Author: Ashley Arrocha

Sheyna Arthur’s Bio & Email

Speech Pitch Hi there Fall ’10 Grads! This isn’t my speech, but rather an explanation/summary of what my speech will be if I am elected. (please ignore my awful grammar – the punctuations are more speech-breaks) Like all of you here, I chose to come to MIIS because a commitment I’ve made to service. And […]

Miriam Rayward’s Bio & Speech Summary

Bio: Miriam Rayward is an International Policy Studies student focusing on Conflict Resolution. During her time at MIIS she has become a certified mediator, and now she mediates cases at the small claims court of Monterey. In addition to this, she made a true commitment to learning Arabic while at MIIS. She applied and has […]

Rod Hinn’s Bio & Speech Summary

Biography Rod Hinn is a New England native who is here at the Monterey Institute to obtain his Masters of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. He graduated with a B.A. in German from Southern Connecticut State University with a minor in Philosophy. Asides from being a student at MIIS, he has […]

Order Commencement Regalia

Greetings December Graduate, I would like to announce that you can order your graduation regalia online at: www.herffjones.com/college/graduation. You will need to choose the Monterey Institute of International Studies from the drop down menu. The deadline to order online is November 5th at midnight. Regalia Package Pricing Bachelor cap, gown, and tassel: $22.50 Master cap, […]

Nominate Commencement Speaker

The Student Affairs Office is now accepting student commencement speaker nominations from members of the graduating class of December 2010. You must be a December 2010 graduating student to participate. You may nominate a classmate or yourself. When making your nomination decision, please consider a person that would best represent the entire student body of […]

Commencement Speaker Winner!

Greetings Graduates,
I’m pleased to announce that your commencement speaker(s) will be the duo, Jonas Abel and Bulbul Ahammed.   Congratulations Jonas and Bulbul!
I would like to also acknowledge all the candidates. Everyone did a great job!

Speech Summary and Bios for Jonas Abel & Bulbul Ahammed

SPEECH SUMMARY
As Student Council representatives from both GSIPM and GSTILE, we believe that we could truly represent the entire student body and that we understand your expectations, values, and aspirations.
Our idea is to incorporate the things that we all have experienced over the course of the last two years here at MIIS. Our aim is […]

Philippa Lockwood’s Speech Outline & Bio

 SPEECH OUTLINE
[As promised, the completed version of this speech will meaningful, slightly funny, and under 10 minutes long and will follow the general concept of “Big Ideas” or “Lessons Learned” from MIIS.]
A Few Big Ideas:

Group work won’t kill you even though it certainly feels like it mid-way through your 10th draft of your group final.
Technology […]

Ayano Matsuyama’s Speech & Bio

SPEECH
I wrote out a draft yesterday, pretty confident about what I wanted to say to you guys.
 But this morning when I got up to read over it, I started to think, what would I want to convey to you if this were the last moment of my life? That changed things a little bit. Almost […]

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