Immersive learning is key to the Monterey Institute experience and for many students, summer is the time to test their newly acquired skills. For MIIS students this means assignments all over the world; you can now follow their adventures as they take classroom theory to the field on blogs.miis.edu/summer.
The summer is intense at the Monterey Institute where students from around the world dedicate their days to acquiring or dramatically improving a new language. This year the Summer Intensive Language Program (SILP) is offered in six different languages.
Tatiana Ivanova (MATI ´11) graduated in May, and less than a month later celebrated the publication of her translation into Russian of the Louis Sachar classic Holes.
Longtime international policy studies professor Stephen Garrett passed away on Saturday, June 11, leaving a proud legacy of the thousands of students he taught and inspired during his 37 years with the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
Renowned Author and Activist Reza Aslan will join forces with the Monterey Institute to offer a unique two-day executive education course titled “Social Media, Youth Movements and Dynamic Markets” on July 15 and 16.
Dylan Westfeldt (MATI ’99) reports there are currently six Monterey Institute alumni on the interpreting staff at the United Nations, with four others freelancing and/or in the pipeline for future staff positions.
Experts from the Monterey Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies were featured on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition and in the National Journal recently.
