Our regular recap of goings on at the College and a look ahead to events on the horizon. As always, we hope to call your attention to items that captured ours and alert you to events that you won’t want to miss. If you have a news item that you think we’d be interested in, drop us a line at middmag@middlebury.edu.
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Two rising stars in the world of social entrepreneurship headlined the Middlebury Center for Social Entrepreneurship’s second annual symposium last week. MiddMag was there to catch the talks by Billy Parish and Majora Carter.
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Seven Days took note of an artistic milestone at Middlebury this week, featuring a story about the Dance Company of Middlebury’s 30th anniversary celebration, and its upcoming performance tour.
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Middlebury’s Jay Parini, enjoying an increasingly rare cold snap, penned a thoughtful reflection for CNN.com about returning from balmy Key West to a frigid Vermont.
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J-Term ’13 is winding down, which can only mean one thing: It’s Feb celebration time! The annual cap & gown ski-down is coming Saturday, along with lots of other festivities.
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Audio artists from the J-Term course Sound & Story will play their works at a special gathering on Wednesday, January 30, starting at 8 p.m. Billed as a must for storytelling fans, these radio documentaries will feature “rich stories of reclusive local craftsman, portraits of bike makers, ferrymen, zombies AND humans, and campus mysteries solved.” Who could resist?
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Middlebury men’s hockey hits the ice with special meaning this weekend, donning camouflage jerseys to raise money and awareness for the Wounded Warriors Project, which serves severely injured members of the U.S. armed forces. The jerseys will be auctioned off through silent auction during the games.