Middlebury Institute alumna Linda Childs Hothem found the perfect person to help make her dream for a foundation to support arts education come true in recent graduate Natalia Weinberger.
Longtime donor and Middlebury Institute President Emeritus Steve Baker was among the honorees at the annual Central Coast National Philanthropy Day celebration in Pebble Beach on November 17.
The Carl Fehlandt Scholarship, named for a beloved longtime Institute professor who was also an alumnus, is now fully endowed and will provide scholarships for future translation and interpretation students in perpetuity.
Professor Victor Friedman of Israel, the first recipient of the Institute’s new Tyler Visiting Fellow in Residence Award, will offer a public lecture on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict March 7.
The Middlebury Institute received more than twice its goal for gifts in its first year of participation in the international “Giving Tuesday” philanthropic event.
