The Middlebury College community kicked off the month of November by officially welcoming President Ian B. Baucom to his post. Baucom’s installation ceremony culminated a weekend of events that gathered the college community together and considered the question, “What is Middlebury for?” The college community and others around the region and state were also mourning the loss of Middlebury College senior Lia Smith, who had died by suicide in October. Local residents and members of the trans community reflect … (read more)
