Past the edge of campus, the stoic academic buildings, buzzing classrooms and dorms, sits the town of Middlebury, nestled in Addison County, in the heart of Vermont. It’s a community that cares about the College, welcomes its students, and cheers them on.
“I think it’s important to give back to the community that is hosting us, that’s so kind and generous to us,” says Araceli Arizpe ’21. When students’ desires for service and community building needs institutional support, organization, and funding to grow, they turn to the Center for Community Engagement.
The center empowers students with grants to pursue their civic passions, helps student groups, organizes events in town, and has regular service programs like Language in Motion, where foreign-language students can share their knowledge and experience in local schools; Community Friends, a one-on-one mentoring program; and MAlt, Middlebury’s alternative-break service trips.
It’s where Middlebury students become active citizens in the Addison County community and beyond, and develop the leadership, scholarship, and commitment to service that ripples through the lives of so many Middlebury alumni.
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