Connection spaces

  • Knots n thoughts: Meets every Thursday from 3:00PM-5:00PM in Stewart 214. pdf
  • Drop-in Hours:
    • Thursdays 10:00AM - 12:00PM
    • Mondays 1:00PM - 3:00PM
  • CTLR drop in hours @CARE office (Stewart 214)

    Need help planning your semester ? or adjusting your routine ? or finding a tutor ? The CTLR team is here to help figure that out. Drop by at Stewart 214 and chat with them in a warm cozy environment with snacks and pets and much more.

    • Wednesdays 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Jenny) (Except: 3/12, 4/9, and 4/23.)
    • Thursdays 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Jennifer)
  • Plants (including cacti) available for pick up anytime

DROP-IN HOURS

Thursdays 10:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m

Mondays 1:00 p.m - 3:00 p.m

CTLR drop in hours @CARE

Wednesdays 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Jenny) (Except: 3/12, 4/9, and 4/23.)

Thursdays 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Jennifer)

Upcoming Events

For more events, please visit MiddPresence.

  • watercolor of words SLOW Down against a mango-colored background

    The SlowDown

    Come enjoy homemade chai and homemade cookies with members of The Scott Center staff as we slow down our pace for a bit of socializing and crafting.  Watercolors, polymer clay, collaging, grown-up coloring books, puzzles and beading materials provided! 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • photograph of bright green grass in foreground with sunrise in background

    Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

    Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • Blue and yellow geometric design with locations and description of Let's Talk

    Let's Talk (Davis Library)

    Let’s Talk offers the opportunity to have a one-time 25-minute informal session with a counselor. Drop-in hours are offered at the CTLR in Davis Library on Thursdays and the McCullough Dean’s Office Suite on Fridays while classes are in session. 

    Davis Family Library Center for Teaching, Learning and Research

  • Candles in sand

    Weekly Community Gathering

    We carry so much in these precarious times.  Come any Thursday at 3:45 for these 30-minute Weekly Community Gatherings in the chapel. Led by Dean of Spiritual & Religious Life, Mark Orten, quiet time for ourselves and one another is held with deep care and gratitude. All are welcome to these lightly guided circles and no experience is necessary.

    Middlebury Chapel

    Closed to the Public

  • photograph of bright green grass in foreground with sunrise in background

    Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

    Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • Yellow flower petals with red base and green leaves. With text that wraps around it: AFC Crepes and Academic Accountability Space. Share what you're working on for the day, get a crepe and then post up in the AFC to work. 10-11:30AM.

    AFC Crepes and Academic Self-Accountability Space

    Come on by the AFC and hold yourself accountable to whatever is on your academic to-do list. We are creating a space for us to hold ourselves accountable to accomplish the goals we are setting for ourselves. Come with a written plan for what you are working on, how you’re going to accomplish it, and when you’re going to start, and we’ll share a supportive crepe with you. We highly encourage finding a space in the AFC to start on your plan of action. 

    Anderson Freeman Resource Center

  • Blue and yellow geometric design with description and location of events.

    Let's Talk (McCullough)

    Let’s Talk offers the opportunity to have a one-time 25-minute informal session with a counselor. Drop-in hours are offered at the CTLR in Davis Library on Thursdays and the McCullough Dean’s Office Suite on Fridays while classes are in session. 

    To Be Announced

  • Conversation over Coffee on College Belonging

    Let’s engage in a candid discussion about what it means to belong on a college campus. Together, we will explore our diverse experiences of belonging particularly in the context of Student Life at Middlebury. 

    Axinn Center Abernethy Room (221)

  • Gather: Radically Inclusive Christian Community

    For the Christian, Christian-curious, Christian-conflicted and anyone interested in exploring the deep places in loving community. Share a homemade meal of soup and bread over lightly-guided scripture readings, discussion and prayers.

    Interested but can’t attend? Email Prof. Mary Jane Simpson, msimpson@middlebury.edu

    Click here for more information.

    Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life - 46 South Street

    Closed to the Public

  • photograph of bright green grass in foreground with sunrise in background

    Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

    Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • photograph of bright green grass in foreground with sunrise in background

    Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

    Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • hand holding steaming cup

    TWYN: Take What You Need

    TWYN is a pop-up care space for unstructured down time. Come in to rest, release tension, be creative, or reflect. Middlebury Counseling will bring in materials such as essential oils, massage rollers and art supplies.

    Anderson Freeman Resource Center

  • Milo the therapy dog

    Therapy Dog Hour

    Come visit with Milo and friends for some dog snuggles or a quick pet, and share stories and pictures of your pets at home. You can find us outside Davis Library when weather is nice, otherwise you will find us across from the circulation desk. 

    Davis Family Library

  • Eli Clare student workshop: "How to stay in justice & liberation work for the long haul"

    Join us for a workshop with renowned writer, activist, storyteller, and poet Eli Clare to explore the ways in which we can share, model, and foster inclusive spaces, gatherings, and communities.

    RSVP here

    Co-sponsored by Climate Action Program, Sustainability and Environmental Affairs, Disability Resource Center, Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

    Axinn Center 229

  • Queer Sex Ed: a Pride Week Event with Middlebury Health and Wellness Education
Tuesday, April 1 @ 6pm in the Prism Center

    Queer Sex Ed

    Join the Prism Center and Health and Wellness Education for a comprehensive sex ed workshop! Learn about queer sex, consent, and dating/hook up culture! Giveaways and a chance to win prizes!

    The Prism Center

    Closed to the Public

  • photograph of bright green grass in foreground with sunrise in background

    Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

    Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • watercolor of words SLOW Down against a mango-colored background

    The SlowDown

    Come enjoy homemade chai and homemade cookies with members of The Scott Center staff as we slow down our pace for a bit of socializing and crafting.  Watercolors, polymer clay, collaging, grown-up coloring books, puzzles and beading materials provided! 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • Making and Unmaking Categories: Queer/Trans/Disabled Resistance and Joy

    White, disabled, and genderqueer, Eli Clare lives near Lake Champlain in unceded Abenaki territory (also known as Vermont) where he writes and proudly claims a penchant for rabble-rousing. He has written two books of essays, the award-winning Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure and Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberationand a collection of poetryThe Marrow’s Telling: Words in Motion.

    Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

    Open to the Public

  • photograph of bright green grass in foreground with sunrise in background

    Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

    Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • Candles in sand

    Weekly Community Gathering

    We carry so much in these precarious times.  Come any Thursday at 3:45 for these 30-minute Weekly Community Gatherings in the chapel. Led by Dean of Spiritual & Religious Life, Mark Orten, quiet time for ourselves and one another is held with deep care and gratitude. All are welcome to these lightly guided circles and no experience is necessary.

    Middlebury Chapel

    Closed to the Public

  • photograph of bright green grass in foreground with sunrise in background

    Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

    Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • Blue and yellow geometric design with description and location of events.

    Let's Talk (McCullough)

    Let’s Talk offers the opportunity to have a one-time 25-minute informal session with a counselor. Drop-in hours are offered at the CTLR in Davis Library on Thursdays and the McCullough Dean’s Office Suite on Fridays while classes are in session. 

    To Be Announced

  • Gather: Radically Inclusive Christian Community

    For the Christian, Christian-curious, Christian-conflicted and anyone interested in exploring the deep places in loving community. Share a homemade meal of soup and bread over lightly-guided scripture readings, discussion and prayers.

    Interested but can’t attend? Email Prof. Mary Jane Simpson, msimpson@middlebury.edu

    Click here for more information.

    Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life - 46 South Street

    Closed to the Public

  • photograph of bright green grass in foreground with sunrise in background

    Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

    Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • photograph of bright green grass in foreground with sunrise in background

    Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

    Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • Milo the therapy dog

    Therapy Dog Hour

    Come visit with Milo and friends for some dog snuggles or a quick pet, and share stories and pictures of your pets at home. You can find us outside Davis Library when weather is nice, otherwise you will find us across from the circulation desk. 

    Davis Family Library

  • photograph of bright green grass in foreground with sunrise in background

    Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

    Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • watercolor of words SLOW Down against a mango-colored background

    The SlowDown

    Come enjoy homemade chai and homemade cookies with members of The Scott Center staff as we slow down our pace for a bit of socializing and crafting.  Watercolors, polymer clay, collaging, grown-up coloring books, puzzles and beading materials provided! 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • photograph of bright green grass in foreground with sunrise in background

    Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

    Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • Blue and yellow geometric design with locations and description of Let's Talk

    Let's Talk (Davis Library)

    Let’s Talk offers the opportunity to have a one-time 25-minute informal session with a counselor. Drop-in hours are offered at the CTLR in Davis Library on Thursdays and the McCullough Dean’s Office Suite on Fridays while classes are in session. 

    Davis Family Library Center for Teaching, Learning and Research

  • Candles in sand

    Weekly Community Gathering

    We carry so much in these precarious times.  Come any Thursday at 3:45 for these 30-minute Weekly Community Gatherings in the chapel. Led by Dean of Spiritual & Religious Life, Mark Orten, quiet time for ourselves and one another is held with deep care and gratitude. All are welcome to these lightly guided circles and no experience is necessary.

    Middlebury Chapel

    Closed to the Public

  • photograph of bright green grass in foreground with sunrise in background

    Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

    Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • Blue and yellow geometric design with description and location of events.

    Let's Talk (McCullough)

    Let’s Talk offers the opportunity to have a one-time 25-minute informal session with a counselor. Drop-in hours are offered at the CTLR in Davis Library on Thursdays and the McCullough Dean’s Office Suite on Fridays while classes are in session. 

    To Be Announced

  • Gather: Radically Inclusive Christian Community

    For the Christian, Christian-curious, Christian-conflicted and anyone interested in exploring the deep places in loving community. Share a homemade meal of soup and bread over lightly-guided scripture readings, discussion and prayers.

    Interested but can’t attend? Email Prof. Mary Jane Simpson, msimpson@middlebury.edu

    Click here for more information.

    Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life - 46 South Street

    Closed to the Public

  • A seder plate with symbolic Passover foods.

    Passover Seder

    *New Location: Kirk*

    Happy Passover! You are invited to a Middlebury College community seder where we will eat, sing, bless and discuss our way through the story of the Exodus and how it relates to us today.  No background is necessary—all are welcome. Please rsvp on this form by Friday, April 4th so we can accommodate everyone’s food needs. 

    Kirk Center

  • photograph of bright green grass in foreground with sunrise in background

    Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

    Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • photograph of bright green grass in foreground with sunrise in background

    Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

    Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • T-shirt Decorating for The Clothesline Project

    Come create art on T-shirts to be displayed as part of the Clothesline Project, an awareness raising art installation focused on sharing experiences of people who affected power based personal violence. T-shirts will be added to Middlebury’s collection and displayed as part of an art installation in Johnson later in April. 

     

    Brought to you by Health & Wellness Education, Global Health, Atria Collective, Palana and MiddSafe

    Adirondack Coltrane Lounge

  • Milo the therapy dog

    Therapy Dog Hour

    Come visit with Milo and friends for some dog snuggles or a quick pet, and share stories and pictures of your pets at home. You can find us outside Davis Library when weather is nice, otherwise you will find us across from the circulation desk. 

    Davis Family Library

  • photograph of bright green grass in foreground with sunrise in background

    Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

    Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • watercolor of words SLOW Down against a mango-colored background

    The SlowDown

    Come enjoy homemade chai and homemade cookies with members of The Scott Center staff as we slow down our pace for a bit of socializing and crafting.  Watercolors, polymer clay, collaging, grown-up coloring books, puzzles and beading materials provided! 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • photograph of bright green grass in foreground with sunrise in background

    Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

    Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • Blue and yellow geometric design with locations and description of Let's Talk

    Let's Talk (Davis Library)

    Let’s Talk offers the opportunity to have a one-time 25-minute informal session with a counselor. Drop-in hours are offered at the CTLR in Davis Library on Thursdays and the McCullough Dean’s Office Suite on Fridays while classes are in session. 

    Davis Family Library Center for Teaching, Learning and Research

  • Candles in sand

    Weekly Community Gathering

    We carry so much in these precarious times.  Come any Thursday at 3:45 for these 30-minute Weekly Community Gatherings in the chapel. Led by Dean of Spiritual & Religious Life, Mark Orten, quiet time for ourselves and one another is held with deep care and gratitude. All are welcome to these lightly guided circles and no experience is necessary.

    Middlebury Chapel

    Closed to the Public

  • photograph of bright green grass in foreground with sunrise in background

    Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

    Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • Blue and yellow geometric design with description and location of events.

    Let's Talk (McCullough)

    Let’s Talk offers the opportunity to have a one-time 25-minute informal session with a counselor. Drop-in hours are offered at the CTLR in Davis Library on Thursdays and the McCullough Dean’s Office Suite on Fridays while classes are in session. 

    To Be Announced

  • Gather: Radically Inclusive Christian Community

    For the Christian, Christian-curious, Christian-conflicted and anyone interested in exploring the deep places in loving community. Share a homemade meal of soup and bread over lightly-guided scripture readings, discussion and prayers.

    Interested but can’t attend? Email Prof. Mary Jane Simpson, msimpson@middlebury.edu

    Click here for more information.

    Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life - 46 South Street

    Closed to the Public

  • purple text against a background of clouds and sun

    Easter Sunrise Service

    All are welcome at this ecumenical Easter Sunrise Service at the football stadium. Local clergy will share the leadership of the service. Coffee and baked goods to follow at the Weybridge Congregational Church.

    In case of inclement weather, the service will be moved to Kirk Alumni Center. 

    Alumni Stadium

    Open to the Public

  • photograph of bright green grass in foreground with sunrise in background

    Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

    Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public