51 Main has been open since last May, providing a social alternative for a mix of students, faculty, staff, and townspeople. The venue is open Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights for drinks, food, and entertainment. Recently they’ve begun to host special events on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. This Tuesday, for instance, President Emeritus John McCardell gave [...]
For the eight or nine years I’ve been involved in administrative work, I’ve been struck by how passionately students feel about decision-making processes at Middlebury. Maybe because I had little or no interest in campus politics when I was in college, I’ve had difficulty understanding why students today get worked up by decisions that have [...]
51 Main has had a rollicking summer! Many wonderful musicians have performed, a new chef came on board and is cooking up great desserts and light refreshments, and townspeople as well as tourists have been coming to enjoy the experience. We had a “grand opening” for the town on July 12th that included music from [...]
Ever since Commencement I’ve been meaning to close out the year with some comments about the past eight months at Middlebury and some thoughts about what’s in store for next year. Rather than repeat what I’ve already covered in other posts, I will try to distill these thoughts into an agenda that we are likely [...]
The pics below give you an idea of what this venue now looks like (for additional detail on the program, see my earlier posts). But the best way to experience the place is to vist. During the next two weeks, we will be open Saturday, May 10: 5:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. Live music from [...]
The downtown venue once occupied by Eat Good Food is set to open as a bar/lounge, with the rest of the program to roll out more gradually. On Friday, April 25, we’re holding an open house from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. for community members to preview the space and share ideas. Light refreshments (coffee, juice, [...]
Given my earlier posting on plans to establish a social venue downtown in the space formerly occupied by Eat Good Food, I figure it’s time for an update. First of all, I admit that as much as I have enjoyed working on this project, I did not fully appreciate the amount of time it takes [...]
Consider the following account, written by a staff member in Dining Services, which appeared in one of the incident reports that Public Safety filed this weekend: Saturday night in Ross dining hall I witnessed several intoxicated students. I saw one student taking a whole bottle of half and half and asked him why he was [...]
Earlier this year I wrote about how students organizations could raise funds by connecting with their alumni base (see “Pumping Up the Volume on Student Orgs” below) and soliciting donations. Well, I am happy to say that the sailing club is now moving forward with their “Rock the Boat” campaign and, as the CAMPUS reports [...]
It’s taken 6 months, but we’re very close to opening a new venue in the downtown space, formerly occupied by the restaurant, Eat Good Food. I’ve covered this issue in previous posts, and Middblog has the latest news (see the Dec 28th entry) and a link to a recent story in the Addison Independent describing [...]
