Dead Parents Society leads weekend getaway
By Grace Gillooly | October 3, 2019For students who have lost parents, the Society offered their first ever weekend trip to escape Fall Family Weekend.
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Re-structured Disability Resource Center expands its scope
By Sophia Mcdermott-Hughes | October 3, 2019The new office location and name represent a deeper shift in how the office hopes to promote inclusivity and help students with disabilities.
Update on SGA ‘13 Proposals’
By Porter Bowman | October 3, 2019The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate ended the last semester with threats of dissolution if the administration did not comply with a series of 13 proposals. This year, the new senate hopes to move in a new direction.
Student voting participation triples from 2014 to 2018 midterm elections
By Nora Peachin | September 26, 2019Student voting initiatives helped to boost the percentage of students who voted from 15% to 51% in four years.
Security cameras to be installed on campus
By James Finn | September 26, 2019Administrators outlined a plan to implement new security systems on Middlebury’s campus, including stationary security cameras at “high-priority locations,” in an all-school email Tuesday afternoon. Exterior building entrances and exits, locations where thefts have occurred and areas used for ...
Who's Behind Bigg-A-Bed?
By Cecelia Scheuer | September 26, 2019Many students are sick of sleeping in beds that are too small for them. Adam Wisco decided to do something about it.
Title IX office fundamentally restructured
By Hannah Bensen | September 26, 2019The Title IX office underwent structural and staff changes this year. The new team is focused on transparency and education about all the resources the office has to offer.
Health and Wellness Education Office expands staff, programming
By Lucy Townend | September 26, 2019Health and Wellness Education added three full-time employees and one part-time employee. The expansion will help the office further develop existing programs and focus on new initiatives.
June Forum: a space for educators to learn and grow
By Becca Amen | September 26, 2019June Forum is an annual event hosted at Bread Loaf that brings together professors from all over the country and the world to exchange ideas.
Administration opens conversation on new student center, Battell renovations
By Riley Board | September 26, 2019“Battell renovation is not a myth anymore,” said Dean of Student Baishakhi Taylor said. “We are seriously looking into it. Everyone talks about it, it’s time.”
Energy 2028 update: College partners with Goodrich Farm on anaerobic digester project
By Cecelia Scheuer | September 19, 2019Middlebury College, working in collaboration with local partners, broke ground on an anaerobic digester facility at the end of August. The project will provide the college with a new source of renewable energy.
Confronting the CIA: Arabic student acquitted of protest policy violation
By Hannah Bensen | September 19, 2019A petition is now circulating demanding that Middlebury Language Schools end its relationship with the CIA.
New Vermont law bans tobacco and vaping under 21
By Riley Board | September 19, 2019For Vermont residents under 21, the use, possession and purchase of tobacco products and nicotine delivery systems is no longer legal in the state. The college’s newly-expanded Health and Wellness Education office will oversee efforts to support students seeking to quit smoking, and will spearhead ...
Middlebury College Democrats host debate watch party
By Kayla Lichtman | September 19, 2019Middlebury College Democrats invited students to watching the third Democratic presidential debate last week in anticipation of the 2020 election.
Inclusivity workshop rolled out for faculty and staff
By Sarah Asch | September 19, 2019In response to several incidents of bias in the classroom last spring, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is implementing a new program, which will give employees tools to create a more inclusive campus environment.
Black Studies major begins inaugural year
By James Finn | September 12, 2019Middlebury College will offer a black studies major beginning this fall, the culmination of years of effort by faculty, students, alumni and administrators to provide students with a major focused on the black experience.
Beloved basketball coach Russ Lewis Reilly passes away at 74
By James Finn | September 12, 2019Russ Lewis Reilly, a beloved assistant men’s basketball coach and former athletic director at Middlebury College, died surrounded by family at his New Haven home on July 24.
Faculty and curriculum changes for upcoming school year
By Nora Peachin | September 12, 2019Changes this school year include faculty turn over, the splitting of sociology and anthropology into two departments and a new food studies minor.
Students launch new publication Middlebury Independent
By Sarah Asch | September 12, 2019Students Joey Lyons ’21 and Quinn Boyle ’21 are receiving external funding for the Independent, which will feature long-form opinion pieces on controversial topics.
Jesse Masinter ’19 reflects upon legacy of brother Eric Masinter
By Jesse Masinter | September 12, 2019Jesse Masinter ’19 shares memories of his brother Eric Massinter ’21, who passed away this July.