Students complete internships, consultancies, and research for organizations in 20 countries

May 1, 2020 | by Carolyn Meyer

Cliff inscriptions Han and Wei Dynasties — Xinyang Chen (MA Translation and Localization Management ‘21), peers at the “Analects” inscribed on an over-1000-year-old tablet in Xi’an, China. (Credit: Xinyang Chen )

Immersive professional learning describes the real-world, applied learning opportunities offered through Middlebury Institute programs. Despite the onset of a global pandemic, practicum students successfully completed their internships and field projects remotely for the second half of the semester. Students joined their work colleagues in the massive move to “working from home.”

Prior to shelter-in-place orders affected much of the world, students participated in January onsite courses in Cuba, the Czech Republic, and France. This article celebrates many of the immersive professional learning achievements of MIIS students during the spring 2020 semester.

This spring, 91 students completed internships, jobs, and consultancies around the country and globe through Middlebury Institute courses and programs. January term provided an opportunity for 21 students to participate in onsite faculty-led courses in the Czech Republic, France, and Cuba.

In the United States, students worked with organizations as close as Monterey and as far away as Washington, DC.

Internationally, students served organizations on five continents and in 21 countries: (Peru, France, Senegal, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Russia, Austria, Thailand, Cambodia, Kenya, Switzerland, Zambia, the Netherlands, Argentina, Laos, Mexico, Canada, Nepal, Ecuador, and Indonesia).

As the spring semester comes to and end, we want to take a moment to congratulate all the students who completed practicum positions this year. The following section highlights students who completed internships, jobs, and consultancies through Middlebury Institute Degree programs or the Middlebury Institute Center for Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies.

International Education Management (IEM) Practicum

Name	Placement	Location
Katie Aker	Gonzales Community Collaboration Lab	Gonzales, CA
David Bidleman	Middlebury School Abroad Italy	Florence, Italy and Illinois
Megan Doi	Japan Center for Michigan Universities (JCMU)	Michigan
Zoe Gapayao	Root Solutions	San Francisco, CA
Alexandro Gonzalez-Calvillo	Arizona State University, International Students & Scholars Center	Tempe, Arizona
Ofelia Hernandez	Agnes Scott College	Atlanta, Georgia
Noraya Razzaque	Muslim Justice League	Boston, MA
Randall Yamaoka	Middlebury Institute Enrollment and Language and Professional Programs	Monterey, CA
Ruxin Zheng	Golden West College	Los Angeles, CA

IEM Practicum in Italy — David Bidleman (IEM ‘20) in Venice with a mask during Carnival 2020 before COVID-19 closed the festivities early. David completed his IEM Practicum at the Middlebury School Abroad in Florence before working remotely on a COVID-19 project from the US for the second part of the spring semester.

NPTS-IEM Student Visits Temelin Nuclear Power Plant — Gavin Skram (NPTS-IEM ‘21) makes a new friend at the Visitor’s Center of Temelin Nuclear Power Plant in Temelin, Czech Republic

Center for Nonproliferation Internship Program ( formerly “IONP”)

Name	Placement	Location
Ismail Belbachir	UNOG Conference on Disarmament	Geneva, Switzerland

MIIS-Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

Name	Placement	Location
Ellie Bedford	dKomplex	Monterey, CA
Casey Caruso	Los Alamos National Lab	Los Alamos, NM
Vladislav Chernavskikh	UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, WMD Branch	New York, NY
Jeremy Faust	Holy See Permanent Observer Mission to the UN	New York, NY
Tom Hickey	United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, WMD Branch	Geneva, Switzerland
Ryan Jacobsen	Institute for Politics and Society	Prague, Czech Republic
Alina Kazaksovtseva	James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies	Washington, D.C.
Yekaterina Klepanchuk	UNIDIR, Security and Technology Branch	Geneva, Switzerland
Taylor Lamoureaux	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Center for Global Security Studies	Livermore, CA
Yury Medvedev	UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, Science, Technology and International Security Unit	New York, NY
Connor Michelotti	Middlebury Institute of International Studies	Monterey, CA
David Mnitsa	Czech Technical University	Prague, Czech Republic
Gevorg Novshadyan	Czech Technical University	Prague, Czech Republic
Alexey Polyakov	State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM, Department of International Cooperation	Moscow, Russia
Angela Skittone	Middlebury Institute Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counter-terrorism	Monterey, CA
Dmitri Sled	W. J. Perry Project, Nuclear Threat Initiative	Washington, DC
Mara Ortiz Sorgato	The Euro-Gulf Information Center	Rome, Italy
Allie Wong	United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Strategic Communications	Geneva, Switzerland

UNECLAC IPSS Internship — IPSS fellow, Katia Mironova MAIPD ’20 (center), stands with other interns in the lobby of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC), in Washington, DC. UNECLAC is one of five regional UN commissions, with each commission working to improve economic development in their specific region.

International Professional Service Semester (IPSS)

Name	Placement	Location
Blaine Barkley	Government Accountability Office (GAO)	Norfolk, VA
Vivian Garcia	US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants	North Carolina
Oscar Cejudo Corbalan	Search for Common Ground	Tunis, Tunisia
Orlando Cruz	US State Department - Bureau of Consular Affairs	New York City, NY
Amy Halbrooks-Fulks	Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Human Rights Initiative	Washington D.C.
Jan Havlicek	United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs-Conventional Arms Branch (UNODA)	New York City, NY
Mohammad Kayali	Portland Community College (PCC)	Portland, OR
Camorah King	Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance	Washington D.C
Adam Martyn	US State Department - Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor	Washington D.C
Katia Mironova	UN Economic Commission for Latin America (UNECLAC)	Washington D.C
Devin Mowrer	Golden State Investigators	San Jose, CA
Abby Richardson	Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace	Washington, DC
Kelly Roche	Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation (PWSAC)	Anchorage, AK
Adriana Threlkeld	United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Danielle Villata	Search for Common Ground	Washington, DC
Yuye (Fiona) Zhou	Environmental Defense Fund	New York City, NY

DPMI Plus (International Development and Social Change)

Name	Placement	Location
James Taylor	Search for Common Ground	Tunis, Tunisia
Kalyssa King	Peace Corps	Peru

Independent Practicum (Development, Policy, and Practice)

Name	Placement	Location
Leah Schluter	UN Women China	Virtual

TLM Event — Yan Ning (TLM ‘20, center) attended a localization industry event in Silicon Valley as part of her work with a translation and localization company based in Monterey County, California. LocWorld is a major conference for international business, translation, localization and global website management.

TESOL Practica

Kathryn DePietro	Monterey County Office of Education, Migrant Student Office	Salinas, CA
Xinxin Liu	Monterey County Office of Education, Migrant Student Office	Salinas, CA

Translation and Localization Management

Ghio Anton,	Translations.com	Remote, NYC
Nathaniel Bybee	MediaLocate	Monterey
Sherine Emara	SoundHound	Remote, Santa Clara
Amelia Evrigenis	Idem Translations	Remote, Palo Alto
Lauren Grizzle	Monterey Museum of Art	Monterey
Jazmin Guerrero	Nikon, Career Girls	Remote
Yusen Huang	MediaLocate	Monterey
Alex Ladd	Moravia	Remote
Li, Roxane	Idem Translations	Remote, Palo Alto
Lima Pinheiro and Silvia Marlene	Translation Commons	Remote
Megan Murphy	Translation Company Division of the American Translators Association	Remote
Yan Ning	Translation by Design	Pacific Grove
Josue Padilla	Translation Company Division of the American Translators Association	Remote
Vanessa E Prolow	Women in Localization Research Study	Remote, Monterey
Nadezhda Rodionova	SoundHound	Remote, Santa Clara
Simona Scotto d’Antuono	Rome’s government in collaboration with UNESCO	Remote
Esteban Terrazas	Babble-on App Localization	Remote, San Francisco
Huei Ping Yu	Nordic Naturals	Remote, Watsonville
Yong Zhao	StockX	Mountain View
Kaixin Zhong	Beat Babbel	Remote, San Diego
Kimberly Zie	SoundHound	Remote, Santa Clara

Nuclear Research Reactor Student in Front of Lennon Wall — In January 2020, 11 students from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey traveled to Prague, Czech Republic, and Vienna, Austria. In Prague, students took classes at Czech Technical University. Class topics included: reactor physics, safeguards and security, and radiation detection. The trip to Vienna provided students with the opportunity to visit the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), and the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP). In Vienna, students were briefed on nuclear security at the IAEA, the CTBTO’s International Monitoring System, and workshops organized by the VCDNP. *Photo:* Rayna Rogers (NPTS ‘21), stands in front of the Lennon Wall in Prague, Czech Republic.

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Carolyn Meyer
Director of Immersive Professional Learning
cmeyer@miis.edu
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