New Location for International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS)

On Wednesday, May 6, International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS) will be moving to the Service Building-2nd floor. ISSS provides services and support to international students, scholars, staff, and faculty in all of Middlebury’s programs and to colleagues who oversee those programs. We will be in transition for much of the week as we unpack…Continue Reading New Location for International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS)

Jeff Munroe awarded Franklin Grant from the American Philosophical Society

Jeff Munroe (Geology) has been awarded a Franklin Grant from the American Philosophical Society for a project titled Developing a Record of Holocene Environmental Change from an Idaho Ice Cave. The grant will cover field research expenses for Jeff and a Middlebury undergraduate to collect samples from the ice cave as well as the expense…Continue Reading Jeff Munroe awarded Franklin Grant from the American Philosophical Society

Tom and Pat Manley awarded grant from the Lintilhac Foundation

Tom & Pat Manley (Geology) have received a grant from the Lintilhac Foundation for a project titled High-Resolution Bottom Mapping of Lake Champlain. This grant provides funding to begin a long term effort to update the 2005 bottom bathymetric map of Lake Champlain using multibeam technology which Middlebury acquired with a 2011 grant from the…Continue Reading Tom and Pat Manley awarded grant from the Lintilhac Foundation

HR Update: This Week’s Employment Snapshot

There are currently 4 faculty positions, 53 external job postings (regular, on-call and temporary), and 3 internal job postings on the Middlebury College employment opportunities web sites. Employment Quick Links: Faculty Employment Opportunities:http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/administration/prospective_faculty/employment Staff Employment Opportunities: go/staff-jobs (on campus),http://go.middlebury.edu/staff-jobs (off campus) Please note – to view only internal staff postings, please use the internal posting…Continue Reading HR Update: This Week’s Employment Snapshot

The Week’s Headlines

Here are the week’s headlines from the News Room: Israeli Culture and the Teaching of Hebrew Language Brazile Tells Students: “We Need You in Public Service” Gensler Symposium Looks at Punishment, Incarceration, and Restorative Justice How Israel Hid Its Secret Nuclear Weapons Two Juniors Receive Truman Scholarships Leading to Careers in Public Service Davis United…Continue Reading The Week’s Headlines

William Poulin-Deltour awarded a Whiting Foundation fellowship

William Poulin-Deltour (French) has been awarded a fellowship from the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation for a project titled The Debate over Same-Sex Marriage:  Toward an Enhanced Understanding of Contemporary France. The grant will enable William to spend three months in Paris to study French reactions to same-sex marriage and collect ethnographic materials that he will…Continue Reading William Poulin-Deltour awarded a Whiting Foundation fellowship

David West awarded Whiting Foundation fellowship

David West (Geology) has been awarded a fellowship from the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation for a project titled Exploring Iceland’s Active Geology. The grant will support ten days of field investigation in Iceland that will enrich his teaching of structural geology, tectonics, and volcanic hazards in both introductory and upper-level geology courses. The experience will also…Continue Reading David West awarded Whiting Foundation fellowship

David Stoll awarded Whiting Foundation fellowship

David Stoll (Sociology/Anthropology) has been awarded a fellowship from the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation for a project titled Six Weeks on the US/Mexican Border. The grant will fund trips to three border regions — the Sonora Desert of Southern Arizona, the Rio Grande Valley in southeast Texas, and  the Imperial Valley of Southern California. Throughout his travels…Continue Reading David Stoll awarded Whiting Foundation fellowship