Here are the week’s headlines from the News Room: Institute Merges Art History with Digital Mapping Graduates Celebrate at Bread Loaf School of English Commencement View past stories by visiting the News Room page. …Continue Reading The Week’s Headlines
Day: August 15, 2014
Join the Environmental Council
The Middlebury Environmental Council (EC) is looking for staff interested in serving on the Council for the 2014-15 academic year. The EC is a standing committee that develops policy recommendations, initiates projects in partnership with the Office of Sustainability Integration … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Join the Environmental Council
Learn CPR and First Aid Skills FOR FREE on August 19th
Do you know how to save a life? Want to brush up on your first aid skills? All students, faculty and staff are invited to take an American Heart Association certified First Aid and CPR class, offered free of charge, … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Learn CPR and First Aid Skills FOR FREE on August 19th
Fenno’s Paradox, or Why You Should Ignore That Poll That Says We Hate Our Member of Congress
This WashingtonPost/ABC poll finds that, “for the first time ever”, a majority of those surveyed disapprove not just of Congress, but of their own member of Congress. What does this portend for the fall midterm election? As I write in … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Fenno’s Paradox, or Why You Should Ignore That Poll That Says We Hate Our Member of Congress
Friday Links – August 15
How Successful People Stay Calm (from LinkedIn) Article explains optimal stress and includes 10 best strategies for managing stress (and emotions). Churnalism: When Press Releases Masquerade as News Stories British YouTube video illustrating “churnalism” (media articles based on press releases) with examples of how some fake press releases made it into mainstream media. By Churnalism.com […]…Continue Reading Friday Links – August 15
Pending print subscription cancellations
Between September 2012 and June 2014, Lisa McLaughlin, our über Collections Associate, tallied uses of all of our print journals. That is, Lisa counted magazines dutifully left by readers who followed the directions on our “Please-Do-Not-Reshelve-Your-Magazines” signs in the Current Periodicals section of the Davis Family Library. 191 of the titles we currently subscribe to were reshelved only one […]…Continue Reading Pending print subscription cancellations
NExpress downtime Monday, August 18th
On Monday, August 18th from 11 am – 3 pm, NExpress will be unavailable for requesting while our vendor upgrades a server. We apologize for any inconvenience….Continue Reading NExpress downtime Monday, August 18th