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1 | Idea | Text (Example) | Directions for Volunteer | Complexity | Type | RECENT POSTS ON MIDD ALUM | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Painter’s Cane | Do people still have their Painter Cane? Share a fun photo of you doing something with yours! | Take a fun photo with your Painter’s Cane and post the prompt to your Class group. You could joust with someone who has a broom. Pretend that your cane is a cooking implement. Knight your child for doing the dishes. Pretend that you are a rock star and the cane is a mic...etc. | Easy | Activity | Check out what cofounders of Lamplighter Brewing Co., Cayla Marvil ’13.5 and AC Jones ’12, are doing to help others during this uncertain time. #Middlebury #MiddAlum | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Book Recs | Hey, Everyone! Now that we have a lot of time on our hands, maybe we should swap book recommendations. Here’s what I'm reading... | Take a photo of a book you're reading, share it and give a review. Be sure to ask what others are reading | Easy | Picture | Mondays are hard. But Mondays are especially hard when you’re quarantined. Here’s a little humor to help you out from Midd Alum Alyssa Limperis ’12. #MiddAlum #MiddleburyCollege #Covid19 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | #CopingwithCovid | How is everyone #copingwithcovid? How are you making the most of this unusual experience? | Share how you’re #copingwithcovid then ask others to do the same | Easy | Text | Mike Nunziante ’19— a young Middlebury College Alum and musician/teacher— is offering remote guitar lessons in exchange for donations to local food banks. This is one of the many ways that #MiddAlums are helping their communities, and it makes us proud to be a panther! #MiddleburyCollege #MiddAlum | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Host a Virtual Event | (Depends on context) | Create a virtual Facebook event. Could be a hangout session on a game console, cocktail party, Trivia, find out if there are any musicians in the group who would like to give Facebook live performance. | Hard | Activity | SheFly, an outdoor apparel company founded by three Middlebury College alumni (Georgia Grace Edward ’18, Bianca Gonzalez ’17, and Charlotte Massey ’18) is donating a portion fo their online sales to the Vermont COVID-19 Response Fund. | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Your Desk | This is my desk. I have all the essentials: Laptop, pens, and two handles of Whistlepig whiskey. | Take a photo of your desk space and share it to the group. Encourage others do the same in the comments of your post | Easy | Picture | In an effort to do its part in the coronavirus crisis, Middlebury College has drained the ice from the Kenyon Arena hockey rink so space — if needed — can be used to deploy a “portable hospital” for COVID-19 patients. #MiddleburyCollege | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Who are your new colleagues? | Who are your new colleagues? | Take a fun photo with your kids, pets, or inanimate objects dressed up like they are your colleagues. Share the photo then tell others to do the same. | Easy | Picture | Sarah Laursen and Sarah Briggs ’14.5, both curators at the Middlebury College Museum of Art, launched the website VermontArtOnline.org on March 25, as a way to allow exploration of galleries from the safety of home. The project is a collaboration with the Vermont Curators Group in response to the COVID-19 epidemic. #MiddAlum #MiddleburyCollege #MiddleburyArts The new reality is virtual: Vermont museums are offering online experiences and virtual tours bringing content to home visitors during COVID-19. | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Share your favorite recipe | What’s YOUR favorite dish to cook? | Make something, take a photo, share the photo and the recipe on your class group. | Easy | Picture | Middlebury is providing assistance to 400 students, who are receiving full financial aid and are dealing with food or housing insecurity. | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Guilty pleasure for surviving the pandemic? | Take a picture of yourself indulging in your guilty pleasure | Take a picture of yourself indulging in your guilty pleasure. Have fun, be silly! | Easy | Picture | Masks being made by Middlebury College Theatre Department seamstresses. | ||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Favorite Memory | Favorite class, favorite professor, favorite #MiddMoment, favorite secret study spot | Ask people to share a favorite SOMETHING. Encourage them to answer the question "why" | Easy | Text | Alumni Spotlight | We want to extend a huge thank you to Dr. Jeff Rea ‘97 who is working on the frontlines during this pandemic and is an Army veteran. Jeff served as a flight surgeon in Iraq and is currently an ICU physician and an assistant professor at the University of Maryland! | ||||||||||||||||||||
11 | TBT | Share a photo from your time at Midd, and post it in the comments below! | Either share a personal photo or use the online yearbooks on your class group. | Easy | Picture | PayPal will not layoff any employees due to the coronavirus pandemic, CEO Dan Schulman ’80. Link in bio. | ||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Middlebury Trinket | Share a picture of a Middlebury item that you've kept since you were a student! | Share a photo of the item you've kept since you were a student—could be a Middlebury hat, bottle opener, tie, NESCAC ring etc. | Easy | Picture | What do Tom Hanks and Middlebury College have in common? Infectious disease epidemiologist and #middAlum Anne Rimoin ’92. #MiddleburyCollege | ||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Class Banner | Here’s a challenge for everyone: create a new class banner! You can make it digitally, using crafts, color pencils, old Middlebury sweaters—whatever you'd like! | Create a banner, take a photo, then share and prompt other to do the same! | Medium | Picture | After graduating from Middlebury College and working briefly in San Francisco, Tyler Wood ’15 decided to obtain a nursing degree at Villanova so he could “help people and make a difference.” He is currently a nurse at Penn serving COVID patients | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Staff Appreciation | There are so many amazing staff at Middlebury who have helped to shape our experiences as students. Share anecdote about a staff member you whose company you enjoyed :) | Give a shout out and encourage other people to do the same | Easy | Text | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Motivational Monday | Share your best #MotiviationalMonday Quote! | Share your best #MotiviationalMonday Quote! | Easy | Text | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Resource Help | Hey, friends! There are many students who are having an especially challenging time right now. What are some resources that you wish you knew about when you were a student that could potentially help current Midd Kids? | Encourage people to comment. Respond to comments | Easy | Text | |||||||||||||||||||||
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