Student Support
The Posse Foundation
Middlebury has been a proud partner with the Posse Foundation for over 20 years. The Posse Foundation identifies, recruits and trains individuals with extraordinary leadership potential. Posse Scholars receive full-tuition leadership scholarships from Posse’s partner colleges and universities.
Middlebury is the only small liberal arts college with three Posse cities (New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles) on campus, which makes for a very vibrant Posse community with 120 Posse Scholars at any given time here at Middlebury.
The Wily Network
The Wily Network serves students who are navigating college without a safety net. Wily partners with Scholars throughout their college experiences, working with them to manage challenges and celebrate successes at each stage of their educational journeys. The Wily Network improves college outcomes for promising young people who have persevered through such life challenges as aging out of foster care, experiencing homelessness, or lacking family support through clinical coaching, financial support, community building, and professional development.
Student Access and Support Grants
All students deserve the full Middlebury experience. In that spirit, students are invited to apply for Student Access and Support grants (SAS), formerly known as opportunity grants. SAS grants are funded by the Seizing Opportunities, Student Support, and Dean’s Emergency funds.
Student Access and Support grants can assist students with many essential and extracurricular expenses associated with life at Middlebury, including:
- winter or professional clothing
- attending conferences related to career interest
- technology assistance (laptops and cellphones, but not Ipads)
- emergency travel expenses
- supplemental break assistance
- recreational excursions
- medical needs
- wage relief for “all in” winter term course
These grants may NOT be used for tuition, room and board.