External Reviewers Assess Impact of Commons System
By JAMES FINN and SABINE POUX
January 17, 2019
An external review committee has released a report evaluating the commons system and delineating areas of potential improvement as a continuation of the college’s “How Will We Live Together” residential life assessment.
Our Community in Context
By KYLE WRIGHT
November 15, 2017
Last spring, I was elected by the student body to co-chair Community Council. This is sometimes surprising to me given how few students know what Community Council is. I can’t help but also notice that Community Council is sometimes nebulous for faculty and staff. In this column, I will share and ...
Community Council Update
By John Gosselin, Senior Writer
May 10, 2017
At Community Council’s May 2 meeting, Associate Professor of French William Poulin-Deltour introduced a letter from faculty which suggests taking several steps to prepare Middlebury for changes to immigration policy under the Trump administration. The steps include establishing a response team of faculty and...
Community Council Update
By John Gosselin, Senior Writer
April 26, 2017
At the April 11 meeting, Director of Financial Aid Operations Michael McLaughlin and Associate Vice President for Financial Services Operations David Provost discussed how outside financial aid impacts the college’s financial aid for students at Middlebury. They explained that financial aid at Middleb...
Community Council Update
By Emma Dunlap
February 25, 2015
On February 16, 2015, Cate Costley ’15 and Alison Maxwell ’15 of the SGA Honor Code Committee attended this week’s Community Council meeting. They presented a drafted amendment to the constitution of Middlebury’s Honor Code and received feedback from Community Council members. Maxwell said, “The...
Community Council Update
By Emma Dunlap
February 11, 2015
Community Council met on Monday, Jan. 19, to continue its conversation about the possibility of lifting restrictions that prevent students from arriving on campus the Saturday before Winter Term. This discussion was made in response to the frequency with which students encounter travel issues. Commu...
Community Council Update
By Emma Dunlap
November 19, 2014
Community Council had several guest students attend the meeting on November 10, 2014 that offered new perspectives on student social life at Middlebury. The council discussed current issues surrounding social life at Middlebury as well as how the council can create a forum to continue discussing possibl...
Community Council Update
By Emma Dunlap
November 5, 2014
At the Community Council meeting on Oct. 27, Dean of Students and Community Council Co-Chair Katy Smith Abbott began the discussion by informing the council of a meeting that took place with Middlebury residents and college officials. The neighbors of various off-campus houses complained directly to the colleg...
Community Council Update
By Emma Dunlap
October 22, 2014
On Monday Oct. 6, Community Council began a conversation around potentially expanding Middlebury’s honor code, specifically to implement a social honor code that would address academic integrity, and also social responsibility and behavior within the College community. The social honor code would focus o...
Community Council Update
By Emma Dunlap
October 1, 2014
Community Council held its first meeting on Monday, Sept. 29, during which Council Co-Chair Ben Bogin ’15 and Dean of Students Katy Smith Abbott reviewed the Council’s general responsibilities and proceeded to ask the other members to suggest topics they would most like to address over the cours...
Community Council Update
By David Yang
April 23, 2014
On Monday April 14, Community Council met with Assistant Director of Support Services Melissa Beckwith to discuss upcoming student move-out and to come up with ways to improve the cleanout process. Beckwith started last week’s meeting by pointing out the problems that exist with the cleanout process. “We...
Community Council Update
By David Yang
February 26, 2014
On Monday, Feb. 17, Community Council continued the ongoing discussion of hard alcohol policies with the Commons Deans. Dean of Brainerd Commons and Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Natasha Chang, Dean of Wonnacott Commons Matt Longman and Dean of Cook Commons Ian Sutherland were...
