Next fall, Sandra Carletti, professor of Italian at the College, will assume the position of Head of Atwater Commons. The previous Co-Heads, Peter and Michelle Nelson, are resigning after a long and successful run. Although terms for Commons Heads generally last five years, the Nelsons were given a ...
The Community Council met twice in late March to address the end of the year agenda. On March 16, Community Council hosted two presenters form Weybridge house: Gabriel Antonucci ’17 and Laura Xiao ’17 for the purpose of clarifying Weybridge house’s mission. Weybridge house’s original mission ...
The College suspended the social house Kappa Delta Rho (KDR) on March 24 after it concluded KDR members had violated the College’s hazing policy. KDR residential members were required to move out of the house by April 6. The house will remain unoccupied for the remainder of the semester. A statement ...
On Thursday, April 2, Nathan Alexander ’17 was found in his room in Milliken Hall after taking his own life. President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced Nathan’s passing in an email addressed to students, staff, and faculty. “We know this comes as a great shock to his many friends, ...
At their meetings on March 8 and March 15, the SGA passed notable acts and resolutions. The Senate also voted to ratify Maddy Sanchez ’17 as the Director of Transportation, five new Finance Committee Members and six new members of the Awards Committee. The first issue of debate at the March 8meeting ...
A new summer internship opportunity has been launched by the Middlebury Center for Social Entrepreneurship (MCSE) in conjunction with the The Center for Social Impact Learning (CSIL) at the Middlebury Institute for International Studies at Monterey (MIIS) with the goal of supporting students as agents ...
College Digital Media Producer Ben Savard ’14 achieved Internet fame after a photo of himself taken by an octopus was featured on the front page of Reddit, a popular entertainment, news and social networking site. The photo of Savard dressed in a white lab coat rapidly circulated the Internet and ...
Earlier last week, a series of anonymous graffiti paintings appeared across campus, sparking debate and concern. The graffiti pieces were found at BiHall, Forest Lounge, the Center for the Arts, Virtue Field House, Warner, Hillcrest, Ross and Munroe, according to Facilities Services and student sources. At ...
Novelist, poet and College writer-in-residence Julia Alvarez ’71 will deliver this year’s commencement address. Alvarez, along with four others, will receive an honorary degree at the May 24 ceremony. Alvarez is the acclaimed author of novels, essays and books, including In the Time of the Butterflies ...
On Feb. 19, a group of 10 disgruntled students shook up a Community Council-sponsored “Community Conversation” event with loud allegations directed towards the College’s Residential Life team. These ten students, all former or current varsity athletes, complained that they had been unfairly treated ...
It was a harsh Vermont winter in December 1963 and, in the midst of the subzero temperatures, a landmark student life initiative had also frozen over. “The ‘question of honor’ at Middlebury College seems to have plenty of support as an ideal and not so much as a working system,” read a December ...
On March 1, the College notified all students that it will conduct a survey about alcohol use and drinking culture at the College in conjunction with other NESCAC institutions. The confidential NESCAC alcohol survey was first administered in Spring 2012 and was coordinated by Bowdin’s Dean of the ...
The Community Council meetings held over the last two weeks focused on the environmental impact of the College and the possibility of a new policy for smoking on campus. Director of Sustainability Integration Jack Byrne and a number of student members of the Environmental Council attended the Community ...
On Monday, Mar. 2, College President Ronald D. Liebowitz announced the creation of the new Fund for Innovation in a schoolwide email. The fund, established by a group of donors looking to inspire innovative programs and initiatives throughout the college, will be accepting applications from students, ...
The Center for Careers and Internships (CCI) changed its policies on funding for unpaid student summer internships at the beginning of this year, which has started to generate concern among students as they begin to make their summer plans. The CCI now offers only one-time $2500 Summer Internship ...
A discussion on the lack of enforcement of current smoking rules and the possibility of a future tobacco ban is catching the attention of the College community. The discussion began in November when the SGA Senate passed resolution F2014-SB12, the 2nd Hand Smoke Prevention Initiative, co-sponsored ...
Beginning on March 5, the Center for Careers and Internships (CCI) will launch a six-week pilot program of interactive workshops targeting first and second years. The workshops will seek to encourage students to identify areas they are passionate about by addressing the question “What matters to you?” ...
For the 2014-2015 grant year, Middlebury was ranked sixth on the Fulbright U.S. Student Program Top Producing Institutions list for liberal arts colleges with 12 recipients, a College record. These numbers were likely higher than past years due to an increase in application volume, according to Associate ...
Last Thursday, students applying to study abroad in the 2016 Spring semester were asked to consider changing their program and go during the Fall 2015 semester through an email sent by Jeffrey Cason, Dean of International Programs and Knox Professor of International Studies and Politics. In the email, ...
On Saturday night, a large fire engulfed a non-College house at 107 Weybridge Street rented by five College students. None of the students were harmed. After battling the fire well into the night amidst freezing temperatures, firefighters were able to get the blaze under control and by late Sunday morning ...