A group of Trade and Economic Diplomacy students customized their own immersive learning experience, arranging meetings with senior trade officials from several countries.
This 2-week course in Prague offered during the winter term, offers students the opportunity to attend lectures at the Department of Nuclear Reactors at the Czech Technical University (CTU), conduct experiments on the research reactor, and go on site visits.
Pilar Diaz de la Rubia MAIEM '18 is completing her practicum with the Middlebury Schools Abroad in Madrid, Spain. She is working on two projects: the Sede Prim and the International Education Management Spain Leapfrog Initiative.
Chelsea Lavalle MPA/MAIEM '18 is currently serving, under the Boren Fellowship, as an Educational Sector Intern for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Ekshana Karki Chhetri MPA '18 is currently completing her Design, Partnering, Management, and Innovation (DPMI Plus) practicum as a Youth Workforce and Entrepreneurship Intern at World Learning in Washington, D.C.
From the GSIPM blog: For this month’s DPMI spotlight, we spoke with January 2018 DPMI Rwanda participant Tyler Henry. Tyler is a returned Peace Corps volunteer who served in both the Ukraine and in Cameroon. Currently, he is completing his final semester in the MPA program specializing in monitoring and evaluation. He spoke to us about why he chose DPMI Rwanda vs DPMI in the US, challenges he faced during his time in Rwanda, takeaways from the experience, and provided advice for anyone interested in participating in DPMI in the future.
Middlebury Institute students traveled to Cuba, the Czech Republic, France, Nicaragua, and Rwanda as part of winter term offerings that also included courses on campus in Monterey.
For Middlebury Institute student Tom Stagg MPA ’16, one small aspect of living and working in Patagonia in southern Chile ultimately loomed large: sharing a warm cup of yerba mate with his colleagues.
