Graduates Celebrate with Loved Ones at Winter Commencement 2024
| by Jason Warburg
Thirty-seven Middlebury Institute graduates from 12 homelands were feted by family, friends, faculty, staff, and alumni at winter Commencement 2024.
TESOL and Teaching Foreign Language
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Recent Grads Win $10K Grant For Project on Peacebuilding in Language Classrooms
| by Sierra Abukins
The language educators led workshops in the Balkans lifting up how language educators advance peacebuilding in their classrooms with support from a grant from Projects for Peace.
Teaching English to North Korean Defectors as a Tool for Conflict Transformation
| by Mark C. Anderson
Two TESOL students completed their capstone practicum teaching at an alternative school in Korea that serves defectors from North Korea where their professor is developing the English curriculum.
Redesigned Online TESOL Degree Expands Access for Working Professionals Worldwide
| by Sierra Abukins
The 30-credit degree can be completed in 20 months and allows students to continue working from anywhere in the world while they complete their degree.
Students’ Practicum Assignments: Making a Global Difference from South Korea to NYC to Poland
| by Nadia Pshonyak
Almost 70 Middlebury Institute students are practicum this semester spending their time and gaining invaluable skills in locations all over the globe from South Korea to Washington D.C to New York City.
Bridging Languages: Cross-Linguistic Strategies to Boost L2 Chinese Vocabulary
McGowan MG102
Open to the Public
Recognizing Student Excellence: 2023-2024 Impact Report Released
| by Nadia Pshonyak
Join us in celebrating the professional and research accomplishments of Middlebury Institute students documented in our 2023-2024 annual Experiential Learning Impact Report.
Adopting a Critical Sociolinguistic Approach to Language Pedagogy in a Multilingual World
McGowan DLC Design Space (MG001)
Open to the Public
Building a Land Acknowledgment from the Ground Up
| by Sierra Abukins
Over a two-year period, students, faculty and staff worked to shape a land acknowledgment that they hope will be the start, not the end, of a process of learning and deepening relationships with local Indigenous people and tribal nations.
Balkans Course Takes Peace Corps Volunteer Back to Her Post
| by Nadia Pshonyak
Students traveled to Kosovo and North Macedonia over spring break to explore nationalism and new state formation – including one student who served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the region. as a part of the Nationalism and the Formation of New States in the Balkans global course. This year’s iteration of the trip was held over spring break and was led by Dr. Anne Campbell and Dr. Phil Murphy, two MIIS faculty members with ties to the region, as well as two students who had served as Peace Corps volunteers in North Macedonia.