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Critical Changes to Campus Event Planning

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There are many changes to our campus environment this fall, both physical and procedural. The occupancy capacity of all schedulable space has been significantly reduced to allow for 6’ physical distancing. In some spaces furnishings have been removed or modified to achieve this. The College’s Return to Campus Guide outlines new policy directives adopted to maintain a safe and healthy campus. The Department of Event Management has adapted our procedures to support these directives.

Virtual events will be the norm. To the fullest extent possible, meetings and events should occur through a virtual format. Virtual events that are open to the campus community and publicized on the campus Calendar of Events must be submitted via the Event Reservation Request Form so that Event Management can continue to advise on potential content conflicts. In our new virtual environment we must also be aware of limitations on our technical capacity to host large virtual events simultaneously.

Requests for in-person events in Phase 2 will be reviewed by a COVID-19 Event Review Team. Please understand that the availability of physical space and resources to safely support in-person events is extremely limited. In-person events will be few. Virtual events will be encouraged throughout all phases of reopening.

Event Hosts for in-person events will have new responsibilities. These apply to both indoor and outdoor events.

Event Host responsibilities include:

  • Ensuring all attendees wear face coverings
  • Taking attendance for contact tracing (via Presence for student events)
  • Cleaning: Disinfectant will be provided to event coordinators to disinfect high-touch surfaces as necessary throughout the event
  • Compliance w/mandated gathering size per Phase
  • Compliance w/COVID-19 Safety Max Occupancy (per location as noted in 25Live Pro)
  • Prohibiting non-College visitors including guests, speakers, presenters, etc.

Event Hosts and/or attendees found not in compliance with Return to Campus guidelines will be subject to the COVID-19 Conduct Policy & Disciplinary Process.

Please visit Event Management’s COVID-19 Impact On Events web site for additional details on these topics, as well as important information on:

  • Catering availability
  • Tents on campus
  • Cleaning standards
  • Prohibiting visitors

Winter Carnival 2020 Ice Show, Feb. 29 and Mar. 1

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The Ice Show features skaters of all ages and abilities, including lots of local kids, in a fun event filled with music and costumes.  The theme this year is “Midd Seasons.”  Cheer on the beginners and be dazzled by competitive skaters.   Come and enjoy the show!  Tickets are $6.00 (general admission), available at the door or in advance at the College box office.  SHOWTIMES: Sat 2/29 either 5:30 or 7:00 PM (check box office web site for updates) and Sun 3/1 at 2:00 PM.

Concessions will be available.  Kenyon Arena is fully accessible.  The show is run by the Middlebury College Figure Skating Club, a non-competitive figure skating program, with participation open to kids from the local community. 

Hack Education Writer / Activist Audrey Watters to Speak about MiddCreate

events, For Faculty, For Staff, MiddCreate, Middlebury, middpoints, pedagogy

On October 21 at 1:30pm ET, the Office of Digital Learning and the Digital Learning Commons will be hosting a talk by Audrey Watters, internationally recognized education writer and speaker. Audrey will give a talk called “Attending to the Digital / Reclaiming the Web“, which will focus on issues of digital identity and ownership, and on the Domain of One’s Own movement that inspired Middlebury’s own MiddCreate. On Middlebury Campus, we will gather to watch and discuss the livestream at 1:30pm ET in the Davis Family Library, room 105A. For more information, visit the Office of Digital Learning blog.

Ancient clay artifact meets the Future

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Today in Special Collections, our oldest text faced the library’s newest technology.

Our cuneiform tablet, a beer token from 2,000 BCE, took a new form when DLA postdoctoral fellow Kristy Golubiewski-Davis captured it in a 3D scan.

Mounted on a tripod, a small camera photographs the tablet, on a turntable, while a small projector shines different light patterns onto its surface. In the background, a laptop shows the 3D scan as it materializes.

To see 3D scanning in action – along with the tablet and other important Special Collections objects – come to Davis Family Library this Friday! Kristy will by demonstrating 3D scanning in the library atrium from 10am-2pm, and Special Collections will host our annual Fall Family Weekend Open House from 1pm-4pm.

And stay tuned for a 3D printout made from the scan coming soon, a plastic facsimile students and researchers can inspect in their own hands!

Envisioning Middlebury: Talk by Gardner Campbell on Friday

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Gardner Campbell

We are pleased to announce the second in our series of speakers for Envisioning Middlebury, our yearlong conversation.

Dr. Gardner Campbell serves as associate professor of English and special assistant to the provost at Virginia Commonwealth University. In his talk, he will discuss how the paradigm of “romantic computing—the experience of wonders [and] uncanny encounters” through technology—can help us fulfill our highest educational ideals.

Dr. Campbell will speak at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey on Friday, May 6, at 12:15 p.m., PDT, in the 499 Van Buren videoconferencing room. Vermont participants are encouraged to attend and participate in the videoconference in Davis Library 105 at 3:15 p.m., EDT.  Opportunity for discussion immediately following.

Envisioning Middlebury is a community conversation to engage individuals across the Middlebury community. These discussions will form the foundation for Middlebury’s strategic planning process. Please join us by attending the talk and engaging in our community conversation.

Sincerely,

Susan Baldridge

“Shall we their fond pageant see?” A Midsummer Night’s Dream May 5-8!

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While our February Folio fever has passed, the Shakespeare celebration continues with the theater department’s upcoming production, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Come watch the latest show in the long legacy of Shakespeare at Middlebury with performances at 7:30pm Thursday-Saturday, May 5-7 and 2pm Sunday, May 8th in Wright Theater!

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And be sure to catch Special Collections’ archival exhibit featuring historic costume and set designs of past Middlebury Shakespeare productions! On display for a limited time in the atrium of Davis Family Library.

Middlebury's 1971 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Middlebury’s 1971 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Original watercolor costume design by legendary Middlebury costume and set designer Capp Potter for the 1978 production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

Winter Carnival 2016 Ice Skating Show

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The Ice Show features skaters of all ages and abilities in a fun event filled with music and costumes.  Cheer on the beginner skaters and be dazzled by guest skaters who perform in national competitions.  Come and enjoy the show!

Saturday, February 27 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, February 28 at 2:00 p.m. in Kenyon Arena.

Tickets are $6.00 (general admission), available at the door.

First Folio Festival Thursday!

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Join us this Thursday February 18th to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death and the First Folio! exhibit at the Middlebury Museum of Art.

Starting at 4:30pm in the Center for the Arts lobby, there will be musical and theatrical performances, guided tours of the exhibit with professors of English and American Literature Timothy Billings and James Berg, children’s activities with Page One Literacy, and sweet and savory Renaissance refreshments.

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Shakespeare’s First Folio at Middlebury – Keynote Wednesday and more events to come!

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This February, one of the most important books in the history of English literature is coming to Middlebury. This year marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, and to honor the centuries of the bard’s influence, the Folger Shakespeare Library is sponsoring a national tour of their collection of First Folios.

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Considered one of the most influential books in the world, the First Folio includes 36 Shakespeare plays, 18 of which had never been printed before the First Folio in 1623. Without the First Folio, all of those plays – including Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, As You Like It, and more – might have been lost forever.

From February 2-28, Middlebury College will serve as the Vermont site of the national tour, displaying the First Folio at the Middlebury Museum of Art.

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To kick off this month of celebration, James Shapiro, Columbia University professor and renowned Shakespeare scholar, will give a lecture on Shakespeare’s role in American history on Wednesday February 3rd at 7:00pm in the Concert Hall.

Visit go/shakespeare for more information about events throughout the month of February, including a First Folio Festival on Thursday February 18th at 4:30pm in the Center for the Arts Lobby.

Staff Council Lecture Series – January

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President Laurie Patton, Professor of Religion, will offer a fourth lecture in our series for staff on Wednesday, January 27th. Spend an hour with us and learn more about different belief systems across the globe while increasing your religious literacy. This is an exclusive staff event.

 

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Room 220

 

“Ancient Indian Contemplative Traditions and their Relevance for Today”

Presented by President Laurie Patton

 

Coffee and tea provided.