I am a first year at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey pursuing a degree in Environmental Policy and Management (EPM). I may not be a student here for much longer. When the news of the Institute’s closure in June of 2027 — the month of my supposed graduation from the ...
This past June, the family-owned Hero Sushi and Asian Grocery opened its doors at 21 Macintyre Lane beside Middlebury Discount Beverage, inviting students and locals to enjoy a cozy, welcoming space filled with fresh Asian food and distinctive snacks. Open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m.-7 ...
This fall, 292 international students from 75 countries are enrolled at Middlebury and all were able to obtain their proper documentation to return, according to Smita Ruzicka, Vice President for Student Affairs. But the process was not without challenges.
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Welcome to the pages of The Campus. Whether you’ve opened our paper to read about the closure of MIIS, the college’s role in a recent lawsuit or that new mural you may have noticed on Main Street, we’re glad you’ve found us. Of the 37 student editors who have made our first issue possible, 19 ...
As students moved back onto campus this past weekend, they might have noticed the vibrant tree frog outside of The Middlebury Shop at Forth N’ Goal Sports that now watches over downtown Middlebury. This past spring and summer, the 15-foot-high mural was designed, created, and installed by local artist ...
The Middlebury Performing Arts Series (PAS) is returning to campus for its 106th season to highlight performance art forms of all kinds — music, theatre and more will grace the eyes and ears of the Mahaney Arts Center (MAC) this fall. Whether you’re looking to unwind from the beginning of school ...
The college will end all residential graduate programs and certain online degrees at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) by June 2027. In a community-wide email and video announcement, college President Ian Baucom said that the Board of Trustees decided on Wednesday, August 27 to ...
For many college students at institutions like ours, “finance”, “consulting”, and “big law” have become catch-all terms that describe the failures and inequalities of the American economy. It comes as no surprise, then, that the announcement of Chuck Davis as our commencement speaker was ...
As faculty holding leadership positions in Global Security-related degree programs and research centers at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) at Monterey, we are aware of calls for Middlebury to end its association with MIIS. While we feel sympathy for faculty and staff in Vermont ...
Over 300 Middlebury community members walked out of classes and their jobs on Thursday, May 8 to rally outside of Old Chapel in protest of recent budget cuts. About 10 faculty members, staff members and students addressed the crowd calling for reversal of changes to retirement benefits, in addition ...
As the May 25 commencement ceremony quickly approaches, the college has quietly altered the selection process for the student speaker. Student Government Association (SGA) President Brandon Striker ’25, known as B Striker, will be the only student speaker at commencement, marking a departure from ...
The future of academia and human capability has been called into question in the past several years with the rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Perhaps nowhere is this concern more pressing than in a classroom, where A.I. has weakened trust between professors and students, made cheating ...
The Middlebury Commencement is in the realm of the sacred, in what sociologist Émile Durkheim called “the ritual sense of the word. It has … transcendental majesty.” What are its sacred elements?
Last Tuesday, the college announced that Chuck Davis, CEO of private equity firm Stone Point Capital, will deliver this year’s commencement address. Upon receiving the news, we felt both confused and disappointed.
Four years after her last major release, “Solar Power,” Grammy award-winning artist Lorde has reemerged with “What Was That,” the lead single from her upcoming fourth album “Virgin,” which is set to drop on June 27. The single carries all the hallmarks of classic Lorde — her signature ...
Middlebury’s classism is genteel, and it’s easy to dismiss when times are good. This past month, it has become harder to ignore.
April 30 marked 100 days since President Trump took office, and in that time, uncertainty surrounding visas, research grant funding and key employment sectors has affected job prospects for Middlebury seniors and recent graduates. Students looking to work in industries or government programs targeted ...
I sat. To say that this night was momentous was a disservice to the magnitude I felt it held. My brother sat, then our friend James sat. All of us lounged on the L-shaped couch in my living room, a perfect middle ground between the two speakers and amplifier that make up our home surround sound system. ...
Three hundred million dollars. Imagine this sum for Middlebury — a king’s ransom. With this sum, we could build forty-two Atwater Dining halls. With this sum we could have Beyoncé at every spring concert for the next three decades. With this sum we could give over 3,000 students full ride ...