Here are the week’s headlines from the News Room: Faculty Stories: Roberto Lint Sagarena, American Studies Quoted: Rana Abdelhamid ’15 on Impact of Bill Maher’s Comments on Islam Middlebury College Theatre Presents 1920s Jewish Comedy “Mendel, Inc.” Incoming Student Makes Time’s List of Most Influential Teens of 2014 Homecoming ’14 Oct. 17-18 Quoted: Barbara Hofer…Continue Reading The Week’s Headlines
The Role of Grading
Please join us on Tuesday, October 28, 2014 in the CTLR (LIB 225), at 12:15 PM. To many faculty, grading is a necessary burden that accompanies the more invigorating dimensions of teaching. Grading’s secure place in the academy, however, often forestalls sustained discussion of its purpose and operation. This Academic Roundtable, which will be facilitated…Continue Reading The Role of Grading
What’s New with Flexible Spending Accounts
Keeping more in your pocket….. Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) are more compelling than ever now that the government has modified its “use-it or lose-it” rule. You can now rollover up to $500 of unused Health Care FSA funds at the end of the plan year, to be used the following plan year. Health Care FSAs…Continue Reading What’s New with Flexible Spending Accounts
Save the Date: Open Enrollment November 1st-14th
Benefits open enrollment is being conducted electronically again this year. You will be receiving an e-mail (ooa Oct 31st) detailing our 2015 benefits as well as step-by-step instructions on how to enroll using BannerWeb. Human Resources will gladly help you through the process; if you have questions please call x2320. All benefits eligible Faculty and Staff are required to…Continue Reading Save the Date: Open Enrollment November 1st-14th
Faculty and Staff Families: Attend the Page One Halloween Party!
Page One Literacy is a Middlebury College student organization that seeks to foster a love of reading and learning in the Middlebury community. We do this by organizing various after school reading programs in local elementary schools, but we also occasionally have fun holiday events and our first one of the year is coming up! We…Continue Reading Faculty and Staff Families: Attend the Page One Halloween Party!
Oct. 20 – 24: Food [in]Justice in the 21st Century Symposium
Food [in]Justice in the 21st Century Symposium at Middlebury College October 20 – 24, 2014 Organized by Middlebury students in the Eat Real student group Schedule of Events This year’s MCAB fall symposium, hosted by EatReal, focuses on food justice and injustice on local, national, and international scales. Highlighting the social and political implications of…Continue Reading Oct. 20 – 24: Food [in]Justice in the 21st Century Symposium
Friday Links – October 17, 2014
Time for a Thesis – From the Senior Admissions Fellows Blog, a self-reflective essay by a History major on the impact of our annual message to seniors about thesis carrel signup and research support. His conclusion is quite nice: “When I think ahead to the books and research, I am not so much nervous as I am excited,” […]…Continue Reading Friday Links – October 17, 2014
HR Update: This Week’s Employment Snapshot
There are currently 16 faculty positions, 42 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
Monday Lunchtime Bridge Group
Would you like to exercise your brain at lunch time on Mondays? A group of us play every week in the Davis Family Library staff room from 12-1. We’re looking for more regular players or substitutes. We’re very informal – we don’t keep score and table talk is OK. If you want to learn, you can come…Continue Reading Monday Lunchtime Bridge Group