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Following entry testing, Middlebury to test 750 people per week for Covid-19 this fall

August 11, 2020

With more than 3,000 Middlebury students, faculty and staff set to return to campus in late August, the college is planning to test 750 of them — on top of those who...

College presents reopening plan at town selectboard meeting

July 30, 2020

Over half of fall courses to be offered completely remotely, Campus analysis finds

July 27, 2020

When Middlebury announced its reopening plans on June 22, the college estimated that roughly a third of classes — approximately 175 of 530 courses — would be taught remotely in the fall. Based on a Campus analysis of the most recent version of the course catalog, that figure is actually over 50%.

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Opening Up: The Off-Campus Podcast

We teamed up with Middlebury's Engaged Listening Project for the first-ever Off-Campus Podcast. Profess Sarah Stroup talks to Campus editors Caroline Kapp, Jeremey Navarro, Amelia Pollard and Caroline King about their work for the newspaper during the pandemic. Check it out below on Spotify.

Community Updates

College presents reopening plan at town selectboard meeting

By HENRY GANEY

July 30, 2020

College administrators and health officials met with the Middlebury Town Selectboard on July 28 to share the college’s reopening plan with the community. Residents shared...

Three Vermont state colleges face uncertain futures

April 30, 2020

Increased financial stress has put the future of three public Vermont colleges in question.

With lack of storage and low demand, dairy farms resort to milk dumping

April 30, 2020

The state’s already struggling dairy industry has been destroying its sitting supply of milk in a reluctant response to Covid-19 economic realities.

Our Coverage

Within days of the administration’s announcement that the college would move to remote learning, the virus began to sweep across the country, and it became clear that we were entering a once-in-a-century period of upheaval and isolation.

In this unchartered territory, The Campus has continued to publish weekly. Here, we’ve consolidated our coverage of the coronavirus to ease navigation for our readers.

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Opinion

Notes From the Desk: You can’t go home again

July 29, 2020

"It’s been endlessly repeated that we will be returning to a Middlebury unlike one we have ever known," writes Jake Gaughan '22. "The home that we left is no longer there; we cannot return to it."

Employees endorse remote fall for safety

June 19, 2020

We know and appreciate that the administration has worked tirelessly to assess various situations and balance many factors, both known and unknown. However, we believe that bringing back a significant number of students to campus risks a devastating health crisis, and thus there is only one path forward that prioritizes the health of our community as well as the long-term financial status of the college.

Notes from the desk: In favor of a less outrageous, more authentic online presence

May 7, 2020

"The human experience was never meant to be replicated digitally."

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