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| by Jason Warburg
Dr. Jan Knippers Black, professor emerita and a well-known Latin America scholar and human rights activist, passed away at home in Monterey on Sunday. She will be missed deeply by colleagues and friends, as well as the generations of MIIS students whom she mentored.
| by Jason Warburg
Bryce Bray MAIEP ’18 has been awarded a Boren, a Fulbright, and most recently an Institute of Current World Affairs fellowship, all of which are helping him continue to develop expertise and expand his professional network in his chosen field of climate policy.
| by Carolyn Meyer
Forty four MIIS alumni volunteered their time to serve as alumni mentors to practicum students in the International Professional Service Semester during the 20/21 academic year.
| by Sarah Ray
Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council and a 2000 graduate of Middlebury College, will give the Middlebury Institute commencement address on Saturday, May 15.
| by Jason Warburg
Career Advisor Scott Webb MPA ’07 draws on years of experience in the field to offer advice and insights on how to get hired in international development, even during a pandemic.
| by Jason Warburg
The Institute has established a new scholarship fund in honor of Professor Edgard Coly to support African students and students planning to pursue careers in Africa. Professor Coly, who passed away in March, was from Senegal and taught courses in French language and African issues for nearly 20 years at MIIS.
| by Jessie Raymond
In late March, a panel hosted by the Stimson Center, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington D.C., tackled a complex international security issue. Four of the five panelists were Institute alumni.
| by Muchadei Zvoma
Erica Williams MAIPS ’02 was recently promoted to executive director of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute. Erica shares how her MIIS experience helped prepare her for this role, and Dean Jeff Dayton-Johnson shares his view of the importance of the work Erica is doing.
An alum from the ITED program helped me secure my internship with the International Trade Administration, and that role, above all else, helped me land my current job. If there is one piece of advice I would give current students, it’s that it’s never too early to start networking and looking for your summer internship or your full-time job.
| by Jessie Raymond
Whether freelancing as conference or medical interpreters or working in-house—for multinational corporations or government agencies, for example—today’s interpreters are rising to the challenges of the pandemic and continuing to advance their careers.
