Events
Monday, January 5, 2026
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WTW: Money Talks: Weekly Wealth Conversations
- Sponsored by:
- Sustainability & Environmental Affairs
Do you ever think about your socioeconomic class at Middlebury, but feel afraid to discuss it with others? What if there was a cozy and open space to chat about these things? Our workshop will provide educational materials and community building examining socioeconomic class at Middlebury. Using materials from organizations like Resource Generation and readings such as The Financial Activist Playbook, we will talk about our family backgrounds and money stories in a relaxed environment with tea and snacks. People of all class backgrounds are encouraged to attend!
26 Blinn Lane (CCE) Conference Room
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Introduction to Chinese Calligraphy
- Sponsored by:
- Winterterm Workshop
A comprehensive introduction to traditional Chinese brush calligraphy. We will start from the very basics: how to hold a brush and the basic strokes. Each week will consist of two sessions, with each week focusing on a new style or calligrapher. The leader will give an introduction to each style and demonstrate writing. The participants will then have the opportunity to practice, with the workshop leader giving feedback. During the last session (or two) we will write traditional Spring Couplets on red paper for Spring Festival. No experience necessary.
Sunderland IL1
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Tuesday, January 6, 2026
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Before I Die
- Sponsored by:
- Mahaney Arts Center and Elizabeth Hackett Robinson ’84 Innovation Hub
This interactive public art installation invites members of the Middlebury community to reflect on what matters most. By sharing personal hopes and aspirations on a communal wall, the project fosters connection, introspection, and a celebration of our shared humanity. Inspired by the global Before I Die project, this installation transforms public space into a canvas for gratitude, memory, and possibility.
Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby
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Living with Genji: The "World's First Novel" in 21st Century Japan
- Sponsored by:
- Japanese and Axinn Center for the Humanities
Davis Family Library, Upper Level Display Cases
The students in JAPN 290 (“Reading the Tale of Genji” in English”) and Prof. Otilia Milutin (Japanese Studies) are cordially inviting you and your students to view their exhibit, “Living with Genji: The World’s First Novel in 21st Century Japan.” The exhibit features a selection of objects, artwork, movies, and manga inspired by the 11th century classic The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu. Our exhibit aims to showcase a few selected items that speak both of the tale’s enduring legacy in traditional Japanese arts, and, equally important, of its contemporary reiterations, be they manga and movies adaptations or commercial, consumer-oriented products such as mascots, stationary, fabrics, and other everyday objects. Through our exhibit, we hope to demonstrate how a millennium old classic lives and thrives today in contemporary Japan.
Middlebury College
Open to the Public
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Weekday Morning Sitting Meditation
- Sponsored by:
- Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life
Join us for 15 minutes of silent meditation every weekday morning, led by various staff, faculty, and students. No registration required. Drop in any day that works for you!
McCullough Crest Room
Closed to the Public
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Critical Incident Analysis for Reflective and Impactful Pedagogies (Part I)
- Sponsored by:
- Center for Teaching, Learning and Research
Our teaching doesn’t always go as planned. Join this two-part session for faculty and staff on using Critical Incident Analysis as an approach to unexpected events in teaching.
Facilitated by Netta Avineri (Conflict Transformation).
Open to all staff and faculty. Register here.
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 169
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Sustainability/Climate/Knoll/Weybridge Summer Internships - Info Session
- Sponsored by:
- Sustainability & Environmental Affairs
Join the Sustainability and Environmental Affairs (SEA) team to hear about upcoming on-campus paid spring and summer internship opportunities and application/hiring timelines.
Learn what it’s like to work with The Knoll, Sustainability Solutions Lab, Climate Action Fellowship, EcoReps, and Weybridge House. Find more info on the SEA website.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
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Weekly Politics Luncheon
- Sponsored by:
- Political Science
Students, staff, alumni and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held in person and by zoom almost every Tuesday, 12:30-1:30 pm EST. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. To register for the zoom sessions, please contact Prof. Dickinson at his email: dickinso@middlebury.edu
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Drop-In Hours with the Dean of Spiritual & Religious Life
- Sponsored by:
- Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life
Stop in to chat and enjoy a cup of hot tea with Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life Mark Orten.
Middlebury Chapel
Closed to the Public
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Therapy Dog Hour
- Sponsored by:
- Health and Wellness Education
Come visit with Milo and friends for some dog snuggles or a quick pet, and share stories and pictures of your pets at home. You can find us outside Davis Library when weather is nice, otherwise you will find us across from the info desk.
Davis Family Library
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Women's Basketball vs. Emerson
- Sponsored by:
- Women's Basketball Team
Memorial Field House Pepin Gymnasium
Open to the Public