Anderson Freeman Resource 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

In collaboration with the Anderson Freeman Center, the Knoll will hold affinity space for BIPOC-identifying students in the time following the US Elections. We will offer peer-led restorative activities around the site. Bundle up and join us to decompress, and just be. 

Rain date: Saturday Nov. 7, 2-5 p.m.

A virtual gathering in honor of seniors majoring in American Studies!
Invitations to join the gathering will be emailed to seniors and their parents.

For more information, contact the Program in American Studies.

A virtual gathering in honor of First-Gen seniors hosted by the Anderson Freeman Resource Center!



Students from all class years, staff, faculty, family, friends, and alumni are welcome to attend as guests. Please register by Monday, May 18 using this form to receive a Zoom invitation. All registrants will receive further details prior to the event.

The Trans Week of Awareness (TWOA) Celebration is a culminating event that is to host good vibes from the students, faculty, and staff at the AFC that have participated and taken interest in the TWOA programming on campus. The presence of trans and queer-identifying individuals will be honored although allies are also welcomed.

Transgender Day of Remembrance is an annual observance held on November 20 to honor the lives that were lost due to anti-transgender violence. Join the AFC in honoring the transgender people whose lives that were lost in acts of violence this year.

For any questions, contact Janae Due (jdue@middlebury.edu).

Queer Faces of Middlebury is a photographic narrative project that seeks to capture the diversity of LGBTQ faculty, staff, and students on campus. We bring forward these narratives in the spirit of analyzing intersectionality, power and privilege within the queer community. The portraits serve to shed light on how people choose to navigate their queerness at Middlebury. Ultimately, we hope to celebrate the diversity of the queer community here and capture its contribution to the wider college community.

Join the Anderson Freeman Resource Center (AFC), Middlebury Intercultural Leaders Coalition (MILC), and various cultural organizations in celebrating the return of Middlebury students as well as the incoming First Years! Get to know Org leaders, listen to some great music, and enjoy some amazing food to start your year off right!

Welcome back students! Please come join MILC and the AFC staff for the Annual Welcome Back BBQ outside of Carr Hall. There will be delicious food, live music, and fun activities.

Kwanzaa is a Black cultural celebration, and this will be the first year that the AFC is celebrating the holiday. We will be celebrating with a Southern and Caribbean fusion Atwater Dinner. The program will include the history of Kwanzaa, a lighting ceremony of the kinara, thanking/recognizing ancestors, and intentional reflection. Everyone is welcome. RSVP at go/kwanzaa.

*Check out the AFC every weekday at 4:30pm to light a candle on the kinara for the seven principles leading up to the dinner.