Contemporary Issues in the Liberal Arts – Winter Term Series

Lunch will be served at each event in the Center for Teaching, Learning & Research 12 – 1 pm. Please RSVP using the sign up form at least two days in advance of the event. Thank you. Monday, January 12th 2015 11:00-12:00 Teaching with (and about) Digital Technologies How can students engage critically with technology in the…Continue Reading Contemporary Issues in the Liberal Arts – Winter Term Series

Middlebury College Receives 2015 Community Engagement Reclassification by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

For several years the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has helped frame and articulate “best practices” in higher education/community collaboration and learning. In 2006 the Foundation offered the first elective “Community Engagement” classification. That year, Middlebury’s (then) Alliance for Civic Engagement (ACE) applied for and received recognition in the inaugural round on behalf…Continue Reading Middlebury College Receives 2015 Community Engagement Reclassification by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Peggy Nelson awarded supplemental NSF funding

Peggy Nelson (Sociology-Anthropology) has received an REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) Supplement to the National Science Foundation grant awarded last summer to Peggy and a collaborator from Wellesley, titled Social and Biogenetic Factors of New Forms of Families. This additional funding creates an unusual research training experience by covering  travel expenses and wages for a…Continue Reading Peggy Nelson awarded supplemental NSF funding

Historic NYC Post Card Exhibit at Davis Family Library

Who would guess that an artist born and bred on a Vermont farm would create some of the most iconic postcards of New York City? Rachael Robinson Elmer’s ground-breaking “Art-Lovers New York” postcard series is currently on exhibit at the Middlebury College Davis Family Library, on the upper level, through April 17th, 2015. The exhibition, […]…Continue Reading Historic NYC Post Card Exhibit at Davis Family Library

Annual Performance Summary Process for Staff

As we begin the new year, the Human Resources Office is pleased to offer  resources that we hope you will find helpful during the Annual Performance Summary (APS) process for staff members.  As you may recall, the annual performance evaluation process for staff members takes place between January 1 and March 31 of each year. …Continue Reading Annual Performance Summary Process for Staff

HR Update: This Week’s Employment Snapshot

There are currently 18 faculty positions, 46 external job postings (regular, on-call and temporary), and 2 internal job postings on the Middlebury College 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

Contemporary Teaching in The Liberal Arts – Winter Term Series

Lunch will be served at each event in the Center for Teaching, Learning & Research 12 – 1 pm. Please RSVP using the sign up form at least two days in advance of the event. Thank you. Monday, January 5th 2015 11:00-12:00 Liberal Arts in Flux: the 21st-Century Landscape The academy faces many challenges: financial, demographic…Continue Reading Contemporary Teaching in The Liberal Arts – Winter Term Series

The Week’s Headlines

  • Author By Jason Cable
  • Publication date December 19, 2014

Here are the week’s headlines from the News Room: Middlebury College Accepts 280 Early Decision Applicants Middlebury Voices in the News: Democrats and Obamacare, Unionizing Adjuncts Studying Privilege and Poverty Bridging Disciplines with Digital Liberal Arts Green Dot’s Bystander Training Session Enhances Middlebury’s Efforts to Prevent Sexual Violence View past stories by visiting the News…Continue Reading The Week’s Headlines