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| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Lama Ranjous says being a student at the Middlebury Institute has helped her gain a better understanding of the conflict in her homeland of Syria and focused her dreams for the future.
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Students from the Middlebury Institute will spend Spring Break taking advantage of career networking opportunities in the nation’s capital and a whirlwind research trip to Japan and China.
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
For students at the Middlebury Institute, the winter term (“J term”) provides abundant opportunities to gain valuable field experience.
Sparked by Middlebury Institute professor Beryl Levinger’s experience in the Peace Corps in rural Colombia in the 1960s, the educational model Escuela Nueva has now become a global movement.
Middlebury Institute student Matt Levie describes a unique opportunity he had to work with journalists in Kyrgyzstan this summer and how Institute faculty “completely went out of their way” to support his goals before he even enrolled.
To fulfill practicum requirements, some Middlebury Institute students choose to pursue long-term customized research projects, which may range from creating a non-profit organization in West Africa to improving South Korea’s foreign aid programs.
Middlebury Institute student Tatenda Kunaka finds more similarities than differences between his hometown of Harare, Zimbabwe and Monterey, California.
At a recent Washington, D.C. ceremony the Peace Corps awarded Middlebury Institute alumnus Ravi Dutta MPA ’09 one of its highest honors: the Franklin H. Williams Award.
Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet and Congressman Sam Farr joined Middlebury Institute students, faculty, staff and alumni at a September 19 breakfast celebrating the two institutions’ long history of shared values.
Extensive collaboration between faculty and students at the Middlebury Institute and Middlebury College yielded a uniquely valuable practicum course focused on trade and development in China.
