The Center for Community Engagement

Please stop by the library to register to vote or request an absentee ballot! MiddVote’s student volunteers will be there to help you with the process.

Please join MiddVote student organizers on Monday, February 26 at 8pm to learn how you can become part of a campus-wide initiative to get more students registered to vote and ready for Election Day. The midterm elections are right around the corner and we are looking for driven student volunteers who are ready to help run voter registration drives throughout the spring and fall.

Need to register to vote or request an absentee ballot? MiddVote volunteers will be in the lobby of the Davis Family Library on Wednesday ready to help! Stop by to get your forms, envelopes, and stamps.

Join us to talk about future plans for MiddVote, a nonpartisan student initiative that aims to increase civic engagement on campus. We are looking for students who are excited to be part of the effort to create a new voter registration system on campus. We look forward to seeing you there!

Join us in exploring volunteer and service-learning opportunities in the greater Middlebury Community. Community organizations and student organizations will be on hand to share service opportunities with students, faculty and staff. Questions? Contact Ashley Laux, alaux@middlebury.edu, 802.443.3099.

MAlt participants for the February 2018 trips gather to meet their trip leaders and kick-off their trip preparation. Questions? Contact middalt@middlebury.edu.

Interested in leading a Middlebury Alternative Break (MAlt) trip in February 2019. Come learn more about the leader application process and get some tips on how to submit a strong application. Check out the live application at go/malt.

Sponsored by Middlebury Alternative Break Trips, Center for Community Engagement

Middlebury Alternative Breaks (MAlt) is an student organization where students participate in direct service centered around a specific social justice issue in domestic and international locations. Come check out the different trips we will offer over Feb Break 2018, talk with the trip leaders, and learn about the application process. Snacks will be provided.

Join us for Buddhist Dharma teacher Lama Rod Owens’ public lecture. So many of us are grieving and in deep mourning for the suffering that we perceive in the world as well in our own situations. We do not live in a society that is comfortable with our open grieving. Community based grieving is healing and transformative. When we combine community grieving with our deep aspirations to love, then we are able to better transform our grief into wisdom and joy. This is a radical vision of bringing our full selves into the complexity of living.

Attend this student workshop with author, activist, and Lama (Buddhist Teacher) Rod Owens is an author, activist, and Lama (Buddhist Teacher). Stevie Wonder once sang, “Love’s in need of love today.” His words couldn’t be more true as we face a global community struggling with war, poverty, illness, climate instability, and the rise of political authorities and governments who do not seem to be grounded in compassion or kindness.