April 2009

Each quarter, labor statistics report sobering news of the number of jobs the economy has lost. For college seniors, finding job amid competition with jobless professionals is especially daunting. It leaves some graduates debating whether to take jobs outside their field of study, pursue unpaid internships or consider offers they’d prefer not to take.

VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with Jaye Roseborough, Executive Director of Career Services at Middlebury College and Pamela Gardner, Director of Career Services at the University of Vermont about the career decisions facing college seniors, and how to search for jobs in a down economy.

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John Kassel is perhaps an obvious choice to be the new head of the Conservation Law Foundation.

After all, the Middlebury College alumnus (Class of 1979) knows about conservation as a former secretary for the Agency of Natural Resources, and has a background in law as a former litigator.

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Middlebury College is featured in the April 27 issue of Fortune magazine in an article titled, “Hard times on campus: Even elite colleges can’t escape the impact of the economic slump. Here’s how one New England school is working to stay on top in the face of a smaller endowment, needier students, and the bursting of the higher-ed bubble.” The article was added to Fortune’s Web site on April 10.

The article includes several photographs and quotes from President Liebowitz, Vice President for Administration and Treasurer Patrick Norton, Senior Director of Student Financial Services Kim Downs and Dean of Admissions Bob Clagett.

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