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7-18-6. Not a fertilizer label, but an accounting of the fall semester at Middlebury. Seven-the number of weekends in a row we’ve seen vandalism against trees. 18-the total number of trees affected. And 6-trees killed outright. We come into work Monday morning, and, in addition to picking up the inevitable and ubiquitous litter and detritus [...] Continue reading
Five Questions for Missy Foote
Our guest this week on Five Questions is Missy Foote. A member of the Athletic Department for more than thirty years, Missy currently serves as Director of Physical Education, Senior Women’s Administrator, and women’s lacrosse coach. Our questions come from a variety of sources, … Continue reading
Plates and Privilege
Today, I am writing about plates. It seems almost comical that this is the subject of my post, but since pilfered dishes have been a major topic of discussion throughout campus lately, I’d like to bring up an aspect of this issue that has not received much attention. We’ve talked about the extremely high cost [...] Continue reading
An Overview of Internal Communications: Tips and Challenges
As I suggested in my October 15th post, internal communication can be a challenge. In an effort to improve communications on this front, the President introduced the topic at a meeting with Senior Managers this morning, with the promise that we will return … Continue reading
The Commons Factor in the Atwater Landscape Design Competition
Last week, I cross posted—technically, the term is “syndicated”—a blog post in which Tim Parsons describes the Atwater “Turf Battle” competition. More recently, Tim asked me to say a few words about how the current Commons configuration might affect designs … Continue reading
Five Questions for Barbara Hofer
Another week, another installment of the new Five Questions series. This time around, the Middlebury Campus Editorial Board posed questions to Professor of Pyschology Barbara Hofer, who recently co-authored The iConnected Parent: Staying Close to Your Kids in College (and … Continue reading
Music Library to Davis, HARC to MCFA—Some Background on the Project
I received a request for further information about the plan (recently approved by the Board of Trustees) to move the Music Library to the Davis Family Library, and then to house the History of Art and Architecture Department (HARC) in … Continue reading
Five Questions for Ronald D. Liebowitz
I am indebted to Mackenzie Beer ’12 for suggesting that I use this blog to profile members of the college community. Readers of Time will recognize the format—though five questions seemed more reasonable than ten—and I thank Mackenzie and the … Continue reading
Competition Guidelines
In September of 2004, Middlebury College completed construction of an area of campus known as Atwater Commons. In the process of construction, several basic natural systems in the area changed, and the extensive landscape plan was never fully realized. We … Continue reading → Continue reading
Turf Battle: The Atwater Landscape Design Competition
Dear Students: I write to invite your participation in a student design contest to revamp the north end of campus, specifically, the open landscape between Hall A and Hall B. The remainder of this memo describes the scope of the … Continue reading
