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Consider this gem, from Bill Clinton's 2007 speech at Middlebury College. I do a lot of work in Africa with my AIDS project. (Slate)
Afghan women, US students learn at Holy Cross May 12, 2009
"The women came to campus by way of a death-defying journey, traveling to neighboring Pakistan to get their American visas and then hiding their passports in their clothes from Taliban fighters who were stopping suspect travelers. These are young women of quiet but defiant courage. They share independent streaks that have landed them abroad and alone more than once, seizing on chances to learn. That alone makes them unique in a society where women are usually submissive, often illiterate, and... (Boston Globe)
Raymond Saulnier, top adviser to Eisenhower on economics May 11, 2009
He graduated, as president of his class, from Middlebury College in 1929. One faculty member urged him to produce weekly commentaries on the soaring stock market as a senior thesis, but the idea was vetoed and "I did a pretty dull paper on farm price supports" instead, he later wrote. (Boston Globe)
Tribeza sold to local partnership May 9, 2009
Dewey and Elliman attended Middlebury College together in the 1980s but had not seen each other since graduation until a chance meeting last fall in Austin. The two entrepreneurs quickly began exploring ideas for new business ventures and were soon introduced to Dean. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Gulls face Wellesley in first NCAA Tournament bid May 6, 2009
The winner will move on to face Middlebury College (10-9) in the next round on Saturday morning, also at 8:00 a.m.. The full women's tennis NCAA Tournament bracket can be seen by. (Ecgulls.com)
Richard Woodward, 100; helped develop navigation system May 4, 2009
She later became dean of women at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt. They married in 1946 and lived in Belmont for many years, where they raised their two sons. (Boston Globe)
Jack Thurston May 1, 2009
He gradua 00000478 ted from Middlebury College. You can most frequently see Jack contributing feature stories to Channel 3's newscasts. (WCAX.com, VT)
Obituary: Dr. Richard H. Woodward Apr 29, 2009
Following his marriage in 1946 to Millicent Parker Cox, then dean of Women at Middlebury College, they made their home in Belmont, where they raised their two sons, and built a summer cottage in Wellfleet, in 1954. In 1971, Mr. Woodward retired to Wellfleet where he pursued his interests in real estate, hiking in the National Seashore, tennis, reading and studies of plate tectonic migration. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
2009 college all-stars gifted all over Apr 29, 2009
Carrie Bryant, 23, a Middlebury College graduate who is heading to the University of Oxford to continue her study of the classics, has balanced her academic pursuits with community service work aimed primarily at helping children with pediatric multiple sclerosis. She was diagnosed with the illness after graduating high school and says she is motivated to help others "because there is a lack of resources devoted to this population.". (USA Today)
ALUMNI REPORT: Bucking the norm: Valley Center's Buck branched out with his college choice (22) Apr 29, 2009
420 with four homers and 31 RBIs at Middlebury College in Vermont. McKillop is also the quarterback on the football team. (North County Times)
What good are economists anyway? Apr 28, 2009
In January the fight over fiscal policy broke out in public after then-President-elect Barack Obama made what probably seemed to him a safe claim, saying: "There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jump-start the economy." Not long after, some 250 conservative economists, in an open letter published in major newspapers, wrote: "With all due respect Mr. President, that is not true." Middlebury College economist David C. Colander, who himself... (MSNBC -- Business)
Engagement: Viens McCulley Apr 18, 2009
Jill is a graduate of University of New Hampshire (BA) and Middlebury College (MA), currently teaching Spanish in Weston. Matthew is a graduate of Framingham State College and is employed by Gentle Giant Movers. (Rsolindale Parkway Transcript, MA)
Woman stabbed at hotel, hospitalized Apr 15, 2009
John B. Kassel, 51, originally from Middletown, N.Y., has lived in Vermont for 30 years and is a graduate of Middlebury College and Cornell Law School. Most recently he served as co-managing partner and cofounder of Shems Dunkiel Kassel & Saunders, a Burlington , Vt. (Boston Globe)
Clifton Park educator Marai Ramirez honored by Imagen Foundation Apr 13, 2009
She made friends as a teenager with members of the storied Brooklyn Dodgers, earned degrees from St. John's University and Middlebury College, became the first Hispanic commissioner to serve in the state Education Department, lectured in colleges, and became a member of the Siena College Board of Trustees. She has received honors from educational institutions in France, Poland, Russia and China, an honorary doctorate in letters and humanities from Hartwick College and a doctorate of law from her... (Community News Weekly, NY)
Letters to the Editor Apr 10, 2009
Schools that range in size from Middlebury College to West Virginia University offer outdoor orientation experiences to incoming freshman that acclimate students to campus life while showing them what the alternatives are to drinking in the dorms. Activities like hiking, rock climbing, and paddling are all used to build confidence in students and are usually facilitated by upper class men or Grad. students. (The New Hampshire, NH)
Obituaries for Thursday, April 9, 2009 Apr 9, 2009
After receiving her bachelor s degree in Madison, she studied at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt. Paris, France, where she experienced a dream come true being able to spend a year in Paris finishing the work on her master s degree. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
* Vermont legalizes gay marriage through legislature Apr 9, 2009
For a popularly elected legislature to make this decision is a much more democratic process because lawmakers have to answer to the voters every other November, said Eric Davis, a retired Middlebury College political science professor. California briefly allowed gay marriage after its highest court legalized it, but it was reversed after a public vote. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Geneva Malenfant, 70; helped shape modern Cambridge Apr 3, 2009
In 1957, after a year at Middlebury College, she left to marry Arthur. Years later, after three of her children were born, she enrolled at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, earning her bachelor's degree in 1977. (Boston Globe)
Muggle Matchup Apr 1, 2009
Then Quidditch was adapted for Muggle (non-magical) athletes in 2005 by a student at Middlebury College in Vermont ... Shields, Zona and their Quidditch team - the Ives Pond Quidditch Club - went on to compete in this year's Intercollegiate Quidditch Association World Cup, held at Middlebury College. (Daily Orange, NY)
'Spinning Into Butter' churns up compelling questions about race Mar 27, 2009 A lemon for New Hampshire Mar 26, 2009 European ice shimmers for Hanover native Landers Mar 26, 2009 NEW FACES TO TOWN POLITICS / Helene Lieb, candidate for School Committee Mar 22, 2009 James Paul Brown Jr., 89; traveled world as reporter, columnist Mar 21, 2009 Author to explore Alzheimers, memory loss Mar 19, 2009 Richard Jerome, at 86; was master flute maker, player Mar 17, 2009 Hot New High-Tech Energy Source Is ... Wood? Mar 14, 2009 11th annual Cochise Community Creative Writing Celebration: putting aspiring writers in touch Mar 12, 2009 Williams Is Among Top Eight Liberal-Arts Colleges Hit by Application Drop Mar 10, 2009 Film shimmers with humor, pathos Mar 4, 2009 Student committee recommends new $51,622 comprehensive fee Feb 28, 2009 Matthew Grossman Joins The Walt Disney Company as Vice President, Corporate Communications, Europe, Middle East and Africa Feb 27, 2009 The Debate On Lowering The Drinking Age Feb 24, 2009 Choose Responsibility Addresses Binge Drinking With Appearance on 60 Minutes Feb 23, 2009 Drinking Debate Feb 20, 2009 You Can Quote Me Feb 16, 2009 Economic lessons from Lenin's seer Feb 15, 2009 Dr. Spio Garbrah, Please Set the Records Straight Feb 12, 2009 New McCullough debuts fresh decor Feb 12, 2009 Fishers have found home at Dodge Ridge after chasing Olympic dreams Feb 11, 2009 NC State Feb 7, 2009
But the events are derived from Gilman's experience as a student at Middlebury College in Vermont. As Belmont's dean of students, Sarah Daniels (Sarah Jessica Parker) is faced with finding those responsible for the hate crimes against Simon Brick (Paul James). (USA Today -- Life)
Westford's Harrington helps Amherst College win Div. III title Mar 27, 2009
The Lord Jeffs defeated Elmira College, 4-3, in overtime at Middlebury College ... The Lord Jeffs defeated Elmira College, 4-3, in overtime at Middlebury College. (Westford Eagle, MA)
Bill McKibben is scholar in residence at Middlebury College and co-founder of. Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
He is the first NESCAC player from a school other than Middlebury College to win the award. A key component of the team since his freshman days with the Lord Jeffs, Landers helped rewrite the team's record books in 2008-'09. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Her son, Russ, 24, is in a masters program at the University of Vermont and her daughter, Mia is currently a junior at Middlebury College in Vermont. Both of them love Cohasset and love the education they got here, Lieb said. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)
After graduating from Swarthmore High School in 1939, he attended Middlebury College in Vermont for a year before leaving to join the military at the outbreak of World War II.. His son said he planned to join the Navy, but because the line was so long at the recruitment center he enlisted in the Marines. (Boston Globe)
She is a scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College and the director of the non-profit Face of Democracy project, which teaches documentary journalism to high school students. In conducting research for her recent book on memory, Halpern worked closely with noted brain researchers and had herself injected with radioactive dye. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
His wife, the former Nancy Cawley, said she was forewarned about Mr. Jerome, a fellow flutist, when she joined the Vermont Symphony Orchestra as a student at Middlebury College in the 1940s. "I was told about this wonderful flutist - he always came up by bus. I took one look and said, 'Oooh!' and then I heard him play, and I said it again," she said. (Boston Globe)
Another early adopter of advanced wood burning is Middlebury College in , which opened a wood-fired power plant last month. Continued on. (National Geographic)
Jim, a graduate of Princeton University and Middlebury College, writes primarily in Navajo, his first language. He sits on the Navajo Nation Council and is chair of the Navajo Public Safety Committee. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Fifth-ranked Middlebury College in Vermont is experiencing a 12 percent applications decline, , dean of admissions, said in an interview. Amherst College in Massachusetts saw applications fall 1 percent, said Tom Parker, dean of admissions. (Bloomberg)
I like an idea proposed by the Middlebury College president, who suggests that our kids should have a "license to drink." Just like our kids take a class in school about driving, our kids should be required to take a class on alcohol and drugs. There are many outside groups who try to educate our youth, such as the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, but the Middlebury president is taking this to another level by making it part of our school curriculum. (NJ.com -- Times)
The Middlebury Campus. Issue date: 2/26/09 Section. (Middlebury College -- The Campus, VT)
Mr. Grossman has a Masters in Business Administration from The Anderson School of Business at UCLA and a Bachelors of the Arts in Film/Video from Middlebury College. Contact. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
This is what the former president of Middlebury College in Vermont, John McCardell, believes and it's why he started the movement dedicated to lowering the age back to 18. It may seem counterintuitive, but he argues that lowering the age will make kids safer. (CBS News)
Choose Responsibility, founded in 2006 by former Middlebury College President John McCardell, was featured prominently in Sunday evening's edition of 60 Minutes ... (Vocus) February 23, 2009 -- , founded in 2006 by former Middlebury College President John McCardell, was featured prominently in Sunday evening's edition of 60 Minutes. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
John McCardell, former president of Middlebury College in Vermont, agrees and points to what he considers an even worse effect of the older drinking age. "This law has been an abysmal failure. It hasnt reduced or eliminated drinking. It has simply driven it underground, behind closed doors, into the most risky and least manageable of settings," says McCardell, who launched a national campaign to lower the drinking age. (CBS News)
September 7, 2008 - Eric Davis, Middlebury College Political Scientist. June 8, 2008 - T.J. Donovan, Chittenden County State's Attorney. (WCAX.com, VT)
"The people who do the predicting are usually not central within the discussion of economics," said David Colander, an economic historian at Middlebury College, and an expert in the discipline's crank theorists. But economies do "have this tendency to exceed" that Kondratieff and others have grasped, he added, and that is largely lost in modern economic theory. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
To prove the point, a link is provided to the citation from Middlebury College, the college that honored Mr. Garbrah with the honorary Degree. For the records, Middlebury College is a four year liberal arts college with only one graduate program; Language Schools Graduate Program ... The citation from Middlebury College, Vermont, USA reads: The College will present Ekwow Spio-Garbrah with a Doctor of Laws degree. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
A combination of Middlebury staff and students initiated and supervised the project, the goal of which - according to Adams - was "to provide a more usable and attractive space for Middlebury College students." In order to accomplish this, a Program Plan Committee was created, with members drawing from a cross-section of student performing groups. Adams involved the committee in meetings with the architects in an effort to make the Social Space specifically tailored to student desires,... (Middlebury College -- The Campus, VT)
Emily spent her childhood in Hanover, N.H., and competed in cross country skiing as the team captain at Middlebury College (Vt. . (Modesto Bee, CA)
" 11.9.2007 : 10:16 pm CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina's football team features a young defense that has made plenty of mistakes this season. But little by little, the mistakes have become fewer and fewer. 11.7.2007 : 10:34 pm CHAPEL HILL -- Garrett Reynolds gained an appreciation for the speed of college football and the nature of the rivalry between N.C. State and North Carolina at the same time. 11.6.2007 : 11:48 pm RALEIGH -- Freshman J.J. Hickson scored 11 points and No. 21 N.C. State beat... (Herald Sun)
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