Academic Roundtable – Digital Humanities, Digital Scholarship, & the Digital Liberal Arts

Please join us on Friday, October 18, 2013, in the Davis Family Library, room 230 at 12:15 p.m. Nearly every academic discipline is experiencing transformations in research methods and presentational modes in the digital era, with tools like GIS and text mining databases, platforms like open access publishing and digital archives, and emerging interdisciplinary movements…Continue Reading Academic Roundtable – Digital Humanities, Digital Scholarship, & the Digital Liberal Arts

HR Update: This Week’s Employment Snapshot

There are currently 20 faculty positions, 27 external job postings (regular, on-call and temporary), and 1 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…Continue Reading HR Update: This Week’s Employment Snapshot

Continuing Education Opportunity for Staff Members

The Dale Carnegie Course: Effective Communications & Human Relations Skills We are pleased to offer this popular and effective course here on campus, through the use of the continuing education fund benefit.   This course is accredited and offers 2.8 CEU’s (Continuing Education Units).  Participants will meet every Tuesday 8:30-12:00 from October 22nd – December 17th (except for Thanksgiving week)…Continue Reading Continuing Education Opportunity for Staff Members

Formal Unveiling of Vito Acconci’s Newly Reinstalled Way Station Sculpture, Friday, October 18, 2:00 p.m.

On Friday, October 18, the Middlebury College Museum of Art will inaugurate its newest addition to the campus’s distinguished collection of public art—a reinstallation of Vito Acconci’s provocative and seminal sculpture Way Station I (Study Chamber). The sculpture is located adjacent to the pond at the Mahaney Center for the Arts on Porter Field Road….Continue Reading Formal Unveiling of Vito Acconci’s Newly Reinstalled Way Station Sculpture, Friday, October 18, 2:00 p.m.

Request for Grant Proposals – Deadline Extended

NOTE: deadline extended to October 25, 2013 Apply for an Environmental Council Grant. Receive $25 -$2,500 in funding. Available to students, faculty and staff. Advance sustainability on or off campus. Apply and learn more at GO/EC. Proposals due Friday, October 25th. We have found that the most successful funded projects are collaborative, creative, and sustainable- bringing together…Continue Reading Request for Grant Proposals – Deadline Extended

Fall Harvest Festival – October 19th at the Organic Farm

Members of the staff, faculty, and their families are invited to  Celebrate the fall season at Middlebury College’s own Organic Farm – Saturday, October 19, from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. In addition to pumpkin decorating and (we hope) face-painting, there may be opportunities to plant garlic or spring bulbs if you or your family…Continue Reading Fall Harvest Festival – October 19th at the Organic Farm

Ready to Learn about Technology? Your lynda.com tutor never sleeps!

  Did you know that Middlebury College offers self-paced learning 24/7?  Our fabulous online learning resource, lynda.com, uses short videos to help you acquire new business and technology skills and is available to faculty, staff, and current students. To find … Continue reading Continue Reading Ready to Learn about Technology? Your lynda.com tutor never sleeps!

Red Cross Blood Drive

Atwater Commons is partnering with the Red Cross to host a Blood Drive in McCullough Social Space on Thursday, October 17th, from 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. When: Thursday Oct. 17th 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 go to…Continue Reading Red Cross Blood Drive