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Pathways & Perspectives: Research

Curious About Research Careers? Get Advice from a Midd Alum!

These alumni have been in your shoes, and they’re volunteering to share honest advice, career stories, and what they wish they’d known as undergrads. Here’s your chance to get answers directly from someone who’s been there.

CCI and Midd2Midd are teaming up to offer 1:1 virtual chats with alumni volunteers who are excited to share their experiences and advice. These conversations are casual, so bring your curiosity and your best questions — from industry trends to navigating your next steps.

Virtual Middlebury

Life Sciences in Action: Exciting Careers in the Life Sciences Industry

Discover a world where your passion meets opportunity! Whether you’re a STEM enthusiast, a humanities scholar, or a social sciences innovator, the Life Sciences industry offers diverse paths to explore your interests and harness your unique talents. 

Join us for an inspiring discussion as our panel of Middlebury alumni reveals the groundbreaking trends shaping the industry today. Learn firsthand how your liberal arts background can pave the way for exciting and transformative careers in a field where science meets creativity. 

Davis Family Library 105A

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Conversation with Stefan Claypool '09, Senior Principal Product Manager at Toast

Stefan Claypool graduated from Middlebury College in 2009 with a joint major in Economics and Chinese. He is a Senior Principal Product Manager at Toast, where he works on AI-focused products serving restaurants and the broader hospitality industry. Earlier in his career, he held roles at PayPal and Autodesk. He earned his MBA from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management in 2013.

Axinn Center 220

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Pathways & Perspectives: Conservation

Curious About Careers? Get Advice from a Midd Alum!

These alumni have been in your shoes, and they’re volunteering to share honest advice, career stories, and what they wish they’d known as undergrads. Here’s your chance to get answers directly from someone who’s been there.

CCI and Midd2Midd are teaming up to offer 1:1 virtual chats with alumni volunteers who are excited to share their experiences and advice. These conversations are casual, so bring your curiosity and your best questions — from industry trends to navigating your next steps.

Virtual Middlebury

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Pathways & Perspectives: Education

Curious About Careers? Get Advice from a Midd Alum!

Have questions about career paths, industries, or how to use your major after graduation? Here’s your chance to get answers directly from someone who’s been there.

CCI and Midd2Midd are teaming up to offer 1:1 virtual chats with alumni volunteers who are excited to share their experiences and advice. These conversations are casual, so bring your curiosity and your best questions — from industry trends to navigating your next steps.

Virtual Middlebury

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Pathways & Perspectives: Business, Finance, & Consulting

Curious About Careers? Get Advice from a Midd Alum!

Have questions about career paths, industries, or how to use your major after graduation? Here’s your chance to get answers directly from someone who’s been there.

CCI and Midd2Midd are teaming up to offer 1:1 virtual chats with alumni volunteers who are excited to share their experiences and advice. These conversations are casual, so bring your curiosity and your best questions — from industry trends to navigating your next steps.

Virtual Middlebury

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2026 Dance Alumni Takeover Showcase

Mahaney Arts Center, Dance Theatre

“Under Earth” Octavio Rose Hingle ‘17 presents under earth, a ritual of devotion inspired by the gardening memoirs of queer English filmmaker and AIDS activist Derek Jarman. Through movement, song, and poetic monologue, the performance maps a personal ecology of pleasure, grief and erotic transformation across the landscapes of the San Francisco Bay.

Mahaney Arts Center

Free
Open to the Public
Alumni: Graham Shelor & Sonia Hsieh

2026 Dance Alumni Takeover Movement Matters

“Making Noise” A deep practice of listening informed by Graham Shelor’s ‘23 research for his most recent dance project - NOISE REDUCTION. In this session, participants are guided through somatic listening practices designed to tune their internal awareness of the moving body. We will expand our gaze outward, engaging in group improvisational scores that challenge our understanding of what it means to be in community. Together, we will investigate: How can we communicate through our bodies? How do we make space to speak and share space to listen?

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public
Alumni:Octavio Rose Hingle                                              Graham Shelor

2026 Dance Alumni Takeover Artistic Portfolio & CV Workshop

What makes a compelling artist statement? How can you make your CV and creative portfolio stand out? In this workshop, Middlebury Dance Program alumni will share ideas, examples, and leading questions to help you present your artistic self to the world in a compelling and authentic way. Feel free to bring an artist statement draft and/or CV with you or just show up with your curiosity and ideas for your post-graduate artistic career. All are welcome!

Mahaney Arts Center 125

Closed to the Public
Alumni: Sonia Hsieh, Graham Shelor, Octavio Rose Hingle

2026 Dance Alumni Takeover Panel Discussion

Sonia Hsieh, MSW ‘10.5, would like to share a message of self-transformation and love. No matter your background, life experiences, setbacks, or challenges, an embodied life is accessible to everyone. For over a decade, Sonia has worked as a psychotherapist in the self-help and inner inquiry space—first transforming herself, then guiding many others through profound processes of change and altered states of consciousness. When mind, body, and soul unite as one, the miracle of love becomes not only possible, but deeply felt and known.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Free
Open to the Public