Student Resources

Resources at Middlebury College

Research by Subject: French - Start your research here.
Information about various funding sources for students and instructions.
Have a library question? Ask your liaison. The French Liaison is Leanne Galletly, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Davis Family Library, Room 207, 802-443-5140, lgalletly@middlebury.edu.
The Lexique site of FR205 presents concrete vocabulary with examples, images, and web activities.
Grammar Games for Grammar Geeks

There are many Francophone activities in Vermont:

Alliance Française of the Lake Champlain Region is a local organization that celebrates the French history and culture of the region by offering its many members classes, events, and access to resources.
Winooski celebrates French Heritage Day in July, with Franco-American music, French Canadian fiddling, French response songs, step-dancing, clogging, reenactors, French food, a fencing demonstration, the Bastille Day Waiters’ Race, narrated English and French historical walking tours, and more.
Va-et-Vient, a local Francophone music group, often performs in the area.
Chimney Point State Historic Site has a museum of Native American and French heritage.

Samuel de Champlain discovered Lake Champlain in 1609.
In 1666, Pierre de Saint-Paul, Sieur de La Motte established Fort Sainte-Anne, a settlement on Isle La Motte.
In 1755, the French constructed Fort Carillon on the Vermont/New York border.
The city of Vergennes is named after the Comte de Vergennes, who negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War.
The nineteenth century saw a large influx of French Canadians coming to work in Vermont factories and mills, and many of their descendants live in Vermont today.
A podcast dedicated to the history and culture of the Franco-Americans and the Francophonie of New England, by alumna Julie Rhinelander and produced in conjunction with the University of Southern Maine.