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Congratulations May Graduates!

May 18, 2013 by Carolyn Meyer
Categories: Events, GSIPM

This is that bittersweet time of year when we congratulate our graduates and say “farewell” to seeing them on campus as “students”. It’s reassuring to know that the MIIS family extends beyond our campus boundaries through continued friendships, city alumni … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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GSIPM and Frontier Market Scouts Host 35 Chinese Social Enterpreneurs

May 17, 2013 by Carolyn Meyer
Categories: Events, GSIPM

GSIPM’s Frontier Market Scouts program hosted 35 Chinese social entrepreneurs on ECSEL fellowships for a Point Lobos hike and beach bonfire at Stillwater Cove in Pebble Beach this past April. ECSEL brings together China’s top social entrepreneurs for self-learning, collaboration, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Curriculum Design Trade Fair

May 13, 2013 by Natalie Sherman
Categories: Events, GSTILE

When: Friday, May 17, 12:00 – 2:00PM Where: CF 434 TESOL and TFL students from professor Peter Shaw’s Curriculum Design course invite you to view the innovative syllabi, unit designs, lesson plans and materials produced this semester. Engage with projects based in a variety of Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, EFL and ESL contexts and [...] Continue reading →

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Foster Youth Backpack Drive

May 10, 2013 by Natalie Sherman
Categories: Events, Student Services

Photo credit: Dan Previte, Flickr Creative Commons
When: ’til May 31
Where: Casa Fuente 443 (Enrollment Office)
To commemorate National Foster Care Month this May, the Institute’s Enrollment … Continue reading →

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MIIS Student Wins Student Innovator Award at Monterey Bay Regional Business Plan Competition

May 9, 2013 by Michael Houseman
Categories: Events, GSIPM

Monterey Institute student Jessica “Jessy” Bradish (MAIEP/MBA ’13) received the 2013 Student Innovator Award at the Monterey Bay Regional Business Plan Competition last Friday. ”Winning the Student Innovator Award was a wonderful culmination of my joint Masters in International Environmental … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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GSIPM Congratulates the Recipients of the Critical Language Scholarship

May 9, 2013 by Michael Houseman
Categories: Events, GSIPM

The following Monterey Institute of International Studies students have been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study critical needs languages during the summer of 2013: Gabriella Abrego (Chinese) Heather Frank (Chinese) Shane Mason (Urdu) Jennifer … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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DPMI Plus Colloquium Webinar

May 8, 2013 by Casey Caylor
Categories: Events, GSIPM

          What: DPMI Plus students will present on their projects and internship experiences. Presentations followed by Q&A How: Join via webinar (http://go.miis.edu/dpmi+colloquium) or in-person in the McCone Boardroom. When: 12-1:30 PST on Thursday, May 9 Who: 12-12:20pm: Lupwa Lwabumi Trust Lusaka, Zambia David … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Guest Lecture on SLA Research

May 6, 2013 by GSTILE
Categories: Events, GSTILE

Dr. Lourdes Ortega, Linguistics Professor at Georgetown University, will be giving a lecture on “How Useful is Instructed SLA Research for Teachers, and What does Epistemological Diversity have to Do with it?” Professor Ortega will examine ways in which the blooming of cognitive, sociocultural, and sociocognitive theories of additional language learning has invigorated the capacity [...] Continue reading →

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Amy Smithson tapped to comment on Syria’s chemical weapons

May 2, 2013 by Michael Houseman
Categories: Events, GSIPM

Once again proving that the NPTS program is on the cutting edge of global security topics, Amy Smithson from the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies commented on chemical weapons possibly used by Syria’s Bashar al-Assad. Amy’s commentary can be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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U.S. Institute for Peace Awards $119,000 Grant to Support Project Co-Directed by MIIS Professor Avner Cohen

May 2, 2013 by Michael Houseman
Categories: Events, GSIPM

The Monterey Institute of International Studies and its James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) were pleased to learn recently that the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has awarded a grant of $118,900 to support a research project on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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