Events and Programs
Upcoming Events
Recovery is for all! People can be in recovery from addiction to substances, behavioral addictions like gambling, challenging mental health experiences like PTSD, self harm like eating disorders, and others or combinations! Build harm reduction skills at this month’s events to help create a community that holistically supports recovery. Visit for the full visual calendar.
Recovery Month Kick-off: Engage, Learn, & Win Raffle Prizes!
Tuesday, September 9, 11am-2pm
Pop up at Dining Hall patios! (rain location: TBA)
Stop by during your lunch break and help destigmatize Recovery and make a more inclusive Middlebury community! Engage with our tabling hosts and enter to win raffle prizes (zero-proof drink baskets, art supplies, hammocks, house plants, gift cards, and more!)
Recovery Month Kick-off: Engage, Learn, & Win Raffle Prizes!
Wednesday, September 10, 11am-2pm
Pop up at Dining Hall patios! (rain location: TBA)
Stop by during your lunch break and help destigmatize Recovery and make a more inclusive Middlebury community! Engage with our tabling hosts and enter to win raffle prizes (zero-proof drink baskets, art supplies, hammocks, house plants, gift cards, and more!)
Build a Bouquet for Recovery Month
Wednesday, September 10, 5-6pm
The Knoll (rain location: HWE Office, Ross ground floor)
Honor Recovery Month by building a bouquet for yourself or a friend! Drinks, snacks and flowers provided. Celebrating the beauty of the natural world sustains our connections with one another and our environment - a key antidote to the struggles that come with challenging mental health and substance misuse experiences.
Body Story
Wednesday, September 17, 4:30-6:30pm
HWE Office, Ross ground floor
Sign up at go/bodystory to join members of Health & Wellness Ed for an interactive workshop to collage, draw or paint your own story about your body.
Participants will leave with some ideas about how to have more peace in their body relationship. Free Flatbread!
Mocktail Mixology Workshop
Thursday, September 18, 6:30-8:00pm
HWE Office, Ross ground floor
Learn skills for creating a culture that doesn’t center substance use! Get trained by an expert mixologist from a local woman-owned catering company who will teach you the finer points of making non-alcoholic mixed drinks. Space is limited! Sign up at:
Alcohol Appreciation and Harm Reduction at Split Spirits Distillery
Friday, September 19, 5pm-6:30pm
Split Spirits Distillery
Join for a tour and a tasting at Split Spirits Distillery with Will Drucker (class of ‘08.5), owner and founder and learn about alcohol appreciation and harm reduction! Transportation to and from campus provided.
Space is limited! Sign up at:
Narcan Training
Monday, September 22, 12:45-1:45pm
HWE Office, Ross ground floor
Get trained to administer Narcan and learn about the bio-psycho-social elements of opioids, overdose reversals, and trends in substance misuse. Snacks provided. Sign-up at:
Green Dot Bystander Training
Tuesday, September 23, 5-6:30pm
HWE Office, Ross ground floor
Be a part of preventing violence at Middlebury. Strengthen your bystander skills and help to build a proactive Green Dot culture. Space is limited! Sign-up at: go/GreendotOverview/
Green Dot Bystander Training
Wednesday, September 24, 9:30-11am
HWE Office, Ross ground floor
Be a part of preventing violence at Middlebury. Strengthen your bystander skills and help to build a proactive Green Dot culture. Space is limited! Sign-up at: go/GreendotOverview/
Conversations on Recovery and Addiction
Wednesday, September 24, 6-7:30pm
HWE Office, Ross ground floor
What is Recovery? Hear from people with lived experiences and learn how you can play a role in creating a community that destigmatizes addiction and supports recovery. Co-curated by Global Health Program, Health and Wellness Education, and Turning Point of Addison County. Mad Taco dinner provided! Space is limited! Sign up by sending an email to Anna Hand at ahand@middlebury.edu.
Zero Proof Bar and Music
Thursday, September 25, 9pm-closing
Wilson Café
Gather with friends to enjoy music and free snacks and delicious mocktails at our Zero Proof Bar to close out our events for Recovery Month. Remember: community connection is an antidote to addiction!
Fresh Check Day
Friday, September 26, 1-4:30pm
McCullough Lawn (rain location: Wilson Hall)
Checking in on Middlebury! Interactive booths about mental health and suicide prevention, performances, free food and prizes, community, therapy dogs and more!
“Hope in Motion” 5k Fun Run and Wellness Fair
Sunday, September 28, 9am race start; 10am-2pm Wellness Fair
Porter Hospital entrance, 55 Collins Drive, Middlebury, VT 05753
Has addiction and recovery impacted your life? Run (or walk!) this 5k, help out along the course, or enjoy the Wellness Fair at the finish line to help build a community that celebrates recovery.
Sign-up at:
It’s Healthy Relationships Month!
Wednesday, October 1, 11:30am-1pm
Davis Library Vestibule
Visit our table to receive an overview of Healthy Relationships month, tips on increasing relationships of all kinds, and some fun giveaways including free posters!
Recipes for Healthy Relationships
Thursday, October 2, Time TBA
Location TBA
Let’s talk friendship, romantic and family relationships! What makes them work, how do you talk to people about what you want out of relationships? Join Heart to learn and practice strategies!
Set Boundaries, Find Peace book club sign up
Friday, October 3
Virtual
Sign up for the Set Boundaries, Find Peace book club later this month at go/boundaries. Spots are limited! Sign up by 10/6.
Narcan Training with SPECS
Monday, October 6, 6pm-7:30pm
HWE Office, Ross ground floor
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Let’s Make a Salad
Tuesday, October 7, Time TBA
Location TBA
What does salad have to do with communication and consent? Come find out through this fun, interactive workshop!
Gratitude Writing
Wednesday, October 8, 3-4pm
Davis Library Vestibule
Relationships of all kinds can include gratitude. Drop by the table to write a note of gratitude to someone you care about.
World Mental Health Day Tulip Planting
Thursday, October 9, Time TBA
Location TBA
Come plant yellow tulips, a symbol of hope and connection for suicide prevention. Enjoy community and snacks, and spending time with others who are passionate about mental health and community well-being.
Forest Bathing Field Trip
Friday, October 10, Time TBA
Location TBA
DESCRIPTION
Meditation practice: Body scan for self compassion
Tuesday, October 14, 11:30am-12pm
HWE Office, Ross ground floor
Checking in with our bodily cues can help us tune more into our relationship with ourselves. Come practice a guided body scan for self compassion.
Authentic Self Care
Wednesday, October 15, Time TBA
Location TBA
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Book club meet up
Thursday, October 16, Time to be determined by participants
HWE Office, Ross ground floor
Participants who signed up for the Set Boundaries, Find Peace bookclub will meet to discuss book takeaways on boundary setting. Didn’t get to sign up for one of our limited spots? Email kbeavers@middlebury.edu to be put on the waitlist for future book clubs.
Coping with Difficult Emotions for Better Relationships
Friday, October 17, 3-4:30pm
Ross B011
Ever found yourself making mistakes in your relationships when you’re upset or angry? Join Health & Wellness Education to learn ways to manage overwhelming emotions to improve the health of your friendships and intimate relationships.
It’s Green Dot Week! What’s your Green Dot?
Monday, October 20, 3-4pm
Davis Library Vestibule
Stop by to talk with Green Dot Interns about your proactive Green Dots and learn a few ways to bring Green Dot up to friends. Enter to win $25 declining balance.
Journal with Green Dot
Wednesday, October 22, 5:30-7pm
Coltrane Lounge
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Pumpkins & pals
Thursday, October 23, 1:30-2:30pm
Ross B011
Decorate pumpkins with pals while learning about the 3 D’s of Green Dot.
Green Dot Bystander Training
Friday, October 24, 3:00-9:00pm, including a dinner break
Redfield Room, Proctor Dining
This interactive training builds student skills to be well-equipped to proactively and reactively prevent interpersonal violence and to inspire continued engagement with the Green Dot strategy clubs, student groups, and across campus. This knowledge is vitally important to sustaining a culture that impedes interpersonal violence on campus. Sign up at and receive exclusive Green Dot swag for attending.
Boba & Connections
Tuesday, October 28, 2:30-4pm
Meet at ADK circle, then walk to Yogurt City
Take a leisurely walk with others to Yogurt City to enjoy some free boba & guided conversation prompts!
Cookies & consent
Wednesday, October 29, 7:30-9pm
The Grille
Join SPECS for a workshop on consent with some tasty treats. Raffle prizes, too!
Campus Trick-or-Treat
Friday, October 31, 2:30-4:30pm
Find locations at
Join departments across campus for this fun event to connect with others and learn tips to keep our community safe & celebrate safely. Find locations at .
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Health Coaching
Health coaching involves supporting students as they set goals, name challenges, unearth values & strengths, and access intrinsic motivations to develop and sustain healthy behaviors and attitudes.
Health coaching is never a replacement for medical care or mental health counseling and is not appropriate to address crisis or emergency situations.
Have a question? Looking to build a skill? Health and Wellness Education can help! Read more here: Health Coaching
Yoga and Meditation
End your jam-packed day with a yoga session through the TimelyCare app, designed to help you gain a peaceful state of mind and relaxation through meditation or building body awareness and releasing tension. Classes available during the academic year. Registration and more information at
T (Tolerance) Break Guide
Sign up at and select Tolerance Break Guide. Any student can sign up who is interested in receiving information about cannabis, its effects on the body and mind. Email delivered supportive series designed to encourage students to take a break from cannabis.
21 Day Sleep Challenge
Email delivered sleep education focused on strategies and information about getting more rest. Sign Up at