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WASHINGTON, D.C. – August 17, 2010 – U.S.News & World Report has listed the University of Vermont at 41 among Top Public Schools in it’s annual Best Colleges ranking. UVM is tied with Iowa State University, Ames, University of California-Riverside, and University of Missouri for the category. University of California-Berkeley received top honors this year [...]
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - June 21, 2010 – Middlebury College women’s tennis player Victoria Aiello (Milton, Mass.) has earned All-American honors for the second straight season while three members of the men’s tennis team also earned All-American honors when the ITA announced its post-season awards.
Aiello is a two-time first-team All-NESCAC selection, who earned a record of 16-10 [...]
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – May 12, 2010 – The Middlebury College men’s tennis team will make its ninth consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament when they host a regional on campus from May 14-16. Skidmore and Hunter will play on Friday, May 14th at 2:00, with the winner advancing to take on Middlebury at 10:00 a.m. [...]
Vermont Folklife Center
Middlebury, Vt. – April 9 through 23, 2010 – Work created by Mexican migrant farm workers in Addison County and students of Lincoln Community School will be featured in a collaborative exhibition, which includes student poetry, prose and artwork inspired by quotes and excerpts from the 2008 VFC exhibit “The Golden Cage” [...]
NORAD launched F-15s in response to aircraft distress signal
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – At approximately 1:30 p.m. EDT, on Friday, April 2, 2010, two F-15 fighters, under the operational control of North American Aerospace Defense Command, launched from Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Mass., in response to a distress transponder code transmitted from [...]
Weekend College Sports Round-Up
Women’s Lacrosse
NORWICH DOWNS MOUNT IDA, 10-8
NEWTON, Mass. – APRIL 3, 2010 – Mollie Fitzpatrick tallied a game-high five goals to lead the Norwich University women’s lacrosse team to a 10-8 victory over Mount Ida College in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) contest Saturday afternoon. Danielle Del Dotto added one goal and [...]
Middlebury, VT – The streets of Middlebury will be alive this Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, with tasty chili, superb live music, and wonderful treats for all! Middlebury Winter Festival and Chili Contest is listed by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce as a Top Ten Event for Winter 2009/2010.
From 2p.m. to 4 p.m., Main Street and [...]
Boston, Mass. - February 12, 2010 - Senior forward Charlie Townsend (Pennington, NJ) netted a pair of goals to lead the nationally-ranked number nine Middlebury College men’s ice hockey team over host University of Massachusetts Boston, 5-1, this evening in an Eastern College Athletic Conference East/New England Small College Athletic Conference contest at the Clark Athletic Center [...]
Women’s Basketball
Albany, N.Y. – Feb. 6, 2010 – Vermont over Albany 72-63.
Courtnay Pilypaitis (Ottawa, Ontario) posted her sixth double-double of the year and 20th of her career with 24 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Vermont Catamounts to a come-from-behind victory over the Albany Great Danes at SEFCU Arena on Saturday afternoon.
Vermont, which leads [...]
Middlebury, Vt. – January 29, 2010- A second Middlebury College alumnus has claimed the final spot on 2010 Olympic Cross Country Ski Team. Simi Hamilton of Aspen, Colo., a former All-American at Middlebury, was announced Thursday after the United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) received an 11th and final quota spot. Hamilton, who graduated [...]
