Set in Vermont and filmed over six years, Traces of Time follows the final chapter in the life of filmmaker Sim Hutner’s mother with striking intimacy and restraint. The film won the Shouldice Family Prize for Best Vermont-Made Film at the 2025 Middlebury new Filmmakers Festival.
Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)
Enjoy lawn games with fellow members of the Class of 2006. Families welcome!
Ross Courtyard (Terrace)
Take a bus tour (on Friday or Saturday) to see some of the newest additions to campus while revisiting familiar spots along the way. Space is limited and sign-up is required. You may sign up for tours in Hepburn Lounge. Tours depart at 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., last approximately 45 minutes, and return to Hepburn.
Meet in the Hepburn driveway (please arrive 5 minutes early)
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Celebrate James Beard Award winners Rob and Robynne and their impact on American food and drink. Rob’s founding of Allagash Brewing Company helped ignite the craft brewing revolution, while Robynne’s restaurants, Fête and Mille Fête, honor Native Hawaiian cuisine through tradition and reinvention. Hear their stories and enjoy a mini pairing of Allagash beer alongside a taste of a Vermont-inspired dish from Chef Robynne, infused with Hawaiian flair and created especially for Reunion 2026.
3 South Street
Enjoy lawn games with fellow members of the Class of 2011. Families welcome!
McCullough Lawn
Join Juliet Lambert Pratt, John Bedolis, Sharon Lesser Maguire and Ivar Mountbatten from the Class of 1986 to hear about their experiences in the entertainment industry and ask them questions about their careers.
Axinn Center 229
Take a bus tour (on Friday or Saturday) to see some of the newest additions to campus while revisiting familiar spots along the way. Space is limited and sign-up is required. You may sign up for tours in Hepburn Lounge. Tours depart at 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., last approximately 45 minutes, and return to Hepburn.
Meet in the Hepburn driveway (please arrive 5 minutes early)
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Come learn alongside “scythe sisters” and competitive hand-mowing teachers Michaela Stickney ’84 and Danielle Rougeau. Connect with this ancient knowledge that will strengthen your core muscles and deepen your roots with the earth. It’s addictive—and a great approach to “re-wilding” habitats. Swing-snath, steel-sing, stone-hone, hammer-peen, and sip some switchel. Please sign up in advance at go/knollhours
The Knoll, Route 125 West
The Knoll
Join the Sustainability and Environmental Affairs (SEA) team at the Knoll as we celebrate our place in the Vermont landscape. Knoll summer interns will lead garden tours at 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. Enjoy the gardens, walk the labyrinth, and take in the beauty of the Champlain Valley. You may drive or walk to The Knoll; if you walk, please be sure to follow the path through the solar panels—do not walk along Route 125.
The Knoll
Please join us as we gather to honor our lost classmates from 1981 at our class tree, on the north side of Painter Hall. Rain location: Chateau Grand Salon.
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Join fellow alumni for ice cream before the Reunion parade begins. Featuring local ice cream company Sisters of Anarchy, owned by Becky Castle ‘91 and Bob Clark ‘89.
Old Chapel Quad
Alumni reading their class remarks should come to the chapel for a brief rehearsal of Reunion Convocation.
Middlebury Chapel
One of the highlights of the weekend! Classes march in reverse order, beginning with the Class of 2021. Members of the Classes of 1951 through 2021 should gather by 4:00 p.m. on Old Chapel lawn, next to their banners. For those who cannot or do not want to walk in the parade, please join your class at the chapel steps.
Assemble on Old Chapel lawn.
Middlebury Chapel
Mingle with friends old and new on Battell Beach and grab a drink or a bite to eat before or after your class’s scheduled dinner. Enjoy tacos from Las Hermosas and pizza from American Flatbread’s mobile oven, as well as a bar with beer, wine, cider, and non-alcoholic options. Please remember to wear your lanyard, and be prepared to show ID at the bar.
Battell Beach
Join President Baucom and fellow alumni to hear class remarks, tap your canes in song, and celebrate class award winners. Through shared reflections, classmates will paint a vivid portrait of Middlebury across seven decades.
Attend in person, listen from the lawn outside the Chapel, or watch online at
https://streaming.middlebury.edu/.
Middlebury Chapel
Feel free to drop in if you need to get away.
Carr Hall, Anderson Freeman Resource Center
Anderson Freeman Resource Center
Families are welcome to enjoy popcorn, juice boxes, and lawn games, and stay for one of two magic shows. Please note: kids should be supervised by an adult.
Battell Beach
Come to the kids’ area on Battell Beach for an entertaining magic show with Alyx Hilshey, a nationally touring magician who appeared on Penn & Teller: Fool Us; tours with the immersive theater show, The Magician’s Table US; and was selected to perform impactful close-up magic for attendees at the five-day TED 2026 conference.
Battell Beach
Celebrate your 5th Reunion with a Class Dinner at American Flatbread. Please remember to wear your lanyard, and be prepared to show ID at the bar.
Off Campus
Join us after dinner on Saturday in Hepburn Lounge for a 1956 Reunion tradition! Ned MacDowell will play classic tunes that hearken back to the time when singing was an almost daily part of a Middlebury experience. All are welcome!
Hepburn Lounge
