Office of Student Services

Monterey Institute Students:
 
Welcome back for the Spring semester!  I wanted to pass along several updates and reminders………
 
1)  Hopefully by now, you have noticed that we have been very busy over the winter break.  Here is a quick update on Institute classrooms:
• The wall between Morse A203 and A204 has been removed, combining two small 11-capacity classrooms into a much-needed 22-capacity classroom.  This room will officially be called A203 and there will no longer be an A204. 
• ALL of the classrooms in Morse now have technology capability.  Large screen plasma TV’s have been installed, allowing laptop hookup to the TV’s for viewing.  Instructions on how to connect laptops to the TV screens are posted in each classroom.  This large-screen set-up has been installed in the following Morse classrooms:   A200, A201, A202, A203 (this expanded classroom has 2 screens!), A205, B107, B108, B109, B207, B208
• We have a new 36-capacity classroom, located in the McGowan Building, but is entered from Franklin Street, just past the intersection of Franklin and Pacific. The classroom will be identified as MG 99.  This room also has two large-screen plasma TV’s.

2)  I am attaching the Venue Reservation Policy addressing how to reserve a room on campus.  One note for now:  the Webviewer of our room reservation system, R25, is off-line, but we hope to have it working again within the next week. (The new Venue Reservation Policy can be viewed in the Club Policy & Procedures Guide at: http://www.miis.edu/community/organizations/application)

3)  Any type of setup (including table set-up, AV needs, etc.) for ANY event must be submitted appropriately via the attached Campus Services Request Form two weeks in advance of an event.   For student club events, additional information on scheduling events can be found in the Club Policy & Procedures Guide at http://www.miis.edu/community/organizations/events/form.  Student clubs are also required to complete the event application form at http://www.miis.edu/community/organizations/application.

4)  Just a reminder that there are THREE student printer locations around campus:  the Library, the Media Services Office in the Morse Building, and the small printer room down the hall from Student Technology Services (Casa Fuente 448). 

5)  As you know, the library, the Samson Student Center, and the Holland Center are available for studying.  In addition, A200 of the Morse Building has been reserved as an additional open study area Sunday – Thursday from 6 – 11PM.  It’s available to anyone who wants to study in this room (no need for an additional reservation!).  There are several other group study space available on a first-come, first served basis:  1)  Casa Fuente – the open area in Suite 300 and 2)  the open area outside of M103 on the first floor of McCone.

Thanks for your attention!
Barbara Burke
Executive Assistant to the President
MIIS

Monterey Institute Faculty, Staff, and Students:

I am delighted to announce that Robert Gallucci, president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, will be the speaker at our Spring 2010 Commencement ceremony.  He will also be awarded an honorary degree during the ceremony, which is scheduled for Saturday, May 22nd at 1PM, on the front lawn of historic Colton Hall.  I hope you will all be able to attend this important event. 

Robert Gallucci became president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on July 1, 2009.  Previously, he served as Dean of Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, for 13 years. He completed 21 years of government service, serving since August 1994 with the U.S. Department of State as Ambassador at Large. In March 1998, the Department of State announced his appointment as Special Envoy to deal with the threat posed by the proliferation of ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction. He held this position, concurrent with his appointment as Dean, until January 2001.

Dr. Gallucci began his foreign affairs career at the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in 1974. In 1978, he became a division chief in the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research. From 1979 to 1981, he was a member of the Secretary’s Policy Planning Staff. He then served as an office director in both the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (1982-83) and in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (1983-84). In 1984, he left Washington to serve as the Deputy Director General of the Multinational Force and Observers, the Sinai peacekeeping force headquartered in Rome, Italy. Returning in 1988, he joined the faculty of the National War College where he taught until 1991. In April of that year he moved to United Nations Headquarters in New York to take up an appointment as the Deputy Executive Chairman of the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) overseeing the disarmament of Iraq. He returned to Washington in February 1992 to be the Senior Coordinator responsible for nonproliferation and nuclear safety initiatives in the former Soviet Union in the Office of the Deputy Secretary. In July 1992, Dr. Gallucci was confirmed as the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs.

Dr. Gallucci was born in Brooklyn on February 11, 1946. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, followed by a master’s and doctorate in Politics from Brandeis University. Before joining the State Department, he taught at Swarthmore College, Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies and Georgetown University. He has received fellowships from the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University, and the Brookings Institution.

He has authored a number of publications on political-military issues, including Neither Peace Nor Honor: The Politics of American Military Policy in Vietnam (Johns Hopkins University Press 1975) and Going Critical: The First North Korean Nuclear Crisis with Joel S. Wit and Daniel Poneman (Brookings Press, April 2004). For Going Critical, he is the recipient of the 2005 Douglas Dillon Award given by the American Academy of Diplomacy for a book of distinction in the practice of diplomacy. He received the Department of the Army’s Outstanding Civilian Service Award in 1991, the Pi Sigma Alpha Award from the National Capital Area Political Science Association in 2000, and the Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary) from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in May 2002.

He is married to Jennifer Sims; they have a daughter and a son.

The Monterey Symphony is presenting, Concert 4 ~ Russia Revealed ~ 
February 20, 2010 (2 pm, final rehearsal) & 7pm – Sherwood Hall, Salinas
February 21, 3pm & February 22, 2010 8pm – Sunset Center, Carmel

Dmitry Yablonsky, guest conductor 
Glinka : Waltz- Fantasie
Shostakovich : Jazz Suite No. 2
                            Tahiti Trot
Scriabin : Symphony N0. 2 in C Minor 

To learn about the Monterey Symphony, please visit: http://www.montereysymphony.org

2009/2010 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour Presented by: National Geographic, The North Face, International Alliance for Mountain Film, REI, and Return of the Natives. 

Banff Mountain Film Festival comes to Monterey!
7PM, Friday, March 5th
Golden State Theatre, Monterey

REI is pleased to host a special evening of inspiring and thought-provoking action, environmental, and adventure mountain films from the 2009 festival in Banff, Alberta.   Advanced tickets go on sale February 1st at REI Marina 145 General Stillwell Blvd.

$15/REI Members, $18/Non-members

At the door: $18

Net proceeds will benefit Return of the Natives Restoration Education Project.     http://watershed.csumb.edu/ron

For more info:    http://www.banffmountainfestivals.ca

On Wednesday, February 10th, Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Diaz will be speaking at the CSUMB World Theater on Sixth Avenue.  Diaz spent 11 years writing his book, “The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,”  a story about a Dominican teenager who buries his broken heart and frustration in sci-fi novels and Star Trek action figures. 

Diaz is a professor at MIT in the school of Humanities and Arts. 

This event will start at 7pm and is free to attend.  Visit http://csumb.edu/site/x4501.xml to reserve your tickets.

Still looking for something to do on Valentine’s Day?  How about taking a run through Lovers’ Point Park!

The 25th annual Together with Love 10k run – 5k run/walk is happening on Feb. 14th starting in  Lovers’ Point Park in Pacific Grove.  The race starts at 9am, rain or shine!

For more information and to register for the event, visit www.mtryrapecrisis.org or www.active.com

The Monterey Museum of Art will be previewing a new exhibit called Land & Sea: Paintings and Photographs of Monterey and Beyond on Friday, January 29th, from 6-8pm at the MMA Pacific Street location in Old Monterey.  Come check out the paintings, watercolors, photographs and etchings from artists spanning the late 19th into the 21st century and also stay for the short film, Street of the Sardine. This documentary provides a look at the decline of the sardine industry.

If you can not make the preview, and would like to see the exhibit, it will be available for viewing starting on January 30th and run through October 24th, 2010. 

For more information, visit the MMA website at:

http://www.montereyart.org/

Have you been looking for an opportunity to show off your dodgeball skills? Your chance is soon approaching….

WHO: Monterey County Young Professionals Group, Salinas Jaycees, Central Coast Young Farmers & Ranchers

WHEN: Thursday, January 28, 2010 (5:30-9:30 PM)

WHERE: Salinas Sports Complex – Indoor Softball Training Complex, 1304 N. Main Street, Salinas, CA. (Enter off Maryal)

Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, Dodge! Young professionals (ages 21-39) have the opportunity to meet, mix, and mingle with peers, and also play in an amazing Dodgeball tournament. Tournament winners will receive outstanding prizes. There will also be Raffle Prizes, eligible for all attendees. Come play, or just watch. This exciting event is not to be missed!

ADMISSION: $5.00 (inc. BBQ Dinner). No host cash bar.

RSVP to info@mcypg.org

TEAM REGISTRATION: $25.00 (per Team). 6-10 People/Team. Space is limited; spots are filling-up quickly! Register your team today by contacting Brian Higgins at bphesq@gmail.com

SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE: Contact Tamara Berg at tamara@mcypg.org for more information.

Dear Faculty, Staff, and Students:

This year we have again received notification that funding to support the Leslie Eliason Excellence in Teaching Award has been given to the Institute by Karen and Christopher Payne, who were good friends of Professor Eliason. This award, which differs from the one Professor Oliva just received, provides us another opportunity each academic year to recognize excellence in teaching by our faculty. The donors specifically like the idea of being able to offer a second, separate award to a deserving Institute teacher each spring.

The Leslie Eliason Excellence in Teaching Award is a prestigious Monterey Institute award that recognizes outstanding contributions as a classroom teacher by a faculty member of the Monterey Institute of International Studies. This award is especially meaningful to the Institute because it honors the memory of Professor Leslie Eliason, well recognized for her commitment to quality teaching and to her students and their education.

Regular faculty members from the MIIS community are eligible for consideration. The faculty member, who is selected, will receive a $10K stipend and will be recognized in the spring at a special ceremony and reception. The award must be used for professional development, such as conference registrations, fees, and travel; release time from classes for research or training purposes; or acquisition of materials for curriculum development or research.

The award will be announced in April 2010 and must be used by August 31, 2011, at which time a report summarizing the professional development and expenditures made will be due to the Community Foundation, the group overseeing the disbursement of these funds on behalf of the Payne family. A short interim report will be due approximately one year after the award. Faculty recipients of this Excellence in Teaching Award are not eligible to receive the award more than once in a four-year period.

The selection process for this award is as follows:

1) The Provost will request nominations from students, faculty, and staff of the MIIS community.

• To nominate a faculty member, letters should be addressed to the Leslie Eliason Excellence in Teaching Committee and should explain why the nominee’s performance as a teacher merits the Excellence in Teaching Award.

• Nomination letters should address specifically the award criteria outlined below and include examples from personal experience with the instructor. Nomination letters without such information will not be accepted.

2) The Provost will establish a Selection Committee consisting of 3 faculty, 3 students, and 1 staff member to be responsible for selecting the faculty member to receive this award.

3) The Committee will review the nominations and make their selections based on the award criteria outlined below.

4) Once the selection has been finalized and announced, a reception and ceremony will be scheduled in April to honor the recipient.

Award Criteria

The award recipient should:

* Foster a sense of excitement in the classroom that stimulates the students’ learning process and creates a dynamic interactive learning space;

* Inspire in students further pursuit of knowledge, especially relating to global issues/challenges;

* Demonstrate up-to-date knowledge of his/her chosen area of expertise;

* Enhance classroom discussion and interaction with the use of collaborative and innovative tools and pedagogy;

* Be responsive to student needs, providing timely evaluation and feedback of student work;

* Demonstrate intercultural competence and respect for all students;

* Have a good rapport with students in and out of the classroom.

Timeline for Award Selection

December/January

The request for nominations is issued to students, faculty, and staff of the MIIS community.

The Provost will be responsible for forming the selection committee for the Leslie Eliason Excellence in Teaching Award. Nominations will be due to the Provost by February 8, 2010.

February

Nominees will be notified by February 9, 2010. Each will be asked to accept or decline their nominations. Faculty accepting their nomination will be required to submit a dossier for committee review. The dossier must be submitted to the Provost by the March 9, 2010 and consist of the following items:

* Course syllabi;

* Some sample materials used in their classes;

* Student evaluations;

* Curriculum Vitae;

* At least one recommendation and one other reference, including contact information, who could comment on nominee’s teaching ability; and

* Letter by the nominee explaining in detail how they would use the grant money if they receive the Excellence in Teaching Award.

March/April

The Selection Committee reads the dossiers, keeping in mind the strict confidentiality necessary because of the nature of faculty evaluations, nomination letters, and other information in the dossiers.

By early April, the committee will have met and after reading all of the dossiers, it will select an award recipient based on the criteria for the award, nomination letters, and faculty dossiers.

April

The winner is notified by the Provost and a campus announcement is sent out to the students, faculty, and the President’s Office. The winner is honored at a reception and ceremony.

I look forward to seeing your nominations and please contact me if you have any questions about this award.

Best, Amy

_________________________________

Dr. Amy Sands
Provost
Monterey Institute of International Studies
Monterey, CA 93940
email: asands@miis.edu

Special Kids Crusade is pleased to bring back VIP Basketball in January 2010. This unique basketball program is designed for players with disabilities (boys and girls) who would otherwise not be able to participate in a sports program. VIP Basketball offers a fun, supportive approach to basketball basics in a safe, non-competitive environment. To participate in this program, players must be students age 5-18, or those who still qualify for public education services.

Special Kids Crusade is seeking 40+ Shadow Volunteers to shadow individual players and help youth follow instructions. As a Shadow Volunteer, you’ll receive program orientation, practical tips and coaching, brief weekly team meetings, and your commitment to a 75-minute session on the following eight consecutive Saturdays beginning January 23, 2010:

Dates: Eight consecutive Saturdays
Jan. 23, 2010 Feb. 20, 2010
Jan. 30, 2010 Feb. 27, 2010
Feb. 6, 2010 Mar. 6, 2010
Feb. 13, 2010 Mar. 13, 2010

 Time: Session I: 8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
- OR -
Session II: 9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Location: Boys and Girls Clubs of Monterey County
Seaside Unit, Gymnasium
1332 La Salle Avenue, Seaside

For more information contact: Mary Claire Lauerman
Special Kids Crusade
Phone: 831-372-2730 cell: 831-596-5014
Email: mclauerman@gmail.com