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December

Sat Dec 23, 06 - Former U.S. Senator Robert Stafford, Middlebury class of 1935, dies at 93
Alumnus served two years as governor, 11 in House and 17 in Senate

Fri Dec 22, 06 - Men's hockey team hosts annual Holiday Classic December 31 and January 1
Middlebury takes on St. Anselm and Hobart and Trinity play in first round games

Mon Dec 18, 06 - Winter issue of New England Review features fiction, poetry and prose
Middlebury College literary publication includes well known poets and prose writers

Fri Dec 15, 06 - Eight Middlebury graduates receive Fulbright U.S. Student Awards for 2006-07
College is among top 10 nationally in number of Fulbright recipients

Wed Dec 13, 06 - Faculty update: Religion professor, student honored for journal article
Recent publications and accomplishments by Middlebury faculty

Tue Dec 12, 06 - Board of trustees promotes three faculty members to rank of associate professor
Tenure granted to professors in English, religion and geography departments

Mon Dec 04, 06 - Students, professor unearth evidence of Maya king at Guatemala site
Team discovers royal artifacts at Jaguar Hill dig

Sun Dec 03, 06 - Lessons and Carols on December 10 features choral music and readings
A tradition of the season includes shows at 4 and 7 p.m.

Sun Dec 03, 06 - Middlebury senior receives award for undergraduate research in biochemistry
Livia Vastag selected from among more than 100 students nationwide

November

Thu Nov 30, 06 - Cellist, pianist celebrate 30-year collaboration with concert on December 9
Dieuwke Davydov and Diana Fanning to replicate Mead Chapel performance of 1976

Tue Nov 28, 06 - Celebrated organist Paul Jacobs plays in Mead Chapel December 3
Performance will be on recently refurbished Gress-Miles organ

Tue Nov 28, 06 - College mourns the loss of longtime economics professor D.K. Smith
Popular professor was a Vermont native and Middlebury graduate

Sat Nov 25, 06 - Sign-up for Winter Term Workshops gets under way on November 27
Topics covered range from Advanced Wine Appreciation to Yoga for Tranquility

Sat Nov 18, 06 - Women's cross country team captures its fourth NCAA championship
Middlebury edges Amherst by one point for national title

Fri Nov 17, 06 - Middlebury's 'Sunday Night Group' helps energize statewide conference
Seventh annual 'Ideas into Action' event held at Vermont College

Fri Nov 17, 06 - A heads-up for students: Spring Term registration runs through December 1
Registrar's office web site has all you need to know

Wed Nov 15, 06 - Middlebury to offer masters degree in Chinese beginning in summer 2007
In first year, program will include spots for 15 students

Tue Nov 14, 06 - Student-run event, November 16-19, looks at race, class and the death penalty
Incarceration in Question organizes four-day workshop

Mon Nov 13, 06 - Students, faculty take part in conference examining Latin American issues
Middlebury hosts meeting of New England Council of Latin American Studies

Sat Nov 11, 06 - Women's soccer, women's cross country capture NCAA regional titles
Football shuts out Tufts to finish 6-2; field hockey, men's soccer fall in NCAA's

Thu Nov 09, 06 - Taiwanese pianist Pei-Yao Wang and friends perform on November 17
Concert takes place at Center for the Arts at 8 p.m.

Wed Nov 08, 06 - Christianity, social justice focus of student-run symposium November 9-15
Event sponsored by Intervarsity Christian Fellowship

Tue Nov 07, 06 - Scholar lectures November 9 on 'Socrates and Philosophy as a Way of Life'
John Cooper, professor and author, talks in Twilight Hall

Mon Nov 06, 06 - Field hockey, men's and women's soccer earn NCAA tournament bids
Women's soccer team upsets Amherst for NESCAC title

Mon Nov 06, 06 - Native American Heritage Month at Middlebury includes dance, lectures
Green Party VP candidate speaks on November 14

Mon Nov 06, 06 - Grant supports professor's research on ties between parents and students
Recent faculty accomplishments and publications

Fri Nov 03, 06 - 'Fuel or Food,' panel discussion on November 8, addresses global energy crisis
D.K. Smith Lecture Series event at McCardell Bicentennial Hall

Thu Nov 02, 06 - Talk on November 6 examines story of Dominican Republic's Mirabal sisters
Event is part of 'Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender Violence'

Wed Nov 01, 06 - Middlebury establishes fellowship program in environmental journalism
Bill McKibben will direct program that begins in September 2007

Wed Nov 01, 06 - Mexican poet Pura López Colomé reads from her work on November 2
Author of seven volumes of poetry and many translations

October

Tue Oct 31, 06 - Middlebury celebrates 'Religious Life Awareness Month' in November
Series of events sponsored by Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life

Mon Oct 30, 06 - Middlebury mourns loss of Kim Sparks, longtime professor of German
Message to the College community from President Liebowitz

Mon Oct 30, 06 - Middlebury College Snow Bowl will be 'carbon neutral' for 2006-07 season
Ski area purchases carbon offsets, as do College ski teams

Sun Oct 29, 06 - Soccer, field hockey teams reach NESCAC semifinals with first-round victories
Semis will be played on November 4

Thu Oct 26, 06 - Author Bill McKibben speaks October 27 'On Loving a Damaged Planet'
Talk is part of symposium celebrating Mountain Club's 75th anniversary

Thu Oct 26, 06 - Host of NPR's 'Living on Earth' talks October 30 on media and environment
Steve Curwood delivers annual Robert W. wan de Velde '75 Lecture

Tue Oct 24, 06 - Chief Justice Roberts helps college honor Rehnquist with professorship
History professor Jim Ralph first to hold Rehnquist chair

Tue Oct 24, 06 - Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. speaks this evening at Middlebury College
Jurist will deliver this year's John Hamilton Fulton Lecture

Sat Oct 21, 06 - Middlebury hockey teams featured on CBS Sports Spectacular October 22
Show will air following Sunday's NFL football telecasts

Fri Oct 20, 06 - Legendary concert pianist Krystian Zimerman plays in Concert Hall October 25
Concert is part of Middlebury's Performing Arts Series

Fri Oct 13, 06 - Florestan Trio plays Haydn, Schubert, Dvořák in Concert Hall October 20
British chamber music trio returns to Middlebury

Fri Oct 13, 06 - David Welna, congressional correspondent for NPR, talks on October 25
Talk on 'Crashing One-Party Rule' is part of 'Meet the Press' series

Wed Oct 11, 06 - Five faculty members received grants to take part in NEH Summer Institutes
Recent faculty accomplishments and publications

Tue Oct 10, 06 - Scholar and author talks October 13 on the myth of a polarized electorate
Morris Fiorina argues that most Americans are moderates

Mon Oct 09, 06 - Pianist Paul Lewis returns October 13 to continue series of Beethoven concerts
British musician will play at Middlebury four times this year

Fri Oct 06, 06 - Journalist talks October 12 on 'Oil vs. Wilderness: Selling Alaska's North Slope'
National Geographic contributor lectures at Robert A. Jones '59 House

Thu Oct 05, 06 - Marathon reading of Virgil's 'Aeneid' by students, faculty begins October 6
Classics department sponsors second annual marathon

Tue Oct 03, 06 - Historian talks October 6 on 'Restless Giant: U.S. from Watergate to 9/11'
Author James Patterson delivers Grant Lecture for 2006

Mon Oct 02, 06 - 'Focus the Nation,' effort to address climate change, begins at Middlebury
Initiative aims to involve 1,000 campuses nationwide

Mon Oct 02, 06 - Nobel Prize-winning economist William Sharpe lectures October 6 at college
Talk on 'Financing Retirement' at Robert A. Jones '59 House

Sun Oct 01, 06 - Report highlights progress on initiatives recommended in strategic plan
Hiring of dean for institutional diversity among the milestones

September

Sat Sep 30, 06 - Trustees approve biomass plant to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions
College hopes facility will stimulate growth of bioenergy economy

Fri Sep 29, 06 - Novelist Joseph McElroy will give a reading at Middlebury on October 5
Celebrated author will read from his work in Chateau's Grand Salon

Tue Sep 26, 06 - President invites students to take part in '100 Projects for Peace' initiative
Grant program established by Kathryn Wasserman Davis

Mon Sep 25, 06 - Artist lectures on his series, 'Americans Who Tell the Truth,' September 27
Robert Shetterley speaks in main library at 4:30

Fri Sep 22, 06 - Clifford Symposium, September 29-30, focuses on 'Urban Landscapes'
Event highlights intersection of power and creativity in nation's cities

Thu Sep 21, 06 - Professor, students engage in 24 hours of 'extreme research' at X-ray lab
Two trikes, one high-powered X-ray and gallons of coffee

Wed Sep 20, 06 - Ski team raises thousands for injured teammate with benefit 100-mile ride
Total tops $56,000 in first Kelly Brush Century Ride

Mon Sep 18, 06 - Candidates for Vermont's U.S. House seat debate at college September 26
Four seeking to succeed Bernie Sanders in Congress will take part

Fri Sep 15, 06 - Rolling Stone editor discusses 'the myth of fair and balanced' on September 21
Visit by Midd alum Will Dana is part of 'Meet the Press' series

Thu Sep 14, 06 - Posse Foundation vice president named dean for institutional diversity
Shirley Ramirez will be a member of president's staff

Thu Sep 14, 06 - Online and print collections offer help in understanding the U.S. Constitution
College celebrates 'Constitution Day' on September 17

Wed Sep 13, 06 - On September 20, learn about volunteer opportunities at MiddAction Fair
Alliance for Civic Engagement hosts event at McCullough

Tue Sep 12, 06 - First 2006-07 symposium, September 14-16, focuses on world of hip-hop
Event, titled 'Bad as I Wanna Be,' takes place mostly at Twilight Hall

Mon Sep 11, 06 - Treasures of ancient Sumeria now on display at Middlebury Museum of Art
World's first civilization arose in what is now Iraq

Sun Sep 10, 06 - New campus maps on the web offer a fresh look at Middlebury College
Online tools offer several views of the campus

Wed Sep 06, 06 - Midd ski team tackles 100-mile bike ride to benefit injured teammate
Skiers raise money to purchase mono-ski for Kelly Brush

Tue Sep 05, 06 - Middlebury College welcomes 36 new faculty for 2006-07 academic year
Teachers come from top universities in the country and around the world

August

Thu Aug 31, 06 - Fall issue of New England Review, Middlebury's literary quarterly, now available
New contributors and regulars featured

Wed Aug 30, 06 - Orientation for first-year students in class of 2010 begins September 6
Schedule and more info available at web site

Tue Aug 29, 06 - Middlebury student-athlete wins NCAA Division III award for sportsmanship
Tennis captain Nate Edmunds '06 one of just six honored nationwide

Tue Aug 22, 06 - Student-athlete earns NCAA scholarship supporting post-graduate study
Lacrosse player Gabe Wood '06 one of just 58 athletes honored nationwide

Fri Aug 18, 06 - Middlebury's School of Russian named for Kathryn Wasserman Davis
Gift will establish 'Projects for Peace' and 'Scholarships for Peace'

Wed Aug 16, 06 - Middlebury celebrates opening of Max Kade Center for German Studies
Center hosts German department and summer German Language School

Wed Aug 16, 06 - Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, nation's oldest, now under way
Public is invited to readings and lectures

Sat Aug 12, 06 - Middlebury physics professor helps clock record-breaking neutron star
Object found to be moving at 1,500 kilometers per second

Sat Aug 12, 06 - Construction begins on Axinn Center for Literary and Cultural Studies
Starr Library to be renovated, with work to be complete in fall 2008

Wed Aug 09, 06 - Summer Language Schools commencement scheduled for August 18
About 170 students will receive graduate degrees

Fri Aug 04, 06 - Two teachers share first prize in Bread Loaf's poetry contest for 2006
This summer's Robert Haiduke Poetry Contest winners announced

Fri Aug 04, 06 - In the summer issue of Middlebury Magazine : The 2006 fiction contest winner
Also: Alumni make careers raising, growing, brewing fine food and drink

Wed Aug 02, 06 - Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble presents Big Love by Charles Mee August 2-6
Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble presents Charles Mee's 'Big Love,' August 2-6

July

Fri Jul 28, 06 - Stargazers invited: Open house night at college observatory on August 2
Jupiter and its moons will be highlights, weather permitting

Thu Jul 27, 06 - Work under way on conversion of Hillcrest Hall into environmental center
Project brings together historic preservation, sustainable design

Thu Jul 27, 06 - Center for the Arts concert on July 29 features traditional Chinese music
Zhiming Han and Cynthia Hsiang return to Middlebury

Mon Jul 24, 06 - Middlebury recognized as among top 100 colleges for LGBT students
School included in 'The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students'

Mon Jul 24, 06 - Language Schools offer July 30 symposium on terrorism and mass media
Lectures and discussions will be in English

Fri Jul 21, 06 - Enrollment sets all-time record for Middlebury College Language Schools
Nine schools teach a total of 1,330 students

Thu Jul 20, 06 - Midd alum receives Cooke Foundation scholarship for graduate studies
Delia Conache '05 to pursue master's at Rhode Island School of Design

Wed Jul 12, 06 - Professor leads seminar on 40th anniversary of Chicago Freedom Movement
Jim Ralph offers classes July 26-27 at Chicago's Newberry Library

Fri Jul 07, 06 - Chinese paintings, Koren cartoons highlight summer offerings at museum
Middlebury Museum of Art open Tuesday through Sunday

Mon Jul 03, 06 - Middlebury Language Schools 92nd summer session now in full swing
Nine languages, 220 teachers, 1,300 students

Mon Jul 03, 06 - International Film Festival continues July 8 with Cannes winner 'Hidden'
Summer-long event includes nine films in nine languages

June

Thu Jun 29, 06 - Middlebury alumna and assistant dean selected as head softball coach
Kelly Bevere '99 will also continue as assistant basketball coach

Tue Jun 27, 06 - U.S. Ski Team coach selected to lead men's and women's alpine teams
Stever Bartlett succeeds Forest Carey as head coach

Tue Jun 27, 06 - Potomac Theatre Project opens its 20th season outside Washington, D.C.
Middlebury professors Richard Romagnoli and Cheryl Faraone direct plays, including student performers, in summer festival at Olney Theatre Center

Mon Jun 19, 06 - Bread Loaf Writers' Conference awards annual prizes for fiction and poetry
Bakeless prizes include publication and a Bread Loaf fellowship

Sun Jun 18, 06 - Middlebury College adopts strategic plan, 'Knowledge without Boundaries'
Financial aid, larger faculty, residential life top priorities

Thu Jun 15, 06 - Middlebury selects alumnus as new head coach for men's lacrosse team
David Campbell '00 will succeed athletic-director-to-be Erin Quinn

Mon Jun 12, 06 - Photos, a gift to museum, examine America's relationship with its forests
'Turning Back' by Robert Adams goes on display in January 2007

Sat Jun 10, 06 - Middlebury hosts meeting of financial aid experts from around the country
568 Group includes only schools with need-blind admission policies

Thu Jun 08, 06 - Middlebury, Monterey host conference on teaching nonproliferation
Institute on Middlebury campus includes lectures, films, discussions, workshops

May

Sun May 28, 06 - Commencement 2006: 600 graduates urged to engage wider world
UNICEF director, five others receive honorary degrees

Fri May 26, 06 - Thirty one Middlebury student-athletes named to NESCAC All-Academic team
Awards for spring sports season go to juniors, seniors

Wed May 24, 06 - Fellowships support professor's research on Rome's original Pantheon
Pieter Broucke will spend year on leave in Rome

Fri May 19, 06 - NCAA update: Men's tennis in finals; baseball wins second game in regional
Women's lacrosse plays in semis Saturday

Fri May 19, 06 - Middlebury admissions office offers workshop on applying to college June 2
Registration deadline is May 23

Sun May 14, 06 - Baseball wins NESCAC title; women's lacrosse reaches NCAA final four
Men's lacrosse advances to NCAA quarterfinal game

Thu May 11, 06 - Mischords, Dissipated Eight hold their end-of-the-year concert on May 12
'Spring Jambo' begins at 8 in Mead Chapel

Thu May 11, 06 - Board of trustees grants tenure to eight Middlebury faculty members
Promotions to associate professor take effect July 1

Wed May 10, 06 - College will not invest in firms supporting policies of Sudanese government
President announces decision to Middlebury community

Tue May 09, 06 - Student group sponsors discussion May 10 on realities of war in Iraq
Two Iraq veterans and father of fallen soldier will take part in 'community dialogue'

Mon May 08, 06 - Men's and women's lacrosse take NESCAC titles and earn NCAA berths
Both teams will host NCAA games on May 13

Mon May 08, 06 - British pianist continues series of Beethoven concerts at Middlebury on May 12
Paul Lewis to play in Center for the Arts concert hall

Sat May 06, 06 - Baseball team, with record 21st win, earns first-ever trip to NESCAC tourney
Sophomore throws complete-game shutout in victory over Wesleyan

Fri May 05, 06 - Middlebury students talk strategy on politics of climate change May 8-9
Vermont's Bernie Sanders speaks May 8 at 7 p.m.

Thu May 04, 06 - Erin Quinn, longtime lacrosse coach, picked as next director of athletics
Middlebury alum will succeed Russ Reilly on July 1

Thu May 04, 06 - Student-run 'Relay for Life' raises more than $187,000 for cancer research
Event closes in on goal of $200,000

Wed May 03, 06 - Scott Russell Sanders, essayist and environmentalist, speaks on May 4
Author of 'A Private History of Awe' lectures in Dana Auditorium

Tue May 02, 06 - Middlebury business forum on May 3 examines effects of outsourcing
Panel discussion part of D.K. Smith lecture series

Mon May 01, 06 - Times reporter talks May 4 about why media misses mark on climate change
Andrew Revkin lecture is part of 'Meet the Press' series

April

Wed Apr 26, 06 - Online course registration for fall term 2006 runs until May 6
Registrar's office provides up-to-date info online

Sun Apr 23, 06 - Clara Yu inaugurated as 12th president of Monterey Institute of International Studies, a Middlebury affiliate
Students, faculty, staff, alumni and Monterey community join in celebration

Fri Apr 21, 06 - Bernie Sanders will take part in 'Midd 8' panel discussion on April 28
Students organize panel discussions, lectures and 'Day of Community Involvement'

Fri Apr 21, 06 - Students host annual 'Relay for Life' to raise money, awareness April 28-29
Event benefits the American Cancer Society

Thu Apr 20, 06 - Senior's research focuses on 'electronic tether' between students, parents
Elena Kennedy '06 presents work in Washington April 25

Wed Apr 19, 06 - Middlebury College wraps up 2005 United Way of Addison County campaign
A message from the Middlebury College United Way Campaign Committee

Tue Apr 18, 06 - Iran's nuclear program and Iran-U.S. relations topic of lecture on April 18
Expert on Middle East speaks at 4:30 p.m.

Mon Apr 17, 06 - Students honored at college's Public Service Leadership Award dinner
Senior receives first Dana Morosini Reeve Memorial Award

Mon Apr 17, 06 - 'Active Minds' symposium, April 17-20, focuses on mental health issues
Student-run event includes lectures, films, discussions

Fri Apr 14, 06 - Middlebury Class of 2010 to be selected from among record 6,200 applicants
College sees 18 percent increase in applications

Thu Apr 13, 06 - Hip-hop artists highlight spring concert at Midd's Kenyon Arena on April 29
Tickets go on sale to general public April 17

Wed Apr 12, 06 - The crew from VH1's 'Best Week Ever' performs live at Middlebury April 14
Panel includes Midd alum Jessica St. Clair

Tue Apr 11, 06 - Fulbright award supports research project on food and culture in rural China
Recent faculty accomplishments and publications

Sun Apr 09, 06 - Student-run symposium, April 12-16, focuses on women's rights worldwide
'Global Feminism' includes lectures, film, discussions, poetry

Fri Apr 07, 06 - Book sale to benefit New Orleans highlights week of Katrina-related events
Donations can be dropped off at main library on April 10

Wed Apr 05, 06 - UNICEF director will deliver commencement address May 28 at Middlebury
Jim Jeffords, five others receive honorary degrees

Mon Apr 03, 06 - Middlebury senior awarded Watson Fellowship for a year of travel, research
Project will examine women and tattooing in cultures around the world

Mon Apr 03, 06 - Orange Grove Gospel Choir returns to Middlebury for concert on April 8
Event is part of Religious Awareness Week

Sun Apr 02, 06 - Symposium on April 8 focuses on issues facing women in higher education
Event open to public, but registration required

March

Fri Mar 31, 06 - Admissions decisions now available online to Middlebury applicants
User name and password required

Tue Mar 28, 06 - Elizabeth Kolbert, writer for The New Yorker, talks on climate change April 3
Lecture titled 'After the Ice: Reporting from a Warming World

Tue Mar 28, 06 - Student-run symposium on future of Afghanistan runs through April 7
Weeklong event includes discussions, lectures, films

Mon Mar 27, 06 - Memorial service to be held March 29 for Middlebury faculty member
Mark Southern, German professor, died on March 15

Tue Mar 21, 06 - Group recognizes Midd faculty, students for teaching excellence, public service
Vermont Campus Compact event takes place in Montpelier on March 30

Sun Mar 19, 06 - Men's and women's hockey teams celebrate three straight NCAA titles
Eighth championship for men, fifth for women

Thu Mar 16, 06 - College creates student award to honor memory of Dana Morosini Reeve
Alumna, with husband Christopher Reeve, spoke at commencement in 2004

Wed Mar 15, 06 - Fellowships support professor's book project on Rome's original Pantheon
Recent accomplishments and publications by Middlebury faculty

Tue Mar 14, 06 - British pianist Paul Lewis returns to Middlebury's Concert Hall on March 16
Continues series of Beethoven piano sonatas

Tue Mar 14, 06 - Midd's theatre department takes 'The Bewitched' to Kennedy Center in April
Darkly comic play on 16th-century Spain's royal family featured in national competition

Mon Mar 13, 06 - David Dorman receives 2006 Perkins Award for excellence in teaching
Awards ceremony and reception to be held March 14

Fri Mar 10, 06 - Womensing, local a capella group, performs free concert on March 11
Saturday night performance is in Mead Chapel

Wed Mar 08, 06 - Britain's Belcea Quartet returns to Middlebury for concert on March 12
Concert Hall event features music of Mozart, Shostakovich

Tue Mar 07, 06 - Dana Morosini Reeve '84, 2004 honorary degree recipient, dies at 44
Delivered commencement address with husband Christopher Reeve

Mon Mar 06, 06 - Writer, AIDS activist on campus March 8-9 for film screening and discussion
Students will perform scene from 'The Normal Heart'

Wed Mar 01, 06 - Student symposium March 2-4 examines 'The Changing Face of Tibet'
Event features film, dance, music, discussions

Wed Mar 01, 06 - Lecture on March 2 addresses the 'inspiration gap' in American education
Researcher talks in Warner Hemicycle at 4:30

February

Tue Feb 28, 06 - Climatologist speaks March 7 on 'Global Climate Change: Past and Future'
Michael Mann's 'hockey stick' graph shows Earth's warm-up

Mon Feb 27, 06 - Discussion on Feb. 28 focuses on controversy over caricatures of Muhammad
Middlebury's Islamic Society sponsors event

Sun Feb 26, 06 - Learn about Middlebury Relay for Life and the fight against cancer on Feb. 28
Goal for fund-raising event raised to $200,000

Thu Feb 23, 06 - Spring semester lecture series focuses on issues of religion, nation and state
Faculty members, visiting experts discuss religious, ethnic and civic identity

Tue Feb 21, 06 - Romanian pianist performs in Center for the Arts Concert Hall on March 3
Program includes Shostakovich, Schumann

Fri Feb 17, 06 - Winter term course takes students to New Orleans to join relief effort
Class faces harsh realities of a stricken city

Thu Feb 16, 06 - Pianist David Finckel, cellist Wu Han return to Middlebury for concert Feb. 21
Sonatas by Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev on the program

Thu Feb 16, 06 - Middlebury senior named to newspaper's all-academic team for 2006
Will Motley '06, Marshall Scholar and biochemistry major, honored by USA Today

Tue Feb 14, 06 - Committee presents draft of Middlebury's strategic plan to board of trustees
Document now available online

Mon Feb 13, 06 - Midd's 2006 Winter Carnival, with theme 'Iced Out,' runs through Feb. 26
Long weekend features ice show, ski races, and more

Fri Feb 10, 06 - Film inspired by student's African childhood and pet cheetah shows on Feb. 16
Movie borrows from life of senior Alexander Hopcraft

Wed Feb 08, 06 - Learn about local volunteer opportunities at MiddAction Fair on Feb. 13
Event sponsored by Midd's Alliance for Civic Engagement

Tue Feb 07, 06 - Exhibition opening Feb. 14 shows off College's antique scientific instruments
Winter term course combined science and art

Thu Feb 02, 06 - Orientation for Midd's February first-year students runs through Feb. 12
Web site includes words of wisdom from current Febs

Wed Feb 01, 06 - Middlebury again ranks near top in number of alumni serving in Peace Corps
College is eighth among small schools for 2006

Wed Feb 01, 06 - Students, faculty, staff work on documenting college's architectural heritage
Project gets help from Getty Foundation

January

Mon Jan 30, 06 - College hosts discussion of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' and Solomon Amendment
Students, faculty, staff hear issues debated

Mon Jan 30, 06 - February graduates celebrate with annual rite of passage at the Snow Bowl
Festivities begin Friday night in Center for the Arts

Mon Jan 30, 06 - Senior neuroscience major and lacrosse captain joins relief effort in Biloxi
Ali Perencevich '06 helps with clean-up over holidays

Sat Jan 28, 06 - On Jan. 30, students show off LEGO robots built during winter term course
Open house at Bicentennial Hall from 2-5 p.m.

Thu Jan 26, 06 - Middlebury professor part of 'Open Source' discussion on climate change
Is global warming more than an environmental issue?

Wed Jan 25, 06 - College, Middlebury Area Land Trust work together to create Otter View Park
New public park got its start in environmental studies class

Tue Jan 24, 06 - Students, faculty, visiting experts explore internet trends in Jan. 28 conference
DigitalBridges 2006 wraps up with 'town meeting discussion'

Tue Jan 24, 06 - Pianist helps Middlebury celebrate Mozart's 250th birthday on Jan. 27
Dejan Lazić returns for solo recital

Tue Jan 24, 06 - Dance Company of Middlebury presents premiere of "Enemies" Jan. 27-28
New work incorporates dance, video and music

Mon Jan 23, 06 - Researcher lectures on alcohol, memory and the developing brain on Jan. 25
'Dude, Where's My Car?'

Fri Jan 20, 06 - Middlebury's 2006 Relay for Life kicks off with event in McCullough on Jan. 24
Fundraising goal for this year is $200,000

Thu Jan 19, 06 - Watson Fellow reports on working alongside farmer-musicians in Tanzania
On the road with Bennett Konesni '05

Mon Jan 16, 06 - Middlebury celebrates Mozart's 250th birthday with lecture and concert
Composer's place in history and his music on display Jan. 20

Mon Jan 16, 06 - Vermont Genetics Network awards grants to two Middlebury faculty members
Faculty accomplishments and publications

Thu Jan 12, 06 - College honors four local citizens for community service at Jan. 11 ceremony
Citizens medals awarded at Kirk Alumni Center

Wed Jan 11, 06 - College celebrates life of Rev. Martin Luther King with words, music Jan . 16
Morning tribute, evening concert in Mead Chapel

Wed Jan 11, 06 - Middlebury hosts U.S. women's Olympic hockey team for game on Jan. 16
Team USA will play Green Mountain Glades

Mon Jan 09, 06 - Philip Hamilton, composer and performer, gives Middlebury concert Jan. 12
1982 Middlebury graduate performs in Dana Auditorium

Mon Jan 09, 06 - Chemistry professor discusses his research in inaugural Kenan lecture
'A Spectroscopist's View of Metals in Biology'

Thu Jan 05, 06 - Middlebury men's hockey players serve as mentors for local youngsters
In Ripton, a friendly game of Doctor Dodgeball

Thu Jan 05, 06 - Fulbright scholar Dena Simmons talks Jan. 5 about work in Dominican Republic
2005 graduate speaks in Mitchell Green Lounge

Tue Jan 03, 06 - College environmental groups host 'Get Outside Week' Jan. 15-20
Discover winter and learn about climate change

Sandals and a water bottle in grass