Middlebury College
Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont. It was founded in 1800 by Congregationalists. The college currently enrolls 2,526 undergraduates from all 50 states and 74 countries and offers 44 majors in the arts, humanities, literature, foreign languages, social sciences, and natural sciences.
The college is the first American institution of higher education to have granted a bachelor's degree to an African-American, graduating Alexander Twilight in the class of 1823.[1]
Middlebury College Media
Gamaliel Painter (1742–1819), founder of Middlebury College
Old Chapel with the Green Mountains in the distance
Starr Library, Middlebury's original library, circa 1900
The Davis Family Library, opened in 2004
Old Chapel, completed in 1836, served as Middlebury's primary academic building for a century
Le Chateau, constructed in 1925, is the home to the college's French department, and serves as a student residential hall
The Bread Loaf School of English in Ripton
The Emma Willard House, a National Historic Landmark, is Middlebury's Admission Office
John M. McCardell, Jr. Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury's multidisciplinary science facility
Hillcrest Environmental Center, a platinum LEED-certified building
References
- ↑ Alexander TwilightOld Stone House Museum. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
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