International Development Student Dion Miller Is a UNICEF Program Evaluator in Phnom Penh
| by Stephen Diehl
Miller’s International Professional Service Semester has given him new insights into how a career in policy work could play out.
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Professor Anne Campbell: Fulbright Scholarship in Kosovo, Research on LGBTQIA+ International Students
| by Jason Warburg
International Education Management professor Anne Campbell is splitting her sabbatical year between a six-month Fulbright Scholarship in Pristina, Kosovo, and a research project supported by the Davis Collaborative.
CTEC Partners with Meta to Support White House Initiative to Combat Violent Extremism
| by Sierra Abukins
The partnership was announced during President Biden’s United We Stand summit at the White House.
Middlebury Institute Team Will Develop Game to Counter Extremist Recruitment in Schools
| by Stephen Diehl
Researchers at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism will partner with the game company iThrive Games Foundation on a two-year project funded by the Department of Homeland Security.
Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia Connects Students with Experts on U.S.-Russia Relations
| by Mollie Messick MATESOL '21 and Jason Warburg
The immersive seven-week symposium offered 15 enrolled fellows the chance to hear from and interact with an extraordinary panel of experts on Russian identity and U.S.-Russia relations, from former New START treaty negotiators to the current Russian ambassador to the U.S.
Middlebury Institute Partners with Ala-Too University in Kyrgyzstan on Teaching and Learning Project
| by Kindra Hurlbert MPAIEM ’22
Collaboration is essential for learning from and reflecting on our own educational practices as both teachers and learners. A new team of U.S. and Kyrgyz educators and students is working to promote such collaboration in Kyrgyzstan.
CTEC Expands Portfolio with New Grant
The Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies has joined a consortium to provide capacity building in the area of counterterrorism finance as part of a global project.
Kris McGuffie Joins Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
The rapidly growing Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) has gained much needed reinforcement with the addition of Deputy Director Kris McGuffie.
Raising Social Justice Awareness Through English Language Curricula
Middlebury Institute Professor Deniz Ortactepe recently designed and implemented an innovative project to raise awareness of social justice among aspiring English language educators in Turkey.
Professor Avineri to Study Hebrew Education in Supplementary Schools
Middlebury Institute Associate Professor Netta Avineri has been awarded a grant by the Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education to study how Hebrew is taught and perceived at American Jewish supplementary schools.