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The Liberian Senate recently confirmed the appointment of Middlebury Institute alumnus Jacob Jallah MAIEM ’15 as assistant minister for technical services for Liberia’s Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism.
Four new videos highlight the Middlebury Institute’s emphasis on pairing policy and management expertise with strong language and intercultural skills.
Middlebury Institute alumnus Naqib Ahmad Khpulwak, an assistant professor of law at the American University in Kabul, Afghanistan, was among the 16 students and faculty killed in a terrorist attack on the campus on August 24.
“Being here, being part of history in the making… is simply unbelievable,” says Middlebury Institute alumnus Weihao Zhang MACI ’14, part of large team of alumni, faculty and students interpreting at the Rio Olympics, continuing a tradition that has spanned fifteen Games.
One of the most successful years of fundraising in the Middlebury Institute’s 61-year history generated more than $4.2 million to support student scholarships, immersive learning opportunities, and other institutional priorities.
Middlebury Institute student Melissa Hewitt’s 10,000-mile journey to Malawi began with a phone call home to Mom—a call that started her down a path of alumni connections that led all the way to Southeast Africa.
Four Middlebury Institute alumni will be recognized for their outstanding citizenship and passionate professional commitment at the 2016 Spring Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 21.
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
April Danyluk MAIEM/MPA ’16 shares lessons learned on a journey that has so far included attending high school in Guantanamo Bay, graduating from the Clown Conservatory in San Francisco, and living on a sailboat in the Monterey marina.
The Middlebury Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies co-hosted its first capacity-building workshop on nuclear security in Africa in collaboration with the African Center for Science and International Security (AFRICSIS), founded by Institute alumnus Hubert Foy MAIPS ’10.
Two Middlebury Institute students and a recent alumna of the International Education Management program presented their research on how to increase diversity in college study abroad programs at the Diversity Abroad Conference earlier this month.
