Staff Art and Craft Exhibit – March 15th; 1-4 p.m.

Browse and enjoy works of art and craft created by Middlebury College staff members. Exhibitors will include Maura Clancy with handmade baskets; Cheryl Burnham and Arabella Holzapfel with hand-knit and beaded items; Wayne Darling with rustic furniture; Sandy Bonomo with … Continue reading Continue Reading Staff Art and Craft Exhibit – March 15th; 1-4 p.m.

Red Tent Event, March 9, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., McCullough Social Space

Chellis House, Middlebury College’s Women’s Resource Center, invites all people who identify as women*) to its first “Red Tent Event” at McCullough Social Space on Sunday, March 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Intended to rejuvenate and empower us … Continue reading Continue Reading Red Tent Event, March 9, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., McCullough Social Space

Today’s Students Are Changing Colleges

When the trustees were here last weekend, I shared a compelling article with them— “Ways Today’s Students Are Radically Changing Our Colleges” from AGB Trusteeship magazine. The article reviews the findings of a six-year national study involving 33 campuses and thousands of students and concludes that students today are “different from their predecessors in ways […]…Continue Reading Today’s Students Are Changing Colleges

A little look at Middlebury’s dwarf-sized books

We’ve been talking a lot about little things in the College’s Special Collections & Archives as we pay extra attention to pocket-sized books in our midst. Our smallest book (so far) is a 2 inch tall History of the Bible, published in Cooperstown, New York, in 1836 (pictured below).  The general definition of a miniature book […]…Continue Reading A little look at Middlebury’s dwarf-sized books