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Winter Clothing Closet: Collecting Donations Until 10/18

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Attention Middlebury College Community:

International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) is collecting donations for the annual Winter Clothing Closet, a clothing benefit drive for new international and U.S. students who are in need of warm clothing items.

We are seeking gently-used or like-new winter clothing, particularly coats, hats, gloves and footwear/boots.

You can support the effort by dropping donations in collection boxes between now and October 18, 2017 at any of the following locations:

• Athletics Complex – Inside the main entrance by the information desk
• Davis Family Library – Near the circulation desk
• Dining Halls: Atwater, Ross and Proctor – Inside main entrances
• McCullough Student Center – Near the lower-level entrance to Crossroads
• Service Building/ISSS Office – On the second floor of the Service Building, Suite 200
• Sunderland/Dana Auditorium – Inside the main entrance
• 700 Exchange Street – Inside the main entrance

A very big thank you to all of the offices hosting collection boxes and to all of you who are able to contribute. The Winter Clothing Closet will be held on Thursday, October 19.

Questions? Please contact Joani Taylor at isss@middlebury.edu or 802-443-5858.

Winter Clothing Closet 2015 – Final Call for Donations

For Faculty, For Staff

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 (especially coats, hats and gloves) that could be used by these students.

Collection boxes are in the following locations until Tuesday, October 13:

ALL COMMONS LOCATIONS:
Atwater Commons Office – Allen 153
Brainerd Commons Office – Stewart Hall 214
Cook Commons Office – Battell North 150
Ross Commons Office – LaForce Hall (under Ross Dining Hall)
Wonnacott Commons Office – Battell South 123

CENTRAL LOCATIONS:
Dining Halls (Ross and Proctor) – Main Entrance Lobby
Athletics Complex – New Main Desk by the New Main Entrance
Davis Family Library – In the Atrium
McCardell Bicentennial Hall – Great Hall Near Staircase
McCullough Student Center – Near the Entrance to the Juice Bar/Crossroads
Public Safety – 125 South Main Street: Main Lobby
ISSS Lounge – Service Building, Suite 200
Sunderland/Dana Auditorium – Main Entrance
CE, CSE & PCI – 118 S. Main Street
College Advancement – 700 Exchange Street

Spread the word! Our sincerest thanks in advance for your support!

Questions? Please contact ISSS Advisor Joani Taylor at  Jntaylor@middlebury.edu or x5858.

Winter Clothing Closet 2015

For Faculty, For Staff, Wellness

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 (especially coats, hats and gloves) that could be used by these students.

Beginning Tuesday, September 29, collection boxes will be placed in the following locations until Tuesday, October 13:

ALL COMMONS LOCATIONS:
Atwater Commons Office – Allen 153
Brainerd Commons Office – Stewart Hall 214
Cook Commons Office – Battell North 150
Ross Commons Office – LaForce Hall (under Ross Dining Hall)
Wonnacott Commons Office – Battell South 123

CENTRAL LOCATIONS:
Dining Halls (Ross and Proctor) – Main Entrance Lobby
Athletics Complex – New Main Desk by the New Main Entrance
Davis Family Library – In the Atrium
McCardell Bicentennial Hall – Great Hall Near Staircase
McCullough Student Center – Near the Entrance to the Juice Bar/Crossroads
Public Safety – 125 South Main Street: Main Lobby
ISSS Lounge – Service Building, Suite 200
Sunderland/Dana Auditorium – Main Entrance
CE, CSE & PCI – 118 S. Main Street

Spread the word! Our sincerest thanks in advance for your support!

Questions? Please contact ISSS Advisor Joani Taylor at Jntaylor@middlebury.edu or x5858.

International Education Week 2013

Student Activities

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the Department of Education, International Education Week is an annual celebration of the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. It was first held in 2000 and is now celebrated in more than 100 countries worldwide. For more information please visit www.eca.state.gov/iew.

On behalf of the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs and International Student and Scholar Services, here’s a glimpse at some of the many events with an international focus taking place at Middlebury College during International Education Week, running from November 11 to 22:

Monday, November 11

• Wronged by Empire: Colonial Memories and Victimhood in India and China’s Foreign Policy Today, a lecture by Manjari Chatterjee Miller
Robert A Jones ’59 Conference Room, 12:15 p.m.

• Study Abroad Photo Contest
Davis Family Library Vestibule (Near Wilson Cafe)
Display available all week. Annual reception today at 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 12

• Mahaney Center for the Arts, Museum of Art
Various exhibits, including Asian and European art. Open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday, November 13

• The Franco-Algerian War and the Dispute between Camus and Sartre, a lecture by Alek Toumi
Robert A. Jones ’59 Conference Room, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 14

• Diwan Baladna: Two Jordanians’ Perspectives on the Middle East
Robert A. Jones ’59 Conference Room, 4:30 p.m.

• Brave Genius: A Scientist’s Journey from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize, a lecture by Sean Carroll
Dana Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, November 15

• The Ethics of Self-Sacrifice: Russians Remember the War, an International and Global Studies Colloquium presentation by Nina Wieda
Lunch available to those who RSVP by 11/11 to rcga@middlebury.edu
Robert A. Jones ’59 Conference Room, 12:15 p.m.

• Korean Art Comes to Middlebury, presented by Sarah Laursen
Mahaney Center for the Arts, 12:15 p.m.

Saturday, November 16

• The Hirschfield International Film Series presents Searching for Sugar Man
Dana Auditorium, 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, November 17

• Middlebury College Choir “In Nature” with the Middlebury College Orchestra: featuring music of Nature, Bohemia and Bohemian nature.
Mahaney Center for the Arts Concert Hall, 3:00 p.m.

Monday, November 18

• Timely and Untimely Politics: Art, Protest and Everyday Life in Early 1960s Japan, a lecture by William Marotti
Robert A. Jones ’59 Conference Room, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 19

• Women’s Activism in Muslim and Jewish Religious-Political Movements, a lecture by Lihi Ben-Shitrit
Sunderland Language Center Room 110, 4:30 p.m.

• MAlt Dominican Republic Atwater Dinner, a themed dinner in support of the Middlebury Alternative Break Trip to the Dominican Republic
Suggested $5 donation for students – RSVP to maltmariposa@gmail.com by November 11
Atwater Dining Hall, 6 p.m.

• African Music and Dance Ensemble
Mahaney Center for the Arts Concert Hall, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, November 20

• Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series: Transnational Justice and Politics of National Reconciliation in Post-communist Europe, a lecture by Michael Kraus
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 21

• Pentecost, a play by David Edgar performed in twelve languages
Wright Memorial Theatre, 7:30 P.M. on November 21-23.
$6 tickets for Middlebury students.

Friday, November 22

• A Faithful Scribe: A Story of Islam, Pakistan, Family and War, an International Global Studies Colloquium presented by journalist and author Shahan Mufti ’03
A career conversation with the author will be held for students at the Center for Careers and Internships from 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Lunch available to those who RSVP by 11/18 to rcga@middlebury.edu
Robert A. Jones ’59 Conference Room, 12:15 p.m.

Saturday, November 23

• ISO Cultural Show 2013: where dances and songs meet to showcase spectacular performances!
McCullough Social Space, 5:30 p.m. ($6 sampler show) and 8:00 p.m. ($7 full performance)
Purchases tickets now at the Box Office!