Irene arrived in Vermont as a tropical storm on August 28, dropping several inches of rain and packing high winds. While floods devastated large areas of Vermont, the Middlebury campus saw almost no damage.
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Commencement speaker says that America is “not a nation of linguists,” but that the Language Schools and its graduates are doing something about it.
At the completion of its 92nd summer, BLSE honors longtime director James Maddox and inspiring teacher Michael Armstrong.
Candidates for Master of Arts and Doctor of Modern Languages degrees will receive diplomas and canes at traditional ceremony in Mead Chapel.
Commencements vary by campus, from Santa Fe’s informal outdoor celebration to the traditional ceremony in Lincoln College’s 17th-century chapel at Oxford.
The general public is invited to attend a daily schedule of readings and lectures in the Little Theatre, located on the Bread Loaf campus on Route 125.
The new VP, James R. Keyes ‘71, has served as a trustee of the College and as a member of the alumni association board of directors.
Sessions on four campuses feature internationally renowned faculty, with readings, lectures and theater performances open to the public.
