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
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
Feel free to drop in if you need to get away.
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
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
It’s time to dance with The Grift! Middlebury’s “Reunion band,” featuring Clint Bierman ’97, Jeff Vallone ’97.5, and Peter Day ’01, has been a favorite of Reunion-goers for years. Don’t miss out!
Battell Beach
Join fellow alumni for one last meal together in Proctor or Ross before departing.
Proctor Dining Room
The Hepburn Seminar room is set aside all weekend for members of the Class of 1956 who would like a quiet space to reflect on the classmates and friends who are not here with us this weekend. Write a note, sit quietly, share thoughts of gratitude, and reflect on lives well-lived.
Hepburn Seminar Room 127
A fond farewell! If your travel schedule permits, join 1956 classmates for breakfast between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. The Woodstove Lounge in Proctor is the room to the right as you enter the building.
Proctor Woodstove Lounge
Gather with your classmates from the Class of 1986 before hitting the road! Come have coffee and Dog Team sticky buns at Heather Pierce Post’s home on the site of the former Dog Team Tavern. Directions can be found in your class lounge.
Off Campus
Time for one more conversation? Another goodbye? Another meal? Stop by the home of Churchill Franklin ’71 and Janet Halstead Franklin ’72 on Sunday. You are welcome any time after 10:00 am. Make sure to pick up driving directions at check-in or in your 1971 Lounge in New Battell.
Off Campus
Time for one more conversation? Join classmate Richard McKerr at his home in East Middlebury for a farewell brunch before heading home. Directions can be found in your class lounge in Hepburn.
Off Campus
Enjoy a bagel brunch and learn about Jewish life on campus.
Hosted by Rabbi Danielle Stillman
Jewish Center, Freeman International Center, second floor
Freeman International Center Cook Seminar Room 2
Welcome lunch for summer research assistants and their faculty mentors. Join us for a casual meal of pizza and salads. Please arrive at noon to make sure options are available or bring your lunch and relax with researchers on the patio.
McCardell Bicentennial Hall Tormondsen Great Hall
As part of this year’s celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of the American landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), the Museum has organized the exhibit Frederic Church in Vermont. It brings together for the first time numerous drawings, oil sketches and finished paintings that were either created during his visits to Vermont or resulted from them.
Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby
The Middlebury Community is invited to engage with summer research assistants about what they discovered through poster presentations. SRAs who would like to present need to submit their information by the prior Tuesday (7/21/26).
McCardell Bicentennial Hall Tormondsen Great Hall
