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Save the date for Fall Family Weekend, scheduled for Friday, September 29, through Sunday, October 1, 2023. Learn more here: bit.ly/3s82d32 #MiddAlum #Middlebury

☀️ Old Chapel, Gold Chapel. #MiddAlum #Middlebury

What was your go-to order at The Grille? #MiddAlum #Middlebury

“All writers would like to be overrated in their own lifetimes.” ― Jay Parini

🇫🇷 🥖 Bonjour

Few things can beat a summer sunset in #Middlebury.

After catastrophic flooding swept Vermont last month, the state received even more torrential rain last week. Read more: bit.ly/43VbmcE Via: Addison County Independent

You and your best friend are relaxing in these Adirondack chairs. What are you talking about? #MiddAlum #Middlebury

Say hello in as many languages as you can in the comments 👇 #Middlebury #MiddAlum #NoEnglishSpokenHere

"A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness." — Robert Frost 📷: Brett Simison

Stephen Kiernan ’82 joined Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference director Megan Mayhew Bergman to discuss his latest novel The Glass Chateau as well as the state of storytelling in today’s culture. Learn more: bit.ly/44BN3BM #MiddAlum #Middlebury

Amy Cooter, extremism research fellow at the Middlebury Institute, spoke on PBS @NewsHour about how right-wing extremist groups are reappropriating symbols and ideas of the American Revolution to further their ideology. Watch the interview here: to.pbs.org/44T1Pnb

Tamir Williams ’16 curated an exhibition showcasing the work of photographer Michael Abramson, who documented Black nightlife in 1970s Chicago. bit.ly/46VaVlj

Planet Money's The Indicator interviewed Andres Fontao ’96 about the potential of neobanks in Mexico’s current financial landscape. n.pr/3K5E4QW

WCAX profiled the efforts of the Abenaki Language School to preserve language and culture, in addition to developing more visual and audio media. This summer, the program welcomed more than 30 participants aged 18 to 76 for its third year. Learn more: bit.ly/44KcAIy

A new member officially joins the Grift (Clint Bierman ’97, Jeff Vallone ’97.5, and Peter Day ’01). Josh Panda spoke to Seven Days about making the shift from solo artist to bandmate, as well as the Grift’s new single “Serious.” Learn more: bit.ly/3Om4399

The Vermont Green FC is the first soccer team in the U.S. to make climate action a central tenet of its business plan, Tik Root ’12 reports for Grist. bit.ly/3Q5mRen

This Middlebury Magazine dispatch by Alexandra Jhamb Burns ’21.5 follows Maia Sauer ’22, Cheryl Engmann ’22, C Green ’19.5, and Sam Kann ’21 as they navigate art-making as recent grads. bit.ly/3Dmd2kE

Join us Labor Day weekend, August 31–September 3, 2023, for Alumni College, where you can learn from some of the College’s finest faculty while enjoying delicious meals and spectacular views on our Bread Loaf campus. Learn more and register here: bit.ly/3qctW1U

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) profiled Tania Kenny ’08, whose path in the sport has taken her from two NCAA championships with Middlebury to managing Hockey Canada teams to coordinating operations for the Edmonton Oilers. Learn more: bit.ly/3NYuOiK