Friday Links – April 18, 2014

Photos: 15 gadgets to reduce your energy consumption – Earth Day is April 22, so it’s a great time to take a step back and look at your personal energy consumption. The Truth About Google X: An Exclusive Look Behind the Secretive Lab’s Closed Doors – Space elevators, teleportation, hoverboards, and driverless cars: the top secret […]…Continue Reading Friday Links – April 18, 2014

Academic Roundtable – Moving Research Forward

Christal Brown and other members of the Movement Matters Steering Committee Join members of the Movement Matters steering committee on Wednesday, April 30, at 12:30 p.m. in the Axinn Center Abernethy Room for a discussion on the process of creating interdisciplinary research models that foster embodied scholarship. This discussion will begin by looking into current…Continue Reading Academic Roundtable – Moving Research Forward

Please Nominate your Feminist of the Year!

NOMINATIONS ARE REQUESTED — The Program in Gender, Sexualities and Feminist Studies and Chellis House are accepting- “Feminist of the Year” nominations for any person who has made outstanding contributions to and shown great leadership in improving the status of women and/or fostering gender equity in the Middlebury College community during the past year. We…Continue Reading Please Nominate your Feminist of the Year!

Academic Roundtable – College-Wide Learning Goals: Next Steps

Friday, April 25 @ 12:15 p.m., Davis Library 230 Members of the Ad Hoc Assessment Committee: Susan Baldridge, Chair; Amy Morsman, Amy Yuen, Bill Peterson, Michael Newbury, Damascus Kafumbe, Hang Du The Ad Hoc Assessment Committee will describe the initial work it has done to create a framework for assessing students’ progress toward the faculty-endorsed…Continue Reading Academic Roundtable – College-Wide Learning Goals: Next Steps

Sandra Carletti awarded a Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation fellowship

Sandra Carletti (Italian) has been awarded a fellowship from the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation for a project titled The United Tables of Italy: Pellegrino Artusi and the Unification of Italy in the Kitchen. The grant will enable Sandra to travel to Italy during her 2014-15 leave to do research at the Pellegrino Artusi library…Continue Reading Sandra Carletti awarded a Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation fellowship

HR Update: This Week’s Employment Snapshot

There are currently 9 faculty positions, 41 external job postings (regular, on-call and temporary), and 2 internal job postings on the Middlebury College employment opportunities web sites. Employment Quick Links: Faculty Employment Opportunities: go/faculty-jobs (on campus),http://go.middlebury.edu/faculty-jobs (off campus) 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…Continue Reading HR Update: This Week’s Employment Snapshot

Blood Drive Wednesday the 23rd

Atwater Commons is partnering with the Red Cross to host a Blood Drive in McCullough Social Space on Wednesday, April 23rd, from 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. When: Wednesday, April 23rd, from 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Where: McCullough Social Space. Walk-ins accepted. Please bring photo ID or donor card. For more information or to register ahead of time…Continue Reading Blood Drive Wednesday the 23rd

90 minute Course Overview: Effective Communications & Human Relations Skills – The (8 week)* Dale Carnegie Course

This is an informational overview for the Dale Carnegie Course, an 8 week workshop aimed at improving communication and interpersonal effectiveness. Led by: Agnes Cook and Bryan Bissell of Dale Carnegie Vermont Learn about the course content and methodology Ask questions Hear testimonials from past participants which demonstrates some of our methodology, content relevance, Learn a tool you…Continue Reading 90 minute Course Overview: Effective Communications & Human Relations Skills – The (8 week)* Dale Carnegie Course