MIIS Student Wins Interpreting Competition in England
Monterey Institute student Chung-kuan Chen (MACI ’14) won first prize at the 2013 Televic Chinese-English Simultaneous Interpreting Competition held at Newcastle University earlier this month.
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MIIS Students, Alumni Participate in Course Taught by MIIS Professor in Former Spanish Royal Palace
Monterey Institute Professor Cas Shulman-Mora was joined by five current and former students this summer at the International Conference Interpretation Practicum she has taught and directed for the last three years in a former Spanish royal palace in Santander, Spain.
MIIS Welcomes 9 New Faculty Members this Fall
Signaling continuous growth and expansion of academic programs, the Monterey Institute welcomed nine new faculty members this fall. The new faculty reflect the diverse campus, arriving from near and far and bringing a range of new experience and knowledge to share with students in different programs.
Alumni Profile: William Scott Wilson, World-Renowned Translator of Classic Samurai Texts
Hailed by the American Literary Translator’s Association as “today’s foremost translator of classic Samurai texts,” Monterey Institute alumnus William Scott Wilson is perhaps best known for his translation of Hagakure that he started working on while still a student.
Desire to “Learn from the Best” Draws Professionals Like Judy Jenner to MIIS Short Programs
The high quality of language education at the Monterey Institute and great reputation of its faculty extends to the popular short programs offering continued education for language professionals.
In Address at MIIS, UN Secretary-General Urges Support for Nonproliferation Education
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s impassioned address at the Monterey Institute of International Studies Friday lauded the role that MIIS and CNS play in promoting nonproliferation education.
2012 in Review: A Year of Great Achievements, New Programs and Amazing Students
The Monterey Institute celebrates 2012 as a year of great student, faculty and staff achievements, including the launch of the new International Education Management degree program, two new joint degrees and the new Center for Conflict Studies.
Fall Forum Provides Students with Excellent Interpretation Opportunities
Speakers from diverse professional and personal backgrounds talked – and were consecutively interpreted in multiple languages — about how sports affect the global economy, our health and sometimes our very own identities at the Monterey Institute Fall Forum.
MIIS Mourns Loss of Professor Carl Fehlandt, “A Pillar of the Translation Program”
The Monterey Institute community is mourning the passing of Professor Carl J. Fehlandt, who taught Spanish translation and interpretation here for nearly four decades, shaping a generation of professional translators.
Social Media Helps One Recent Graduate Land a Job
Monterey Institute graduate Julian Zhu (MACI ’12) wrote to us recently to share his story of landing an amazing internship and now a job with an assist from a MIIS professor’s Twitter feed.