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Next week Lisa Donahoe will be at Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) in Tomsk, Russia, to conduct a language needs analysis for the Nuclear Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting (MPC&A) and English language faculty there. About two years ago Peter Shaw worked with Lisa to develop a CNS proposal to help the TPU faculty improve the English proficiency of graduates based on the Monterey model. The graduates go on to work in the control and accounting of fissile materials in nuclear facilities in Russia. The US government partners with Russian facilities to prevent the proliferation and illicit trafficking of these materials, and would like to encourage the participation of facility personnel in other international cooperation as well, so English language proficiency is important for communication. The needs analysis report will make recommendations about training in curriculum and program design, as well as teaching methodologies, to take place both at TPU and here in Monterey. If approved, the project could create an opportunity for cross-disciplinary nonproliferation and language training at MIIS.

As of Friday the 13th, all but 13 of the benefits eligible faculty and staff at the Monterey Institute had completed the process of open enrollment for health and welfare benefits. That makes this a lucky day!

All of you were asked to absorb a lot of new information and master a new automated process, and you came through with flying colors.

Thanks to our HR staff for tireless outreach over the last two weeks!

If you are one of the 13 who hasn’t yet enrolled in the benefits program, you still have until Sunday night at 9 pm. Please don’t let this deadline go by.  Your continued benefits depend on it!

On the possibly misguided assumption that faculty and staff have more free time to explore new territory during January, TLC has developed a survey that seeks your input on possible programming between semesters.  Do you want to learn to tell more compelling stories?  create more engaging presentations? edit that hour of video into the 4 minute segment someone might actually want to watch? bring a colleague from abroad to speak to your students without spending a dime? Please fill out this very brief survey and help TLC do the best possible job of meeting your needs.

Gordon M. Hahn, Senior Researcher in the Terrorism Research and Education Program (MonTREP), will give a lecture on “The Caucasus Emirate: Unknown Jihad,” Wednesday, November 18 at 4:00 pm in D100.

On Thursday, November 12, 2009, the first Monterey Bay Area International Advisors Association (MBAIAA) meeting was held at MIIS . Kathy Sparaco and Shawna Routh in the Office of International Services invited international student and scholar advisors from Monterey area institutions to meet each other and discuss the need to create a local professional group. Along with Patrcia Szasz, advisors from UC Santa Cruz, CSUMB, Hartnell College, Cabrillo College, and the Educational Consortium Institute enthusiastically discussed the need for such a group. International student and scholar advisors are critical to the internationalization efforts of an institution as they provide support in the area of immigration advising, compliance and to students and scholars throughout their entire academic or professional careers. Preparing for SEVIS II, international student recruitment, budget constraints, and mental health issues of students were identified as areas where group members could provide support and collaboration. The next meeting will be held hosted by Cabrillo College with a focus on best practices for orienting international students on our campuses.

Middlebury President Ron Liebowitz was featured in a current Time Magazine article declaring him to be one of the 10 best college presidents for his leadership of the Middlebury campus toward carbon neutrality.

WHEN: Thu, November 12, 6:00pm – 7:15pm      WHERE: Irvine

“The Global Scourge of Armed Violence: Can Anything Be Done?”

The end of the Cold War saw an increase in armed violence, most of it taking place within nation-states. The tools of violence being used are small arms and light weapons, readily available at low cost, concealable and low maintenance. They are often referred to as the weapons of mass destruction, in slow motion. The international community is now fully engaged in trying to reduce and prevent this armed violence. Professor Ed Laurance, who has been involved from the beginning in this effort, will trace the growth of this violence, and discuss the various approaches being taken by governments, the United Nations and non-governmental organizations to end it.

This public lecture celebrates Dr. Edward J. Laurance’s appointment to the Gordon Paul Smith Chair in International Policy Studies.

Title: “Building Corpora for Translator Education: methodology and applications”

Speaker: Dr. Wallace Chen (speaking in Chinese, interpreted by student interpreters)

Date: November 17 (Tue) 12:15 – 1:45                Place: Irvine

This presentation outlines a corpus-based approach to teaching and researching translation. Some fundamental concepts of corpus linguistics will be introduced, followed by a discussion on the rationale of using corpora in translator education. A major component of the presentation will deal with the design of translation corpora, commercial vs. do-it-yourself (disposable) corpora, monolingual and multilingual corpora, and corpus query methodology. Some potential uses of corpora in translator education will be elaborated, and a number of pilot projects on the construction of translation corpora will be presented. As an experiment, the presentation will also touch upon the use of corpus methodology on the assessment of sight translation assignments. A corpus-based approach to assessing translation offers the following advantages: systematic identification of common translation issues, increasing understanding of translation patterns, and helping translation trainees learn from examples. Finally, it is argued that the building and use of translation corpora should be an integral part of any T&I curricula, and such large-scale collection of translation projects and assignments is an indispensable resource for conducting empirical research on translation and interpretation at the MA and PhD levels.

Don’t miss a great lecture on “Nuclear Power: One Environmentalist’s Perspective,” with Middlebury physicist Rich Wolfson.

The lecture begins at 6:00 in McGowan 100, but join us at 5:15 for a reception in the McGowan lobby to welcome Rich to MIIS. Or come a little earlier (4:45) and pick up one of his books, which he will be happy to sign for you.

This is the first MIIS lecture in the M-squared lecture series, “Global Vision-Global Reach.”  The series provides opportunities for MIIS and Middlebury faculty to share their expertise and common interests.

The MIIS HR department hosted a number of meetings concerning the new benefit options we have as of January 1st, 2010.  Two representatives from the new benefit plans gave presentations and members of the Middlebury HR department were available for questions.  The meetings were helpful and informative and offer some great new options for MIIS faculty and staff.

Open enrollment for these new plans end on November 15th so please log into your banner account and enroll in these benefit plans.

For more information, please view the recording from the benefits meeting below or visit the HR website for more information on the 2010 benefit plans.  To watch the presentation with audio, press the play button at the bottom of the presentation or just click on the presentation to see the slides without audio.  Screencast brought to you by the Digital Media Commons.

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