57 Items
| by Baishakhi Taylor
Attached is the Student Life Remote Resources guide, which provides information on everything from accessing health and wellness services and connecting with residential life staff to organizing a remote event with the help of Student Activities.
| by Laurie Patton
As we wind down spring break and head into the second half of a semester in which we are trying something completely new, we thought it was a good time to share an overview of our work with the entire community. My guess is that in your reading about the COVID-19 pandemic, many of you have come across the phrase “social distancing does not mean social isolation.” This past week has brought us a number of ways in which we are trying to realize that statement. I believe we are doing it with the values and dispositions that I have come to think of as distinctly Middlebury: integrity, rigor, connectedness, curiosity, and openness.
| by Karen Miller
I know it seems like a barrage of information has been coming at you from all directions this past week. We’ve all had to make fast, stressful, and unexpected adjustments to our personal and professional lives.
| by Karen Miller and David Provost
As you may know, late this afternoon Governor Scott issued a new Executive Order titled “Stay Home/Stay Safe” that will take effect at 5:00 pm tomorrow, Wednesday, March 25. The order states that many Vermont businesses must suspend in-person business operations, except for “businesses and entities providing services or functions deemed critical to public health and safety.”
Faculty, Middlebury Institute, Staff
| by Karen Miller
We continue to process the impacts of social distancing on our operations. Our recent decisions mean that many individuals are now working remotely, and others, while working on campus, are working in new ways that further social distancing. In light of these changes and given our intent to ensure pay continuity for our existing staff for as long as possible, we do not believe this is the time to add new employees to our workforce.
| by Karen Miller
I am writing to follow-up on the March 18 announcement of a new pay bank to support staff with Covid-19 related challenges.
| by Karen Miller
As many of you have heard, Governor Cuomo has issued an executive order requiring non-essential businesses to close and to keep their workers at home as of 8:00 pm tonight, Sunday, March 22.
Faculty, Middlebury Institute, Staff, Students
| by Laurie Patton
We are isolated now. The Vermont campus is emptier than it was. As I got out of my car on Tuesday to retrieve things from my office, I heard bells. Bells? The Carillon? I thought there must be something happening at Mead. But no, there couldn’t be. And then I realized: George Matthew is playing to inspire us, to orient us, to keep us together. Indeed, nothing was happening at Mead Chapel. And yet everything was.
| by Lisa Burchard
We have received questions about access to campus buildings following Wednesday’s “workplace” memo requiring employees who are able to work remotely to do so. Faculty and staff should not come back to campus or to their office buildings unless they have a need to briefly return to gather materials or to prepare for remote learning activities. Staff who are considered “essential” employees with an on-campus role can and should be on campus.
| by Carlos Vélez
The U.S. Department of State has just announced a Global Health Advisory Level 4: Do Not Travel. This advisory indicates that American citizens abroad should either return home or stay in place due to the coronavirus pandemic. Those who stay in place must be prepared to remain abroad indefinitely.
