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What’s new with Stew: Stewart Hall opens its doors to its first class of first years since renovations

By Jonathan Eaton and Met Ly | September 17, 2026

On Sept. 9, after spending the 2025-26 academic year offline, Stewart Hall welcomed its 69th class of first years, receiving a long-overdue energy and accessibility makeover. The original 1956 super structure still stands, only now it includes quality-of-life upgrades from new furniture to water fountains ...

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Over 250 students present original research at nineteenth annual spring symposium

By Jonathan Eaton | April 23, 2026

On Friday, April 17, Middlebury College hosted its 19th Annual Spring Symposium, highlighting student research over the past academic year. McCardell Bicentennial Hall (BiHall) became the host to all majors and disciplines, as students led 12-minute oral presentations, poster presentations in the great ...

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Dining referral bonus program aims to aid understaffing

By Jonathan Eaton | September 25, 2025

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, persistent staffing shortages have strained Middlebury’s dining team. On Aug. 15, to combat recruitment challenges, the college’s Human Resources Office launched a three week targeted pilot referral program, offering a $500 bonus in December to faculty and staff members ...

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Stepping out of the stream: Mindfulness at Middlebury

By Jonathan Eaton | September 26, 2024

The morning sun beams through my window while my alarm clock blares. I jump out of bed and into the shower with my 9:45 a.m. class on my mind. I grab my books and stuff my worn-out backpack with a random assortment of pens I grab from my desk. Did I understand the reading? Will I have an insightful ...

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Evolution Dance hosts its 10th birthday party

By Jonathan Eaton | April 25, 2024

Evolution Dance Crew — better known as Evo — celebrated its 10th anniversary on April 20 with two sold out shows featuring 24 student-choreographed dances. The group’s first performance was sponsored by the Distinguished Men of Color at their Spring 2014 art showcase. Since then, the group has ...

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Middlebury announces new Monterey graduate scholarship program for students from China

By Jonathan Eaton | February 29, 2024

The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS) is partnering with the China Scholarship Council to launch a new scholarship program beginning in the fall of 2024, intended to host 20 Chinese students at MIIS on a yearlong full-ride scholarship. 

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Arts & Culture

Polaroid Stories: A lens into the fringes of society

By Jonathan Eaton | December 7, 2023

“Polaroid Stories,” a play by Naomi Iizuka and directed by Professor of Theatre Alex Draper was performed Nov. 30 through Dec. 2 in the Seeler Studio Theatre in Mahaney Arts Center. The play focuses on at-risk youth coming of age in New York City, filtered through the lens of Greek mythology and ...

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“Dad Rock”: A musical investigation into masculinity

By Jonathan Eaton | November 9, 2023

In an evening of fatherhood, brotherhood, toxic masculinity and death, “Dad Rock,” Beck Barsanti ’24.5’s acting thesis explored what it means to be a man in the modern world. The work opened on Nov. 2 and was directed by Gavin Richards ’25.5, Bri Beach ’23.5 and Maggie Blake ’24.

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Middlebury Students for Justice in Palestine hosts teach-in, as over 500 alumni sign letter on Israel-Palestine war

By Jonathan Eaton | November 9, 2023

Over 250 students attended “Gaza in Context,” a teach-in event led by Middlebury Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) on Wednesday, Nov. 1, featuring perspectives from members of the Middlebury community, students and faculty. 

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Meet the new Middlebury faculty this year

By Jonathan Eaton | October 5, 2023

This fall, Middlebury welcomed ten new professors and six lecturers to its faculty. New professors were hired in the departments of Black Studies, Chinese, Computer Science, Economics, French and Francophone studies, History of Art and Architecture, Music and Physics.