Facilitator: Michelle McCauley, Executive Vice President and Provost, Middlebury College
Panelists: Allison Stanger, Thor Sawin, Roberto Lint Sagarena, Michael Linderman, German Reyes
Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
Daily practice at the Hopper Family Sailing Pavilion on Lake Champlain
Off Campus
Melanie Mitchell, Professor at the Santa Fe Institute
AI expert Dr. Melanie Mitchell from the Santa Fe Institute examines how current AI works, its true “intelligence,” and future prospects. From photo recognition to essay writing, she explores AI’s expanding role and what our expectations and concerns should be for near- and long-term developments.
Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
Are you a first-year student planning to apply for on-campus jobs this semester or thinking ahead about an internship? The Center for Careers and Internships (CCI) is ready to help you create your first college résumé.
Come from 7:00-7:30 pm either night for a presentation on how to transform the skills and experience you’ve gained through volunteering, leadership, classes, jobs, and other activities into a strong, professional Middlebury résumé. Stay as long as you want to work on your résumé.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Join us every Thursday and Sunday to watch the football games at The Grille and enjoy weekly menu specials!
McCullough Wilson Cafe
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
The 2025 Northeastern Old Growth Conference: Wildlands and Old-Growth Forests, co-hosted by Middlebury College and the University of Vermont, will be held September 17–20, 2025, at Middlebury’s scenic Bread Loaf Campus in Ripton, Vermont. Scientists, conservationists, policymakers, health professionals, writers, and artists will gather to share knowledge and inspire a future with more wildlands and old-growth forests in the Northeast. This year’s themes include The Future of Old Growth, Healthy Forests, Healthy People, and Old Growth Ecology.
Bread Loaf Campus
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
Ian Stewart, Executive Director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Ian Stewart will examine pathways through which advancing AI may threaten international peace and security and will explore the mitigation of these risks. This will include examination of AI in relation to strategic competition between the U.S. and China. He will also explore how AI may be leveraged as a tool to support rather than undermine international peace and security.
Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
Students, get involved with the performing arts! Come by the MAC for chocolate and a free PAS ticket!
Arts at Middlebury invites first year students to claim one free ticket to a Performing Arts Series (PAS) event, as a welcome gift from the Mahaney Arts Center. And, any student, regardless of year, who becomes a Performing Arts Series Society (PASS) Scholar can also receive a free ticket.
Mahaney Arts Center Upper Lobby
Parker Harris, CTO of Slack and Cofounder of Salesforce
Parker Harris ’89 shares insights from leading a major cloud computing company through the AI revolution. He explores workforce displacement, skill development, and the evolving relationship between human creativity and machine intelligence, examining opportunities and responsibilities of large-scale AI adoption.
Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
