ArtColorful mural in the Anderson Freeman Center, created by Will Kasso Condry.
This art in the Anderson Freeman Center at Carr Hall was created by Will Kasso Condry, a spring 2017 Alexander Twilight Artist in Residence, and he was assisted by Zarai Zaragoza ’18 and more than a dozen other students.

The residential undergraduate college experience creates an opportunity for community that often comes along only once in a lifetime.

The enormously supportive and engaged faculty and staff at Middlebury College work hard every day to help students make the most of it for themselves and those around them.

As Middlebury attracts students from diverse backgrounds, its system must nurture the educational and personal development—and personal responsibility—of all students.

Community Standards

The ability of Middlebury to achieve its purposes depends on members of the campus community upholding our commonly accepted standards of conduct, which enable the highest quality of teaching and learning. Broadly, these are referred to as our Community Standards.

Middlebury seeks to prepare students to be active citizens and leaders who will address the world’s most pressing problems. This mission is advanced through students’ experiences with successes and challenges, and is reflected in the following Community Standards:

  • Cultivating respect and responsibility for self, others, and our shared environment;
  • Encouraging personal and intellectual courage and growth;
  • Manifesting integrity and honesty in all decisions and actions;
  • Promoting healthy, safe, and balanced lifestyles;
  • Fostering a diverse and inclusive community committed to civility, open-mindedness, and finding common ground.

Dean of Students

The Office of the Dean of Students encompasses key components of campus life, including orientation, health and wellness education, judicial affairs, and residential life, as well as student activities, governance, and organizations. Within these areas, staff members work to build and maintain a diverse and inclusive community, bound by common experiences and adhering to shared values. Collaborating with colleagues from other departments and offices, they help students explore the rich intersections of academic, cocurricular, and residential life, providing opportunities for leadership development, personal growth, creativity, and community problem solving. Dean of Students staff lead by example, demonstrating the highest standards of integrity, equity, and concern for others.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We are deeply committed to creating a diverse and welcoming community with full and equal participation for all individuals and groups. We work together daily to foster a respectful and engaged community that embraces all the complexity and individuality each person brings to campus. We are dedicated to learning, growing, and becoming our best selves. Groups of people from a variety of backgrounds and with differing viewpoints are often more resilient and adaptive in solving problems and reaching complex goals than more homogeneous groups. They coalesce into an effective community that benefits from the talents and identities of each individual. On campus, we offer students the opportunity to connect in different ways.

Anderson Freeman Resource Center

The Anderson Freeman Resource Center (AFC) is named in honor of Mary Annette Anderson, valedictorian of the Class of 1899 and the first woman of color to graduate from Middlebury College, and Martin Henry Freeman, salutatorian of the Class of 1849 and the first black president of a U.S. college or university. The AFC provides advocacy and support for students of color, students who are the first in their families to attend a four-year college (first-generation), students from low-income backgrounds, and queer and/or transgender students. In conjunction with the Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity, the AFC also provides resources and programming that encourage the holistic development of Middlebury’s increasingly diverse undergraduate student body as they attain their goals of academic achievement and personal growth while exploring and sustaining their identities and cultures.

Community Bias Response Team

The Community Bias Response Team (CBRT) works to address the impact of comments, behaviors, actions, or practices that are perceived as biased. CBRT coordinates a system through which members of the Middlebury community can report incidents of bias and offers a range of processes that can be used to address the harm caused by bias. CBRT supports impacted individuals and groups, provides education, and facilitates dialogue with the aim of repairing harm and preventing future incidents.

Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life 

Middlebury welcomes students of all religious traditions and nonreligious worldviews. We celebrate this diversity at the College as a strength. The Scott Center offers support for the many student-led religious, spiritual, and contemplative groups that meet regularly on campus, and provides opportunities for interfaith dialogue through retreats, an intentional living community at the MOSAIC Interfaith House, and gatherings of all kinds. The chaplains and staff also help students make connections between academic work and the exploration of deep and abiding questions through special programs and discussions.

DACA and Undocumented Student Support

Middlebury welcomes and supports students who are undocumented or DACA-designated throughout their time at the College. Miguel Fernández, Middlebury’s chief diversity officer, serves as the on-campus point person for current undocumented and DACA students.

Disability Resource Center 

Middlebury values the diverse identities and lived experiences of students and honors disability as a core social identity and fundamental aspect of human diversity. The Disability Resource Center (DRC) advances Middlebury’s commitment to equity, inclusion, access, and full participation by advocating for and working to foster an environment that promotes the academic, personal, and professional development of all students. The DRC collaborates with students, staff, and faculty to eliminate or minimize barriers and thereby increase access for people with disabilities. The vision of the DRC is a universally accessible campus that fosters the full participation of every member of the community and that limits the need for individual accommodations.

LGBTQIA+

Middlebury has many active and welcoming resources and programs for queer and transgender students. Students identifying as queer and/or transgender (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, +) can find support, explore their identities, and join community at the Anderson Freeman Resource Center.  

May Belle Chellis Women’s Resource Center

The Feminists’ Resource Center at Chellis House is a social engagement space where scholars and activists meet to produce and share knowledge on social justice issues particularly attentive to gender, race, class, sexuality, ability, and other vectors of difference. Focused on feminist world-making, the center gives students, staff, and faculty the opportunity to acquire insights into this knowledge production through intimate discussion groups, public talks, and activist and artistic projects. It cultivates collaborative relationships with community organizations in Vermont and engages in a sustained exchange with major national and international organizations dedicated to the advancement of gender justice. As such, the center enables various aspects of the larger Middlebury vision of immersive learning and a full participation in diverse communities. In sum, the Feminists’ Resource Center at Chellis House is a place where theory becomes praxis.

Opportunity Grants

Middlebury College is fortunate to have donors who have set up funds to help ensure that all students have access to the full Middlebury experience. These funds help students with financial needs gain access to participation in all aspects of a Middlebury education. These funds may cover expenses that wouldn’t be covered by other forms of funding—such as wage relief for students who wish to take a fee-based winter term course like MiddCORE. Some of this funding has been specifically designated to support high-need international students and first-generation students.