Student Wins Prestigious UN Translation Contest
| by Andrew Gatland
Translation and Interpretation master’s student Leon Taubitz has been selected as a winner of the prestigious 16th United Nations St. Jerome Translation Contest.
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Katharine Petrich Announced as CTEC’s New Interim Director
Dr. Petrich is a faculty member at the Middlebury Institute and an established expert on transnational violent extremism and terrorism threats, violent criminal networks, and insurgency.
Students Share Why to Study Away in Monterey
| by Jason Warburg
Middlebury College student Finn Warner writes that he learned more about himself while enrolled in the Study Away at Monterey program than he ever had through any combination of essays, exams and discussions.
Lawful Extremism: Extremist Ideology and the Dred Scott Decision
| by JM Berger
Can legal codes and court rulings function as extremist ideological texts? Academics usually define extremism as a set of beliefs that fall outside the norms of the society in which they are situated, but entire societies have at times been organized around recognizably extreme beliefs.
Putting Research into Action to Redesign Curriculum at the Defense Language Institute
| by Jessa Zerpoli
When Claire Eagle completed her degree in teaching foreign language, her dream was to teach at a school like the Middlebury Institute. Now she’s redesigning curriculum at one of the biggest language schools in the world.
TESOL Faculty and Alumni Lead Program to Accelerate English Learning for Bangladeshi and Afghan Women in STEM
| by Jason Warburg
Middlebury faculty, staff, alumni, and one current student collaborated this summer to develop and deliver a custom intensive English program for the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh.
“A Professional Dream Come True:” Institute Alumni Teach at Middlebury Language Schools
| by Jason Warburg
After completing their master’s in teaching foreign language, two Institute graduates joined forces as instructors at the Middlebury Language Schools in Vermont for the summer.