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| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Employers ranging from Facebook to the State Department traveled to Monterey to recruit language students from the Middlebury Institute, with many sending Institute alumni as recruiters.
Students in the Middlebury Institute’s Translation and Localization Management degree program can now choose from three new specializations.
Friday’s language-focused Middlebury Institute Career Fair attracted recruiters from as far away as China and Switzerland, 31 of them Institute alumni.
“I knew I wanted to do business and continue to develop my Japanese language skills and I had found a place where I could do both,” shares Middlebury Institute alumna Lauren Thompson who was hired by Sony Corporation in Tokyo before graduation.
A hub for data analysis learning and training on campus, the Middlebury Institute’s META Lab also offers students the opportunity to work on community projects, providing meaningful support to local non-profits while gaining valuable work experience.
The Middlebury Institute’s Center for the Blue Economy has launched the new peer-reviewed academic Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics, focusing on the role ocean and coastal resources play in regional and national economies.
Apple, Box, eBay and Honda were among the global brands whose recruiters flocked to the Institute’s language-focused career fair in Monterey to recruit highly-qualified language professionals.
Middlebury Institute Translation and Localization Management students gained skills for the growing field of videogame translation at a special workshop while preparing to take part in LocJAM, a renowned international translation competition.
Recent Middlebury Institute graduate Hanna Kanabiajeuskaja (MACI ’14) manages exciting projects in 17 languages at Box every day, while enjoying camaraderie with nearby Institute alumni.
The Monterey Institute celebrated another great year in 2013, highlighted by wonderful student achievements, strong employment numbers for graduates, and visits by the UN Secretary-General and the former president of Kyrgyzstan.
