The award traditionally recognizes individuals who have gone above and beyond their normal professional responsibilities to support and connect with students in ways that build a more engaged and inclusive Middlebury community.
Emeritus professor at the Middlebury Institute is remembered as a beloved teacher and accomplished researcher and author who taught courses on human security, international migration, multiculturalism, East Asia, and Russia-East Asia Relations.
The program, founded with support from Kathryn Wasserman Davis, will continue to support students’—and Middlebury’s—global peacemaking efforts.
Alum and former business manager served on the Middlebury staff for 35 years.
Middlebury President Laurie Patton examines the myriad ways Middlebury students and alumni continue to engage in an enduring tradition: giving back to others.
Labs, long associated with science classes, are now becoming an important component of the humanities at Middlebury College, where a new grant supports their inclusion in a wide range of courses.
Middlebury has received a $10 million gift from Ted ’83 and Kathy O’Connor Truscott ’83 to support faculty and students. The gift will create an endowed professorship in Black Studies named in honor of Trustee Emerita Deborah Thomas ’75, expand financial aid for undergraduate and graduate students, and provide unrestricted support for institutional priorities.
Other topics that board members discussed included student mental health, admissions, future building projects, and two new $10 million gifts.
The gift will fund the renovation of the Christian A. Johnson Memorial Building and support advance planning for a new museum.
Wall Street Journal, Peter Matthews, Professor of Economics
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