Middlebury received a total of 11,831 applications for the Class of 2029 and 2029.5 with a record high number of international students in the pool. Acceptances were sent to 13.9 percent of the applicant pool.
Davis, a Vermont native, will join philanthropist Marna Olsen Davis, author Heather McGhee, and artist Dario Robleto in receiving honorary degrees at the May 25 ceremony.
The annual award promotes cultural interchange and good will between Scotland and the United States.
Four other recent graduates and one current student received honorable mention.
The award celebrates exceptional contributions of alumni in any field of endeavor.
The Wilton, Connecticut, native plans to travel to five countries over the coming year to study landscape design movements.
Nine students and alumni were selected for the 2024–2025 academic year.
The gift honors a professor who led the creation of Middlebury’s computer science program.
The board at its February meeting reviewed tuition and fees, signed off on construction and renovation projects, and received an update on the Middlebury Institute of International Studies business plan.
Thanks to the generosity of three alumni from the classes of 1983, 1988, and 1990, Middlebury will match gifts to establish new financial aid funds up to $1 million per fund through the Endow the Future Challenge.
