Students, faculty and staff walked out of classrooms and offices on Monday, Dec. 1 to stand in solidarity with Ferguson, Mo. in light of the recent grand jury decision not to indict former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. The crowd of approximately ...
Students, staff and community members gathered in the Robert A. Jones conference room on Nov. 12 to discuss the feasibility of creating a “microgrid” on Middlebury College’s campus. A microgrid is a smaller, more localized version of a larger power grid that brings distributed energy resources ...
On Saturday, Oct. 25, ten seniors were inducted into The College’s official chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest honor society, and it recognizes students for extraordinary academic achievement. Middlebury’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was founded in 1868, making it the ...
Community Council had several guest students attend the meeting on November 10, 2014 that offered new perspectives on student social life at Middlebury. The council discussed current issues surrounding social life at Middlebury as well as how the council can create a forum to continue discussing possible ...
Middlebury was ranked 7th overall in The Daily Beast’s list of the “25 Most Rigorous Colleges,” ahead of Harvard, Yale, and Stanford. Middlebury is the highest-ranked NESCAC school on the list; Amherst is the only other to make the list, at spot 14. According to The Daily Beast’s website, ...
Dr. Laurie L. Patton was named Middlebury College’s 17th president, and the College’s first female president in its 214-year history, at an announcement ceremony in Mead Chapel on Nov. 18. Patton, who is currently dean of the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences at Duke University and the Robert ...
In late September, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced its plan to divest its money from investments in fossil fuels. The fund, with nearly $860 million in assets, announced that it would divest roughly seven percent of its funds currently invested in fossil fuels. The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) convened on Sunday, Nov. 2 and Sunday, Nov. 9 to discuss old and new resolutions. Notably, they re-introduced a discussion concerning the AAL requirement. At the Nov. 2 meeting Treasurer Ilana Gratch ’16.5 presented the Financial Committee’s (FC) biweekly ...
On Oct. 30, Michael Geisler, vice president for Language Schools and Schools Abroad, Chief Risk Officer, and Professor of German and Dr. Mark Peluso, the College Medical Director and College Physician, sent out a school-wide “Important Ebola Update.” The message included new policies that will ...
There has been considerable confusion and debate among students about Middlebury’s party registration policies following the Nov. 2 forum on social issues hosted by the administration. The policies, which can be found at go/party, distinguish between three types of parties: licensed parties, registered ...
On Monday, Oct. 27, at 5:35 a.m., the historic Osborne House was moved from its home on 77 Main Street to the other side of the Cross Street Bridge at the corner of Cross and Water Streets. The move of this house, weighing a total of 120 tons, was not only an act of preserving one of Middlebury’s ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) announced the formation of the SGA Reform Working Group, which, according to an email sent out by SGA President Taylor Custer ’15, is designed to “examine the efficacy of student governance on campus.” It was created in part to examine the information ...
At the Community Council meeting on Oct. 27, Dean of Students and Community Council Co-Chair Katy Smith Abbott began the discussion by informing the council of a meeting that took place with Middlebury residents and college officials. The neighbors of various off-campus houses complained directly to ...
YouPower, Middlebury College’s student-run spin classes, prides itself on its unique method of energy production, but because of high costs and low returns, the program is being forced to re-examine its mission. YouPower was started two years ago as a way to make students more aware of their energy ...
Last weekend, students in Forest Hall got the first taste of Middlebury’s newest alternative dining option: pizza from the recently installed cob oven in the Organic Garden. The idea for the sustainable wood-fired oven came from students Caitlin Haedrich ’16.5 and Larson Lovdal ’16.5 last fall, ...
Each year Middlebury students apply for internships and jobs, and look to the College for support through the application process. The Center for Careers and Internships (CCI) aims to make this part of the Middlebury experience a little less stressful by creating a network of alums and providing ...
For two hours on Sunday, Nov. 2, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz, along with Dean of the College Shirley Collado, Dean of Students Katy Smith-Abbott, Director of Public Safety Lisa Burchard, Director of Health & Wellness Barbara McCall, and others held an open forum during which students ...
This past Wednesday, Oct. 22, led by the student organization WOC (Women of Color), a group of students and faculty members held a silent March on campus against police brutality. Wednesday marked the National Day to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation. “Basically ...
Rana Abdelhamid ’15 was quoted in an article in USA Today on Oct. 10 in response to Bill Maher’s criticism of Islam on his talk show, Real Time with Bill Maher. Abdelhamid’s personal experience and her knowledge of this global issue inspired her to start the organization Women’s Initiative for ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) met Sunday Oct. 19 and Sunday Oct. 26. The meeting on Oct. 19 began with the Finance Committee’s Biweekly report, presented by Treasurer Ilana Gratch ’16.5. The Finance Committee received budget and grant requests from 25 student organizations and approved ...