Vice President's Office - MIIS

The Cyber Collaborative, in partnership with Cyber Security Working Group and Financial Crime Club, is supporting a trip to the RSA Conference College Day in San Francisco on 1 May 2025. This is the largest cybersecurity conference in the world and a great opportunity to learn more about the cybersecurity industry through direct engagement with top-tier professionals. Transportation is provided and entry to the conference for college students and participating staff/faculty is free!

Big Sur: The Way It Was” is the first major documentary made about Big Sur, it’s natural beauty, artistic community, encounter culture ways. It includes interviews with writers, artists, and intellectuals, such as Henry Miller, Eric Barker, Emil White, Harry Dick Ross, and Ephraim Donner as well as hippies, musicians, bikers, hitchhikers, tourists, and your everyday rugged individualist who call Big Sur home. It was filmed and produced by Robert Blaisdell, a native filmmaker of the Monterey Peninsula, who shot the footage of Big Sur and its inhabitants throughout the 1960s.

Join us for an inspiring evening with Alana DeJoseph, the acclaimed director of the Heartland Emmy Award-winning documentary A Towering Task. Alana will delve into the rich legacy of the Peace Corps, highlighting its profound impact on international development. Drawing from her documentary, she will explore the themes of sustainability and the future of global development, especially in light of recent challenges such as the reduction of USAID funding.

Mandatory graduating student information meeting for those planning to graduate in May 2025. Information surrounding commencement will be presented and graduating student speaker nominees will present summaries of their speeches. Join us in person at
Irvine Auditorium or join virtually via Zoom (link will be sent by email to all graduating students a few days prior to meeting).

Celebrate love, community, and friendship at our special Valentine’s Day event. Indulge in a variety of Valentine’s-themed refreshments and participate in fun games and activities like creating your own mini flower bouquet. This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with fellow students, faculty, and staff, strengthening the bonds that make our community special. Join us to share the spirit of togetherness!

RSVP by February 7 to: https://forms.gle/Xsjjf3ZzMqj6m8qu9

Join Vice President Jeff Dayton-Johnson as we honor faculty and staff colleagues who have reached a milestone anniversary at MIIS in 2024. Event open to MIIS faculty and staff only. 

Staff, faculty, and students are invited to join us for an afternoon of autumn fun! Enjoy festive treats, get creative with pumpkin carving and decorating, and compete in our Halloween costume contest. We’ll also have a special Día de los Muertos ofrenda to honor loved ones. Come celebrate the season with us! Sign up to reserve your spot: https://forms.gle/p2HuNqSp1YMgpJ1p6

Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with MIIS faculty, staff, and students! Enjoy traditional mooncakes and tea while we watch the moon rise. Families welcome! Please RSVP by September 10th.

Location: Pierce Street Promenade

In an effort to continue our goal of recycling, reducing, and reusing in an environmentally friendly way, we are offering gently used, somewhat used, and REALLY used supplies, household items, file folders, chairs, bookshelves, random furniture, and computers in three locations on a first come, first serve basis on August 30 from 9AM – 12PM.

We are pleased to announce Winter Commencement will be celebrated on Saturday,
December 14, 2024 at 1:00PM Pacific Time at the Irvine Auditorium, McCone Building, 499
Pierce Street, Monterey, CA. Doors open at noon. Tickets will be required to attend.
A reception immediately following ceremony at Samson Student Center.