Jessy Bradish Wins Student Innovator Award at Monterey Bay Regional Business Plan Competition
“Winning the Student Innovator Award was a wonderful culmination of my Joint MBA and International Environmental Policy degree.”
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Recent MIIS Graduate Turns Internship into Leadership Position Promoting Permaculture in Malawi
Catherine Carlton, a recent graduate of the International Environmental Policy program at the Monterey Institute, turned a summer internship into a leadership position working to combat malnutrition and environmental degradation through community-based permaculture projects in Malawi.
“Tierra de Agua,” New Documentary Film by MIIS students - Premieres as Part of Earth Week
“Tierra de Agua” is new documentary film by three Monterey Institute students shedding light on the challenges related to water issues in Nicaragua. The film is part of their H2Nica campaign to raise awareness about sanitation and accessibility to clean water among developing communities in the country.
Two MIIS Students Open Photo Exhibit at Monterey Art Museum
Monterey Institute students Karla Micheli and Natalie Alfaro tell the stories of the people they met during an eventful summer internship in Nicaragua in a photo exhibit now on display at the Monterey Museum of Art.
Local NPR Station Features Alumna Leading Sustainability Efforts at Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Monterey Institute alumna Abbie Beane (MAIEP ’12) led her team from The Offset Project to set a new record for diverting waste at the celebrated AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, earning coverage from local NPR station KAZU.
Elizabeth Wood: May 2012 Graduate on Dream Career Track at Boeing
Ninety-six percent of the May 2012 graduates from the International Environmental Policy program at the Monterey Institute are currently employed in the field of their choice, including Elizabeth Wood, who landed a job where she “always wanted to work” at Boeing.
2012 in Review: A Year of Great Achievements, New Programs and Amazing Students
The Monterey Institute celebrates 2012 as a year of great student, faculty and staff achievements, including the launch of the new International Education Management degree program, two new joint degrees and the new Center for Conflict Studies.
Giving Back: MontereySTART Features Six Monterey Institute Student Projects
Gift-shoppers, consider supporting one of these Monterey Institute student projects through MontereySTART: a documentary about water in Nicaragua, solar energy access for low-income families, or two Haitian American students traveling to Haiti to volunteer this January.
NY Times Op-Ed by MIIS Experts Critiques Federal Flood Insurance Program
On this morning’s New York Times op-ed page, Judith Kildow, director of the National Ocean Economics Program at the Monterey Institute and Professor Jason Scorse, director of its Center for the Blue Economy, call for the federal government to re-evaluate the National Flood Insurance Program.
MIIS Students: Thankful for New Friends and Getting to Spend Thanksgiving with Family
Giving thanks: Monterey Institute student Whitney Hales is thankful for her family and looking forward to seeing them on Thanksgiving, while her friend Inge Kristensen from Denmark is thankful for her new American friends and their welcoming spirit.