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Middlebury Web Archives

Collected by: Middlebury College

Archived since: Dec, 2015

Description:

Blogs, social media presences, websites, and other Web media representing life and activity surrounding - but not necessarily hosted by - Middlebury College.

From the lighter side of student life to deep critical engagement with campus culture, this transinstitutional collection is intended to document life at Middlebury outside the official channels of communication, to archive diverse points of view and student activities, and to create a historical record of dynamic and engaging discussions that define our collective experience at Middlebury College.

Subject:   Society & Culture Blogs & Social Media Spontaneous Events Campus culture Social justice Student organizations Student activism Critical discourse Humor Campus politics College activities Student life

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Title: Dear April, Things Will Get Worse - But You Will Be Okay

URL: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/dear-april-things-will-get-worse-but-you-will-be-okay/

Description: A Middlebury student struggling with depression at Middlebury writes a letter to herself and thanks professors, administrators, and friends in the Middlebury community who helped her.

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Subject:   Mental health Depression

Title: Dear Middlebury, We Need To Change Our Body Talk

URL: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/dear-middlebury-we-need-to-change-our-body-talk/

Description: Middlebury student April Poole discusses eating disorders, body shame in Middlebury's culture, and Middlebury student organizations devoted to challenging and changing harmful mentalities that inform how students view their bodies.

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Subject:   Mental health Body image Gender

Title: How College Helped Me Embrace My Queerness

URL: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/how-college-helped-embrace-queerness/

Description: Student April Poole discusses how Middlebury supported her identity and encouraged her to come out.

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Subject:   LGBTQ advocacy Queerness Personal narrative

Title: Inside Involuntary Medical Withdrawals

URL: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/involuntary-medical-withdrawals/

Description: Blog post by a former Middlebury student about her personal experience with an involuntary medical leave from the College due to mental health struggles.

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Subject:   Mental health Involuntary medical withdrawal policy Student life Personal narratives

Title: Normalizing the Road Less Traveled

URL: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/normalizing-the-road-less-traveled/

Description: Middlebury student April Poole ruminates on her decision to take a gap semester after forced medical withdrawal and contemplates her next step.

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Subject:   Gap years Mental health Stress

Title: In Support Of The Gap Semester

URL: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/support-the-gap-semester/

Description: Middlebury student, April Poole, explains why she opted to take a gap semester away from Middlebury and reflects on student stress and identity.

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Subject:   Mental health Gap semesters Stress Student life

Title: What College Has Taught Me About Relationships

URL: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/what-college-taught-about-relationships/

Description: Middlebury student April Poole lists "eleven things that I've learned about the effects of living in a bubble, college romance and finding the friends that will last in my two years of college."

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Subject:   Student life Relationships

Title: Why We Need To Talk About Mental Health

URL: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/why-need-talk-about-mental-health/

Description: Middlebury student April Poole discusses her struggles with mental health and advocates for Middlebury organization, The Resilience Project, a storytelling project dedicated to breaking the stigma around mental health issues on campus.

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Subject:   Mental health Stress Student life The Resilience Project

Title: The Hardest Decision

URL: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/why-transferred-to-wellesley-college/

Description: Reflections by a former Middlebury student about her choice to transfer to Wellesley College after an involuntary leave of absence related to mental health struggles.

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Subject:   Mental health Personal narratives

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