Phi Beta Kappa Elects 71 Students
Induction ceremony will be held at a future date in coordination with an in-person commencement.
Induction ceremony will be held at a future date in coordination with an in-person commencement.
The fellowships support international post-college research and English teaching assistantship programs.
Spanish and linguistics professor Brandon Baird brought four students to Guatemala last January to contribute to local efforts to promote the Mayan language K’iche’.
Due to the pandemic, the board also deferred approval of the operating budget for fiscal year 2021, which begins on July 1, 2020.
Presented by the Institute of International Education, the awards are designed to help students gain international and language education in areas of the world considered critical to U.S. interests.
During the students’ presentation of their work, the audience included Sarah Graff, an associate curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Jacob Freedman ’21 won the highly selective national award for his work in connecting people with nature and the environment.
With tours and campus events cancelled, admissions staff and current students reached out to admitted students in a host of creative virtual ways.
Middlebury College Staff Council President Tim Parsons said he was struck by the students’ generosity.