GSIPM

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 organization
• receive academic credits for deliverables integrating academic and professional work
• Network with professionals and receive international exposure in your field

Frontier Market Scouts (FMS)

Pre-departure training in Monterey May 29 – June 12 followed by a 6-month field assignment or May 29 – June 2 followed by a 2-month field assignment

Application deadline: April 1, 2012

For more information visit http://www.fmscouts.org or email fms@miis.edu

• Selects and trains aspiring professionals who desire a career in social venture and impact investing
• Scouts provide due diligence for investors and technical assistance for entrepreneurs with the goal of generating high-quality deal flows and supporting portfolio companies at a low cost
• Scouts’ mission is to enable the enterprising poor to scale poverty alleviation in capital-weak areas of emerging markets, while gaining career defining and life changing experience
• Summer/Fall 2012 placement partners include: Village Capital (www.vilcap.com), The Shell Foundation (www.shellfoundation.org), Invested Development (www.investeddevelopment.com)

Development Project Management Institute (DPMI)

Monterey May 21 – June 8, 2012 OR Washington, D.C. May 28 – June 15

Application deadline: April 1, 2012

For more information visit go.miis.edu/dpmi or email dpmi@miis.edu

• Earn a professional certificate under the guidance of internationally renowned development practitioners in a highly interactive, participatory, and student-centered community.
• Three learning modules (three weeks): 1. Managing Development Projects, 2. Facilitation and Participatory Development, and 3. Strategic Partnership and Social Entrepreneurship

 

Development Project Management Institute Practicum (DPMI Plus)

Summer or Fall 2012 recommended application deadline April 1, 2012

For more information visit go.miis.edu/dpmiplus or email dpmi@miis.edu

• Immersive learning experience through 3 – 9 month international in an international or U.S.-based NGO
• Apply DPMI tools, frameworks, and concepts in the field