2000s

Members of The Grift lie on the floor looking at each other.

1990s, 2000s, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture, Experience

New Shift for the Grift

A new member officially joins the Grift (Clint Bierman ’97, Jeff Vallone ’97.5, and Peter Day ’01).

2000s, Alumni, Athletics

The International Ice Hockey Federation profiled Tania Kenny ’08, whose path in the sport has taken her from two NCAA championships with Middlebury to managing Hockey Canada teams to coordinating operations for the Edmonton Oilers.

2000s, Middlebury College, Alumni, Experience, Identity

Mind-Dog Connection

Kate Speer Fisher ’09.5 holds nothing back in sharing her mental health journey through misdiagnoses, hospitalizations, friendships, and the help of “fluff-bombing” dogs on the podcast Depresh Mode with John Moe.

a Habitat for Humanity house with light wood siding, surrounded by a snowy yard.

2000s, Alumni, Equity & Justice, Politics & Government

Resources for Low-Income Vermont Communities

Elise Shanbacker ’07 was interviewed by WCAX about infrastructure projects in rural areas of Vermont that are now getting a boost of federal funding.

Drew Miller and Kyle Miller face each other on a floating dock with an officiant between them and two witnesses each on the left and right. The boards of the deck are wet in the center and edges.

2000s, Alumni, Experience

Modern Love

For the New York Times’s Tiny Love Stories series, Drew Miller ’03 recounts being nearly swamped, literally and figuratively, while he and his husband exchanged vows at their wedding.

Elie Wiesel, Professor of the Humanities, Boston University, USA speaks during the session ‘A New Agenda: Combining Efficiency and Human Dignity’ at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos/Switzerland, January 28, 2003

2000s, Academic Excellence, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture

Healing with Elie Wiesel

Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel spoke at Middlebury in 2002.

Steve Sclafani ’05 looking at the yield in his fish market

2000s, Alumni, Entrepreneurship

Family Fishmonger

Follow Steve Sclafani ’05 as he makes a 3 a.m. run to select thousands of pounds of fish for his 330 regular customers.

Elizabeth Hackett Robinson ’84, President Laurie Patton, and Heather Neuwirth Lovejoy ’08

1980s, 2000s, Middlebury College, Academic Excellence, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture, Entrepreneurship, Experience, Philanthropy, Staff

Kelson Foundation Gift

Middlebury has received a gift of $5 million from the Kelson Foundation to support the future of the Innovation Hub, home to Middlebury’s programs on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

Black and White photo of a statue of an angel weeping into their arms

2000s, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture

Hidden Seasons of Grief

Dixie Dillon Lane ’05 published a poignant essay on long-term grief in Current, calling for more practices acknowledging that “grief comes not all at once, but over many seasons.”

2000s, Alumni, Politics & Government

Economic Legacy

Legacy National Economic Council Director Brian Deese ’00 will be making a preplanned departure from the Biden administration this month after two years as the president’s top economic advisor.