Middlebury Celebrates Class of 2020, Names Honorary Degree Recipients
Retired NBA player Jason Collins and four others will receive honorary degrees at an in-person graduation ceremony sometime next year.
Retired NBA player Jason Collins and four others will receive honorary degrees at an in-person graduation ceremony sometime next year.
New York Times, Professor of Political Science Matt Dickinson
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.