Can you FIX the Democratic Party?
Come discuss and debate politics, social issues, and current events. Good snacks provided!
Moderate? Radical? Republican? Independent? Socialist? Libertarian? Come share your thoughts!
Axinn Center 220
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
The 2025 Northeastern Old Growth Conference: Wildlands and Old-Growth Forests, co-hosted by Middlebury College and the University of Vermont, will be held September 17–20, 2025, at Middlebury’s scenic Bread Loaf Campus in Ripton, Vermont. Scientists, conservationists, policymakers, health professionals, writers, and artists will gather to share knowledge and inspire a future with more wildlands and old-growth forests in the Northeast. This year’s themes include The Future of Old Growth, Healthy Forests, Healthy People, and Old Growth Ecology.
Bread Loaf Campus
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
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
Stop in to chat and enjoy a cup of hot tea with Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life Mark Orten.
Middlebury Chapel
“AI and Climate: Superpowers for Good or Drivers of Destruction?” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Tim Profeta, Professor of the Practice, Middlebury College, and Senior Fellow, Duke Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability and Vee Syengo ‘25.5, Computer Science and English double major at Middlebury College.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Semester Planning Walk-In Sessions—come with questions and leave with a plan! Build a schedule that works for you to balance work, play, exercise, and commitments. Come once or each day. Treats and activities.
Davis Family Library Center for Teaching, Learning and Research
President Baucom in Conversation with Meghan O’Rourke
President Ian Baucom talks with acclaimed writer, and his former student, Meghan O’Rourke on the transformations AI is bringing to higher education. Drawing on O’Rourke’s New York Times opinion piece, and their institutional AI adoption experiences, they examine tensions between AI as enabler versus threat to human creativity and learning.
Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
Are you interested in studying abroad/off-campus during 2026-27? Come by the study abroad fair anytime between 2:00 and 5:00pm to gather information and talk with representatives from programs all over the world.
Axinn Center Reading Room
Facilitator: Michelle McCauley, Executive Vice President and Provost, Middlebury College
Panelists: Allison Stanger, Thor Sawin, Roberto Lint Sagarena, Michael Linderman, German Reyes
Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
Daily practice at the Hopper Family Sailing Pavilion on Lake Champlain
Off Campus
Regularly scheduled practice meeting outside of the Athletic Center Lobby. Will be running or rollerskiing!
Peterson Family Athletic Complex
