Where to Start
With 40+ programs connecting you with communities making a difference around the world, putting your learning into action at Middlebury can feel overwhelming.
Explore the resources on this page to help you get started. Make sure to check out our Guide to Thoughtful Service for more considerations on determining which opportunity is right for you.
Pathways to Connect
Want a visual guide to the different pathways to putting your learning into action for the common good? Check out our Pathways to Connect guide for students and explore different avenues for staying informed and getting involved.
All Programs List
For a birds-eye view of all CCE programs, check out our All-Programs list describing all 40+ programs!
Find Your Place Meeting
Unsure where to start or want to talk through opportunities with a CCE staff member? Sign up for a 30-minute Find Your Place meeting to discuss your options!
Opportunities Newsletter
Our student opportunities newsletter goes out to students each Monday of the academic year. We also send periodic newsletter to students staying at Middlebury College over the summer.
This newsletter highlights engagement and volunteer opportunities, upcoming events, and academic or educational experiences related to community engaged learning. Sign up to stay up-to-date on all-things community engagement at Middlebury!
Social Media
The CCE uses Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn to post updates, events, opportunities, and stories of community engagement. Follow along to see more!
We also post updates on Middlebury College’s Midd2Midd platform, a networking platform for Middlebury students and alumni.
Transportation
Getting from one place to the other can be tricky in Addison County, which is a rural area. You may use your own mode of transportation if you have it, but you should be aware that you are accepting responsibility for the risks associated with driving your personal vehicle to a community engagement experience.
Transportation is even trickier if you do not have your own transportation. Often students will decide on a community engagement opportunity without factoring in transportation and how they will get there. We can provide resources and meet with you to discuss options about transportation, but ultimately ensuring you have a way to get to your community engagement experience is your responsibility.
Tri-Valley Transit Resources
Addison County has a free bus service which can pick students up from ADK Circle or by Twilight Hall. This bus service has multiple routes with stops in many different towns around Addison County. You may also request specific drop-offs or pickups on existing routes, so it is a great first stop to explore transportation options if you don’t have your own transportation.
Check out Tri-Valley Transit and their bus routes. You must call them to arrange a drop-off or pickup that is not on an existing route.
CCE Student Drivers
We employ students each semester to help drive students to community engagement opportunities in Addison County; however, there is no guarantee that a student driver will be available to drive you. Reach out to Liz Cleveland (ecleveland@middlebury.edu) if you are interested in seeing if a student driver is available.
College License and Driving Risks
If you are driving a personal vehicle on College business, which includes transporting others to a community engagement opportunity, you must first obtain a College License. This allows the College to know when and where students, faculty, and staff are driving on behalf of the College.
Note: Even with a completed College License, if you drive a personal vehicle or ride in someone else’s personal vehicle for community engagement purposes, you are assuming risk and responsibility in case of an accident while driving. If you are driving your personal vehicle for community engagement purposes, we ask that you read and sign this Statement of Risk for Non-College Vehicles so you are aware of the personal risks to driving in a personal vehicle for College business.
The College will cover incidents occurred while driving to an experience if you have a College License AND are driving a College rental vehicle (available only to students through a Community Engagement Organization). See below for information on renting a Middlebury College vehicle on behalf of a Middlebury Community Engagement Organization or other student organization.
Vehicle and Van Rentals Driving Form
If you are driving on behalf of a Community Engagement Organization (CEO) or other student organization and you wish for the College to hold responsibility for the risks of driving to and from a volunteer event, you may rent a College vehicle for a daily cost. For large group transportation to and from an experience, you may also rent a College Van for a daily cost after completing the College License and Van Road Test process.
There are limited rental vehicles and vans available so we recommend submitting a request as early as possible if you know you need transportation for a large number of people.