Insider’s Guide to Middlebury: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Resources on Campus


From the AFC to Disability Resource Center, here are some diversity and equality-centered centers on campus.

The Office for Inclusion, Diversity, & Equity (OIDEI)

  • Here is the OIDEI’s action plan for anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion that includes detailed plan for faculty and staff and student recruitment, retention, and continued support as well as how to prevent and address harm in order to ensure investment and continuity for diversity initiatives 
  • Renee Wells (Assistant Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) has open office hours Friday 12-2. Email her (rwells@middlebury.edu) for the Zoom link or to arrange other times that work for you.
  • International Student and Scholar Services: They offer help with enrollment, visas, hiring, and also have the Friends of International Student program!
  • They also have resources for undocumented and DACA students. Contact Elaine Orozco Hammond (ehammond@middlebury.edu) with questions and for support.
  • Connected with the AFC, Feminist Resource Center, Disability Resource Center, Scott Center, PALANA, and First-Gen Student experience. 
  • The Community Bias Response Team (CBRT) supports students who have been impacted by comments and behaviors that are experienced as biased.
  • Academic Initiatives: Check out the Opportunity Grants and more programs for academic resources for underrepresented groups. 

Anderson Freeman Resource Center (the AFC)

  • The AFC is both a physical space, located on College Street, and a hub of support and resources for hub specifically for first-generation students, students of color, and queer and transgender students. They offer the following support services: Student mentoring, advising, and connections to campus resources, self-care and wellness support, support for student cultural organizations, weekly peer tutoring and weekly peer career advising. 
  • Middlebury Intercultural Leaders Coalition (MILC): Cultural organizations such as Distinguished Men of Color, Women of Color, and dozens more are supported and often collaborate with and through the AFC. They also host social events, study breaks, outdoor outings! Follow their Instagram and Facebook, join the AFC group on Presence, and sign up for our weekly newsletter by sending a request to afc@middlebury.edu to stay up to date on what’s happening daily or weekly!

The Feminist Resource Center at the Chellis House

  • Chellis House is located on 56 Hillcrest Road, right behind Proctor Dining Hall. The house has its own library devoted to feminist, gender, and sexuality studies, as well as a living room and deck open for students to enjoy. Their website has a helpful list of resources of feminist and queer activism organizations, media, and resources across the state, country, and globe. Clubs such as Feminist Action at Middlebury, Brother-to-Brother, and Sister-to-Sister are run through the Chellis House. Check them out on Presence! The house also organizes events related to sexual assault awareness, reproductive justice, and gender equity.

The Disability Resource Center (DRC)

  • The Disability Resource Center is located on the second floor of the Service building. They provide confidential services and reasonable accommodations for disabilities affecting learning, vision, hearing, speech, mobility, physical health and psychological health. Approximately 1 in every 6 Middlebury students has contacted the DRC for some form of disability-related accommodation. Please don’t hesitate to come forward and ask for assistance! 
  • Click here for forms and policy documents and/or make an appointment by emailing ada@middlebury.edu to learn more!  
  • Check out their website to explore resources such as academic accommodations, auxiliary aids, and dining/residential life.

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