| by Sierra Abukins
As an interpreter at the Olympics, alum and professor Stephanie Cooper got a front seat to the biggest moment in many athletes’ lives, allowing them to express themselves in their mother tongues.
| by Flynn Pollard IEP/EPM and MPA '17
Alum Flynn Pollard shares how his education at the Middlebury Institute and diverse experiences prepared him for a dynamic career as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State.
| by Caitlin Fillmore
Environmental policy students collaborated with nonprofits on research assessing the impact of 2023 floods on the Pajaro community and surfacing their unmet needs.
| by Jamal Malik BAMA ‘18
Jamal Malik BA/MANPTS ’18 describes his career journey from chasing down terrorists to overcoming imposter syndrome in graduate school to establishing a career in the financial crime sector.
| by Jason Warburg
Students in the Institute’s Environmental Policy and Management program performed a smelly but successful physical audit of the campus’s trash, recycling, and composting efforts.
Students helped contribute to a research effort on White sharks off the Central Coast that aims to increase public awareness about this majestic apex predator. The Center for the Blue Economy is one of several partners contributing to the $5 million project.
| by Caitlin Fillmore
Mellissa Nguyen MAITP/MBA ’09, has leveraged her experiences in the Peace Corps and internships while at the Middlebury Institute to forge a pioneering career in the developing field of sustainability in the health sector.
| by Caitlin Fillmore
First-ever Diplomacy Lab participant Nancy Kwang Johnson delivered a presentation to the State Department on how language drives identity in the tumultuous region of the former Yugoslavia.
