Just a friendly reminder for you (and for your students) that Ananya Christman, Department of Computer Science, will be speaking on “Maximizing Revenue for Online Dial a Ride” on Wednesday, January 7th, at 4:30 p.m., in the Orchard (Hillcrest 103).  Refreshments will be served.

The Greening of the Arctic: Musings on Science and Storytelling in a Time of Change

Wednesday, December 3, 4:30-6:00 pm, in the Orchard

All full-time and part-time benefits-eligible faculty must attend this or one of the makeup sessions on December 3rd or January 14.

• 30-minute workshop on active threat response, led by Jen Kazmierczak (Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator) and Melody Perkins (Associate Director of Public Safety)
• 75-minute workshop on faculty reporting requirements, as mandated by the Violence Against Women Act, led by Sue Ritter (Human Relations Officer) and Karen Guttentag (Associate Dean for Judicial Affairs and Student Life), followed by 15 minutes of Q & A on this topic.

Natalie Eppelsheimer (German) will present a lecture on Wednesday, November 12th at 4:30 pm.  She will speak on “Teaching Difficult Topics in a Foreign Language: The Holocaust in the German (Studies) Curriculum”.  The lecture will be held in the Orchard in Hillcrest.

The Working Group on Faculty Governance and the Faculty Council invite you to attend group discussions on the newly proposed governance framework.  The meetings will be held on Friday, Oct. 17th beginning at 2:45 p.m.  The meetings will be followed by a happy hour with light refreshments in the Axinn Winter Garden.  Below find the grid for determining which group you should attend.

The Dean of the Faculty and Dean for Faculty Development and Research invite you to a reception in honor of those who were awarded a grant or fellowship in 2013-14.

The reception will be held on October 16th at 51 Main from 4:30-5:30 p.m.  All are welcome to attend and bring a guest.

Please RSVP to Sandra King (sandrak@middlebury.edu) or x 2007 by 10/10.

Dear Colleagues,

Last spring, many of you shared ideas for exciting courses you would love to teach if only you were free of the time and space constraints imposed by the regular academic year.  What if, for example, you could bring a group of students to Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave National Park to study paleolimnology; or teach a course on prison education programs by implementing one at Vermont’s Southeast State Correctional Facility;  or spend time with your students in Ferguson, Missouri taking a critical race perspective on Michael Brown’s shooting and the related media coverage?  Summer Study is only 9 months away and is designed for exactly these kinds of flexible, experiential opportunities.  The process for proposing a Summer Study course idea will be explained at an informational meeting on Thursday, October 2nd at 4:30pm in the Orchard Room at Hillcrest, with plenty of time for Q and A.  Please join us if you have an idea for Summer Study that you are interested in pursuing— or if you just want to hear more about the process.

Brett Millier, Reginald Cook Professor of American Literature, will speak at the Orchard Room of the Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest, Oct. 8, 4:30 pm.  “Madame La Blanche: Reflections on a Year Spent Teaching in Cameroon.”