Did you study abroad in 2025-26? Come meet up with other Middlebury students who did too at our returnee reception. IGST faculty and study abroad staff will be on hand to welcome you back, raise a glass, and listen to your stories. [Bring your government ID for 21+ libations.]
Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
Come slow down with beads, collaging, watercolors, grown-up coloring books and more. Homemade hot chai and cookies too! Everyone is welcome.
McCullough Crest Room
Advance register at go.middlebury.edu/bouquet/ to sign up to build a bouquet for yourself or friend at 5pm at The Knoll on Wednesday September 16, 2026. Free drinks, snacks, vases, and cut flowers from a local farm provided. Celebrating the beauty of the natural world sustains our connections with one another and our environment - a key antidote to the struggles that come with challenging mental health and substance misuse experiences. To learn more about September’s Recovery Month events and support resources available, go/recoverymonth/
The Knoll
The Theatre Department invites new and returning students to Curtain Up!
Meet the theatre majors and minors, the faculty and staff of the department and learn what we have in store for this semester and beyond!
Psst! There will be pizza!!
Mahaney Arts Center 232
Memorial Field House Pepin Gymnasium
Where is the Democratic Party going from here? Join us on Wednesday nights to discuss both national and local current events and issues, work with and learn from Vermont Democrats, and eat great snacks!
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
We offer a quick grounding moment in lightly-guided meditation in the Crest Room every weekday morning when classes are in session. All faculty, staff and students are invited; no experience is necessary. No registration required; drop in any day that works for you! All are welcome.
McCullough Crest Room
Students, get involved with the performing arts! Come by the MAC for chocolate and a free PAS ticket!
Arts at Middlebury invites first year students to claim one free ticket to a Performing Arts Series (PAS) event, as a welcome gift from the Mahaney Arts Center. And, any student, regardless of year, who becomes a Performing Arts Series Society (PASS) Scholar can also receive a free ticket.
Mahaney Arts Center Upper Lobby
For PASS Members: Wednesday, 9/9
Click here to learn more and join the Performing Arts Series Society!
For Middlebury College ID card holders: Tuesday, 9/15
Includes faculty, staff, students, alumni, emeriti, and other ID card holders
For the general public: Thursday, 9/17
Mahaney Arts Center Upper Lobby
Drop in to chat with Mark Orten, Dean of Spiritual & Religious Life. No appointment necessary; all conversations welcome!
Middlebury Chapel
Stop by during your lunch break and help destigmatize Recovery and make a more inclusive Middlebury community! Engage with our tabling hosts and enter to win raffle prizes (t-shirts, art supplies, house plants, gift cards, and more!), as well as sign-up for a time slot to donate at this years Blood Drive for Recovery happening at the end of the month. Go/RecoveryMonth/ to learn more.
Ross Courtyard (Terrace)
Stop by during your lunch break and help destigmatize Recovery and make a more inclusive Middlebury community! Engage with our tabling hosts and enter to win raffle prizes (t-shirts, art supplies, house plants, gift cards, and more!), as well as sign-up for a time slot to donate at this years Blood Drive for Recovery happening at the end of the month. Go/RecoveryMonth/ to learn more.
Proctor Terrace
Founder of the School of Leadership Afghanistan and Middlebury Alumna Shabana Basij-Rasikh discusses how the school educated Afghan girls in Kabul and now continues to do so from their campus in Rwanda. Lunch will be served.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
