For Spring 2016, a total of 61 Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey students will participate in our distinguished semester long immersive learning programs, to be placed around the country and the globe. Domestically, students are as close as the San Francisco Bay area and as far away as Washington, D.C. Internationally, they are spread across […]
For J-term 2016, we had 70 students travel to Chile, Rwanda, Peru, Nepal, and Spain. Conner Anderson, who is on the Chile Practicum on human rights and Chile’s vulnerable populations, sent me the following photo of his cohort (to the left). In their first three days in Chile, 23 Middlebury Institute student delegates have had the […]
IPPSers and DPMI Plusers will soon begin a new adventure at their internships in Geneva, Washington D.C, New York City, San Francisco, Chile, and Zambia. These respective internships are essentially an audition for work at UNHCR, the State Department, the Peace Corps, Catholic Relief Services, the IAEA, and/or the IUCN to name a few. As […]
Design, Partnering, Management, and Innovation (DPMI) is 3-week training open to development professionals, career-changers, and graduate students. The modules include (1) Managing Development Projects, (2) Social Change and Participatory Development, and (3) Strategic Partnership and Social Entrepreneurship. DPMI uses a cross-sector approach, taking promising practices from the development field and combining these tools with successful concepts […]
This Thursday, September 10th, there will be and informational session on the Design, Partnering, Management, and Innovation (DPMI) Program. The program will earn you a certificate in International Development and Social Change. The session will cover all of the DPMI training offerings and give you a chance to hear from past program participants. To learn […]
Mia Schmid believes that “monitoring and evaluation of social development projects needs a radical reorientation to locate community organizations at the helm of the learning process.” Mia is currently on her DPMI Plus assignment, a semester long immersive learning opportunity for graduate students at the Middlebury Institute, working in 120 degree heat in Jodhpur, India. Her […]
Luz Vasquez, candidate for a dual masters degree in Public Administration and International Education Management, is currently working as a Special Projects Manager for the CETLALIC Institute in Cuernavaca, Mexico for her IEM Practicum and DPMI Plus fellowship. CETLALIC, self-described as the most politically and socially progressive Spanish language school in Mexico, was founded in 1987 by Salvadorian […]
Are you interested in a career in international development or humanitarian assistance? Would you like to work for a domestic or international non-governmental or inter-governmental organization? Apply to the January 7-25, 2013 Development Project Management Institute certificate training in Monterey, California by October 31. Modules cover international development project design, facilitation and stakeholder engagement, and social […]
Earn a professional certificate in three weeks during a professional training program that prepares you for a development career. Time: 12:15-1:15 pm in MG 100 Application Deadline: October 31, 2012 Apply at go.miis.edu/dpmi Next DPMI Training: January 7-25, 2013 in Monterey, which will consist of three modules: Designing and Managing Development, Facilitating Participatory Development, and […]
Diana Serrano, MAIPS 2012, is working with The Migration Policy Institute in Washington D.C. Christopher Miller, MPA 2013, is working with the Andean Alliance for Sustainable Development in Peru. Visit the Team Peru Blog at http://sites.miis.edu/abroad/category/team-peru/ Ashley Hellman, MAIEP 2013, is working with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Lima, Peru. Melissa Ng, MPA/PCMI, is […]
