2023 Perkins Award for Excellence in Teaching Recipient Announced
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Jennifer Crodelle, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, has received the 2023 Perkins Award for Excellence in Teaching.
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ChatGPT and the Middlebury Classroom
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This spring, WRPR, DLINQ, and CTLR are collaborating on workshops focused on ChatGPT in higher education, but more importantly about what the AI tool means for Middlebury. See ChatGPT workshop videos, resources, and info on upcoming events.
Faculty, STEM and Quantitative, Students
New Fall Half-Credit Courses Begin
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The first half-credit courses at Middlebury began this fall semester. The courses vary from religion to an experiential learning capstone. The Middlebury Campus quoted Priscilla Bremser (Math) about the course Mathematical Problem-Solving, “I hope my course gives students with uneven mathematics backgrounds a chance to solidify foundational concepts so that they can succeed in calculus.” Read more of College Tries Out New Half-Credit Course System This Fall.
Faculty, STEM and Quantitative, Undergraduate Research
Clinton Cave (Neuroscience) and the Value of Undergraduate Research
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Clinton Cave (Neuroscience) was recently featured in TheScientist where he talks about the value of undergraduate research. “Middlebury’s undergraduate focus…is a real strength because it gives students early access to sophisticated labs, setting them up to succeed in STEM careers. It’s especially important that he help first-generation students, students of color, and women see a path forward, he says. ‘And it’s very rewarding to be able to pay for the mentorship that I’ve received over the years.’” Read more of Clinton Cave Investigates How Brain Cells Communicate.
Faculty, STEM and Quantitative, Undergraduate Research
Perkins Teaching Award Winner Greg Pask (Biology) Researches Fireflies with Students
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Seven Days recently featured Biology Professor Greg Pask, the 2022 recipient of the Perkins Award for Excellence in Teaching. Student research assistants funded through the CTLR’s Undergraduate Research Summer Program spent the summer researching insect pheromones with Pask. Read the full Seven Days story.
Public Humanities Lab and NHA Partner to Document Impact
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The National Humanities Alliance (NHA) recently featured their partnership with Middlebury’s Public Humanities Lab (PHL) to document their impact through student and faculty surveys. Read more
Faculty, Fellowships, Students
Fellowships Releases Annual Winners Report
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Each year Middlebury students and alumni receive nationally competitive fellowships and scholarships for research opportunities, graduate study and independent projects. Fellowships in the CTLR has released their annual report of recipients. Links to related Communications stories on the Fellowships winners and more information on these opportunities can be seen here.
Professors Win Marlow Above and Beyond Award for Faculty at Home Series
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Caitlyn Myers (Economics) and Sarah Stroup (Political Science) received the first Marlow Above and Beyond Award in May for the Faculty at Home series. The Middlebury Alumni Association award is in recognition of their effort to launch the series in April 2020, as the pandemic began, and its reach to more than 7,500 attendees including students, alumni, parents, and friends of Middlebury. See the full Alumni, Families, and Friends story.
New Anti-Racism Resources Hub for the Middlebury Community
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Middlebury’s Anti-Racist Task Force announced a new Anti-Racism Resources Hub for the Middlebury community. The site includes educational resources, ways to connect, events, news, and funding information. See the Communications story Working to Become an Anti-Racist Institution.
New for Fall 2022 Students Can Register for Half-Credit Courses
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The Registrar announced students will be able to register for half-credit courses this fall that run for the entire semester but meet only one day per week, any exceptions to this meeting pattern will be noted in the description. Half-credit courses are labeled in Banner 9, the searchable course catalog, and on the course schedule under the instruction mode. For more information, see the Middlebury Campus article and the Registrar’s FAQs.