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| by Katherine Punteney
Four alumni were recently selected as recipients of the prestigious RISE Fellowship, the flagship diversity, equity, and inclusion program of NAFSA: Association of International Educators.
Kaitlin Huemer MAIEM ’19 and her colleagues won an international education case study competition at the NAFSA all-region summit.
An unprecedented hybrid Commencement ceremony connected graduates, family, and friends around the globe with a gathering honoring 65 graduating students in the Middlebury Institute’s Irvine Auditorium.
Angela Luedke MAIEM ’21 pursued an Immersive Professional Learning (IPL) experience with the University of California, Riverside (UCR) in the Education Abroad Office. Angela helped establish a new class, Crossing Culture, to increase participation in study abroad opportunities at UCR.
“Time flies, so take advantage of your time in the program to build relationships with peers and faculty.” Sayre Weir MAIEM ’20 describes what it takes to land an assistant director role in international student life.
Luz Vazquez-Ramos MPAIEM ’17 turned her fifth-semester practicum—a Mexican study-abroad opportunity for DACA recipients—into an established educational program that gives undocumented individuals the chance to legally visit, and return from, the country they haven’t seen since childhood.
International Education Management professor Anne Campbell’s project for USAID to develop a toolkit for international scholarship programs also informed and enriched her classroom teaching at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.
| by Yuki Ueda MAIEM ’17
“Your friends, faculty, and career advisor can help you amplify the range of your search, but only if you are vocal about the kinds of work you enjoy.” Yuki Ueda MAIEM ’17 describes how the Institute helped launch a career in experiential learning programs.
Shelley Chen (on the right) worked with International Rescue Committee, IRC, in 2018 and two new participants have chosen to work with IRC this semester.
Middlebury Institute alumnus Kevin Hyunjae Sung MAIEM ’19 came to the United States in search of opportunities and is now helping to create them for fellow international students and MIIS alumni, managing international exchange programs at the University of Nevada, Reno.
