We currently have just one open workshop on the horizon — Introduction to Drupal on Thursday, July 11 at 1pm. If you are a new content provider who needs to learn the basics of creating and maintaining a departmental web … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Where is the LIS Summer Workshop Schedule?
Have you ever had to operate a fire extinguisher? Would you know how to in an emergency? All faculty and staff are invited to attend annual fire extinguisher training on Tuesday July 9th. You will learn to safely and confidently operate a fire extinguisher. If desired, attendees will have an opportunity to use an extinguisher…Continue Reading Attend Fire Extinguisher Training on Tuesday July 9th!
Join Middlebury faculty, staff, alumni and friends at a Vermont Lake Monsters game. All ages welcome! Saturday, July 27, 2013 6:05 p.m. vs. Tri-City Valley Cats $13 per person includes BBQ dinner with cheeseburger, hot dog, chips, cookie and drink Join us at the BBQ and then watch the game from the newly installed 3rd…Continue Reading Middlebury at The Vermont Lake Monsters
The arrival of the peak summer vacation season is an opportune time for a couple of CTO usage reminders. Benefits-eligible staff employees please note that: Floating Holidays “Floating Holidays” are those holidays on which the College is partially open for business (that is, some departments are staffed and others are not). Designated Floating Holidays are:…Continue Reading CTO Reminders
Middlebury College was recently awarded a grant from the Enduring Questions program of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), which will enable development and implementation of a sophomore-level course focused on the enduring question “What is the good life and how do I live it?“. The grant leadership team consists of Patricia Zupan (Italian),…Continue Reading NEH Enduring Questions grant for course development
Enjoy a relaxing early summer gathering with your colleagues. Free hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar! Thursday, June 27, 2013 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Crossroads Cafe Please RSVP in the form on the right-side of Staff Council’s main page: http://www.middlebury.edu/offices/administration/scouncil (If your plans change at the last minute – please feel welcome to come even…Continue Reading Staff Gathering 6/27 – free hors d’oeuvres
Martha Woodruff (Philosophy) has been accepted to participate in the Institute for the History of Philosophy at Emory University in June 2013, to support research for her second book. The topic of the institute, Renewing the Ancient Quarrel: Plato, Hegel, and Adorno, refers to what Plato called “the quarrel between philosophy and poetry” (Republic X)….Continue Reading Martha Woodruff Summer Seminar Funding
James Larrabee (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has received a three-year research grant from the National Science Foundation through NSF’s Research in Undergraduate Institutions activity. This is Jim’s fifth NSF-RUI grant in his career. This grant provides funding to enable at least six undergraduate students to participate in his research, which should lead to a better understanding…Continue Reading James Larrabee Awarded New NSF Grant
Patricia Zupan (Italian) has been selected to participate this summer in a faculty seminar at Transylvania University in Kentucky, funded by the University’s Bingham Program for Excellence in Teaching. The seminar, titled Twenty-first Century Liberal Education: A Contested Concept, will involve faculty from liberal arts colleges around the country. The award covers all costs of…Continue Reading Patricia Zupan Faculty Seminar, Transylvania University