Quoted this Week: Alumna is Training Afghan Girls to Become Leaders
Growing up under Taliban rule, Shabana Basij-Rasikh ’11 attended school in secret. Years later, she’s on a mission to bring education and leadership skills to Afghan girls.
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Middlebury Signs on to ‘Real Food’ Challenge
Middlebury has joined the national movement to shift food service budgets toward sustainably produced food.
Middlebury to Inaugurate New Athletics Hall of Fame
First class will be inducted during a ceremony on January 24, 2015.
Colophon: Where Do Fanatics Come From?
In his first-year-seminar, “The True Believer,” Don Wyatt, the John M. McCardell Distinguished Professor at Middlebury, uses the seminal text from social philosopher Eric Hoffer to examine a phenomenon as relevant today as in past eras.
Middlebury Appoints Interim Leader for Monterey Institute
Jeff Dayton-Johnson, a faculty member at MIIS, will serve as vice president for academic affairs and dean of the Institute on an interim basis through June 30, 2016.
New England Review Receives Art Works Grant from National Endowment for the Arts
The New England Review has won a $10,000 NEA Art Works grant that will enable the literary quarterly to provide monetary compensation to its online contributors for the first time.
Linebacker Dan Pierce ’16 Named Academic All-American
The Needham, Mass. native has been named a Capital One Second-Team Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors.
Michael Geisler Wins Teachers of German Award
The head of Middlebury’s Language Schools and Schools Abroad was honored by the American Association of Teachers of German at its annual conference in November.
Animal Tales
From Middlebury Magazine, a guided tour through animal literature, with Professor Antonia Losano leading the way.