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My COVID Road Trip

With their mother ailing, a writer and his brother hit the road for a cross country trek as a pandemic takes hold across the country.

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My COVID Road Trip

With their mother ailing, a writer and his brother hit the road for a cross country trek as a pandemic takes hold across the country.

By Charlie Tercek ’83
September 11, 2020

An Education Unto Itself

The stories of five teachers—all grads or current students of the Bread Loaf School of English—as they attempted to make sense of the unknown.

By Sara Thurber Marshall
Illustrations by Tilda RoseJuly 21, 2020

Sheltering in Place with Robert Frost

In these uncertain times, a writer finds solace in poetry that terrifies her.

By Laurie Clark, MA English ’03
Illustration by Alice LeeJuly 20, 2020

Where Do We Go From Here?

A campus empties, and a college newspaper must figure out how to continue operations when everyone has scattered in the wind.

By Katie Flagg '08
Illustration by Dan Page/Photographs by Benjy Renton '21June 29, 2020

Dispatches

Home Schooled

With COVID restrictions temporarily halting normal campus activities such as in-person lectures, a pair of faculty members devised a digital alternative that should have a shelf life for years to come.

By Sara Thurber Marshall
Illustration by Harry CampbellNovember 5, 2020

Home, Heart

A student-designed affordable home wins major architectural award

By Stephen Diehl
Photographs by Lindsay Selin PhotographyOctober 8, 2020

Catching Up with Elise Morris

Our colleagues in Athletic Communications talk to the women's soccer player about one of higher education's most pressing issues: sexual assault prevention and awareness on college campuses.

By Ali Paquette
Photography by Ali PaquetteOctober 7, 2020

Since We Last Spoke: Hunter Sykes, MA IEP ’05

The latest in our new series, in which writers and subjects from magazine stories past reconnect, catch up, and reveal how their lives have unfolded . . . since they last spoke.

By Eva Gudbergsdottir
September 24, 2020

The Meaning of Alexander Twilight

We celebrate the 225th anniversary of Alexander Twilight's birth by continuing to examine his complex legacy.

By Matt Jennings
Photograph courtesy Middlebury Special CollectionsSeptember 23, 2020

In Isolation in Middlebury, Vermont

The fifth story in a seven-part series: audio portraits created by Middlebury students in the spring of 2020, capturing their initial days of sheltering in place.

By Olivia Green '20
September 21, 2020

Back to School, Part II

Faculty impressions from the first week of classes.

By Stephen Diehl
Photograph by Paul DahmSeptember 17, 2020

Back to School, Part I

Faculty impressions from the first week of classes.

By Stephen Diehl
Photograph by Paul DahmSeptember 16, 2020

When the Stars Align

An art history major and an observatory manager team up to create an exhibit for the ages.

By Jessie Raymond '90
September 11, 2020

Pursuits

Next Steps

For much of his life, dancer and choreographer Cameron McKinney '14 has met any challenge or setback head-on. Why should now be any different?

By Jessie Raymond '90
Photograph by Yeager Anderson '13.5August 26, 2020

Q&A

Major News

A visit with history professor Bill Hart.

By Matt Jennings
Photograph by Paul DahmFebruary 25, 2020

Editor’s Note

A Brilliant Fogg

Saying goodbye to a dear colleague and friend.

By Matt Jennings
Illustration by Jody HewgillFebruary 25, 2020

Old Chapel

The Magnitude of Systemic Racism

Acknowledging a national scourge and examining the work that must be done at Middlebury— individually and collectively—to combat it.

By Laurie L. Patton
Illustration by Montse BernalJune 9, 2020

Road Taken

Airlifted into Adulthood

A backcountry accident prepares the writer to stand on her own two feet.

By Krista Karlson ’17.5
Illustration by Jasu HuAugust 24, 2020

Quotation

A summer immersed in a language can do wonders, as veterans of Middlebury College’s famous language-learning program can attest. The lockdown is clearly going to amount to the equivalent of about two summers, and there are mini-Middleburys happening in millions of houses worldwide.”

—John McWhorter, writing “The Coronavirus Generation Will Use Language Differently” in the Atlantic.

Podcasts

Alone Together, Ep. 9 with Jessica St. Clair ’98 and Dan O’Brien ’96

Dan O'Brien ’96, a playwright and poet, and Jessica St. Clair ’98, a comedian and writer, join President Patton for our final check in with the community during COVID-19 self-isolation. Dan and Jessica are a true power couple in the arts that met in a Middlebury improv group. They discuss Dan's magazine essay "Life Shrinks: Lessons from Chemo Quarantine," how reopening the country feels a lot like remission, and how their art is evolving to reflect the pandemic.

By Middlebury Magazine Staff
June 15, 2020

Alone Together, Ep. 8 with Dick Clay, Covid-19 Survivor

In this episode, Dick Clay, a student at the Bread Loaf School of English, shares his story of recovering from COVID-19. Dick discusses when the seriousness of the virus hit him, the "wilderness path to recovery," and how he will process this experience through writing.

By Middlebury Magazine Staff
June 8, 2020

Alone Together, Ep. 7 with Jodie Keith and Jacque Bergevin, Essential Workers

In this episode, we hear from Jodie Keith and Jacque Bergevin, who have been working with custodial services to keep our Vermont campus safe and clean. Jodie and Jacque share what campus has been like since the students left: what it's like to schedule hourly sanitation of buildings, how every day feels like an empty Saturday morning, and that the infamous Middlebury squirrels have lost a bit of weight.

By Middlebury Magazine Staff
Photography by Bob HandelmanJune 1, 2020

Review

Before and After

In Julia Alvarez's latest novel: Life’s dramas force a retired professor to make decisions she never imagined she’d have to make.

By Blair Kloman, MA English '94
Illustration by Chanelle NibbelinkNovember 5, 2020

How Did You Get Here?

Lizzie Apple

By Georgia Grace Edwards
July 11, 2018

Aube Strickland

By Georgia Grace Edwards
July 11, 2018

Stephen Bissainthe

By Julia Trencher
July 11, 2018

Videos

In the Blink of an Eye

Gone in less than a minute—the middle of June 2019 to the middle of June 2020, as viewed from the rooftop of the Mittelman Observatory.

By Middlebury Magazine Staff
Video by Jonathan Kemp/Mittelman ObservatoryJune 10, 2020

All the Feels

Current students, alumni of all ages, parents, faculty, and staff come together to sing Middlebury's alma mater "Walls of Ivy."

By Chris Spencer
May 26, 2020

A (Virtual) Visit with Kenshin Cho ’20

Laurie Patton chats with the political science major and SGA treasurer, who has been unable to return to his native Tokyo.

By Middlebury Magazine Staff
April 18, 2020

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