Middlebury College is a small, selective liberal arts college located in the small, New England hamlet of Middlebury, Vermont. Founded in 1800, the college has a long history of distinguished scholarship, and is particularly known for the strength of its foreign language and writing programs. Today, Middlebury consistently ranks among the top liberal arts colleges in the nation. The 350-acre main campus is located between Vermont’s Green Mountains to the east and New York’s Adirondack Mountains to the west, while nearby is a 1,800-acre mountain campus, where Middlebury operates the Bread Loaf School of English and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, founded by poet Robert Frost, every summer.
Middlebury competes in the NESCAC League of small New England colleges; its athletic strengths are in lacrosse, hockey, and skiing. Also, it has approximately 30 varsity NCAA teams. The Middlebury campus includes a ski area, the Middlebury College Snow Bowl. The college mascot is the black panther.
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