Events

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

• Oct 18

  YOUPOWER Spin Class

  7:00 AM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Youpower

  Free 45-minute student-led indoor spin classes! These classes take place in the FIC building, room 127. Shoes and equipment are provided. Sign up for classes at go/youpower or using the MINDBODY app. 

  YouPower Spinning Room
  

• Oct 18

  

  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
• Oct 18

  YOUPOWER Spin Class

  8:00 AM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Youpower

  Free 45-minute student-led indoor spin classes! These classes take place in the FIC building, room 127. Shoes and equipment are provided, you will receive PE Credit for this class. Sign up for classes at go/youpower or using the MINDBODY app. 

  YouPower Spinning Room
  

• Oct 18

  Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

  8:30 AM ET

  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. 

  McCullough Crest Room
  

• Oct 18

  Wakeful Wednesdays

  12:10 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life

  Join Dean of Spiritual & Religious Life Mark R. Orten for 20 minutes of quiet contemplation with readings and music.

  McCullough Crest Room
  

• Oct 18

  Fall Sailing Practice

  3:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Middlebury College Sailing Club

  Sailing Team at Hopper Family Sailing Pavilion for Fall Practice 

  Off Campus
  

• Oct 18

  

  PALANA Suits n Pie

  3:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Palana Social House

  Come join us at the PALANA House (Palmer House located near Ridgeline Parking Lot, crossing the bridge) to eat some delicious fall sweets including pie, cider donuts, apple cider, and coffee socialize, and watch some Halloween specials!!!

  Palmer House (PALANA) 1st Flr Lounge
  

• Oct 18

  YOUPOWER Spin Class

  4:15 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Youpower

  Free 45-minute student-led indoor spin classes! These classes take place in the FIC building, room 127. Shoes and equipment are provided. Sign up for classes at go/youpower or using the MINDBODY app. 

  YouPower Spinning Room
  

• Oct 18

  J-Club Bi-Weekly Meeting

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  J Club

  Come hang out with J-Club at our Bi-weekly meeting at Laforce 121! We’ll be discussing topics such as anime, Japanese Films, Music, History, Crafts, and more. Each meeting will have a different theme and a few Japanese Snacks!
  
  Email Japaneseclub@middlebury.edu for more information.

  LaForce Hall Seminar Room
  

• Oct 18

  National Security Agency (NSA) Information Session

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Center for Careers & Internships

  Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work as a Language Analyst for the National Security Agency? Join a representative from NSA for an overview of careers in Cybersecurity and Signals Intelligence! Our nation is seeking U.S. citizens who are highly proficient in Mandarin Chinese, Russian, and other critical languages. Following an introductory presentation, you will have the opportunity to ask questions about “Why NSA?,” daily life as an analyst, work-life balance, and more.

  Twilight 201
  

  Closed to the Public
• Oct 18

  Peter Cole reads from his new book of poems, Draw Me After (part of the 2023-24 Quint Lectureship in Jewish Studies)

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Jewish Studies

  Poetry Reading, Wednesday, October 18
  
  Peter Cole reads from his new book of poems, Draw Me After (Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2022)
  
  4:30 pm, Abernethy Room, Axinn Center at Starr Library
  
  Sponsored by the Program in Jewish Studies and the Program in Creative Writing
  
  (For information on Mr. Cole’s Quint Lecture, see the listing for Wednesday, Oct. 17, 4:30 p.m.
  
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  Axinn Center Winter Garden
  

  Open to the Public
• Oct 18

  

  The Global Body in Conflict: Movement Matters Series with Toby MacNutt

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Dance and Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation

  Transfer & Translation - moving movement from one body to another. How does it work? What changes in the process? All levels and all bodies welcome, to create and solve movement puzzles together.

  Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre
  

  Open to the Public
• Oct 18

  The SlowDown

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life

  Come enjoy homemade chai and homemade cookies with members of The Scott Center staff as we slow down our pace for a bit of socializing and crafting.  Watercolors, polymer clay, collaging, grown-up coloring books, and beading materials provided!

  McCullough Crest Room
  

• Oct 18

  Community Council Dinner Meeting

  5:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Middlebury College

  Davis Family Library 105A
  

  Closed to the Public
• Oct 18

  JusTalks workshop: Exploring Gender

  5:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Office of Institutional Diversity Equity & Inclusion and JusTalks

  This workshop explores the expansiveness of gender while aiming to address its limitations. In this, we will try to challenge our own understanding of gender through discussing how/why it was constructed, how this impacts social norms now, and where we go from here.

  Munroe 311
  

• Oct 18

  Power Yoga with Tatum Menon

  5:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Yoga Club

  Tatum will lead a 60-minute power yoga class from 5pm-6pm. Students can take 8 of these classes to receive PE credit. Mats will be provided to those that need them.

  Forest West Basement Activity Space (031)
  

• Oct 18

  The Divine Names

  5:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Muslim Students Association (MSA)

  Come join MIDD MSA as we learn and reflect on The Divine Names! 

  Islamic Center (Forest B9)
  

• Oct 18

  

  Understanding Self and Others in Relationship

  5:15 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  CENTER FOR HEALTH & WELLNESS

  Let’s explore how we cope with stress, tolerate difficult emotions, engage in self-talk and experience feelings of value in relationships with other students. A weekly group open to all students, facilitated by counseling staff.

  Davis Family Library 230 - Main Level Seminar Room
  

  Closed to the Public
• Oct 18

  YOUPOWER Spin Class

  5:15 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Youpower

  Free 45-minute student-led indoor spin classes! These classes take place in the FIC building, room 127. Shoes and equipment are provided.  Sign up for classes at go/youpower or using the MINDBODY app. 

  YouPower Spinning Room
  

• Oct 18

  Gather: Progressive Christian Community

  6:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life

  Gather is a community for the progressive Christian, Christian-curious, Christian-conflicted, agnostic, and generally bewildered. Join Affiliate Christian Chaplain Katie Runde Sanchez for an exploratory meeting with homemade goodies.

  McCullough Crest Room