This event focused on social entrepreneurship in the 21st century and the potential for its institutionalization as a master’s degree at Middlebury College, in affiliation with the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Social entrepreneurship is a pragmatic way for students to implement their liberal arts education while still in college. Social entrepreneurs develop innovative solutions to society’s most pressing issues and, rather than relying on government or business sectors, solve problems by changing the system, spreading the solution, and persuading societies to take new leaps. The lecture explores what it means to be a social entrepreneur and a student, and how Middlebury College could take a leadership role in initiating this process.

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Over the past few years, there have been several efforts by Middlebury College students, faculty and staff to trace the origins of our food. Bill Hegman, GIS Specialist, Matt Biette, Director of Dining Services, and Jack Byrne, Director of Sustainability Integration highlight those efforts and lead a discussion on how food purchasing decisions made at Middlebury affect us environmentally, economically, socially, and politically.

People Biette, Matthew Byrne, Jack M. Hegman, William

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In Spring 2011, nine students enrolled in FMMC 285 Sustainable Television: Producing Environmental Media, collaborating to produce a 50-minute television program on environmental issues. Watch the entire episode below, or scroll down for individual segments:

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Middlebury College has pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2016. As the largest private landowner in Addison County, there is tremendous potential for land management practices to contribute to the goal of carbon neutrality. As part of an effort to understand how carbon sequestration varies among the different forest types on College-owned lands, we monitored carbon uptake in the Battell Research Forest, an old-growth hemlock forest in East Middleury, VT. As expected for an old-growth forest, the Battell Research Forest contains substantial pools of carbon in live and dead biomass. The size of the woody debris pool was substantially larger at the Battell Research Forest than in secondary forests at Breadloaf. We conclude our presentation with a proposal for how to implement an ongoing carbon monitoring protocol on College-owned forest lands.

People Sama Winder Meghan Blumstein Elizabeth Davis Max Odland Lauren Sanchez Oliver Weisser Researchers Andrea Lloyd Sponsor & Professor of Biology

Related Links Multi-Cohort Management Project Carbon Neutrality at Middlebury College United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 2011. Kyoto Protocol. MiddLab: Changes in the leaf area index (LAI) due to ice storm damage at Harvard Forest

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“Life Stories of Middlebury College” is a multi-phase initiative intended to gather people’s experiences while at the college, particularly reflections that highlight issues of diversity. In his interview, Ian McCray discusses the transfer student experience, the growth of the Middlebury campus, working as a staff member at the College, the admissions process, questioning perceptions of racism in town, and the changes to the student body in terms of socioeconomic and racial diversity.

People Ian McCray Assistant Director of Admissions; Interview Subject Emma Hodge Interviewer Susan Burch Associate Professor of American Studies; Director, CCSRE; Head of Life Stories project

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“Life Stories of Middlebury College” is a multi-phase initiative intended to gather people’s experiences while at the college, particularly reflections that highlight issues of diversity. In his interview, discusses growing up while living abroad, studying Russian, French, Spanish, and Japanese, differences between rural and urban settings, performing a wedding at Middlebury, diversity, raising a family in Middlebury, and being ‘the other’.

People Miguel Fernández Professor of Spanish; Interview Subject Amy Rebecca Chin Interviewer Susan Burch Associate Professor of American Studies; Director, CCSRE; Head of Life Stories project

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“Life Stories of Middlebury College” is a multi-phase initiative intended to gather people’s experiences while at the college, particularly reflections that highlight issues of diversity. In his interview, Ryan Kellett discusses issues of diversity he encountered growing up in San Francisco, his time studying and working in China, being part of a diverse group of students at the PALANA House, reflecting on work at Middlebury, and blogging.

People Ryan Kellett Interview Subject Amy Rebecca Chin Interviewer Susan Burch Associate Professor of American Studies; Director, CCSRE; Head of Life Stories project

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