Events

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

• May 3

  

  YouPower Spin Classes

  7:00 AM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Youpower

  Free 45 minute student-led spin classes! Our studio is in the FIC in room 127. Please make sure to arrive 5 minutes before class. Masks required, shoes provided. Sign up for classes at go/youpower

  YouPower Spinning Room
  

  Closed to the Public
• May 3

  

  Pop-up! 3-D Books from Special Collections

  8:00 AM ET

  Sponsored by:

  College Libraries

  Special Collections’ newest exhibit features 100 years of pop-up books from the fanciful to the functional, from science textbooks to fairy tales. The exhibit is installed in Davis Family Library on the Main Level.
  
  Visit go/popup/ to see the books in action.

  Middlebury College
  

  Open to the Public
• May 3

  

  YouPower Spin Classes

  8:00 AM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Youpower

  Free 45 minute student-led spin classes! Our studio is in the FIC in room 127. Please make sure to arrive 5 minutes before class. Masks required, shoes provided. Sign up for classes at go/youpower

  YouPower Spinning Room
  

  Closed to the Public
• May 3

  Middlebury College Staff CPR/AED training

  9:00 AM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Office of Chief Risk Officer

  This is an AHA CPR/AED class open to Middlebury College Staff and Faculty.
  For more information contact Sean Grzyb, sgrzyb@middlebury.edu

  Virtue Field House Goldsmith Lounge
  

  Closed to the Public
• May 3

  Be the Match

  10:00 AM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Football Team

  Axinn Center Winter Garden
  

  Open to the Public
• May 3

  Employee Yoga

  11:00 AM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Green Mountain Higher Education Consortium

  Faculty and staff are invited to join Joanna Colwell from Otter Creek Yoga. Preregistration required. To register, contact rebecca.schubert@gmhec.org. 

  Forest West Basement Activity Space (031)
  

• May 3

  Wakeful Wednesdays

  12:10 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life

  Join Spiritual and Religious Life Dean Mark R. Orten for 20 minutes of quiet contemplation with reading and music for our times. Intentional silence and guided meditation will be interspersed with music and readings from secular worldviews and sacred traditions to open our awareness and to find strength and perspective for living during personal, political, racial, ecological and other upheavals.

  Middlebury Chapel
  

  Open to the Public
• May 3

  Community Engagement Work in A Rural Context

  12:15 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Center for Teaching, Learning and Research

  The Center for Community Engagement and the CTLR invite you to this facilitated discussion about student engagement in rural communities, with special guests Stephanie Lesparance, Campus Compact’s Rural Engagement Network Fellow, and Star Plaxton-Moore, Campus Compact’s Faculty Development Fellow. 
  

  Davis Family Library 105A
  

  Closed to the Public
• May 3

  Let's Talk

  2:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  CENTER FOR HEALTH & WELLNESS

  Let’s Talk offers students easy access to informal and confidential 25-minute consultations with a counselor. Drop-in hours take place weekly on a first come, first served basis.
  
  Visit go/Lets-Talk or contact Counseling@middlebury.edu for additional information.

  Virtue Field House Director's Conference Room
  

  Closed to the Public
• May 3

  Quadball Practice

  4:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Middlebury College Club Quadball

  Middlebury College Quadball will be running a practice where students can learn the fundamentals of Quadball, practice skills, and scrimmage in a safe and fun environment.

  Battell Beach
  

• May 3

  Saving Truth and Beauty Speakers's Reception

  4:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life

  Join us for a discussion on the role of Islam in promoting environmental stewardship and how it can inspire individuals to take action towards a more sustainable future.  Meet the speakers at a pre-talk reception at 4:00 pm at the Scott Center (46 South St.).
  

  (Private)
  

• May 3

  Slow Walk Meditation

  4:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Office of Institutional Diversity Equity & Inclusion

  Since the inception of Middlebury College’s Anti-Racist Task Force, the ritual of a slow walk meditation during the opening and closing of our academic terms has been integral to our communal work. The slow walk meditation embodies our individual and collective the journeys towards internal and external change. The slow walk is a way of charting our course, recalibrating our intention, practicing patience, and connecting as a community.

  Middlebury College
  

  Open to the Public
• May 3

  Crew Weekly Spring Practice

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Middlebury College Crew

  Daily rowing practice at Lake Dunmore.

  Off Campus
  

• May 3

  CrossFit Middlebury Open Class

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  CrossFit Middlebury

  Crossfit Middlebury hosts 1 hour workouts open to all students. Crossfit is “constantly varied, high-intensity functional movement” — a mix of gymnastics, weightlifing, and cardio. Beginners welcome! Classes meet in Nelson Half Dome.

  Memorial Field House Nelson Multi-Use Area
  

• May 3

  

  Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris Reading

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Department of English

  Poets Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris will read from their work.
  
  The Vermont Book Shop will have books available for purchase.
  
   
  
  Please refer to the English Department’s events page for more information.

  Twilight Auditorium 101
  

  Open to the Public
• May 3

  

  YouPower Spin Classes

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Youpower

  Free 45 minute student-led spin classes! Our studio is in the FIC in room 127. Please make sure to arrive 5 minutes before class. Masks required, shoes provided. Sign up for classes at go/youpower

  YouPower Spinning Room
  

  Closed to the Public
• May 3

  MiddRuns

  5:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Middruns

  Anyone interested in running we do casual runs open to all around town or on campus 

  To Be Announced
  

• May 3

  Vinyasa Flow with Bella Lucente

  5:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Yoga Club

  Join certified instructor Bella Lucente for a 60 minute vinyasa flow yoga class. All levels are welcome!

  Forest West Basement Activity Space (031)
  

• May 3

  

  YouPower Spin Classes

  5:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Youpower

  Free 45 minute student-led spin classes! Our studio is in the FIC in room 127. Please make sure to arrive 5 minutes before class. Masks required, shoes provided. Sign up for classes at go/youpower

  YouPower Spinning Room
  

  Closed to the Public
• May 3

  Faithfully Sustainable; Saving Beauty and Truth: The Destruction of Nature and the Islamic Solution

  6:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Muslim Students Association (MSA), Sustainability & Environmental Affairs, Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life, and NEW PERENNIALS PROJECT

  The event will delve into the role of Islam in promoting environmental stewardship and how it can inspire individuals to take action towards a more sustainable future. Our speakers, Rhamis Kent and Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, will share their insights from their respective works, “Saving Truth and Beauty in a Destructive World: The Islamic Solution” and “Green Deen: What Islam Teaches About Protecting the Planet”.

  McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216
  

  Open to the Public