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unusual facts about Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy


Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy

During the summer of 2009, MMLA moved its locations to Green Mountain College, Vermont and Bard College, Massachusetts.


1973 Winchester 400

Vern Schrock of Middlebury, Indiana became the most improbable of winners, as he went from spectator to event Champion in winning the fourth running of the Winchester 400.

85th Scripps National Spelling Bee

Nandipati received a $30,000 cash prize, an engraved trophy from the E. W. Scripps Company, a $2,500 savings bond from Merriam-Webster, a $5,000 scholarship from the Sigma Phi Epsilon Educational Foundation, $2,600 in reference works from Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., and an online language course and Barnes & Noble Nook from Middlebury Interactive Languages.

Arthur Pierce

Arthur J. Pierce, head football coach for the Middlebury College Panthers football team, 1909

Bridport, Vermont

Children in kindergarten through sixth grade attend Bridport Central School at the village center of Bridport, grades 7 and 8 attend Middlebury Union Middle School and grades 9-12 attend Middlebury Union High School in Middlebury.

Bronson House

Josiah Bronson House, Middlebury, Connecticut, listed on the NRHP in New Haven County, Connecticut

Carillon

Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont also has a 48 bell carillon, which is located in the steeple of the college's Mead Memorial Chapel.

Doctor of Modern Languages

Currently, the D.M.L. degree is unique to one school in the United States: Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont.

Earth Charter

One of the principle creators of the Earth Charter was Steven Clark Rockefeller, who, among other things is professor emeritus of Religion at Middlebury College and an advisory trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

Edwin Holmes

Edwin N. Holmes, head football coach for the Middlebury College Panthers football team, 1915–1917

François Clemmons

Dr. Clemmons lives and works in Middlebury, Vermont, where he was an artist-in-residence and Twilight Scholar at Middlebury College.

Horace Eaton

In 1848 he was appointed professor of chemistry and natural history at Middlebury, and held the chair until 1855.

John Wolcott Stewart

He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1890, but instead engaged in the banking business at Middlebury.

Kent Jail

In December 1999 the building was moved to 497 Middlebury Road to make way for a Walgreens drug store, and was subsequently delisted from the register July 20, 2000.

Labaree

Benjamin Labaree (1801–1883), minister, professor and the longest serving president of Middlebury College from 1840 to 1866

Mark R. V. Southern

On 15 March 2006, at age 45, he died at his home in Middlebury, Vermont.

Middlebury College Rugby Club

Middlebury College Rugby Club is the Division I-AA rugby union team of Middlebury College, located in Middlebury, Vermont.

Middlebury Panthers

In 2010, two Middlebury Alumni, Garrott Kuzzy '06 and Simi Hamilton '09, represented the United States in Nordic Skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Middlebury Union High School

Middlebury Union High School (MUHS) is a public high school in Middlebury, Vermont.

Middlebury, New York

: For other similarly named places, see Middlebury.

Onward State

Pitted against Onward State were seasoned blogs from UC Berkeley, Vassar, Wesleyan, Columbia, Georgetown, Middlebury, Yale, and an Ivy League conglomerate.

Otter Creek Brewing

Otter Creek Brewing is a craft brewery located in Middlebury, Vermont which produces three lines of beer: Otter Creek Craft Ales, Wolaver's Certified Organic Ales, and Shed Brewery Ales.

Peter Cole

Cole, who has taught and been a visiting artist at Yale, Wesleyan, and Middlebury, is one of the founders and editors of Ibis Editions, a small press devoted to the publication of the literature of the Levant.

Polly Thayer Starr

She transferred to Westover School in Middlebury, CT, and after graduation embarked with her mother and brother on a tour of the Orient which culminated in her witnessing the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, an event she viewed as a turning point in her perception of life.

Ron Powers

In addition to writing, Powers has taught for the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Salzburg Seminar in Salzburg, Austria, and at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont.

Shearjashub Spooner

After graduating as a physician in Middlebury in 1830 and New York City, in 1835, he became a dentist in New York.

William H. Porter

Porter was educated at Middlebury Academy and the Saratoga High School.

Zebulon R. Shipherd

He resumed the practice of his profession in Granville and was a trustee of Middlebury College (in Middlebury, Vermont) from 1819 to 1841.


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