Ctr for Advising & Career Srvs

Education First is currently hiring for dozens of exciting summer and full time positions in the field of international education. This is an amazing opportunity to learn about temporary, summer, part time, and full time positions that help you develop skills and experience that transfer into virtually any field. Join us for an info session highlighting these opportunities, which include ESL teaching, education management, customer service, event planning, and general management. Grab some snacks and refreshments, meet our team, and see what we’re all about!

Come listen to two MIIS alumni speak about their professional experiences in the CIA, Homeland Security, and their own organization - Operation Underground Railroad - to learn about career paths within the US Government and their organization. They both currently work towards ending modern day slavery and participate in rescue operations around the world.

Join START’S Experiential Education Specialist, Marcella Morris, as she discusses START’s mission/vision and provides an overview of their internship projects and their enrichment calendar program. This includes specific summer internship opportunities and how to apply!

Looking for summer work? Looking for practicum (this year or next year)? Looking for long-term career opportunities?Join Amy Bullock from Education First as she discusses all of the great career opportunities EF has to offer. This includes local opportunities. Will you be the next MIIS alum to gain a leadership role with EF???

AECOM is a for-profit employer providing language-enabled services for the US Government. Join Director Katie Averill as she discusses how AECOM’s programs provide personnel who use their language skills, available tools, knowledge of countries, regions, and/or topics to exploit a broad spectrum of open sources, collect information, and monitor those foreign sources to create products that meet the needs of their customers. Career opportunities for students across all programs!

Peter I. Belk currently serves as the Director for Chemical and Biological Security Policy, Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism and Threat Reduction, Nonproliferation Directorate, National Security Council. In this capacity, Mr. Belk plans, directs and coordinates the development of polices relating to state and non-state actor chemical and biological weapons and threats, weapons of mass destruction terrorism, the Biological Weapons Convention and the Chemical Weapons Convention. Read more about Mr. Belk in his bio here: http://explore.georgetown.edu/people/belkp/

This session is designed to help T&I students prepare for the 2/19 Career Fair. Topics and speakers are: 1. Make your professional online presence stand out. (Evelyn Helminen, DLC, MIIS) 2. Methodology of matching your goals with the employers you target at the Career Fair (Winnie Heh) 3. Impress employers with your personal professional presence (Winnie Heh)

This is a make-up session designed to help T, TI, & CI students prepare for the 2/19 Career Fair.

Learn more about the application process for the California Sea Grant Fellowship from the program’s Research and Fellowship Coordinator, Miho Umezawa. MIIS students and alumni have a track record of consistently receiving this prestigious Fellowship.

Join Cadence Founders, Phil Kohn and Jonathan Rechtman, as they discuss the global growth trend in interpreting for the financial and investment sector and what is required for you to take advantage of these interpreting assignments.