The $500 million goal for the college's upcoming capital campaign received local media coverage recently in the Burlington Free Press and the Addison Independent. The Associated Press picked up the Free Press article, and portions of the AP story then appeared in the Nov. 26 edition of the Boston Globe. A link to the AP article, titled "Middlebury eyes largest-ever fundraising drive," is available online.

Scholar-in-Residence Bill McKibben was interviewed on Nov. 3 by Associated Press for an article titled "Hundreds plan to rally against global warming." The article was picked up by several local and national newspapers and is available online at boston.com.

After the visit on Oct. 24 of Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr., and the announcement of the Justice William H. Rehnquist Professorship of American History and Culture, Middlebury College received media coverage in the Associated Press. Full text is available online.

Political Science Professor Eric Davis is quoted extensively in an Oct. 7 Associated Press article titled "In congressional race, warm and furry vs. stern and soldierly." The article is available on Boston.com.

On May 29 Middlebury College's commencement received coverage in the Associated Press and Boston.com. The text is available online.

The announcement of the trustees' approval of the strategic plan received publicity on May 15 in the Associated Press story "Middlebury College to diversify, hire more faculty" (The AP picked up the Burlington Free Press story.) The text is available online.

The Burlington Free Press ran a Feb. 24 story titled "Middlebury skier critically injured" which was picked up by the Associated PressBoston.com picked up the AP story which is available here.