Peace Corps recently recognized Middlebury Collegeas one of the top producers of Peace Corps volunteers. The organization counts 418 Middlebury alumni among its ranks of volunteers across its 63-year history, making the College the fifth most prolific producer of volunteers among small colleges.
The ancient Maya viewed cracked mirrors and hallucinogenic rituals as ways to commune with supernatural beings, as anthropology professor James Fitzsimmons explains in The Conversation.
The Language in Motion program gets local K–12 students curious about exploring world languages and cultures through classroom visits and special events led by College students and language department teaching assistants.