Academic Affairs

The Humanities Steering Committee has created a monthly lunch exchange for Faculty and Staff, to explore the role of the Humanities at Middlebury College and beyond. Lunch is provided. Please RSVP to adiehl@middlebury.edu to attend.

The Humanities Steering Committee has created a monthly lunch exchange for Faculty and Staff, to explore the role of the Humanities at Middlebury College and beyond. Lunch is provided. Please RSVP to adiehl@middlebury.edu to attend.

Fund for Innovation Info Session Join us for a brief informational session on the new Ron and Jessica Leibowitz Fund for Innovation, which presents an exciting opportunity for any member of the Middlebury community to apply for funding to pursue their own new projects, ideas, and ventures. All are welcome but please note that this particular session will be focused on students.

Fund for Innovation Info Session Join us for a brief informational session on the new Ron and Jessica Leibowitz Fund for Innovation, which presents an exciting opportunity for any member of the Middlebury community to apply for funding to pursue their own new projects, ideas, and ventures. All are welcome but please note that this particular session will be focused on faculty and staff members.

Fund for Innovation Info Session Join us for a brief informational session on the new Ron and Jessica Leibowitz Fund for Innovation, which presents an exciting opportunity for any member of the Middlebury community to apply for funding to pursue their own new projects, ideas, and ventures. All are welcome but please note that this particular session will be focused on faculty and staff members.

Fund for Innovation Application Workshop Applying to the Fund for Innovation’s fall round? Drop in to workshop your application with Presidential Fellows in Innovation Naila Jahan ‘15 and Michael Dola ‘15, who will be going over app basics as well as strengths and weaknesses, and will be available to provide feedback on your draft proposal. They will be available from 4:30-6:30pm, feel free to stop by as your schedule allows. Contact: Naila Jahan at njahan@middlebury.edu or Michael Dola at mdola@middlebury.edu

Faculty Council will be hosting an open meeting on April 21st for faculty to discuss two pieces of legislation: open access policy and changes to handbook language regarding reviews. The meeting will be held at 12:15 pm. Bring your brown bag for lunch.

Dr. Rick Hodes went to Ethiopia to help victims of the famine in the mid-1980s, planning to stay for only a year. He never left. He recognized that he was uniquely positioned to help desperately poor people who had no other hope for treatment. He is now the Medical Director of Ethiopia for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), a 95-year old NGO, and is the senior consultant at a Catholic mission helping those sick with heart disease, spinal disease, and cancer, many of whom need life-saving surgeries. Dr.

This event brings together two important and internationally recognized contemporary female voices to talk about a variety of issues ranging from the art and power of story telling, human ‘w/righting’ cross culturally and trans-nationally, feminism, their friendship and dialogue, and their collaboration in organizations such as Border of Lights.