| by Colleen Norden
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
| by Colleen Norden
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.
| by Colleen Norden
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.
| by Colleen Norden
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.
| by Colleen Norden
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.
| by Colleen Norden
Roni Lezama ‘22 wrote I’m a First-Generation American. Here’s What Helped Me Make It to College for Education Week. In it he shares three ways to help immigrant and first-generation students succeed. Read the article.
Learning Resources, Students, Writing Center
| by Colleen Norden
Rebecca Duras ’19 wrote for the Wall Street Journal about being a first-generation student at Middlebury and her work with First@Midd. Students, faculty and staff can access the WSJ for freecourtesy of the Student Government Association (SGA). Read the article.
Faculty, Students, Writing Center
| by Colleen Norden
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.
| by Colleen Norden
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.
