Wilson Media Lab in the Davis Family Library. Home to the Digital Media Tutor program.

Do the terms instructional technology, digital liberal arts and digital humanities draw your interest? Are you looking for a way to add some multimedia skills to your resume? And most importantly, do you want to see and learn about how you can combine academic work and new media? (Check out the Chronicle’s article about the combination of liberal arts and digital media skills here.)

The Digital Media Tutor program is looking for students who want to learn more about these areas. Extreme technical expertise is not required but a willingness to learn, a professional work ethic, great interpersonal and communication skills and an interest in working with others are all necessary to be successful in this position.

The program has current openings for:

Multimedia Lab Tutor Trainees

This is an introductory position where we teach you the nuts and bolts of digital media development. Learn how to create high quality images, starting with the scanning of slides and photographs, and moving into editing for print and web delivery.  Learn how to capture, edit and render video for DVD and web.

Previous experience is not required.  The tutor trainee position will begin with limited training hours during the spring semester, culminating in a transition to the tutor position (level B) prior to the start of summer. Students interested in applying for this opportunity must be willing to commit to 40 – 50 hours of training during the spring semester and 40 hours per week of work during the majority of the summer break. Priority will be given to applicants who can work for the full summer.

Apply online here: https://go.middlebury.edu/dmttrainee

Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions.

Heather Stafford, hstafford@middlebury.edu

Multimedia/Curricular Technologist 

Confirmation emails will be going out this Friday, May 2nd to all students who submitted a 2014 Summer Employment & Housing Agreement to the Student Employment Office. The intent of this email is to confirm whether or not a student has requested on campus housing for the summer and, when applicable, the dates that they will be housed.

Students have until noon on May 5th to correct any errors or make any changes to the information provided on their Summer Agreement. Please make sure to thoroughly review the information provided in the email and notify SEO (seo@middlebury.edu) right away of any errors or changes.

If you are a Midd student hired to work for Middlebury this summer, a Summer Student Employment and Housing Agreement must be submitted to SEO by April 18^th (even if you do not need on campus housing).

Please visit the Student Employment Office Web page to view this summer’s procedures and policies. Forms are available on the SEO website.

For answers to your questions regarding summer student employment please reference the email sent on Friday, April 4, titled “Answers to your questions about working on campus this summer”.

Please contact the Student Employment Office with any additional questions at seo@middlebury.edu or X5377.

It’s well known that music and singing have great, positive effects on mind and body, so we hope you’ll consider joining fellow students, staff and faculty, and residents from Addison County, as part of the College Community Chorus.  Rehearsals for our spring program begin in J-term, as we prepare an exciting program for performance with the Champlain Philharmonic, including a newly arranged work by professor Peter Hamlin with texts by Julia Alvarez, Jay Parini, Robert Pack, Langston Hughes; selections from Gilbert & Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore; works by Verdi including the famous Anvil Chorus; and Aaron Copland’s inspiring The Promise of Living.

No audition needed. Just stop by to sign out a folder and start to join in the song!  J-term is a great time to explore the world of music!

Sun, 1/12  (7-8:30, Mead Chapel); Tue, 1/14 (7-8:30, Mead).
Sun, 1/19 (7-8:30, Mead); Tue, 1/21 (7-8:30, MCA CH)
Sun, 1/26 (7-8:30, Mead)

Info: Jeff Rehbach, conductor, 989-7355 or rehbach@middlebury.edu

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!