Weekly Web Updates – June 27, 2016

Our team spent much of last week finding and fixing a number of errors related to the Drupal production environment migration to Chef.  If any additional errors pop up that we might not have caught, please let us know via the Helpdesk. Updates WordPress 4.5.3 Fixes and Tweaks A “More Link” field has been added […]…Continue Reading Weekly Web Updates – June 27, 2016

Al-Manhal Arabic e-books and journals (trial ends August 16, 2016)

Through mid-August, our Middlebury and Monterey campuses have trial access to this database from Al-Manhal, the only provider of full-text searchable databases of scholarly and scientific publications from the Arab and Islamic world. Al-Manhal’s over 13,000 e-books and 300 peer-reviewed journals can be searched through the user-friendly platform linked above. The full-text content is also […]…Continue Reading Al-Manhal Arabic e-books and journals (trial ends August 16, 2016)

The Bread Loaf Preservation Project: Photo exhibit in the Davison Library

In June 2015, Middlebury College and the Vermont Land Trust, with the support of Louis Bacon ’79, signed a conservation easement forever protecting Middlebury’s 2,100 acre Bread Loaf campus. A photo exhibit in the Davison Library for the summer celebrates this initiative. Photographs by Brett Simison and stories from people involved in the conservation project […]…Continue Reading The Bread Loaf Preservation Project: Photo exhibit in the Davison Library

Observatory Stargazing Open House Nights – Summer 2016

Middlebury College Observatory and Middlebury Physics will again host stargazing open house nights this summer. These Observatory events are scheduled for Wednesday evenings, June 29, July 6, 20, 27, and August 3, from 9:00 PM until 10:30 PM and are weather permitting. Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars will be in the evening sky on many of […]…Continue Reading Observatory Stargazing Open House Nights – Summer 2016

HR UPDATE: THIS WEEK’S EMPLOYMENT SNAPSHOT

There are currently 2 faculty positions, 52 external job postings (regular, on-call and temporary), and 2 internal job postings on the Middlebury employment opportunities web sites. Employment Quick Links: Faculty Employment Opportunities:http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/administration/prospective_faculty/employment Staff Employment Opportunities: go/staff-jobs (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/staff-jobs (off campus) Please note – to view only internal staff postings, please use the internal posting search filter that […]…Continue Reading HR UPDATE: THIS WEEK’S EMPLOYMENT SNAPSHOT

Join the Friends of International Students Host Program!

  Dear Faculty and Staff- Our Friends of International Students (FIS) host program recruiting and matching process for the recently admitted Class of 2020 has begun! The Class of 2020 will include more than 70 international students, including some U.S. students who have lived abroad and international exchange students. Please contact us if you’re interested […]…Continue Reading Join the Friends of International Students Host Program!