I find the fall exam period to be a beautifully surreal moment in the academic calendar, a time when everyone on campus is striving to resolve thirteen weeks of work while also wading into the holiday season. A time of endings and beginnings. Stressful but poignant. I remember going home after my first term at [...]

Among the many things that Middlebury seems to do well is introduce its incoming first-year students to the college.  A quick glance at the evaluations students fill out at the end of orientation reveals how delighted they are by the enthusiasm with which they are met by their FYCs and Deans, the speed with which [...]