Alumni Mentor Students as They Prepare to Launch Their Careers
| by Jason Warburg
The Middlebury Institute’s alumni mentor program matches current students with alumni offering guidance and recommendations about potential career pathways.
Experiential Learning
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Recent Grads Win $10K Grant For Project on Peacebuilding in Language Classrooms
| by Sierra Abukins
The language educators led workshops in the Balkans lifting up how language educators advance peacebuilding in their classrooms with support from a grant from Projects for Peace.
Students’ Practicum Assignments: Making a Global Difference from South Korea to NYC to Poland
| by Nadia Pshonyak
Almost 70 Middlebury Institute students are practicum this semester spending their time and gaining invaluable skills in locations all over the globe from South Korea to Washington D.C to New York City.
Recognizing Student Excellence: 2023-2024 Impact Report Released
| by Nadia Pshonyak
Join us in celebrating the professional and research accomplishments of Middlebury Institute students documented in our 2023-2024 annual Experiential Learning Impact Report.
From Vietnam to Chicago to Poland: Students’ Summer Practicums Take Them Around the World
| by Nadia Pshonyak
This summer, a cohort of thirteen students from a variety of backgrounds completed their practicums while finishing out their degrees at the Institute.
Could We Just Get Water from the Sky?
| by Mark C. Anderson
Millions of people worldwide struggle to find safe, clean water. An Institute professor and students are working to change that through research, advocacy and invention.
Multidisciplinary International Crisis Simulation Prepares Students for What Awaits after Graduation
| by Jason Warburg
U.S. Army War College recently led a weekend-long simulation on campus with students from the Middlebury Institute, the Defense Language Institute, Naval Postgraduate School, and San Jose State University.
Students Compete in Online Game Translation Marathon
| by Sarah Blackwell
The team of translation and localization students created their own Japanese version of a time travel game in just four days.
Balkans Course Takes Peace Corps Volunteer Back to Her Post
| by Nadia Pshonyak
Students traveled to Kosovo and North Macedonia over spring break to explore nationalism and new state formation – including one student who served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the region. as a part of the Nationalism and the Formation of New States in the Balkans global course. This year’s iteration of the trip was held over spring break and was led by Dr. Anne Campbell and Dr. Phil Murphy, two MIIS faculty members with ties to the region, as well as two students who had served as Peace Corps volunteers in North Macedonia.
Cultivating Change: Bridging Education & Ecology through Experiential Learning in Colombia
| by Kevin Heller
Environmental Policy student, returned Peace Corps volunteer, and AmeriCorps alumnus, Kevin Heller, shares his first-hand experiences on an experiential learning course offered in Colombia over spring break.