Alumni & Parent Programs

Please join Miguel Fernández, Professor of Luso-Hispanic Studies, for a talk entitled “Tom Sawyer’s Wreck (and how did I go from studying gauchos to shipwrecks???.”

Please join Peter Hans Matthews, Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics and Andrea Robbett, Professor of Economics for a talk entitled “Selfishness and Self-Image in a Partisan World.”

Enjoy live music, cold beverages, pumpkin carving, farm-fresh treats, and more at the Harvest Fest behind the Mahaney Center for the Arts.  Alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends welcome. 

Location: Mahaney Center for the Arts, Rear Patio; (Mahaney Center Upper and Lower Lobbies rainsite)

Please join Ian Barrow, professor of history and the director of the Axinn Center for the Humanities, for a lecture entitled “The British East India Company.”

Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Saturday 8:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Mahaney Arts Center (MAC) first floor lobby

Parents, please start your weekend by checking into the Welcome Center where there will be a variety of information and plenty of coffee, cider, and donuts.   We will have a handout, maps, posters to read, and a reminder to come back to this Events calendar often as events are being added right up to the end. Saturday offers a full roster of athletic events and a chance to ride the new 4-person ski lift to see the fall foliage from the air.    While you are in the MAC, visit the art museum and access the box office to purchase tickets for any weekend shows.

An opportunity to hear about the ROTC program at Middlebury from current cadets and professors; and learn from some Peace Corp volunteers about what they gained from serving. “Doing well by being good.”   

Join President Patton and some of her senior administrators for a discussion on Middlebury today.

Sunderland Hall, Dana Auditorium

Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Saturday 8:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Mahaney Arts Center (MAC) first floor lobby

Parents, please start your weekend by checking into the Welcome Center where there will be a variety of information and plenty of coffee, cider, and donuts.   We will have a handout, maps, posters to read, a listing of classes you can attend, and a roster of the faculty participating in the Fall Faculty Forum. Depending on what time you arrive, there will be an opportunity to speak to representatives of some academic programming. To see a full roster of the weekend’s offerings, please come back to this Events calendar page often as things will be added up until the last minute.   While you are in the MAC, visit the art museum and access the box office to purchase tickets for any weekend shows.

Come see our brand new building which holds the Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Community Engagement and the Programs on Creativity and Innovation in the Liberal Arts. Enjoy apple cider and other refreshments while learning about these exciting student programs and opportunities. On hand will be students involved with the new “Privilege & Poverty” initiative, a curricular integration of internships and classroom learning that invites students to apply their liberal arts education to the address of domestic and global poverty.