President of the College

Katha Pollitt is a leading feminist voice in the U.S.  She writes the award-winning column “Subject to Debate” for The Nation magazine. Her latest book is Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights; she is also the author of two books of poetry and several collections of essays.  Her book Learning to Drive (2007) is now a motion picture.

In light of Martin Luther King Jr.’s commitment to nonviolence, Holistic Life Foundation founders Ali Smith, Atman Smith, and Andy Gonzalez discuss how their work teaching contemplative practice in underserved schools in the Baltimore area is reducing disciplinary problems among students. “The Holistic Life Foundation is doing some of the most positively transformative work happening in our country’s inner cities.

Sponsored by the President’s Office and Alliance for an Inclusive Middlebury.

Paul Sommers, Paige-Wright Professor of Economics will give this lecture.

“Forty-Two Years of Collaborative Research with Middlebury College Students … and Counting”

In this lecture, Paul will discuss several of his student co-authored papers. The topics will include who voted for Trump, how accurate is Punxsutawney Phil, why George W. Bush owes a huge debt of gratitude to Pat Buchanan in the 2000 presidential election, and who really wrote the Beatles’ hits that were ostensibly collaborative Lennon/McCartney songs?

Kathryn Morse, John C. Elder Chair in Environmental Studies and Professor of History will give this lecture.

Conserving Whiteness: The 1930s Tenancy Crisis and New Deal Rural Rehabilitation

A Chaotic Pendulum Experiment

Employee Golf Tournament 9-Hole Captain and Crew Wednesday May 30 - 3:45pm check in / 4:30pm shotgun start / dinner follows in Kirk after golf contact Val: vcostell@middlebury.edu

Employee Golf Tournament 9-Hole Captain and Crew Wednesday May 30 - 3:45pm check in / 4:30pm shotgun start / dinner follows in Kirk after golf contact Val: vcostell@middlebury.edu

Employee Golf Tournament 9-Hole Captain and Crew Wednesday Sept 20 - 3:45pm check in / 4:30pm shotgun start / dinner follows in Kirk after golf contact Val: vcostell@middlebury.edu.