Middlebury Magazine

Education as the Great Equalizer, featuring Annie Weinberg ’10

Our guest for episode five of season three is Annie Weinberg '10, the founder and executive director of Alexander Twilight Academy, an educational catalyst program in Boston, Massachusetts, that supports students from under-resourced backgrounds.

By Middlebury Magazine Staff
March 14, 2024

To Denmark

A temporary housing crunch on campus put the squeeze on a robust incoming class of students. Rather than defer matriculation, a 30-person cohort took an unusual path to Middlebury.

By Caroline Crawford
Photograph by Brian MacDonald March 1, 2024

Change in Direction

How recent Midd grad Lauren Sayula ’23 discovered a new academic pursuit and then a professional passion.

By Jessie Raymond '90
Photograph by Paul DahmJanuary 19, 2024

No Time to Waste, featuring Nick Whitman ’97

Our guest for episode four of season three is Nick Whitman '97, the co-founder and COO of Divert, an impact technology company on a mission to protect the value of food. He joins Laurie Patton to chat about his time at Middlebury as a poli sci major, his ADHD diagnosis and his understanding of the value of neurodiversity, and his work with Divert to tackle the human and environmental crises caused by wasted food.

By Middlebury Magazine Staff
January 10, 2024

Old Stories Being Told Differently, Part 2, featuring Carolyn Finney

Our guest for episode three of season three is Carolyn Finney, who is a storyteller, author, cultural geographer, and self-described “accidental environmentalist” whose work explores the intersection of identity, privilege, and our natural surroundings. In part two of this two-part interview, Carolyn joins host and president of Middlebury, Laurie Patton, to discuss how her upbringing and family history in Westchester County, New York became the foundation of her life’s work.

By Middlebury Magazine Staff
October 2, 2023

Old Stories Being Told Differently, Part 1, featuring Carolyn Finney

Our guest for episode three of season three is Carolyn Finney, who is a storyteller, author, cultural geographer, and self-described “accidental environmentalist” whose work explores the intersection of identity, privilege, and our natural surroundings. In part one of this two-part interview, Carolyn joins host and president of Middlebury, Laurie Patton, to discuss how her upbringing and family history in Westchester County, New York became the foundation of her life’s work.

By Middlebury Magazine Staff
September 18, 2023

Welcome to All Things Scottish

Toward the end of the academic year, a group of Midd students turned Battell Beach into a setting that more closely resembled a Scottish moor.

By Caroline Crawford
Photograph by Brian MacDonaldJune 30, 2023