The Turnaround
Disaster. That’s how College Professor Emeritus John Elder describes his first day teaching in a classroom. A Voices of Middlebury story.
Disaster. That’s how College Professor Emeritus John Elder describes his first day teaching in a classroom. A Voices of Middlebury story.
Samimah Naiemi ’25 persisted through war, exile, and adjusting to a new culture to pursue of her dreams of college. In doing so, she also found community. A Voices of Middlebury story.
An unlikely mentor helped Henry Flores ’01 regain not only his academic standing, but also the confidence to take his seat at any table. A Voices of Middlebury story.
Crucial work will be advanced by a $2 million gift to expand the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) at Middlebury’s Institute of International Studies at Monterey.
We can’t end all conflict. But can we transform how we deal with it? Aided by a $25 million grant, Middlebury’s program in conflict transformation aims to do just that.
Jay Parini, the D.E. Axinn Professor of English and Creative Writing, reflects in a wide-ranging conversation on reading, writing, and teaching at Middlebury.