Academic Programs - MIIS

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TLM Students and faculty are invited to a casual social hour with their peers at Alvarado Street Brewery (426 Alvarado Street, Monterey). This will be the final social hour of the academic year. Come take a breath before graduation or take a break from finals to socialize with your peers!

Speaker Steedman Hinckley served seven presidents analyzing and advising on Soviet/Russian affairs at the White House, the departments of state and defense, the US embassy in Moscow, and the intelligence community in analytical and operational roles. He served on the national intelligence council and the policy planning staff at State, and was executive secretary of three binational commissions with Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. He retired in 2023 as a charter member of CIA’s senior analytic service. He holds a B.A. in Russian and Soviet Studies from Wesleyan University and an M.Phil.

Agents from the Department of Homeland Security (Trade Transparency Unit and Cybersecurity Unit) will be visiting the MIIS Campus on Monday and Tuesday (May 06 and May 07). There will be an opportunity to meet and talk with the visiting agents at a Brown-bag Information Session at 1200 Pacific Time on Tuesday, May 07. The event will be open to the MIIS Community.

NPTS Graduation Party for Spring 2024 Graduates

Location: McGowan 102

Please join us on Tuesday, May 14th (3-4:30pm PT) in DLC Design Space and on Zoom for our Capstones celebrations. Our graduating TESOL/TFL students will showcase their Applied Linguistics Capstone projects and share what they learned during their Practicum Capstone teaching. Family and friends are welcome!
Zoom info: link:https://middlebury.zoom.us/my/rjourdenais?pwd=a2J2RXFjMnpZaHpqVXh4NjFme…

Join the Institute Fellowships Team for a Fulbright application workshop! We will go over application tips, talk about how to center your personal experiences in application essays, what themes to focus on that will make for a solid application, and more. Bring any questions, struggles, and triumphs you’ve had so far in the application process. Haven’t started your application yet? You are still welcome to join! No matter where you are in the Fulbright application process, you will be able to gain insight from this workshop.

This is our 5th Annual Poetry Week. During this session of Yoga & Poetry, unwind & relax with Heidi Laber at the Holland Center at noon on Friday, April 26. Open to all MIIS community members.

Ready to learn how you can make a difference?

Join Lori Thicke (founder of Translators without Borders), Dr. James Heilman of Wikipedia, Barbara Zhang (founder of Translators for Elders), and representatives from Stanford Health Care as they discuss Medical Language Access, provide an introduction to the Wikipedia Health Translations Project, and other potential career opportunities.

Register via Handshake here: https://middlebury.joinhandshake.com/events/1531679/share_preview

Take a break and enjoy international coffee, teas and sweets.