Events

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

• Oct 29

  

  Before I Die

  8:00 AM ET

  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
  

  Free
  Open to the Public
• Oct 29

  Pilates with Izzy

  8:00 AM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Yoga Club

  Forest West Basement Activity Space (031)
  

• Oct 29

  YOUPOWER Spin Class

  8:00 AM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Youpower

  YouPower Spinning Room
  

• Oct 29

  

  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.  No registration required.  Drop in any day that works for you!

  McCullough Crest Room
  

  Closed to the Public
• Oct 29

  YOUPOWER Spin Class

  9:00 AM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Youpower

  YouPower Spinning Room
  

• Oct 29

  

  Politics or Morality? Normative Responses to Refugee Crises

  9:45 AM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs and Global Migration & Diaspora

  Professor Bender of Northumbria University in Newcastle will deliver a Zoom talk addressing key issues related to human rights and refugees— particularly the limited role of morality in the refugee regime and the political function of refugeehood in international politics.

  URL to virtual event: https://middlebury.zoom.us/meeting/register/kKUCLeMrSxeaGxHCDey3LA

  Virtual Middlebury
  

• Oct 29

  YOUPOWER Spin Class

  12:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Youpower

  YouPower Spinning Room
  

• Oct 29

  YOUPOWER Spin Class

  3:15 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Youpower

  YouPower Spinning Room
  

• Oct 29

  

  Middlebury Club Sailing Practice

  3:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Middlebury College Sailing Club

  Daily practice at the Hopper Family Sailing Pavilion on Lake Champlain

  Off Campus
  

• Oct 29

  YOUPOWER Spin Class

  4:15 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Youpower

  YouPower Spinning Room
  

• Oct 29

  

  Alumni Career Conversation about work at RAND

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Center for Careers & Internships

  Join Reika Herman ‘24, Catherine Kish ‘24, and Daniel Allen ‘24 for a virtual group chat about what it’s like to work at this federally funded research and development center. Each will talk about their highlights from Midd, and a little about their research areas. RAND is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that provides leaders with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions. A major focus of the conversation will be about how to make the most of networking, and the role it plays in hiring at the firm. Applications will be opening soon. Bring your questions.

  Virtual Middlebury
  

• Oct 29

  Carol Rifelj Lecture Series - Culture War Politics: How the United States and Europe got "Woke"

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Dean of the Faculty

  Erik Bleich, Political Science  
  Culture War Politics: How the United States and Europe got “Woke”
  Over the past decade, the culture wars have become a core component of political struggles in the United States and in many European countries.

  Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
  

• Oct 29

  

  Haunted: Halloween grows up so we don't have to

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Sociology

  Axinn Center 229
  

  Closed to the Public
• Oct 29

  

  Middlebury Club Nordic Weekly Practice

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Midd Club Nordic

  Regularly scheduled practice meeting outside of the Athletic Center Lobby. Will be running or rollerskiing!

  Peterson Family Athletic Complex
  

• Oct 29

  

  Papel Picado Workshop w/The Scott Center

  4:30 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Juntos

  Take a moment to slow down and get creative. The Scott Center’s weekly slow down event will have the option to make your very own papel picado, the colorful paper banners that add life and movement to the altars and celebrations for Dia de Muertos.

  McCullough Crest Room
  

• Oct 29

  

  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
• Oct 29

  

  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.Each session is open to a maximum of 20 participants. PE credit is available for attendance at 8 classes. Previous dance experience in any form is recommended. Open to Middlebury students only. 

  Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio
  

  Closed to the Public
• Oct 29

  

  WOC Board Meeting

  5:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Womxn of Color (WOC)

  Our board meetings are open to all students. If you are interested in becoming a member or joining the board please stop by or reach out to, woc@middlebury.edu

  Anderson Freeman Resource Center
  

• Oct 29

  YOUPOWER Spin Class

  5:15 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Youpower

  YouPower Spinning Room
  

• Oct 29

  

  MiddDIB Meeting

  6:00 PM ET

  Sponsored by:

  Middlebur Diversity in Business (MiddDIB)

  Please join us for our first MiddDIB meeting!

  Axinn Center 219