2000s

Appalachian Gap Distillery Bottles on a wooden barrel

2000s, Middlebury College, Alumni, Entrepreneurship

New Head Distiller

The founders of the Middlebury-based Appalachian Gap Distillery are handing over the reins to longtime employee Will Drucker ’08.5, who bought a majority stake in the company.

Illustration of a student working aat a computer

2000s, Bread Loaf School of English, Academic Excellence, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture

College Applicant Advice

Sam Prouty, MA English ’09, executive director of Admissions, has plenty of application tips for students and their parents.

2000s, Arts, Language, Culture, Experience

Tomatoes alla Giudia

Need kitchen inspiration for late summer tomatoes?

Drew Petzing ’09 on a football field with a stern look and arms crossed.

2000s, Alumni, Athletics, Experience

The Athletic profiled the football coaching journey of Drew Petzing ’09, from his start at Middlebury working under then head coach Bob Ritter ’82 to his current role as offensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals.

Middlebury 2023 Thing Captain America Cast

2000s, Arts, Language, Culture, Experience

Doctor-Artist

This summer, CBS News profiled pediatric surgeon Lissie Fishman ’01, who makes art on the casts of her young patients after she finishes operating.

Members of The Grift lie on the floor looking at each other.

1990s, 2000s, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture, Experience

New Shift for the Grift

A new member officially joins the Grift (Clint Bierman ’97, Jeff Vallone ’97.5, and Peter Day ’01).

2000s, Alumni, Athletics

Lifelong Hockey Devotee

The International Ice Hockey Federation profiled Tania Kenny ’08, whose path in the sport has taken her from two NCAA championships with Middlebury to managing Hockey Canada teams to coordinating operations for the Edmonton Oilers.

2000s, Middlebury College, Alumni, Experience, Identity

Mind-Dog Connection

Kate Speer Fisher ’09.5 holds nothing back in sharing her mental health journey through misdiagnoses, hospitalizations, friendships, and the help of “fluff-bombing” dogs on the podcast Depresh Mode with John Moe.

a Habitat for Humanity house with light wood siding, surrounded by a snowy yard.

2000s, Alumni, Equity & Justice, Politics & Government

Resources for Low-Income Vermont Communities

Elise Shanbacker ’07 was interviewed by WCAX about infrastructure projects in rural areas of Vermont that are now getting a boost of federal funding.

Drew Miller and Kyle Miller face each other on a floating dock with an officiant between them and two witnesses each on the left and right. The boards of the deck are wet in the center and edges.

2000s, Alumni, Experience

Modern Love

For the New York Times’s Tiny Love Stories series, Drew Miller ’03 recounts being nearly swamped, literally and figuratively, while he and his husband exchanged vows at their wedding.

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