Category: Immersive Learning (MIIS & External Ops)
FMS Domestic Program Still Accepting Applications for SE and Impact Investing Training and Summer Field Placements
Apply for a new US-based field program and training in Salt Lake City, Utah this summer. The FMS program will launch a domestic training program on May 28, 2013 at the Sorenson Center for Global Impact Investing at the University of ...
Deadline for FMS approaching!
The application deadline for the Summer/Fall 2013 Frontier Market Scouts program is on Monday, April 1. The FMS program selects, trains and deploys young business and development professionals to serve as a low cost and effective bridge between enterprising people ...
Frontier Market Scouts Info Session tomorrow!
Are you still looking for the right opportunity for this summer or a way to complete requirements for your degree? Interested in working with those at the bottom of the pyramid? The Frontier Market Scouts (FMS) program turns compassionate and ...
Frontier Market Scouts Program featured on Forbes.com!
In their article, “Scouting the Sweet Spot Between Purpose and Profit”, Carolyn Taylor Meyer and Yuwei Shi highlight the important impact Frontier Market Scouts have had around the world. The mission of Frontier Market scouts is to unlock economic opportunity ...
Where in the world will you go on your International Professional Service Semester? The Graduate School of International Policy and Management (GSIPM) at the Monterey Institute of International Studies offers an International Professional Service Semester (IPSS) each spring semester. The centerpiece ...
This coming spring semester several of our students will be heading off to intern at a diverse range of organizations. Through our IPSS and DPMI Plus programs, total of 47 students will be leaving the campus to gain professional experience ...
At 59, Steve Hoberg had built his own successful manufacturing company and seen his three children through college. After turning management of the company over to his partner, he felt he was ready for a new chapter in his career ...
Immersive Learning Programs Funding Now Available
The Student Council at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) endeavors to support the needs of the student body by providing opportunities to apply for financial support for Immersive Learning Programs (ILP) such as, but not limited to, J-term, IPSS, DPMI ...
Jointly developed and managed by the Monterey Institute, Sanghata Global, and Village Capital, the Frontier Market Scouts (FMS) program turns compassionate and capable young professionals into talent scouts and investment managers serving local entrepreneurs and social-minded investors in low-income and capital-weak regions of ...
Applications now Accepted for 2013 DPMI Plus!
The DPMI Development Practicum (DPMI Plus) is an academic and professional program in which MIIS students complete work assignments with an organization to utilize DPMI skills in the field . For spring internships, apply by September 15 (early admission) or October ...
Join FMS and MIIS for a social event following SOCAP on October 3rd!
In the spirit of SOCAP (Social Capital Markets), we invite you to continue (or join!) the conversation on social enterprise and impact investment with your friends at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and the Frontier Market Scouts Program. When: October 3rd, 4:30-7 ...
Frontier Market Scouts Info Session – September 27,2012
The Frontier Market Scouts program trains and places young professionals in emerging markets, working directly with social entrepreneurs and impact investors to use business practices for poverty alleviation. Past student placements include Brazil, India, Ecuador, Vietnam, Tanzania, and Lebanon, and ...
Almost a dozen MIIS students participated in the Nonproliferation Beijing Immersive Module over spring break 2012 lead by Professor Jinhuei Enya Dai. Dr. Dai describes the Nonproliferation Beijing Immersive Module as “an innovative advanced Chinese language immersion program that provided ...
American University in Cairo Update
The Monterey Institute maintains a reciprocal agreement with the American University in Cairo allowing for student exchanges. After a semester-long hiatus due to political instability in Egypt, the Monterey Institute of International Studies is resuming this program for the Fall ...
Mountbatten Deadline Approaching!
The Mountbatten Institute's staff and corporate sponsors, in association with the Graduate School of Management and Social Sciences of St Mary's University College, Twickenham, London, are committed to furthering the international perspective and prospects of the next generation. A pioneer ...
Planning to take the June Frontier Market Scouts Courses?
Then this is a must read! We would like to remind all MIIS students that even if you do not intend to participate in the Frontier Market Scouts semester-long field program, you still must complete the online application and be ...
International Professional Service Semester (IPSS) 6-month practicum beginning Spring Semester 2013 with a January pre-departure orientation Application deadline: March 31, 2012 For more information visit go.miis.edu/ipss or email ipss@miis.edu Immersive learning experience through assignment as a junior professional staff member in an international ...
Application deadlines are just around the corner for GSIPM Immersive Learning programs. Use the links below to reserve your spot for a 2012 or 2013 program! Apply by: March 31: International Professional Service Semester (IPSS) April 1: Frontier Market Scouts (FMS) April 1: ...
This February the Frontier Market Scouts program announced that it will offer a five-day training program followed by a July-August internship/field post in conjunction with the regularly scheduled two-week training and six-month field program. Similiar to the longer training and field ...
Going Abroad? Register Your Plans and Emergency Contact Information
Given events around the world over the last year, the Monterey Institute, in collaboration with Middlebury College has reevaluated the ways in which we support Institute students during the periods of time they are abroad.  Because our students engage the ...
