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| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Middlebury Institute student Tangut Degfay shares her story from a remote village in Ethiopia to Monterey with important stops along the way in Norway, Vermont and Japan, and the transformative role education has played in her life.
Alumnus Mawour Dior MAIPS ‘10 shares his thoughts on the civil war in his native South Sudan.
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Middlebury Institute students are among the winners of several highly competitive fellowships and scholarships for 2017.
| 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.
