Midd Gigs are short-term, professional projects offered by Middlebury alumni and parents.
These projects enable Middlebury students and recent graduates to develop and demonstrate their skillsets, explore career paths, and build their networks. They also give alumni and parents access to the talented network of Middlebury undergrads and newly minted graduates.
Past Midd Gigs have encompassed a diverse range of industries and projects, ranging from podcasting and script editing in the creative industries to rigorous research and statistical analysis in STEM and business fields.
Midd Gigs are perfect for projects or short-term initiatives that don’t fit within the parameters of a traditional internship or work assignment. Our platform enables any Middlebury alum or parent to easily create a position announcement, manage the hiring process, and structure the project workflow. We encourage prospective project sponsors to think creatively about their needs and “hire Midd!”
Visit Midd Gigs on Midd2Midd to apply for projects!
Click here for frequently asked questions regarding Midd Gigs.
Have summer funding? Consider MiddCORE(x) as a supplement to your summer internship/experience!

Students that have funding from CCI, CCE, or the Innovation Hub get first priority into the cohort!
Over the course of eight sessions, sharpen your professional skill set, expand your network, explore possibilities, and up-level your potential. MiddCORE(x) is designed to work in conjunction with your summer experience, from anywhere!
In this mentor-powered program, you will be immersed in a community of support, offering advice, guidance, and mentorship to excel in your summer opportunity and prepare for what’s next. You will meet for two Sundays and Tuesday evenings May–July, 2021. Find your full schedule here. The program is open to Middlebury students with a focus on students enrolled in CCI, CCE, or Innovation Hub funded summer internships. Accepted students will receive $500 stipend for participation, all sessions required.
Invest in yourself this summer Apply Now!
Applications Due Sunday April 25, 2021
THREE New MIDDVantage Series Launch This Week!
We are excited to share our next THREE MIDDVantage episodes that launch April 13th:
Exploring Careers Global Security- Global Security – An International Development Perspective with our guest, Amy McQuade ’04, Foreign Service Officer at USAID.
Check out the latest episode (33minutes) and keep an eye out for new episodes each week.
Exploring Careers in Technology’s New Frontiers- Marketing in a Competitive, Clouded World with our guest David Ellis ‘09, Product Marketing Manager, Azure App Services at Microsoft.
Check out the latest episode (18 minutes) and keep an eye out for new episodes each week.
Exploring Careers in the Green Economy- Accelerating Renewable Solutions in Cities with our guest Ali Rotatori ‘14, Senior Associate, Cities Renewable Accelerator at Rocky Mountain Institute.
Check out the latest episode (32 minutes) and keep an eye out for new episodes each week.
Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Admissions Event
Wednesday, April 14 at 5 pm ET

The Middlebury PHS is excited to partner with the CCI in bringing Ford Barnet, Assistant Director of Admissions at the Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, to speak with students about the admissions process. This is an excellent opportunity to have your questions answered and network! The event is open to all Middlebury students.
password: tuftsvet
Article: A Once-in-a-Century Crisis Can Help Educate Doctors
By Molly Worthen, April 10, 2021

The horrors of Covid-19 may give proponents of the liberal arts an unexpected opening.
Over the past year, ordinary medical research nearly ground to a halt as researchers focused on coronavirus vaccine trials and treatments. Single-mindedness paid off. Drugmakers developed lifesaving vaccines in record time, and now a third of Americans are at least partially vaccinated.
But ultimately, the pandemic is a once-in-a-century crisis that may force health professionals and medical schools to look beyond the traditional tools of modern medicine and think more broadly about how we train doctors to grapple with public health catastrophes.
There were signs of a reckoning at the very start of the pandemic. When Covid-19 hit the Northeast, the Yale School of Medicine moved classes online and pulled many students off clinical rotations. “The dean sent an email that said, go home, take this time to study,” Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako, a Yale medical student, told me. “I thought, oh my God, I can’t imagine studying for an exam right now.” Mr. Tiako and a small number of the faculty and students worked together to create new courses that students could take instead, including an intriguing elective called “Covid-19: A History of the Present.”
The class — convened over Zoom, of course — gave the 65 students who signed up an opportunity to document and analyze their pandemic experiences. Some were helping friends and family sift through unreliable medical information; others were caring for children or volunteering in underserved communities in New Haven. But the course was also a beachhead for the medical humanities, a broad field that includes disciplines ranging from philosophy and history to visual art, creative writing and film. The medical humanities focus on a question: “What does it mean to make a healer, to train people who can attend to suffering?” Joanna Radin, a Yale historian who helped teach the new class, told me.
The course was “a pilot project to demonstrate that the humanities are an essential part of what a medical education should be — not just a luxury, but foundational,” Dr. Radin said. One student wrote her final essay on the practice of Judaism during the pandemic. Another wrote a short story about working as a contact tracer in New Haven. Some took photos or made short videos. It’s true that none of these projects saved Covid patients dying of respiratory failure. But in the long run, the pandemic may give proponents of the humanities an unexpected opening to change the way we train doctors and think about health care.
Research Technician Position Available: NYU School of Medicine
Submit Applications ASAP

A Research Technician position is available for a Middlebury graduate in the laboratory of Dr. Adam Ratner, Division Director of Pediatric Infectious Disease at NYU School of Medicine. A two-year commitment is strongly preferred.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in biology, chemistry, physics, or related sciences with relevant laboratory experience
Expect to:
- Design and carry out experiments, analyze data, and conduct routine laboratory maintenance
- Assist other members of the laboratory and participate in organizational and logistical aspects of laboratory management
- Coordinate the repair and preventive maintenance of lab equipment
Contact:
Adam Ratner, MD, MPH: Adam.Ratner@nyulangone.org
Allison Dammann ’19: (the third research technician to come from Middlebury) allison.dammann@nyulangone.org
Interested in making your mark in Vermont? Consider these incredible VERMONT-based Internships!

Experience SUMMER in VERMONT with one of these amazing MiddWorks for Vermont internships. The goal of these internships is for students to gain the knowledge and skills needed to be successful in making lasting change at the local or state level while working to further the mission of the organizations they will be serving.
How do you find them, you ask? Simply click on the button below and apply via Handshake.
There are some really wonderful internships posted now and more to come – apply now and make an impact in Vermont this summer!
HP and STEM Office Hours

Welcome to Spring semester! Whether you are at Middlebury or studying from afar, you are very much a part of our community, and we are excited to work with you.
Starting the week of 2/22/21, the Health Professions and STEM team of Mary Lothrop and Hannah Benz will be holding office hours, and they encourage you avail yourselves of the opportunity to chat about summer internships, classes, professional school applications, jobs, or anything else that’s on your mind. And if you just want to pop in to introduce yourself and say hello, that’s great, too! You are also always free to email the team with questions, or to set up an advising appointment.
Mary Lothrop: mlothrop@middlebury.edu
12:00-1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays
Hannah Benz: hbenz@middlebury.edu
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. on Wednesdays
MiddCORE(x) in Collaboration with CCI

MiddCORE(x) works alongside your summer internship!
Over the course of eight sessions, sharpen your professional skill set, expand your network, explore possibilities, and up-level your potential. MiddCORE(x) is designed to work in conjunction with your summer experience, from anywhere!
In this mentor-powered program, you will be immersed in a community of support, offering advice, guidance, and mentorship to excel in your summer opportunity and prepare for what’s next. You will meet for two Sundays and Tuesday evenings May–July, 2021. Find your full schedule here. The program is open to Middlebury students with a focus on students enrolled in CCI, CCE, or Innovation Hub funded summer internships. Accepted students will receive $500 stipend for participation, all sessions required.
Invest in yourself this summer Apply Now!
Applications Due Sunday April 25, 2021
THREE New MIDDVantage Series Launch Tuesday, April 6th!
We are excited to share our next THREE MIDDVantage episodes that launch April 6th:
Exploring Careers Global Security- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Extremism with our guest, Alex Newhouse ’17 and MIIS ’17, Research Lead at CTEC.
Check out the latest episode (30 minutes) and keep an eye out for new episodes each week.
Exploring Careers in Technology’s New Frontiers- Drone Technology as Advance Scout Protecting Soldiers with our guest Adi Raval ‘98, Head of Communications at Shield AI.
Check out the latest episode (25 minutes) and keep an eye out for new episodes each week.
Exploring Careers in the Green Economy- Changing the Way People Use Energy with our guest Clayton Reed ‘08, Program Director, CLEAResult.
Check out the latest episode (30 minutes) and keep an eye out for new episodes each week.