Community Engagement

Service Cluster Board Coordinator Application Do you plan on working for not-for-profits in the course of your career? Do you have the skills to watch the bigger picture as well as track important details? The Service Cluster Board is the student-run advisory umbrella for the nearly twenty campus organizations and continuing initiatives who do service […]

MAlt is Middlebury’s alternative break program. In 2014-2015 MAlt will offer two international, three domestic, and one regional student-led service trip over February break. What Are the Responsibilities of a Middlebury Alternative Break Trip Leader? MAlt trip leaders are responsible for trip logistics, group dynamics, education, and reflection before, during, and after the break.  Logistical […]

The Service Cluster Board is seeking individuals passionate about community service to serve as Coordinators for the 2014-2015 academic year. Founded in 2009, the Service Cluster Board is an umbrella organization whose goal is to support student-run service organizations and initiatives on campus. Duties of this position include: Managing the leadership development and finances of […]

Addison County Shepherd Internships offer meaningful opportunities to spend summer fighting poverty in Vermont. This year the paid internships will take place with the Charter House Coalition, DREAM, John Graham Homeless Shelter, Open Door Clinic, and United Way of Addison County. Charter House Coalition: The Charter House Coalition is a volunteer, non-profit providing basic food […]

Burlington Sustainability Trip Join us for the first ever March MAlt break trip to the Sustainability Academy elementary school in the Old North End of Burlington! The academy is an innovative magnet school that uses sustainability as a lens for place-based education and service learning, focusing their curriculum on economics, the environment, and social justice. […]

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Summer 2014 Paid Internships If you would like to take action to make a difference in the fight against poverty and develop important life skills, gain experience working across difference, and advance your own career exploration process, consider applying for the national Shepherd Internship Program. Information is also available on our own Privilege & Poverty program website. […]

Staying local over winter break? Volunteer at the Charter House! The Charter House winter housing facility serves as an emergency home staffed 24/7 by trained volunteers who provide a warm, welcoming environment for families in stress. Volunteers are needed to take shifts over winter break! Contact James McMillan (jmcmillan@middlebury.edu) to sign up. Community Friends Feature of the […]

  Help sponsor a local child whose family cannot afford to buy presents for the holiday season through the Giving Trees program,in collaboration with the local organization H.O.P.E (Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects). Each Giving Tree lists gift ideas for an age-range and gender and this year HOPE will allow parents to choose out of the […]

MiddVOTE Voter Registration Event Tomorrow! Need to register to vote? Want to apply for an absentee ballot for your local elections? Then come by the non-partisan MiddVote voter registration drive this Tuesday, October 15th from 4:30-7:30pm in Axinn 105 (the computer lab). We have everything you will need to make registering a simple and easy […]