Watch the 2021 Learning Institute Keynote: Educational Inequities and the Pandemic
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Featuring Susan Blum of Notre Dame, the Learning Institute was June 3-4, 2021. Watch her talk at go.middlebury.edu/learninginstitute.
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Faculty, Fellowships, Students
Middlebury is a Fulbright 2020-2021 Student and Scholar Top Producer
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Each year the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces the list of U.S. higher education institutions that produced the highest numbers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars and U.S. Students. For 2020-2021, Middlebury is a top Fulbright producer for both its student and scholar programs. Learn more at go.middlebury.edu/fellowships.
Strategies for Reducing Workload or Introducing Flexibility
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Faculty Council and the Educational Affairs Committee (EAC) shared a list of strategies to address both student and faculty stress as we reach mid-semester. Read the list in the the CTLR shared teaching resources.
Faculty, Fellowships, Students
Two Students Receive Watson Fellowships
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Divya Gudur ‘21 and Nora Peachin ‘21 have been awarded Watson Fellowships to conduct a multi-country independent project. They each will receive $36,000 to fund the year abroad. Read more about Divya and Nora in the Middlebury Newsroom and applying to be one of Middlebury’s nominees for the Watson Fellowship.
COVID Studies: Importance of Good Mask Fit and Transmission in K-12 In-Person Classrooms
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Middlebury’s Dr. Mark Peluso shared two studies related to teaching in the classroom during COVID. One on the importance of good mask fit and the second on transmission in K-12 classrooms through November. He shared a summary of each.
Faculty Using Alternative Grading Featured in The Campus
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Non-traditional grading methods are rare in Middlebury classrooms, but some professors are “ungrading” and experimenting with “labor-based” and self-evaluative assessments as alternatives to letter grades. “It just happens to work well because it’s a natural way to learn,” Biology professor Greg Pask said in reference to his “labor-based” grading system. “Regardless of what happens, this is what I was going to be doing anyway.” Read more of The Campus article.
Handouts and Videos from the 2021 CTLA
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The 2021 Contemporary Teaching in the Liberal Arts winter pedagogy series held sessions on the post-pandemic college, PBL, Universal Design, full participation through HIPs, publicly engaged scholarship and engaging the public with our scholarship. See the session recordings, slide shows and handouts at go/ctla.
Faculty, Students, Writing Center
Hannah Laga Abram ’23 Wins This Year’s Ward Prize
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The Middlebury Campus celebrated Hannah Laga Abram ‘23, the Ward Prize recipient for academic year 19-20. The winning paper was The Ecology of Folklore (Middlebury Community access). The prize is given annually for excellence in first-year writing. Read the article.
Writing Center Wellness and Carework in Turbulent Times
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Writing Center Director and WRPR Professor Genie Giaimo’s research was featured in a two part interview Writing Center Wellness and Carework in Turbulent Times by WLN, a Journal of Writing Center Scholarship. See part 1 and part 2.
Faculty, Students, Tutoring, Writing Center
New Leadership in the Writing Center
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The Middlebury Campus featured the new Writing Center Director, Genie Giaimo, and changes to the process on becoming a writing peer tutor. Read the article.