Faculty, Fall 2020, Staff, Students
Student Arrival Test Results
| by Mark Peluso
As we continue to welcome students back to campus today, I am writing to share the results of our most recent COVID-19 tests, conducted this week.
Fall 2020
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Faculty, Fall 2020, Staff, Students
Campus Closed to Visitors / Quarantine Reminder for Students and Families
We have begun to implement our phased Return to Campus plan, which includes the closure of our campus to the public and nonessential visitors and a period of campus quarantine for all students.
Faculty, Fall 2020, Staff, Students
Fall Athletic Competition
| by Erin Quinn and Jeff Cason
We write today to confirm the disappointing but expected news that we will not be able to hold athletic competitions during the fall semester.
Instructions for Students Exposed to COVID at Home
| by Mark Peluso and Derek Doucet
We are writing to provide important information and instructions for any student who may have been exposed to COVID-19 at home, as we prepare to welcome the next groups of students to campus on August 26 and 28.
Community Standards
| by Derek Doucet
With students beginning to return to the Middlebury College campus, I would like to share our plans for encouraging positive student conduct and responding to community concerns over possible violations of our COVID-related conduct policies. Our plan features both proactive and reactive components. It both supports positive student behavior and addresses conduct violations when they occur.
COVID-19 Testing Results
| by Mark Peluso
With the arrival of student leaders on the Vermont campus this week, we had the first opportunity to conduct COVID-19 testing with a large group returning for the fall semester on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 18 and 19. I am writing to report that, of the 284 tests taken, zero were positive, 279 were negative, and five had an insufficient sample result and will be retested today.
A Welcome Message
| by Laurie L Patton
As you are probably aware, today is the day that 325 of our student leaders return to campus. We are excited to have our students back on campus, even as the Middlebury world they are returning to has radically changed and the semester they are about to embark on will be unlike any other semester in Middlebury’s history.
Faculty Updates
| by Sujata Moorti
As we gear up for the fall semester I wanted to send you an update with a number of housekeeping details. First though I want to thank you all for all the work you have conducted over the summer on preparing for fall classes. Because of the time you have invested in course preparation, I am confident that the student learning experience this fall will be radically different from the spring.
Statement on Fall Reopening
| by Laurie L Patton
There is no perfect solution to the Covid-19 reopening dilemma. In our view, we will get farther if we try not to polarize on this topic. There is an ethics of closing and an ethics of reopening. At Middlebury we know residential education reduces inequities for students and supports their mental health. The question for us was, could we create the safest possible environment to do so. We need to be deeply conservative in re-opening.
Information and Resources in preparation for fall semester
| by Amanda Reinhardt
Please see below for a summary of information and resources that have been sent to students and families over the past few weeks in preparation for the fall semester. We recommend frequently checking two primary sources of information: the Orientation and Middlebury 2020–21 websites.