Center for Teaching, Learning and Research

We invite you to the 28th annual overnight retreat, sponsored by the Center for Teaching, Learning & Research and the Writing Program, to be held at the Mountain Top Inn and Resort in Chittenden, about 45 minutes south of Middlebury (http://mountaintopinn.com). We will begin with lunch on Wednesday, August 26 and end in the afternoon on Thursday, August 27. This year’s retreat will continue the tradition of bringing together new and experienced faculty in an informal setting.

The Writing Center at Middlebury College will join 75 other colleges and universities in sponsoring a Write-In. Supported by CTLR, the Writing Program and the Library, the Write-In fosters a writing community by creating a calm time and space in LIB 145 and the Harman Reading Room for students to write together. A Peer Writing Tutor and a Research Librarian will be on hand in LIB 201 to provide support. During the Write-In, students may work on academic papers, do personal writing, or brainstorm writing for fellowships, internships, and summer jobs. We’ll provide snacks and prizes.

The Writing Center at Middlebury College will join other colleges and universities from around the globe in sponsoring a Write-In. Supported by the Writing Program and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research, the Write-IN fosters a writing community by setting aside time and space for students to write together. A Peer Writing Tutor and a Research Librarian will be on hand in LIB 201 to provide support. During the Write-In, students may work on academic papers, do personal writing, or brainstorm writing for fellowships, internships, and jobs. We’ll provide snacks and prizes.

Join Truman advisors Prof. Bert Johnson and Dean Lisa Gates and 2015 Truman Scholars Kate Hamilton and Maddie Orcutt for an in-depth conversation about the Truman scholarship program and application process. Juniors thinking about applying and first-year and sophomore students wanting to learn more are all welcome!

This Event Has Been Cancelled. Please join us for this lunchtime conversation with JuliAnna Ávila on the topic of her latest book project, finding a home in academia. Bring a laptop or smartphone for an interactive activity.  Julianna Ávila is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and author and editor of Critical Digital Literacies as Social Praxis: Intersections & Challenges (Peter Lang Press, winner of the Edward B.

CTLR Pedagogy Series—From Theory to Practice

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Tom Scheinfeldt, Associate Professor of Digital Media and Design, Associate Professor of History, and Director of Digital Humanities in the Digital Media Center at University of Connecticut, will be visiting Monday, December 12th, 12:15-1:30 for a lunch time lecture.

The goal for this workshop is to engage in a discussion about the goals of this contested concept called a liberal arts education and what relevance such an education might have to informing the focus question, “What is the good life and how do we live it together?” We begin with a foundational work in the ‘Western’ tradition that is particularly relevant to liberal arts colleges in the USA and then to modern texts that illuminate unexamined assumptions about teaching and learning at Middlebury.