Center for Teaching, Learning and Research

For the first time since the first few weeks of the spring term in 2020, the dominant modality of teaching is in person. For many faculty, this is the first time teaching students in a physical classroom in many months or with the circumstances different than even the last semester. This is an opportunity—no matter what teaching modality being employed—to gather to share stories and advice to navigate a distinctive world for educators. Please join us for this virtual discussion following the first week of classes.

This year’s Learning Institute featured presenter will be Susan Blum of the University of Notre Dame.
Professor Blum is the author of I Love Learning, I Hate School: An Anthropology of College (2016) and a co-editor of Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to do Instead) (2020).
Keynote Address – “Ungrading and Related Practices for Equity in and Beyond a Pandemic.”

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First-years and sophomores, join Beinecke Scholarship Director Diane Flynn and Beinecke Scholars Joe Moore, Williams and Sydney To, Bowdoin ‘19 for a conversation about the Beinecke scholarship, how it supports student planning graduate study in the humanities and humanistic social sciences, and how to prepare yourself to be strong candidate! The Beinecke Foundation provides funding to undergraduates who plan to pursue graduate study in humanities or humanistic social science disciplines and have a demonstrated history of financial aid.

Join Assistant American Secretaries Fagan Harris and Beth Pearson and recent Rhodes Scholars to learn more about the Rhodes Scholarship, graduate study at Oxford University and what makes a competitive Rhodes’ applicant today. 

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Join Fulbrighters Desiree Daring, Williams ‘13 and founder of Fulbright Noir and other grant recipients, including Dave Anderson ‘19.5 (winner of Fulbright research grant to Japan) to learn about their experiences as Fulbrighters and Black Americans studying, researching and teaching in various parts of the world.


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First-years and sophomores, join Goldwater President John Mateja and Goldwater Scholars Jea Adams, Amherst ‘21, Jing He, Middlebury ‘16, and Liam Taylor, Bowdoin ‘20 for a conversation about the Goldwater Scholarship, STEM research careers, and how to prepare yourself now to be strong candidate in the future. The Goldwater Foundation provides scholarships to undergraduates who plan to pursue research careers in science, math and engineering. Students can apply for nomination for the scholarship in the fall of their sophomore and junior years.

Join Mike Morse, Director of the Churchill Foundation, and Churchill Scholars, Zoe Dietrich, Bowdoin ‘21, Earth Sciences; Jesse Freeman, Williams ‘15, Mathematics; and Jamie Tucker-Foltz , Amherst ‘19, Computer Science to learn more about earning a master’s degree in STEM fields at Cambridge University with a Churchill Scholarship!

Join in a celebratory day of student presentations. The 2021 Spring Student Symposium will include synchronous and asynchronous presentations of intellectual inquiry and inspiration. More information can be found at go.middlebury.edu/sym.

Days where you feel like there aren’t enough hours in the week or that college should not be quite this stressful happen. Come talk with fellow students trained in time management and other strategies you can use to improve your Middlebury experience—for both your academic work and your self care. This will be an informal gathering with lots of space to ask questions!

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Commenting on student writing can be challenging and time consuming but is critical to student development. Come join Writing and Rhetoric faculty to discuss challenges, opportunities, and ways to give effective and expeditious feedback. Because this is a workshop, we invite you to bring student writing, previous feedback, or other materials to share. This session will be facilitated by Writing and Rhetoric faculty Genie Giaimo and James Chase Sanchez.

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