Vice President's Office - MIIS

The NorCal Peace Corps Association will host a welcoming party for Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) RPCVs on Sunday October 1^st from 12:30 to 3:00pm. MIIS is known for its excellence in education and has had a relatively high RPCV enrollment due in part to its participation in the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows program that offers substantial financial assistance to Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. MIIS also has several faculty and staff RPCVs who we hope will join us.

Join us for the Color Me MIIS Campus Event! The vibrancy of campus life is calling and we invite you to celebrate the spirit of our campus! Get ready to immerse yourself in our school colors, esprit de corps, and fun! School-colored snacks and drinks provided! Compete in our MIIS Trivia game! Open to MIIS staff, faculty, and students!

Show us your MIIS colors: wear blue, white, and/or green!

RSVP: go.miis.edu/ColorMeMIIS

Mandatory graduating student information meeting for those planning to graduate in December 2023. Information surrounding commencement will be presented as well as student speaker nominees presenting 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 the week prior to the meeting).

Join us for a Fall Fiesta on campus, where staff, faculty, and students come together to celebrate and learn about the cultural significance of the fall season! This event will feature autumn refreshments, a pumpkin decorating contest, a costume contest, and a beautiful Ofrenda Altar to honor our loved ones and cherished memories. Stay tuned for your official invitation and mark your calendars for this unforgettable Fall Fiesta! It’s a fantastic chance to bond, connect, and create lasting memories together as a campus community. We can’t wait to see you there!

Join us for a free public talk with Neal Hotelling about the “Monterey Peninsula: Hollywood’s Playground.” The Monterey Peninsula has long been an attraction to artists. When the new medium of motion pictures became an art form it attracted those artists as well. The Peninsula’s diverse settings are ideal for depicting locations around the world. When he stars came to film, they quickly realized it was also an idyllic getaway and became Hollywood’s Playground.

We are pleased to announce Winter Commencement will be celebrated on Saturday, December 16, 2023 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. Reception immediately following ceremony at Samson Student Center.

To mitigate the potential impact of COVID-19 on the health and wellness of our community, the Middlebury Institute will continue to take precautionary measures for large in-
person gatherings.

Tsherin Sherpa was named 2023 Global Asia Arts Game Changer by the Asia Society for his cultural development work in Katmandu—as well as his extraordinary art work. Sherpa organized the first Tibet pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2022, was featured in the groundbreaking Awaken exhibit at the Rubin Museum in NYC in 2020. In 2022 a solo exhibit Spirits wasorganized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and subsequently presented byb the Peabody Essex Museum and Asia Society-Houston.

Have you been wanting to attend a MIIS 3-D printing workshop but haven’t been able to make the usual Thursday time slot? Then this event is for you! The last 3-D printing event of the semester will be on a Saturday. Print out a free gift for Mother’s Day or a friend’s graduation! Make some miniatures to get ready for your summer Dungeons and Dragons games. Get creative at the 3-D Printing Workshop!

We are excited to announce that we will host finalists for the Institutional Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Officer next week. This is an important role for our campus, and the person hired will be a critical thought partner to help us advance JEDI work throughout the Institute.