Learn the Value of a

Sterling College Education

Understand our unique approach to

Environmental Stewardship Education

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Whether you’re a high school student creating your college list, a student at another college who is thinking of transferring to Sterling, a parent of a prospective student, a sibling, or a friend, you are welcome at Open House, and we can’t wait to meet you.

Saturday, July 13, 2019 tentative agenda

10:00: Registration & Refreshments — Dunbar Hall

10:10 – 10:20: Welcoming Remarks — President Matthew Derr, President

10:20 – 10:25: Additional Remarks —  Tim Patterson, Dean of Admission & Financial Aid

10:45 – 10:55: Ecology Presentation — Faculty in Ecology

10:55 – 11:05: Outdoor Education Presentation — Faculty in Outdoor Education

11:05 – 11:15: Global Field Studies Presentation — Faculty in Outdoor Education

11:20 – 11:30: Environmental Humanities Presentation — Faculty in Environmental Humanities

11:45 – 12:30 pm: Lunch in Dunbar Hall

1:00 – 1:15: Sustainable Agriculture & Wendell Berry Farming Program Presentations — Faculty in Sustainable Agriculture

1:30 – 1:40: Sustainable Food Systems Presentation — Faculty in Sustainable Food Systems

1:50 – 2:10: Work Program & Sterling Community Presentation — Dean of Community 

2:10 – 2:20: Closing Remarks & Admission Deadlines, Financial Aid, & Thank you! — Tim Patterson 

5:30 – 6:00: Dinner for Overnight Guests, Dunbar Hall

Sunday, July 14, 2019

11:00 – 11:30 am: Brunch & Overnight Kit & Key Return, Dunbar Hall

Overnight Stays: Prospective students who are at least 17 years old can request to stay overnight in a Sterling College residence hall.

Save your receipts for travel expenses! We reimburse up to $500 in travel expenses for students who enroll after visiting.

Students get out on the water in Advance Whitewater Canoeing

Tools class image

Key warms up for a race at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center

Students plow the gardens using draft horses

Students sit around a campfire on the California GFS trip

Intro to Ice Climbing course

Students marching in the Pride parade in Burlington

College Tour

Students and dog friends smile and sit around the mandala they created out of native squash, corn, and beans grown for the Native Food & Farming course.

Students play music in the DunBarn, the student-run space on campus

Ecology students use Dichotomous keys to ID plants in the Cedar Swamp