Events

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

• Apr 1

  

  Certainty Is Overrated

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Dance

  A workshop for people smart and brave enough to be wrong.

  We live in a world full of hot takes, strong opinions, and people who are very sure they’re right. The problem? Certainty makes connection harder. Certainty Is Overrated is an interactive workshop that treats curiosity as a serious (and understanding) superpower. 

  Through games, conversations, and thought experiments, you will explore how curiosity fuels imagination, softens snap judgment, and opens the door to empathy, understanding, and freer thinking. 

  Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
  

  Open to the Public
• Apr 1

  MiddRuns Women's Group Run

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Middruns

  Adirondack Circle
  

• Apr 1

  Psychology Speaker Series: Suzanne Gurland, Interpersonal Harmony: Hints from studies of rapport and conflict

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Psychology

  McCardell Bicentennial Hall 104
  

• Apr 1

  Quadball Practice

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Middlebury College Club Quadball

  Quadball practice for anyone who wants to learn new skills and drills! No experience required. 

  Battell Beach
  

• Apr 1

  

  The SlowDown

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life

  Come slow down with beads, collaging, watercolors, grown-up coloring books and more. Homemade hot chai and cookies too! 

  McCullough Crest Room
  

  Closed to the Public
• Apr 1

  

  Thirty Years of Chinese Transformation: the View from One Village

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Dean of Faculty

  Carol Rifelj Lecture Series

  Ellen has been engaged in fieldwork in one village in China since 1993, visiting periodically and writing two monographs based on that fieldwork (one on morality and one on food). Having just come back from fieldwork again this past sabbatical year, in this lecture she would like to take the long view and ask how the transformations, continuities and emerging contradictions she has observed can provide us a more microscopic and longitudinal understanding than we often get based on journalistic accounts or urban-based research. 

  Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
  

• Apr 1

  

  West African Dance and Drum Class

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Dance

  A rich taste of African culture
  through powerful, vigorous,
  high-energy movement

  Let the beat of the drum move
  your body. Participants will
  learn songs, rhythms, dances,
  and culture as we embark
  on a journey of dances
  from the African diaspora.

  Class is accompanied by live
  musicians to help participants
  understand the communication
  between the music and the
  dance.

  Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre
  

  Open to the Public
• Apr 1

  

  Ballet with Barbara Doyle-Wilch

  5:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Dance

  Tuesday-Beginner/Intermediate
  Wednesday-Intermediate/Advanced

  Ballet returns to the Dance Department this Fall. Classical Ballet technique in traditional ballet class structure. No pointe shoes, please. PE credit is available for attendance at 8 classes. Previous dance experience in any form is recommended. 

  Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio
  

  Closed to the Public
• Apr 1

  

  Middlebury Women's Water Polo

  5:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Middlebury Women's Water Polo (spring season)

  Natatorium Deep End
  

• Apr 1

  

  Basketball Club Practice

  5:15 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Basketball Club

  1 hour 15 minute practice

  Memorial Field House Pepin Gymnasium
  

• Apr 1

  YOUPOWER Spin Class

  5:15 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Youpower

  YouPower Spinning Room
  

• Apr 1

  

  Passover Seder

  6:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life

  You are warmly welcome to this first night Passover seder for the Middlebury campus community.  We will come together to celebrate freedom, and the hope of spring, while discussing deep questions of what true liberation means for each of us with the help or the traditional seder readings and rituals. Please join us—all are welcome regardless of background or experience. Registration is required by Thursday, March 26th at this link: https://www.middlebury.edu/scott-center

  Redfield Proctor Room
  

  Closed to the Public
• Apr 1

  

  Symposium weekly meeting

  6:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  The Symposium (Philosophy Club)

  We will gather as we do every week to discuss the nature of life and living. No previous knowledge required, only an open mind.

  Axinn Center 220
  

• Apr 1

  

  WOC Board Meeting

  6:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Womxn of Color (WOC)

  WOC Open Board Meeting!

  ?WOC Insta?

  Anderson Freeman Resource Center
  

• Apr 1

  YOUPOWER Spin Class

  6:15 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Youpower

  YouPower Spinning Room
  

• Apr 1

  SGA Finance Committee Weekly Meeting

  6:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  SGA (Student Government Association)

  SGA Finance Committee Weekly Meeting

  Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
  

• Apr 1

  Sales & Trading Study Group - SIC

  6:45 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Student Investment Committe

  Come learn about careers in Sales & Trading! We discuss different financial markets, current events, and different S&T desks across wall street banks each week.

  Axinn Center 229
  

• Apr 1

  Sewing Club Open Workshop Hours

  7:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  The Atelier

  Wright Theatre Green Room
  

• Apr 1

  

  College Democrats Weekly Meeting

  8:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Middlebury College Democrats

  Can you FIX the Democratic Party? 

  Come discuss and debate politics, social issues, and current events. Good snacks provided. 

  Moderate? Radical? Republican? Independent? Socialist? Libertarian? Come share your thoughts! 

  Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
  

• Apr 1

  

  WOMP

  8:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  The Gamut Room

  WOMP (Wednesday Open Mic Party) is a weekly open mic for students and community members full of great music, comedy, poetry, karaoke, and vibes. Hope to see you there!!

  Gifford Gamut Room