Anderson Freeman Resource Center

Drop by the AFC to grab pastries, tea, and coffee in celebration of National First Gen College Celebration Day!

On October 17th, the Anderson Freeman Resouce Center invites first-generation students, faculty, and staff to join us at the Happy Valley Orchard to pick apples and enjoy the fall weather. The AFC will provide transportation to the orchard for 26 students. To participate, students must submit their contact information via a Google Form sent out by the AFC email account.

Students will depart the AFC at 9:45 a.m. and will return at 12:15 p.m.

Please join us for a virtual panel discussion to raise awareness of and support for Vermont’s S.148: An act relating to environmental justice in Vermont. The bill seeks to establish an environmental justice policy for the State of Vermont and would require state agencies to incorporate environmental justice into their work. The bill will be discussed in this spring’s upcoming legislative session.

Confirmed panelists are:

Senator Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Vermont State Senator and lead sponsor of S. 148

Pop in to the AFC Open House on Thursday, September 23 at 4:30pm! We will have games, snacks, and prizes. There will be a raffle draw for AFC water bottles at 5:30pm. You must be present to win, so stay a while and celebrate the re-opening with us! Students, faculty, and staff are all welcome. 

Join BIPOC friends in the garden at this event co-hosted by the Anderson Freeman Center and the Knoll. We’ll provide activities to reflect on and celebrate the end of this remarkable year in community. Please RSVP in advance at go/bipocgardenparty

Join BIPOC friends in the garden at this event co-hosted by the Anderson Freeman Center and the Knoll. We’ll provide activities to reflect on and celebrate the end of this remarkable year in community. Please RSVP in advance at go/bipocgardenparty

Are you a first-generation student looking to make new connections and support incoming first generation students this fall? If so, you may be interested in joining the First@Midd pre-orientation team! Learn more about First@Midd at this casual Q&A event at the Knoll. Previous First@Midd peer leaders will be present to chat with you about their experiences and answer any questions you may have.

(Re)connect with the First-Gen community over a casual Zoom games night on Wednesday, March 24 from 5:30-6:30pm. We have a variety of games that you can pick from, including Scattergories, Hot seat, 2 Truths and a Lie, Among Us, Kahoot, and a room for just chatting. RSVP here, and feel free to suggest any other games you’d like to play!

As part of the 2020-2021 Martin H. Freeman Lecture Series, Professor Pablo Sobrado, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, will give a virtual guest lecture titled “Targeting Novel Flavin-dependent Enzymes for the treatment of Fungal and Bacterial Infections.” Other events with Prof. Sobrado will be happening from 11:45 to 3:30 PM. More information will be available online soon.

Sponsored by the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department, Computer Science Department, and the Anderson Freeman Center

Professor Pablo Sobrado, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, will give a lecture titled, “Targeting novel flavin-dependent enzymes for the treatment of fungal, parasitic, and bacterial infections”

Iron is an essential nutrient for microbial grown as it is required for a large heme-dependent
and non-heme enzymatic reactions. Microbes acquire iron from their environment by heme
assimilation, reductive iron transport, and by using iron-binding molecules known as
siderophores. In Aspergillus fumigatus and in several bacteria including Mycobacterium