Mandy Berghela

Managing Editor

Mandy Berghela '26 (she/her) is a Managing Editor.

Mandy has previously served as the Senior Local Editor, a Local Section Editor and Staff Writer. She is majoring in Political Science with a minor in History. She is the Co-President for the Southeast Asian Society and an intern with the Conflict Transformation Collaborative. Last summer, Mandy interned with U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and participated in the Bloomberg Journalism Diversity Program.

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News

Ian Baucom wants Middlebury to be the best liberal arts college in the world

By Cole Chaudhari, Mandy Berghela and Madeleine Kaptein | December 4, 2025

Since Ian Baucom began his role as Middlebury College’s 18th president in July, he’s mapped out a regular walking route. Starting at his office in Old Chapel, he winds past Old and New Battell, through BiHall, out to the Knoll, back up College Street, around Proctor and down to Axinn. Sometimes ...

Ashley Wolff

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Local author and illustrator brings imagination to life through art and storytelling

By Mandy Berghela | October 9, 2025

Ashley Wolff’s introduction to art came early. “I was always surrounded by art and drawing things,” she said. “I always knew I wanted to be an artist.” That determination carried her from sketchbooks as a child in Middlebury to a career as a beloved children’s book author and illustrator. ...

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What will it mean to close the Institute?

By Mandy Berghela and Madeleine Kaptein | September 18, 2025

With the decision to shut down several programs at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) within two years finalized, Monterey-based faculty, staff and students are mourning the future of their school. On the other side of the country, the Vermont community has commended the choice, ...

Katrina Schwarz

Local

Fall in full swing: A guide to seasonal activities in and around Middlebury

By Ariella Frommer and Mandy Berghela | September 18, 2025

With the days growing shorter and the temperature beginning to drop, signs of fall are looming in Vermont. Each year, visitors from all over travel to charming Vermont towns, including Middlebury, to take part in the state's classic seasonal traditions. Leaf peepers, local residents and Middlebury students ...

Opinion

Notes from the Desk: Pressing on

By Mandy Berghela and Madeleine Kaptein | September 11, 2025

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 ...

News

College to close MIIS by June 2027

By Mandy Berghela and Madeleine Kaptein | August 28, 2025

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 ...

Madeleine Kaptein

Local

Summer in the Green Mountains: Your guide to local living in the warmer months

By Mandy Berghela and Madeleine Kaptein | May 8, 2025

While plenty of students look forward to heading home for the summer after finally closing their books in Davis and throwing down their pens after their last final, a large cohort anticipate spending their annual hiatus from academics right here in the Green Mountains.

Mandy Berghela

Local

Middlebury residents approve $14.5 million budget on Town Meeting Day

By Mandy Berghela | March 13, 2025

Approximately 125 Middlebury residents gathered for their annual town meeting on Monday, March 3, where they voted in favor of a $14,548,535 budget for the 2026 fiscal year. Of this year’s 10 articles, four were voted on directly in the meeting and the other six were voted on in a ballot election ...

Caroline Corrente

Local

The Arcadian’s pasta pops up and off on Thursday evenings at Haymaker

By Mandy Berghela | February 27, 2025

While The Arcadian, a modern Italian restaurant in Middlebury known for its handmade pasta, no longer operates full-time, it makes a special guest appearance — popping up, you might say, — for two evenings a month in Haymaker Bun Co.’s space on 7 Bakery Lane, where the two businesses formerly ...

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Local

Organizers gather in Middlebury to support nationwide “Not My Presidents Day”

By Mandy Berghela | February 20, 2025

On Monday, Feb. 17 demonstrators across all 50 states rallied for a National Day of Protest under the banner of what organizers from the grassroots movement 50501 called “Not My Presidents Day”. Middlebury’s local protest drew 150 people at the Court Square Upper Green and was organized by Indivisible/Middlebury, ...

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By Mandy Berghela | October 9, 2024

Former Middlebury town police chief Tom Hanley assumes role as interim town manager as selectboard finalizes permanent pick.

Mandy Berghela

Ian Baucom wants Middlebury to be the best liberal arts college in the world

Local author and illustrator brings imagination to life through art and storytelling

What will it mean to close the Institute?

Fall in full swing: A guide to seasonal activities in and around Middlebury

Notes from the Desk: Pressing on

College to close MIIS by June 2027

Summer in the Green Mountains: Your guide to local living in the warmer months

Middlebury residents approve $14.5 million budget on Town Meeting Day

The Arcadian’s pasta pops up and off on Thursday evenings at Haymaker

Organizers gather in Middlebury to support nationwide “Not My Presidents Day”

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