With environmental Filmmaker Kathy Kasic and UVM Professor and Author Paul Bierman
Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)
Please join us for a festive meal before services to welcome the New Year. Proctor dining staff are preparing a special menu for the holiday; meet upstairs in Redfield Proctor dining room for shared rituals and blessings and to eat dinner together.
Redfield Proctor Room
Middlebury IVCF First-Year Small Group Bible Study is a space designed especially for first-year students to build community, ask questions, and explore the Christian faith together. Through studying Scripture, sharing life, and supporting one another, students grow in their walk with God while forming meaningful friendships during their transition into college life.
McCullough Crest Room
For a complete schedule of High Holidays services and activities, please see our High Holidays webpage here.
Middlebury Chapel
Have you ever wanted to make your own jewelry and learn how to metalwork?! This is the club for you!!
Every week, we will have classes where you can come and learn how to use the equipment and make your own projects using metalworking tools and techniques!
There are limited spots for the teaching hours to ensure that students can have 1 on 1 help with Jewelry Club leadership, so…
to sign up for a teaching slot, go to this sheet:
Meet-up Place
Mondays in September, come learn to play the 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)
Yarn and Yap Weekly Meeting
Open to all people and experience levels!
Brooker Main Floor Lounge (Outdoor Interest)
Axinn Center 219
Please join us for the Ashkenazi tradition of dipping apples in honey for a sweet new year, along with honey cake and apple cider. All are welcome, whether you attended evening services or just want to dip some apples in honey!
Full High Holidays Schedule is here.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
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
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
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
Join us for a Wildlife Safety Seminar focused on how to protect both yourself and the wildlife that call Vermont home. Stop by our table to learn more about how to safely coexist with local wildlife, recognize potentially dangerous situations, and take steps to minimize human-wildlife conflict. Learn practical tips for avoiding unwanted encounters while supporting a healthy and respectful relationship with the natural environment around campus. All students, faculty, and staff are welcome—knowledge is the first step toward safety and stewardship!
Axinn Center Winter Garden
