Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature

Remarks & awards for graduating seniors and their guests in the Mahaney Arts Center , room 209 followed by a reception in the Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby at 4:30 p.m.

Commencement reception for seniors and their families for the departments of Arabic, Chinese, Comparative Literature, German, Italian, Japanese Studies, Luso-Hispanic Studies, and Russian.

Remarks & awards for graduating seniors and their guests in the Robison Concert Hall in the Mahaney Arts Center followed by a reception in the Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby at 4:30 p.m.

Please join this virtual event using this Zoom link.

Greetings from Beijing! Our tour of the Forbidden City last month was a great success, and I was pleased to see many colleagues, Middlebury School in China alumni, and prospective students in attendance.

I will be giving a second tour this month, this time of the Temple of Heaven, which will take place on April 22nd at 7:30 pm EST.

Registration is free.

https://middlebury.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMtc-mhpzojH9dW1duIil4ccpvAx8Od-Jqk

Speaker: Scott Rozelle

Technology executive-turned-filmmaker Hao Wu takes a raw and human approach to story-telling in an era when culture evolves online. Wu previously held management roles at Alibaba, TripAdvisor and Excite@Home. He is now a fellow at Washington D.C.-based think tank, New America. His documentary films have received support from Ford Foundation JustFilms, ITVS, Sundance, Tribeca and international broadcasters.

Commencement reception for Chinese and Japanese majors and families.

An informal, wide-ranging discussion and Q&A with Middlebury College alumni.

Mairead Harris (‘2009, Chinese, Spanish) teaches Mandarin in grades 6 to 12 at Stowe Middle & High School in Vermont; she is also the Associate Director of the Middlebury Chinese School, where she previously taught Level One, and a member of the board of the national Chinese Language Teachers’ Association as the K-12 representative.