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Monday, February 17, 2025

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    Not Your Parents’ Politics: Understanding Young People’s Political Expression on Social Media

    Whether we like it or not, social media platforms have become key spaces for youth political expression. Yet young people’s engagement with politics on social media looks and feels different from adult conceptions of political expression: it is creative, making inventive use of platform affordances; it is personal, shaped by young people’s experiences and identities; and it is meaningful to young people, as a space to exert their political voice. This talk, based on Dr.

    Axinn Center 232

    Open to the Public
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    West African Dance and Drum Class

    A rich taste of African culture that provides amazing, vigorous, high energy, and powerful 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.

    Open to students, faculty, staff and community members age 13 and up!

    No credit. Attend one or all classes!

    Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center

  • Pilates with Bella

    Join Bella for a one hour Pilates class every Monday at 5 PM. The class is structured to help you build strength, balance, and flexibility.

    Forest West Basement Activity Space (031)

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    Yarn and Yap Weekly Meeting

    Fellow fiber arts fanatic? Come join us to craft (knit, crochet, embroider, spin, etc.) and yap! Bring your own supplies or use something from our stash. Beginner? We’re always happy to teach!!

    Brooker Main Floor Lounge (Outdoor Interest)

  • Korean Drumming

    Learn to play the traditional Korean percussion genre samulnori. Samulnori blends traditional Korean rhythms into dynamic pieces using four Korean percussion instruments: janggu (hourglass drum), buk (barrel drum), jing (large gong), and ggwaenggwari (small gong). Participants will start by learning technique and basic rhythms and progress to more complex rhythms and sequences. No experience needed!

    The Bunker (FIC 121)

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

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    Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation

    Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. 

    McCullough Crest Room

    Closed to the Public

  • Sculpt Yoga with Dani

    Join Dani for a one hour sculpt yoga flow to build strength, balance, and flexibility. 

    Forest West Basement Activity Space (031)

  • Text that reads First@Midd: COmmunications and leadership development workshops over two murals.

    First@Midd Communications and Leadership Development Workshops

    Practice and develop your leadership and communication skills with other first-generation college students. Participate in dynamic and engaging workshops that will build your communication skills while helping you develop strategies and tangible skills for leadership inside and outside the classroom. 

    Anderson Freeman Resource Center

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    TWYN: Take What You Need

    TWYN is a pop-up care space for unstructured down time. Come in to rest, release tension, be creative, or reflect. Middlebury Counseling will bring in materials such as essential oils, massage rollers and art supplies.

    Anderson Freeman Resource Center

  • Milo the therapy dog

    Therapy Dog Hour

    Come visit with Milo and friends for some dog snuggles or a quick pet, and share stories and pictures of your pets at home. You can find us outside Davis Library when weather is nice, otherwise you will find us across from the circulation desk. 

    Davis Family Library

  • Academic Freedom in Higher Education - Prof. Asli Ü. Bâli, Yale Law School

    Asli Ü. Bâli is the Howard M. Holtzmann Professor of Law at Yale Law School. She is an expert in international human rights law and comparative constitutional law focused on the Middle East. Dr. Bâli received her doctorate in Politics from Princeton University in 2010 and her law degree from Yale. Before her academic career, she worked for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and as an associate at Cleary Gottlieb. Shen then went on to UCLA where she was a founding faculty director of the Promise Institute for Human Rights. Dr.

    Axinn Center 229

    Open to the Public