The Center for Community Engagement

Finding decent, affordable housing in Addison County is extremely difficult. Habitat for Humanity of Addison County builds affordable homes in partnership with families currently living in unsuitable housing. Our houses are designed to be super energy efficient and built by volunteer labor. Available for first time home buyers only. Why rent when you can buy your own home for less. Come by for a quick 15-minute information session to learn more about this opportunity to become a homeowner! Questions? Contact Mickey Heinecken, heinecke@middlebury.edu.

We are planning to host a dinner for food justice awareness. For our dinner we will be focusing on milk and integrating it into various dishes at the dinner. As Vermont is known for dairy, we think this would be a great opportunity to disrupt these ideas that the focus on local, organic Vermont foods (specifically dairy products) is the only responsible way to consume food. To disrupt this, we do not need to look far; Migrant Justice in Vermont, for example, has an entire campaign called Milk with Dignity, which aims to improve the working conditions of Vermont dairy workers.

Center for Community Engagement (CCE) Open House Come visit the CCE to meet with staff and current students and enjoy some local apple cider and refreshments. Our Center connects students, faculty, and community organizations (local and global) to provide opportunities for experiential learning, internships, and volunteer service. We provide access to advising, programming, and funding; last year over 1500 Middlebury students were involved with 65,000 hours of service! Our Mission: CCE prepares students for lives of meaning and impact through service, scholarship, and citizenship.

Visit 118 South Main, the home of the Community Engagement, the Programs on Creativity and Innovation in the Liberal Arts, and the Center for Social Entrepreneurship, who collectively provide opportunities for students to try new things, develop ideas, and learn to engage our local community and the world. Join faculty, staff, and current students involved with our programs, including Privilege & Poverty, TEDx Middlebury, and the CSE Fellowship. We’ll have Vermont/local apple cider and refreshments—bring your ideas and questions!

United Way’s Earn It, Keep It, Grow It class for staff and faculty members. Hosted by Community Engagement and Human Resources.

United Way’s Earn It, Keep It, Grow It class for staff and faculty members. Hosted by Community Engagement and Human Resources.

United Way’s Earn It, Keep It, Grow It class for staff and faculty members. Hosted by Community Engagement and Human Resources.

United Way’s Earn It, Keep It, Grow It class for staff and faculty members. Hosted by Community Engagement and Human Resources.

It’s our great honor to have President Laurie Patton speak about “What matters to her and why” as part of our Reflection Friday speaker series. On selected Fridays in the 2015-16 fall and spring semesters, the CSE hosts reflective talks in which speakers will respond to the prompt: “What matters to me, and why.” During these lunchtime talks, students and other members of the Middlebury community will reflect on their own ‘story of self’ and offer insights about the challenges of effecting social change. Lunch is provided for the first 100 attendees.

Join facilitators from BreakAway for this professional development workshop. Service and community engagement programs are a popular form of collegiate student learning in the name of social justice and social change. However, research has shown the danger of traditional service work in reifying stereotypes, furthering deficit-based perspectives, and increasing the gap between volunteers and the communities they intend to serve.