Largest Monterey Institute Career Fair Yet a Great Success
Last Friday‘s annual Monterey Institute of International Studies Career Fair drew 97 employers to the Monterey Conference Center to interact with close to 600 students and alumni.
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Last Friday‘s annual Monterey Institute of International Studies Career Fair drew 97 employers to the Monterey Conference Center to interact with close to 600 students and alumni.
Second-year Monterey Institute conference interpretation students gained invaluable experience this week interpreting a Panetta Institute Lecture Series event featuring notable guest speakers and area high school and college students.
The Monterey Institute’s Center for Advising and Career Services will host its annual career fair on February 25, offering an array of opportunities for Institute students and alumni to network with potential employers.
Four Russian Translation and Interpretation students from the Monterey Institute went to Kazakhstan as volunteer interpreters at the Asian Winter Games, where their training and professionalism immediately landed them added responsibilities.
Five Chinese MIIS students were specially invited to the official celebration of China’s spring festival in San Francisco, where the consul general thanked the students for promoting positive U.S.-China relations and the Monterey Institute for offering the students a quality education.
Amanda Townsend, Arielle Weisman, Amber Slaton, and Lauren Scott worked as an interpreting team at the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago, Chile during winter term.
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One hundred and twenty students, alumni, faculty and staff of the Monterey Institute have already contributed their stories to the MIIS Around the World Campaign — but the goal is to reach 500.
The Monterey Institute‘s important role in preparing students for careers in translation and interpretation is highlighted in a Deseret News article by alumnus Adam Wooten.
Saturday’s winter commencement ceremony saw 102 students from 21 countries graduate from the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
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Eight Chinese students at the Monterey Institute of International Studies were recently invited to a special reception by the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, where they were praised for their commitment to promoting positive relations between Chinese and American youth.