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Grab some lunch and stop by the Atwater seminar room on Wednesdays this semester for lighthearted conversation about all things Anthropology! Students, faculty and affiliates welcome.

Grab some lunch and stop by the Atwater seminar room on Wednesdays this semester for lighthearted conversation about all things Anthropology! Students, faculty and affiliates welcome.

Grab some lunch and stop by the Atwater seminar room on Wednesdays this semester for lighthearted conversation about all things Anthropology! Students, faculty and affiliates welcome.

Higher Education: How the Press Shapes the Private Gains Over the Public Good, by Jeffrey J. Selingo Jeffrey J. Selingo has written about higher education for two decades. He is author of three books and a regular contributor to the Washington Post. His newest book, There Is Life After College (HarperCollins, 2016), explores how today’s young adults need to navigate school in order to succeed in the job market of tomorrow. His first book, College (Un)Bound, was a New York Times bestselling education book.

Makerspace organizer Jeff Sturges, class of 1999, returns to Middlebury college to share his 10+ years of experience building communities through the creation of makerspaces. Making is transforming thoughts into things. Maker learning happens when people exchange skills, knowledge, and experience while making things together. A makerspace is a place where people gather to make and learn. The emerging “maker movement” embraces a DIO (doing it ourselves) ethic and encourages learning while doing. Is this type of learning at odds with a liberal arts education? If so, why?

This reception will take place on the first floor room 101-Special Collection’s Room.

Envisioning Middlebury is a yearlong conversation that explores the future of learning and who we are as a community. Bill Maris ‘97 will be the first speaker in the Envisioning Middlebury Speaker Series (on April 11). The morning after this talk, the Faculty Strategy Committee is hosting a breakfast for any faculty, staff, or students who are interested in discussing the ideas raised in this thought-provoking talk. Please join Cheryl Faraone, Chris Klyza, and Amy Morsman at 8:30 a.m. in Redfield Proctor for a hearty breakfast and meaningful conversation.

Students in the Privilege and Poverty Academic Cluster share their projects investigating and responding to economic inequality.

Panel Discussion with Kim Cronise, Bill Waldron, and John Spackman.