Yuvraj Shah

Managing Editor

Yuvraj Shah '26 (he/him) is a Managing Editor.

He has previously served as the Senior Opinions Editor. He is a joint major in History and English Literature. He was awarded a $5000 Mellon Humanities For All Times Grant through the Axinn Center for the Humanities and is conducting research about the citizenship rights of the British Kenyan Asian diaspora. He studied abroad at Keble College, University of Oxford. He is a Senior Fellow at Middlebury College Admissions, a Residential Advisor, and Arts Events House Manager. He is a member of Middlebury College’s new 10-year plan development committee. He has previously interned with the New England Review and the Middlebury Magazine. He is an international student from Nairobi, Kenya, and London, UK. He is a UWC Davis Scholar.

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News

Hillel renames to The Jewish Association at Middlebury following attempted disaffiliation from Hillel International

By Yuvraj Shah | May 7, 2026

After a year-long consultative process, the student organization previously known as Hillel has changed its name to ‘The Jewish Association at Middlebury (JAM)’, while maintaining an on-paper affiliation with Hillel International, an umbrella network of Jewish campus groups across the United States.  ...

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News

Provost Michelle McCauley reflects on three decades at Middlebury

By Yuvraj Shah and Mandy Berghela | May 7, 2026

President Ian Baucom announced on Jan. 22 that Executive Vice President and Provost Michelle McCauley will step down from her position on June 30, concluding a tenure spanning three decades of teaching and institutional leadership at Middlebury. 

Opinion

Notes from the desk: No experience required. We mean it.

By Yuvraj Shah | May 7, 2026

“No experience required.” When I read that The Campus was hiring a new opinions editor, I was excited to apply. I had close to zero experience editing writing, let alone articles for a print newspaper. Nevertheless, I took the “no experience required” to heart, and as I look back, I encourage ...

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News

Office of Admissions revamps visuals, renews focus on student life in advertising materials

By Yuvraj Shah | April 23, 2026

For the 11,458 students who applied to become members of the class of 2030 and 2030.5, a range of new visuals, written materials and communication styles met them, whether they visited the college in person or only interacted with Middlebury online. 

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News

From Kenya to Vermont: How KenSAP is reshaping access to Middlebury

By Yuvraj Shah | April 9, 2026

For more than a decade, Middlebury College has hosted students from the Kenya Scholars Access Program (KenSAP), which brings high-achieving and high-need students from Kenya to colleges primarily in the United States. With six students from the program currently enrolled at the college, the program ...

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News

Science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson will deliver 2026 Commencement Address

By Yuvraj Shah and Mandy Berghela | April 2, 2026

Kim Stanley Robinson, an award-winning American science fiction writer, will deliver the 2026 commencement address. Commencement is scheduled for May 24 on McCullough Lawn. 

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News

‘War in Iran’ panel draws over 150 attendees

By Yuvraj Shah | March 19, 2026

 On March 12, four faculty members hosted a panel titled “War in Iran: Faculty Perspectives,” organized in response to the airstrikes across Iran by the United States and Israel beginning on Feb. 28th. The panel included Caileigh Glenn, assistant professor of political science; Febe Armanios, ...

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News

Working groups convene to inform Middlebury’s 10-year strategic plan

By Karan Parekh and Yuvraj Shah | January 22, 2026

On Jan. 14, faculty, administrators and students gathered in Middlebury College’s Wilson Hall for the first student-only open meeting designed to shape President Ian B. Baucom’s 10-year strategic plan — the college’s first comprehensive planning initiative in more than a decade. 

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Local

Students engage with Addison County through community service programs

By Yuvraj Shah and Agnes Wang | January 15, 2026

Middlebury College students complete over 100,000 hours of community service each year in the town of Middlebury and Addison County through on- and off-campus activities. 

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Opinion

I’m re-learning my mother tongue

By Yuvraj Shah | September 25, 2025

In February 2024, I wrote an op-ed for The Campus titled ‘I’m forgetting my mother tongue.’ Within one day of publishing, I was contacted by over 30 students who grew up and live outside of the regions where their mother tongue is spoken. Together, we mourned the loss of our linguistic heritage. ...