Welcome to Brainerd Commons!
The offices of Brainerd Commons are located in Stewart Hall, which is also the residential hall for all first-year students and a limited number of sophomores in Brainerd Commons. Most sophomores live in near-by Hepburn Hall. As with all the Commons, students in their junior and senior year may live throughout the campus, but retain their affiliation with their Commons, their Commons Dean and Commons Heads for the duration of their Middlebury careers.
The Brainerd Staff
The nucleus of the Brainerd team consists of Dean Matthew Pacholec, the Head of Brainerd Commons, Robert Schine, the Commons Coordinator, Diane Burnham and CRA (Commons Resident Advisor) Reid Hansen '09. This core group works closely with the Brainerd Residential Life staff and the Commons Council.
The residential life staff consists of two Residential Advisers (RA's) in Hepburn and seven First Year Counselors (FYCs) living in Stewart Hall. The Residential Life staff is guided by CRA Reid Hansen '09.
The Brainerd Commons Council oversees the academic and social programming in Brainerd Commons. It is led by a group of students with a wide variety of experiences and involvements both in Brainerd and in Middlebury at large. Commons Head Robert Schine participates in Council meetings in an advisory role. The Council welcomes initiatives; it provides a framework through which students' ideas can be nurtured into realities. The Council holds regular open meetings at which members of Brainerd Commons can present proposals and ask for support from the Council.
Contact Brainerd's Web site administrator: Diane Burnham