The Middlebury Institute has partnered with Soka University of America to provide its undergraduate students the opportunity to gain scholarships to its master’s degree programs.
“Soka and the Middlebury Institute are natural fits—we both have students from the U.S. and around the world who want to use their careers to make a difference,” said Jill Stoffers, senior director of institutional partnerships. “We’ve seen Soka students thrive here and are excited to offer scholarships to expand their opportunities to pursue a master’s degree with us.”
Soka University of America is a private liberal arts college located in southern California and one of the most international universities in the United States, with half of students being international. The Middlebury Institute is about 40 percent international students.
Soka alumni enrolling in the Middlebury Institute’s degree program can receive the following:
Tomomi is currently studying Japanese translation and interpretation at the Middlebury Institute.
The mission of the Middlebury Institute is to educate professionals to advance understanding, promote peace, and drive change in pursuit of a more just world.
“There is a significant alignment between the programs at the Middlebury Institute and many of our programs, which should also help generate interest among our students,” said Bryan Penprase, Soka’s vice president for sponsored research and external academic relations. “The combination of SUA’s liberal arts foundation and advanced training at the Institute will equip our SUA graduates to have even deeper and more meaningful impact on helping our world move toward a more peaceful and sustainable future.”
The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies partners with Soka’s Nuclear Politics Summer Program and has hosted many SUA students at the Middlebury Institute’s Monterey campus. The research and education center is the largest nongovernmental organization in the world devoted to curbing the spread of weapons of mass destruction and has educated many top leaders in nonproliferation.
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