Chen Lǎo Shī dedicated 25 consecutive summers to the Chinese School. A lead teacher at the school, he inspired the next generation of teachers and brought immeasurable energy, tradition, and joy to the community. Many of the traditions he began will live on as the Chinese School celebrates its 60th year in Summer 2025.
Tayja “T” Sallie, a prominent member of the music department at Swarthmore College, has attended Middlebury’s 7-week Italian Immersion program twice and returns begin his MA in Italian with us this June! Article published by Swarthmore College.
Software developer Jack Pearson was awarded a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award at the end of his term of service. He used it to attend our 7-week immersion program at the German School.
Cate Zolik did self-taught Korean, took Korean classes for a year, and spent 2 weeks in Korea, but Middlebury was the “best learning experience out of them all.” Cate returns for her second summer at our School of Korean this summer!
Stéphane Chapman attended the Betty Ashbury Jones MA ’86 School of French in Summer 2023, and plans to return for Summer 2025.
Middlebury College has been named to the Fulbright Top Producing Institutions list for the 15th consecutive year by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Program. Three Language Schools alumni are among this year’s awardees.
Our incredible bilingual assistants ensured Henry Brooks’ summer at our 8-week School of Russian was both academically and personally triumphant.
Claire completed both the 7-week immersion program in Italian and the Master’s in Italian at Middlebury Language Schools.
| by Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Southeastern Oklahoma State University sophomore Karma McDonald has been awarded a scholarship to attend the Middlebury Language Schools this summer for the 7-week immersion program.
| by Jesse Bowman Bruchac, Director, and School of Abenaki
Director of our School of Abenaki, Jesse Bowman Bruchac discusses tools that can help reduce the stress of “not knowing” in language teaching and learning.
