A Race Against Time
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Healthcare entrepreneur Temie Giwa-Tubosun MPA ‘10 is bringing critical lifesaving infrastructure to her native Nigeria.
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Professor and Alumna Collaborate on Save the Children’s Global Childhood Report 2019
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
The 2019 Save the Children Global Childhood Report was co-authored by Middlebury Institute Professor Beryl Levinger and alumna Nikki Gillette MPA ‘07/MBA ’08.
Institute Student Wins Startup Challenge Monterey Bay’s Student Division
| by Jason Warburg
Middlebury Institute environmental policy student Erin Lannon MAIEP ’19 won the student division of Startup Challenge Monterey Bay with her proposal for a venture that would install electric vehicle charging stations in private business’ parking lots across California.
“Dive in and Lead Right Now” Commencement Speaker Ben Jealous Urges Graduates
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Human Rights Activist Ben Jealous encouraged the 269 graduating students at the Middlebury Institute Spring Commencement not to wait to start their job of being “builders of a better future.”
Seven Students Awarded Critical Language Scholarships
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Seven Middlebury Institute students will be studying Indonesian, Arabic, Chinese, Punjabi, and Portuguese this summer on U.S. State Department Critical Language Scholarships.
Integrating Professional Conferences into Curriculum
A pilot program designed by Middlebury Institute faculty members Anne Campbell and David Wick offers students the opportunity to earn credit for preparing for and attending a professional conference.
Love at Trial about Hate: Grandparents of Alumna Met as Interpreters at Nuremburg Tribunal
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Leo and Helga Katz, Holocaust survivors and grandparents of Middlebury Institute alumna Evelyn Lueker MAIEM ’18, are featured in a campus exhibit on the interpreters at the Nuremberg trials.
Institute Hosts UN Conference with Partner Translation & Interpretation Programs
| by Jason Warburg
The 2019 UN MoU Universities Conference brought representatives of translation and interpretation programs and UN staff members from around the world together in Monterey for a two-day gathering on the Institute campus.
Calls for Elimination of Federal Offshore Drilling
| by Tillamuck Headlight Herald
Oregon coastal advocates are calling for a wholesale scrapping of the program, citing the need for certainty in protecting our coastal communities and economies. National Ocean Economics Program statistics are cited in the rationale.
Institute Students, Faculty Collaborate with Local Peers in Community Solutions Lab
Three years in the making, the Gonzales Community Solutions Lab (CoLab) partners students from the Middlebury Institute and two other local higher education institutions with local nonprofits and community leaders with the goal of achieving sustainable, longer term positive impacts in the nearby city of Gonzales.