Sixty-five students began the semester living at Bread Loaf, but several have successfully moved out in recent weeks due to rooms opening up on campus or due to ADA accommodations. The college is housing undergraduates at the Bread Loaf campus for the first time to accommodate more than 300 extra ...
Sports recruits, prospective students, visiting speakers, and Fall Family Weekend visitors are allowed on campus, but students are not allowed to host other visitors.
The college renovated several office buildings to create more living spaces for students in the last year, including the CCI and CCE's former buildings.
The Student Activities Office emailed student organization leaders last week with updated information about college-sanctioned travel guidelines, including new restrictions on lodging intended to mitigate Covid-19 risks. These standards have the greatest impact on club sports, which resumed competition ...
Mead, a former Vermont governor and alumnus whose monetary gift funded the creation of the chapel, urged legislation based on eugenics theory in the 1900s. A working group convened in May to deliberate the change.
As Covid-19 cases rose in countries with low vaccination rates, a number of Middlebury students asked about withdrawing from their international programs and re-enrolling at Middlebury for the fall semester. They were told that — because of over-enrollment — the college could not guarantee them ...
Construction projects are taking place across campus, including site preparation near Bicentennial Hall for a new first-year dorm and renovations of Warner Hall and Dana Auditorium.
With more students than ever on campus, lines are stretching out of dining halls and students are struggling to find parking near their residential halls.
While classes are largely held in-person this fall, professors have had to move some classes temporarily online while awaiting Covid-19 tests.
When a student asked 350.org founders to imagine being members of the Class of 2025, and whether they would drop out of college to more effectively fight for climate justice, Jeremy Osborn '06 responded, “Stay in school––lower your GPA."
The Parton Center for Health and Wellness is welcoming Alberto Soto as the new Director of Counseling this year, whose work focuses on incorporating social justice into mental health counseling.
Middlebury’s Mead Memorial Chapel, named for John Mead, a Vermont governor and member of the class of 1864, lost the name Mead this morning in acknowledgement of its namesake’s role in promoting eugenics in Vermont during the early 1900s. The piece of stone bearing the chapel’s name was removed ...
Two students tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival to Middlebury and one student tested positive post-arrival, according to Julia Ferrante, associate vice president for public affairs, putting into action the college’s policies for confirmed cases on campus and outbreak prevention. Fourteen additional ...
From an unusual system for course registration to packed classrooms, both students and professors are feeling the impact of over-enrollment — and many have concerns about the potential spread of Covid-19 in the classroom. The morning of course registration is typically a time of stress for Middlebury ...
“How crazy would it be if a bee flew into your mouth while you were eating?” Charlie Reinkemeyer ’21.5 asked his friends over breakfast outside Proctor. When Reinkemeyer stood up with a yelp and announced that he’d just been stung, his friends thought he was joking. But the wasp that had ...
All students were required to obtain a negative Covid-19 PCR test within 72 hours before arriving at Middlebury this fall semester, in a change to pre-arrival procedures announced via email on Aug. 17. Students who had not yet received a test result by the time they arrived — those whose results ...
While the college has around 2,800 students enrolled this year, the mail center has only 2,628 mailboxes — posing a problem for the 300 or so additional students looking to receive mail. As a solution, the mail center has begun sending mail directly to the houses of certain students. Jacki Galencamp, ...
Miguel Sanchez-Tortoledo seemed to know everybody. On campus, he couldn’t help stopping to greet nearly everyone he passed, which often made those walking with him late. His family and friends remember him as an overwhelmingly positive presence and magnetic personality whose ambition never got in ...
For the first time in history, Middlebury will house undergraduates at the Bread Loaf campus to accommodate some of the more than 300 extra students enrolled at the college this fall. The college also purchased the Inn on the Green in August and arranged several rooms at the Marriott Hotel on Court ...
Middlebury will hold two commencement ceremonies this May, one for the class of 2022 and one for the class of 2020.