The Center for Community Engagement

Weekly WildMidd meeting! Join us to connect with Middlebury’s wild places!

Weekly WildMidd meeting! Join us to connect with Middlebury’s wild places!

Visit the Center for Community Engagement during the Sophomore Open House! Come check out our new location in at 26 Blinn Lane, chat with CCE staff, learn about resources and ways to make a positive impact in communities here in Vermont and beyond. Can’t make it? Contact communityengagement@middlebury.edu to request a meeting with a CCE staff member or learn about additional ways to get involved.

Meet with upper class students who have experiences in emergency medicine (EMTs, etc.) and how to get involved locally to support health care access. Sponsored by the Center for Community Engagement, and part of Orientation for new students.

This conversation will explore oral history and its role in producing empathy and compassion in its audience. The structure will allow Professor Lorraine Besser of the Philosophy department and Professor Don Wyatt of the History department to discuss these issues as they see fit and in accordance with the flow of the conversation. Possible topics will include Martha Nussbaum’s writing on emotional refinement, the limitations and danger of sentimental education, and the methods by which oral histories may best be leveraged to produce social good.

The Patrick J. Durkin, Class of 1979, Public Service Leadership Awards honor students’ service and leadership in public and community affairs. The Center for Community Engagement will celebrate the 28th Annual Public Service Leadership Awards on April 28, 2021 from 7:00-8:30 p.m.. At the remote award ceremony, we will honor awardees and they will be able to make a donation to the non-profit of their choice. Register to attend the event at go.middlebury.edu/psla. 

Interested in funding for international community service, advocacy, and activism? Join us to learn more about how you can use the Cross-Cultural Community Service Grants to realize your projects and ideas. 

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Interested in joining a large network of service programs meeting community needs in education, the environment, and public health and safety all over the country? Join the Center for Community Engagement to learn about AmeriCorps. This panel will host recent Middlebury graduates to share what AmeriCorps is, the kinds of service programs you can serve in, and how AmeriCorps can help you gain experience. Come hear from current AmeriCorps members who are serving at various sites across Vermont about their experience!

Through immersive learning within and outside of the classroom, Middlebury students and faculty work to contribute to local and global communities. This event series will feature stories from and conversations with Middlebury College undergraduates and faculty members who have unique perspectives on engaging in community during the pandemic.

Through immersive learning within and outside of the classroom, Middlebury students and faculty work to contribute to local and global communities. This event series will feature stories from and conversations with Middlebury College undergraduates and faculty members who have unique perspectives on engaging in community during the pandemic.