Experience

Lyman Orton ’63 posing in front of artwork

1960s, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture, Experience

For the Love of Vermont

Lyman Orton ’63 is displaying over 200 works of 20th-century Vermont art in collaboration with the Bennington Museum and the Southern Vermont Arts Center.

Drew Petzing ’09 on a football field with a stern look and arms crossed.

2000s, Alumni, Athletics, Experience

The Athletic profiled the football coaching journey of Drew Petzing ’09, from his start at Middlebury working under then head coach Bob Ritter ’82 to his current role as offensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals.

Aerial photo of The Knoll at Middlebury College

Middlebury College, Alumni, Environment, Experience, Students

The Knoll's Roots Run Deep: Garden on the Hill Celebrates 20th Anniversary

by Terri Hallenbeck

This Knoll, which is the brainchild of two undergraduates (Bennett Konesni ’04.5 and Jean Hamilton ’04.5), has been blessed by the Dalai Lama (in 2012), and provides food for the campus and community, has become a beloved fixture on campus.

Middlebury 2023 Thing Captain America Cast

2000s, Arts, Language, Culture, Experience

Doctor-Artist

This summer, CBS News profiled pediatric surgeon Lissie Fishman ’01, who makes art on the casts of her young patients after she finishes operating.

Middlebury 2023 Place Otter Creek Flooded With Mother and Child

2020s, Middlebury College, Academic Excellence, Environment, Experience, Faculty, Science & Tech

Flooded Summer

For Vermonters, this has been a summer of heavy rains and destructive floods, including August flash floods in Middlebury.

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, 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.

2020s, Middlebury College, Experience

New Residence Hall Construction

The College recently broke ground for a 298-bed, 87,000-square-foot residence hall that will begin housing first-year students in fall 2025.

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.

A graduate embraces their relative at the WLAX graduation 2023 celebration

2020s, Middlebury College, Academic Excellence, Alumni, Athletics, Experience, Students

Victory in Threes

The Middlebury women’s lacrosse team captured its third-straight NCAA championship, defeating Gettysburg College.