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EAC Open Meetings

Sponsored by:
Academic Affairs and Dean Of Curriculum
The Educational Affairs Committee will be hosting two open meetings for the faculty to discuss legislation pending before the next Plenary Session: Pass/D/Fail and changes to the Cultures and Civilizations requirement. Meetings will be held on December 11th and December 15th at times noted.

Axinn Center 219

Closed to the Public

Commencement Ceremony 2017

Sponsored by:
President of the College and Academic Affairs
Central College Lawn (located in the vicinity of Munroe and Voter Halls)

Please come prepared for all weather conditions (warm coats, rain gear, hats, sunscreen, etc.) and wear shoes appropriate for damp, uneven, grassy terrain.

A tent, to provide sun or rain protection, will be located behind the seating area. A live broadcast of the ceremony will be provided in Wilson Hall in the McCullough Student Center (directly behind the rain tent) and Mead Chapel (up the hill) for those who wish to be inside.

Middlebury College

Open to the Public

Commencement 2017 - Baccalaureate Service

Sponsored by:
President of the College and Academic Affairs
Mead Memorial Chapel
President Patton will address the senior class.

All are welcome to attend. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis. A live broadcast will be provided in Wilson Hall, in the McCullough Student Center, and in Dana Auditorium, in Sunderland Language Center. Mead Chapel is not air conditioned. For guests who prefer a more comfortable setting, Wilson Hall and Dana Auditorium offer cushioned seating and air conditioning.

Middlebury College

Open to the Public

Clifford Symposium 2016: Interactive Workshop & Talk with the Holistic Life Foundation

Sponsored by:
Academic Affairs
Nurturing Well-Being While Working with Underserved Communities: A Workshop and Talk with the Holistic Life Foundation The Holistic Life Foundation (HLF) has more than a decade of experience teaching yoga and mindfulness to youth classified as “high-risk” or “hard-to-reach” in urban environments. But they also have years of experience teaching youth in private schools, as well as rural and international settings.

Mahaney Arts Center 221

Free
Open to the Public

Clifford Symposium 2016: Mindfulness Practice Samplers at Mahaney Center for the Arts

Sponsored by:
Academic Affairs
Participants are encouraged to try 25-minute introductions to a variety of contemplative practices: • Yoga with Jennifer Neil; MCA 109 • Aikido with Linda White; MCA 125 • Tai Chi with Sue Driscoll; MCA 126 • Modern Qi Gong video practice with Lee Holden, led by Andrea Olsen and Nükhet Kardam; MCA 110 • Walking and Being Earth with Marc Lapin; MCA Plaza (rain site: Virtue Field House, New Balance Track) Please wear comfortable walking shoes. • Sitting Meditation with Chessy Kelley; MCA 209

Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby

Open to the Public

Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series

Sponsored by:
Academic Affairs
Containing Wonder: Joseph Cornell and the Legacy of the Curiosity Cabinet Throughout his long career, Joseph Cornell obsessively collected items for his assemblage boxes. Shells, bits of coral, crystals, mineral specimens, stuffed birds, butterflies, tiny sculptures, and postage stamps featuring famous paintings — all these and more made their way into his artworks. Moreover, he amassed clipping files and books on topics as far-ranging as natural history, nineteenth-century ballerinas, and the art of Albrecht Dürer.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Free
Open to the Public

Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series- Debt and Mourning in South Asia

Sponsored by:
Academic Affairs
Abhijeet Paul, C3 Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, will speak on how oral, literary, and performative texts and practices owe a large debt to mourning. Taking cues from traditional and non-traditional forms of textile work in relation to debt-gift practices in South Asia, I show how mourning mediates loss of nature, ethics, and community. This occasions a closer look at mourning through particular forms like biraha (separation) and bidesiya (foreignness) and other nostalgic forms of representation in three Indian languages: Bengali, Hindi, and Bhojpuri.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Open to the Public