The SlowDown
- 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
Events
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
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Proof of Life Multimedia Exhibit
- Sponsored by:
- Writing and Rhetoric Program and Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies
This exhibit features the fieldwork and reflections of students in the winter term course: Acting Your Age: Meanings of Adulthood. Through images, sound and text, students will share personal reflections and highlights from readings. They will reveal traces of “adulting” norms found in college archives, and tell stories of growing, ageing and being alive shared by youth and elders in Addison County. They will explore how notions of childhood, adulthood and ageing are shaped by economic, political and social structures, and envision new possibilities for becoming “adult.”
Axinn Center Winter Garden
Open to the Public
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Introduction to Chinese Calligraphy
- Sponsored by:
- Winterterm Workshop
A comprehensive introduction to traditional Chinese brush calligraphy. We will start from the very basics: how to hold a brush and the basic strokes. Each week will consist of two sessions, with each week focusing on a new style or calligrapher. The leader will give an introduction to each style and demonstrate writing. The participants will then have the opportunity to practice, with the workshop leader giving feedback. During the last session (or two) we will write traditional Spring Couplets on red paper for Spring Festival. No experience necessary.
Sunderland IL1
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SGA Senate Assembly
- Sponsored by:
- SGA (Student Government Association)
SGA Senate Assembly
Atwater A, Section A, Room 100
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The Hunt Gala
- Sponsored by:
- Elizabeth Hackett Robinson ’84 Innovation Hub
The Hunt Gala is a celebration for all teams participating in the Hunt. Food provided!
McCullough Wilson Cafe
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College Democrats Weekly Meeting
- 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
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Thursday, January 29, 2026
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Before I Die
- Sponsored by:
- Mahaney Arts Center and Elizabeth Hackett Robinson ’84 Innovation Hub
This interactive public art installation invites members of the Middlebury community to reflect on what matters most. By sharing personal hopes and aspirations on a communal wall, the project fosters connection, introspection, and a celebration of our shared humanity. Inspired by the global Before I Die project, this installation transforms public space into a canvas for gratitude, memory, and possibility.
Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby
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Living with Genji: The "World's First Novel" in 21st Century Japan
- Sponsored by:
- Japanese and Axinn Center for the Humanities
Davis Family Library, Upper Level Display Cases
The students in JAPN 290 (“Reading the Tale of Genji” in English”) and Prof. Otilia Milutin (Japanese Studies) are cordially inviting you and your students to view their exhibit, “Living with Genji: The World’s First Novel in 21st Century Japan.” The exhibit features a selection of objects, artwork, movies, and manga inspired by the 11th century classic The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu. Our exhibit aims to showcase a few selected items that speak both of the tale’s enduring legacy in traditional Japanese arts, and, equally important, of its contemporary reiterations, be they manga and movies adaptations or commercial, consumer-oriented products such as mascots, stationary, fabrics, and other everyday objects. Through our exhibit, we hope to demonstrate how a millennium old classic lives and thrives today in contemporary Japan.
Middlebury College
Open to the Public
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Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation
- Sponsored by:
- Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life
Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. No registration required. Drop in any day that works for you!
McCullough Crest Room
Closed to the Public
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Drop-In Hours with the Dean of Spiritual & Religious Life
- Sponsored by:
- Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life
Stop in to chat and enjoy a cup of hot tea with Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life Mark Orten.
Middlebury Chapel
Closed to the Public
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Winter Term Workshop: Peer Support Skills Training (psst...)
- Sponsored by:
- Health and Wellness Education
Ever felt stumped about how to help a friend going through a hard time? Interested in working in a helping field in the future? Register for this training all about common mental health challenges and how to best support friends who are going through a hard time. Participants will leave with more confidence to express care and concern for friends, bring up worries and help friends to get help! Participants will meet for 1 hour for 4 weeks and receive a certificate to celebrate your learning.
Health and Wellness Education Conference Room
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Patchwork Feminism: A Community Quilt Project
- Sponsored by:
- Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies
Be part of the launch of a new project from the Feminist Resource Center - Patchwork Feminism: A Community Quilt Project! Learn to sew! Practice embroidery! Drink tea with friends! Contribute to a living archive!
Chellis Living Room/Seminar Room
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