International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) and the Commons Residential Advisors (CRAs) are partnering again for the Winter Clothing Closet, an annual program that connects First Year international and U.S. students in need with gently used winter clothing. This year’s event is scheduled for Wednesday, October 14. Please consider donating any gently used warm clothing…Continue Reading Winter Clothing Closet 2015 – Final Call for Donations
HR Update: This Week’s Employment Snapshot
There are currently 15 faculty positions, 53 external job postings (regular, on-call and temporary), and 3 internal job postings on the Middlebury employment opportunities web sites. Employment Quick Links: Faculty Employment Opportunities: http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/administration/prospective_faculty/employment 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 use the internal…Continue Reading HR Update: This Week’s Employment Snapshot
The Week’s Headlines
Here are the week’s headlines from the News Room: Community Invited to Celebratory Inauguration Concert, Fireworks Inauguration Events to Include Festival of Learning, Concert, Fireworks Middlebury Institute Physicist Part of Nobel-Winning Team Middlebury Inducts Newest Members to Phi Beta Kappa Middlebury to Open School in Morocco Inaugural Symposium Explores “Translatability,” Power of Language Middlebury Announces…Continue Reading The Week’s Headlines
Friday Links – October 9, 2015
How Student Video Presentations Can Build Community in an Online Course – A professor has his students present their work in video format in an online calculus class….Continue Reading Friday Links – October 9, 2015
Free Community Concert and Fireworks Saturday, Oct. 10
Help celebrate the inauguration of Laurie Patton as Middlebury’s 17th president by coming to a free, family-friendly concert on campus on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. The great triple bill features the iconic Québécois band, La Bottine Souriante, singer songwriter Taylor Watson, and Brad Corrigan, cofounder of the band Dispatch. The concert starts at…Continue Reading Free Community Concert and Fireworks Saturday, Oct. 10
Dictionary of American Regional English (Trial ends Nov. 6, 2015)
For a limited time, members of the Middlebury College community can discover the full panoply of American regional words, phrases, and pronunciations with Harvard’s Dictionary of American Regional English, or DARE. The digital edition features audio, interactive maps, and insights into the DARE Survey.Let us know what you think – email eaccess-admin@middlebury.edu or contact your […]…Continue Reading Dictionary of American Regional English (Trial ends Nov. 6, 2015)
Murray Dry and Keegan Callanan receive funding for Constitution Day Initiative
Murray Dry and Keegan Callanan (both Political Science) have received funding from the Jack Miller Center to host a lecture as part of the Constitution Day Initiative. This lecture will reach a wide range of students, faculty, and members of the Middlebury community and will foster an understanding of the great constitutional questions that have…Continue Reading Murray Dry and Keegan Callanan receive funding for Constitution Day Initiative
Page One Literacy Events for Families
Page One Literacy invites all area families to join them for these two fall events: Robert Frost Walk Where: Robert Frost Interpretive Trail, Ripton When: October 18th – 1-3 pm Bring the family and join Middlebury College students for a Robert Frost poetry walk! Explore the beautiful Robert Frost Interpretive trail, a 1.2 mile loop…Continue Reading Page One Literacy Events for Families
Inauguration of the triptych “The Birth and Death of Patriarchy”
Monday, October 26th, 2015. Please join us for a talk by Dr. Kamakshi P. Murti, Professor Emerita of German, at Chellis House. Dr. Murti is returning to campus for the inauguration of her paintings, which she has donated to Chellis House. The triptych entitled “The Birth and Death of Patriarchy,” depicts representations of femininity in…Continue Reading Inauguration of the triptych “The Birth and Death of Patriarchy”