Academic Programs - MIIS

Poetry Week 2025: Tending the Earth & Tending Each Other: Opening Ceremony

We will gather at the Peace Pole in the MIIS Community garden, compose a community poem, place painted rocks around the peace pole and read other poems related to Earth Day and expressions for peace.

M.I.I.S. Peace Corps Club invites you to celebrate the partnership between the Middlebury Institute of International Studies and the Peace Corps! Join us for a screening of the Heartland Emmy Award winning documentary, “A Towering Task,” which explores the legacy and history of the Peace Corps.

Sponsored by the Davis Collaborative for Conflict Transformation.

MIIS Peace Corps Club, in partnership with the Experiential Learning Office and the International Student & Scholar Services Office, invites you to a lunch to spark conversation and cross- cultural connections. It will be taking place in the MIIS Community Garden at 1:00 pm. Please RSVP at go.miis.edu/ccc by March 21st!

Event topic: The Human Firewall – You Are the First Line of Defense!

Join us for an exclusive online event featuring Asher Dahan, a Senior Microsoft Systems Engineer and renowned Security Expert with over 42 years of experience in cybersecurity, data recovery, and forensic investigations.

This talk adopts the notions of van Lier’s (2004a) ecological perspective, van Manen’s (1992) tact of teaching and “reflection in action”, Kumaravadivelu’s (2003) pedagogic wheel and Dai’s (2014) cognitive approach to teaching. The author examines what ecological perspectives provide for language education and teacher training. Language education should be elevated to an understanding of the larger environment where the agent perceives, interprets and creates affordances for teaching and learning.

You are invited to join us for a special viewing of student final presentations from their J-term course in Costa Rica, focused on sustainable development goals and conflict transformation. 

CSWG will be hosting training and education sessions on cybersecurity for MIIS students.

Zoom link: https://middlebury.zoom.us/j/91665077308?pwd=n1VuBNLTfbYbwZxQc6qd8mS6GjpL3p.1

Students who participated in the Digital Transformation and Resilience in Rwanda global course in January 2025 will present on their research and learning. This course was funded with support of the Conflict Transformation Collaborative. Learn more at http://sites.middlebury.edu/rwanda. 

CHLA and JALA 8377 and 8477 course students and faculty are meeting at this joint class for discussing about the history and the customs associated with East Asian foods for diplomacy.