeli journalist embedded in the long-term historical conflict between Palestinians and Israelis, Amira Hass lives between worlds. Hass has lived and reported in Gaza for the past three decades, including the first six months of the current conflict; in her role as a reporter, she documents ...
The inner workings of Middlebury’s 30-year-old Recycling Center on College Street is a mystery to much of the Middlebury community. Whether Middlebury actually recycles, how it recycles and how one should effectively recycle on campus remain common questions even 30 years after the Recycling Center ...
As a global learning community, Middlebury College brings together international students, staff and faculty from over 50 countries each year. Fourteen percent of the student body are international students, and although many of them cannot cast votes on Nov. 5, they are closely following the election, ...
After months of preparations, the 2024 presidential election is finally closing in on Election Day. For many, this will be their first time casting a ballot; others will be old pros. Regardless of experience, all elections are, of course, different — but this does not mean we do not have ...
While only seven percent of Middlebury graduates go on to pursue careers in government, law and policy, those who do have a considerable influence on the direction of federal, state and local policymaking. Alumni of one of the college’s most popular departments lead Supreme Court confirmation battles, ...
If you walk into Hillcrest 103 at 8 p.m. every other Wednesday or Axinn 229 at the same time on alternating Mondays this semester, you’ll find students taking a break from their busy academic and personal schedules to discuss current events, the latest news out of Washington and American popular culture ...
As the 2024 U.S. presidential election quickly approaches, classes at Middlebury covering American politics and economics are focusing on contemporary election-related material, whether by design or due to the election’s increasing prevalence across disciplines. In this year’s particularly contentious, ...
In an era marked by climate change and unprecedented environmental disasters, the topic of climate has been notably absent from this year’s presidential campaigns. Although the majority of Americans support some form of action, climate change is one of the most politically divisive issues in American ...
On Oct. 16, Middlebury Professor of Political Science Matt Dickinson gave a talk in the Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest analyzing the factors that influence the 2024 presidential election and offering his predictions on its outcome as part of the Carol Rifelj Lecture Series. Dickinson has ...