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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, October 12, 2019 tentative agenda

10:00 am: Registration & Refreshments — Dunbar Hall

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

10:20 – 10:30: Introduction from Admission — Dean of Admission & Financial Aid

10:30 – 10:40: Residential & Student Life Presentation — Anne Morse, Assoc. Dean of Student Life & Charlie Ryland, Faculty in Environmental Humanities with Ruth Gardinet, Work Program Supervisor ~ Dunbar Hall

10:40 –  10:50: Global Field Studies Presentation — David Gilligan, Faculty in Ecology ~ Dunbar Hall

11:10 – 11:20: Outdoor Education Presentation, Faculty in Outdoor Education ~ Challenge Course

11:20 – 11:30: Ecology Presentation — Emily Brodsky, Faculty in Ecology ~ Cedar Swamp

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

12:55 – 1:05: Sustainable Agriculture Presentation — Charlotte Rosendahl, Faculty in Sustainable Agriculture ~ Alfond Barn

1:05 – 1:20: Tour of Houston Kitchen via the Shelton-Flynn Gardens

1:20 – 1:30: Sustainable Food Systems Presentation — Tony VanWinkle, Faculty in Sustainable Food Systems ~ Brown Library

1:30 – 1:40: Environmental Humanities Presentation — Carol Dickson, Faculty in Environmental Humanities ~ Brown Library

1:40 – 2:00: Closing Remarks & Admission Deadlines, Financial Aid, & Thank you! 

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

Sunday, October 13, 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.

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

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 get out on the water in Advance Whitewater Canoeing

Tools class image

Students plow the gardens using draft horses

College Tour

Key warms up for a race at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center

Students marching in the Pride parade in Burlington

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

Students sit around a campfire on the California GFS trip

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

Intro to Ice Climbing course