by Asa Waterworth Monday, April 28, 3:30 to 5:30pm inthe Axinn Winter Garden (by the waterfall) In the spirit of spring and sustainability, Staff Council is hosting a staff clothing swap as part of college-wide Earth Week programming. To participate, bring (clean!) clothes, shoes, and/or accessories you’re looking to swap to Axinn. We’ll bring the clothing…Continue Reading Staff Council Clothing Swap & Mocktails
by Asa Waterworth On April 10th, staff from across campus joined Staff Council representatives for a “Meet the Makerspace” event in Johnson. A huge thank you to Daniel Houghton for hosting visitors and to HaQuyen Pham and Elizabeth Gerner for some engaging machine demonstrations! You can learn more about the Makerspace here, or check it…Continue Reading Meet the Makerspace Event
We’re closing in on the April 30th deadline to register for the 2025 Step Up for Stepping Strong Challenge and we’d love to have you join our team. This free step challenge runs from May 1st through the 31st and if collectively we accumulate 700 million steps, Cigna will make a $150,000 gift to advance trauma…Continue Reading What’s on Tap for Well-Being…Weeks of April 21st and 28th?
by Laksamee Cave “Naming is one of the most difficult and enduring challenges in software engineering, but few of us do it well. This practical and comprehensive book provides a set of principles, rules, and application guidelines for efficiently choosing good names in your code. These skills can be used throughout your career, and they’re…Continue Reading Staff Picks: “Naming Things” by Tom Benner
Middlebury Community, we hope you’ve put a “Save the Date” on your calendar for the 2025 Employee Well-being Fair! This year’s event will be held in Wilson Hall in McCullough on Wednesday, April 16th from 10am to1pm. The brochure is included below and as you can see, we have a great line up of vendors…Continue Reading Employee Well-Being Fair
by Demitria Kirby As part of Middlebury’s commitment to emergency preparedness, we will be conducting a second campuswide Shelter in Place Drill on Friday, May 2, from 2:50 to 3 p.m. Similar to the first drill we conducted in December, this exercise is intended to familiarize our community with response terminology and to practice procedures…Continue Reading Upcoming Shelter in Place Drill
by Dr. W. Mark Peluso Annually, only 50%-55% of Middlebury employees with a college Cigna insurance plan utilize their check-up visits despite these visits being 100% covered under all levels of the Middlebury Cigna plans. To encourage participation in this health benefit, the Cigna/ GMHEC partnership is supporting an incentive program for Middlebury & MIIS…Continue Reading Prizes Given For Primary Care Visits
Spring will come and so will happiness. Hold on. Life will get warmer. -Anita Krizzan As National Nutrition Month comes to a close, I wanted to leave you with some information that might change your thoughts about “bad” high calorie foods. Check out this article from Eating Well magazine about the benefits of including nuts,…Continue Reading What’s on Tap For Well-Being…Weeks of March 24th and 31st
