In previous posts (see here and here and here), I noted that the Republican pickup of 63 House seats (with one race still to be determined) was the largest midterm seat gain since 1938 – a gain that almost no … Continue reading →…Continue Reading The Most Nationalized Midterm Election In At Least 56 Years
Month: December 2010
Supervising Peer Writing Tutors and First-Year Seminar Mentors
At the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research, over the course of the semester, we check in with our PWTs and FYSMs to see how they are doing, to offer advice, to help them with problems that arise. Over the first half of the semester while regular training sessions are scheduled, we see PWTs and […]…Continue Reading Supervising Peer Writing Tutors and First-Year Seminar Mentors
Five Questions for Gary Margolis and Karl Lindholm
Gary Margolis is Executive Director of Counseling and Associate Professor of English. Karl Lindholm is Dean of Cook Commons and Assistant Professor of American Studies. Both are Middlebury graduates from the class of 1967. 1. You have worked with literally … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Five Questions for Gary Margolis and Karl Lindholm
Website Improvements #8: JavaScript and the Editor
Summary for those who aren’t interested in the details: The site should load faster Menu reordering is easier You can now copy and paste directly from Microsoft Word JavaScript is a programming language used by your web browser that allows … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Website Improvements #8: JavaScript and the Editor
Hanukkah
Hanukkah begins tonight, Wednesday Dec. 1st. We’ll be lighting a menorah together at the Jewish Center tonight (Wed.) at 5:30pm, Thursday at 5:30, Friday right before Shabbat, and Saturday also at 5:30pm. It only takes a few minutes and will … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Hanukkah
New Breadloaf Weather Station
Thanks to Environmental Council, Facilities Services has installed a second weather station, this one up at Breadloaf campus. It’s hanging on the side of the Laundry shack, next to the really cool old telephone booth. We use weather information from the station on main campus all the time, from worrying about snow removal to tracking […]…Continue Reading New Breadloaf Weather Station
Cool Class Taught by LIS Staff Member!
Kudos and huzzahs to Andrew Wentink, Curator of Special Collections & Archives, for receiving recognition in the Fall 2010 issue of Middlebury Magazine! Andy’s class on “Social Dance in Popular Culture” was cited as one of 10 particularly interesting course … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Cool Class Taught by LIS Staff Member!