Health and Wellness Education contributes to your success by creating and maintaining a supportive and healthy campus environment.

We do this by helping you with the following:

  • Health promotion that is focused on protective factors and campus strengths.
  • Prevention that is focused on reducing personal, campus, and institution-wide health risks.

Health promotion and prevention are essential to students’ community engagement, participation in immersive learning, and development of skills as global problem solvers.

Events and Programs

We host regular events and programs throughout the year to help you feel supported in fostering your own health and wellness. We also offer a selection of workshops you can request for a group.

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Upcoming Events

  • Spark a Connection - First Years and Baby Febs!

    Join this event designed to help you meet and get to know other first year students and new febs. Come and get placed into a group with new people and see what connection sparks! PEAR peer health educators will guide conversation with engaging questions to help get things started. 

    Axinn Center 229

  • Green Dot - get a Donut and learn about the 3 D's

    What can each of us do to prevent interpersonal harm that can make social interactions unsafe? Join Green Dot and learn what proactive green dots you can do to support safety in the Middlebury community. Learn more about Green Dot at Middlebury by visiting go.middlebury.edu/greendot/

    Davis Family Library Vestibule (main entrance)

  • Therapy Dog Hour with Milo & Friends

    Visit with Milo, a campus certified therapy dog and a rotating crew of other certified therapy dog pals! Pets, head pats and scritches welcome. Woof, woof! 

    Davis Family Library Atrium

  • Meet SPECS, join SPECS, ask SPECS!

    Curious about applying to one of Health & Wellness Education’s peer groups, SPECS? SPECS stands for Sex Positive Education for College Students, and applications are open to be a sexual health peer educator. Drop by to meet current SPECS members & ask any questions you have! Find the application at go/applySPECS.

    Davis Family Library Vestibule (main entrance)

  • Peer group Pi Hall in Bi Hall

    Interested in joining one of Health & Wellness Education’s peer groups: SPECS or PEAR? Drop by “Pi Hall” for a slice of pie & to learn more about each group! Applications to apply are live & can be found at go/applyPEAR and go/applySPECS!

    McCardell Bicentennial Hall Tormondsen Great Hall

  • Burn Your Worries

    Need a release? A place to “put” your worries? Stop by the Atwater Dining Terrace to jot your worries down on wood to be added to a lunch time fire. 

    Atwater Dining Hall Terrace

  • Therapy Dog Hour with Milo & Friends

    Visit with Milo, a campus certified therapy dog and a rotating crew of other certified therapy dog pals! Pets, head pats and scritches welcome. Woof, woof! 

    Davis Family Library Atrium

  • Wellness Wednesday: A Visit from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

    Stop by to learn more about the work the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is doing to support college students and young Vermonters. Health Educators will share information about upcoming on campus training opportunities and off campus volunteer opportunities. 

    McCardell Bicentennial Hall Tormondsen Great Hall

  • SPECS Jeopardy - STI edition

    Join SPECS for a Jeopardy style workshop on all things Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). Bring your friends to make a Jeopardy team, with chances to win fun prizes! 

    Adirondack Coltrane Lounge

  • Therapy Dog Hour with Milo & Friends

    Visit with Milo, a campus certified therapy dog and a rotating crew of other certified therapy dog pals! Pets, head pats and scritches welcome. Woof, woof! 

    Davis Family Library Atrium

Join us for fun events, informative programs, and confidential one-on-one and small group support.

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Health Topics Just for You

Check out our health information and resources and also Campus Well, our online magazine of articles specifically for college students—about healthy relationships, stress reduction, and the latest on sexual health.

Who We Are

Our Health and Wellness team is here for you.

  • Madeline Hope

    Maddie is the Heath and Wellness Education Director and Mental Health Promotion Specialist.

    More about Madeline
  • Karly Beavers

    Karly is our Assistant Director and Health Promotion Specialist. She helps develop programs and events related to all aspects of our health and wellness.

    More about Karly
  • Anna Hand

    Anna is our Health Educator. She focuses on harm reduction and education about alcohol and other drugs and has spent time  as a sexual violence prevention advocate

    More about Anna
  • Kat Marshall

    Kat manages our clinical operations. She is a key point of contact and keeps everything running smoothly around the office.

    More about Kat