Language School graduates celebrate by throwing their caps in the air

Sights and Sounds

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Art and Science

A course led by biology professor Erin Eggleston explored creative ways to communicate the nature of microbes and related issues of social equity.
By Brett Simison

News and Announcements

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Essays and Commentary

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Person sitting along the banks of a flowing river

Undamming Hope

Dam removals offer an opportunity for ecological reconnection. And a wild education.
By Tara Lohan ‘99
Illustration by Sally Deng

Common Sense

In a world riven with division and disconnection, a Vermont poet and farmer searches for the ties that bind.
By Lucas Farrell’ 03

The Student Mind

Citing experiences in two of his courses, an associate professor of writing and rhetoric counters public sentiment that today’s college students are not taking the time to contemplate—and are writing less and less. 
By Hector Vila

Vignettes and Portraits

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Meet the Language School Attendees

We caught up with a few summer Language School attendees—some here for the first time, others returning for another session of immersive learning.

Self portrait of photographer Emily White

Robert A Jones Conference Room

Lunchtime Talk with Shabana Basij-Rasikh

Founder of the School of Leadership Afghanistan and Middlebury Alumna Shabana Basij-Rasikh discusses how the school educated Afghan girls in Kabul and now continues to do so from their campus in Rwanda. Lunch will be served.

Axinn Center Abernethy Room

Poetry Reading with Molly Johnsen & Haley Hutchinson

Molly Johnsen (BLSE ‘14), a former Winter Term instructor and department coordinator, will read from her new collection of poetry, Everything Alive. She will be joined by poet Haley Hutchinson (‘24) who will read from her new collection, Her Womanhood of Mine. Q&A to follow.