Our experience at MIIS has been a unique one! We have polished our aptitude for cultivating change in the world, and developed friendships that will last a lifetime. Now we are lucky to have the chance to help future students experience this as well through the 2012 Scholarship Challenge.

The Challenge was set forth by Alumnus and Board Member, Andrea Gabrielle (MBA ’88). For every $20 gifted by a student, Gabrielle will match it with $100, up to $5,000! Special thanks to Bowen Teuscher (NPTS ’12), who was the first of this graduating class to give.

To learn more, you can visit the class challenge table on December 6, between 12-1:30pm in front of Samson Center. There is $1,520 left on the thermometer. Join me and fellow classmates to complete the challenge before the end of this year by making a gift online at http://go.miis.edu/challenge 

Best of luck with the end of the semester and congratulations on your accomplishment!

Please click on the following link to view the presentation for student loan exit information: RG Exit Presentation 2012. Contact the Office of Student Financial Planning with any questions.

REPLY REQUIRED

Check your email for the Reply required for Graduation Ceremony email, which was sent with HIGH IMPORTANCE on November 2nd. 

TO HAVE A DIPLOMA and/or CERTIFICATE PRINTED YOU MUST REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Deadline for your reply is Friday, November 16, 2012.

If you did not receive an email please write to records@miis.edu immediately.

Thank you ,

Pamela Ventura

Assistant Registrar

Monterey Institute of International Studies

A Graduate School of Middlebury College

460 Pierce St, Monterey, CA 93940 USA

Tel:  831.647.4121 or 831.647.4682

Fax:  831.647.3532

records@miis.edu

Paper commencement announcements will be available for pick up at Student Services beginning on Monday, November 5th. Each grad will receive 7 announcements. Please be sure to get yours on Monday! All announcements must be picked up by November 16th. After that date, your announcements will be released to other graduates, so if you need additional announcements, you may pick them up beginning November 19th.

For those of you who missed the Graduating Student Information Meeting held on 10/18, please view the video below to learn about everything you need to do before commencement:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ldCPl5SoL4&feature=youtu.be

Sorry this took a while to post. Please contact me directly with any questions.

Sincerely,

Linae Ishii-Devine, CMP

Free raffle for caps and gowns held at the Graduating Student Information Meeting on 10/18 in Irvine! We’ll be raffling off #5 used caps, gowns, and hood donated by last year’s graduates. There are #4 MA sets and #1 MBA set. These sets do not come with tassels and you must purchase from the gown order website for $4.95 if you would like a tassel. Limited to sizes on hand. Must be present to win or have a person represent you in your stead. Drawing will be held at the conclusion of the commencement information meeting.  Tickets will be given out at the door on Thursday.

Remember to come to the mandatory graduating student information meeting on Thursday, October 18th at 12:15PM in Irvine! We’ll be going over important information you need to know and the student speaker nominees will be presenting summaries of their speeches! Come and hear your fellow graduates and vote for your student speaker!

The Office of Student Services is now accepting student commencement speaker nominations from members of the graduating class of December 2012.  You must be a December 2012 graduating student to participate and 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 the Institute rather than a particular graduate school or degree program.  Please refer to the schedule of important deadlines below.

Speaker Process and Deadlines

Commencement speaker nominations are due by Monday, October 15th by 4pm.   Please click on the following link to enter your nomination.  All nominations must be submitted online through this Google document.

http://bit.ly/DecemberSpeakerNominations

All nominees who accept their nomination will present a 3-5 minute summary of their commencement speech to fellow graduates at the Graduating Students Meeting on Thursday, October 18^th at 12:15pm in the Irvine Auditorium. The Graduating Students Meeting is very important because we will cover important information about commencement day logistics, graduation announcements, required paperwork needed for clearance, diplomas and more!  The meeting begins at 12:15pm and will conclude at 1:30pm.  The speakers will present at some point during the meeting (times to be determined).

Commencement speaker elections will take place online from Thursday, October 18^th at 3pm through Wednesday October 24th by 4:30pm. The winner will be announced via email.

Speaker will rehearse their speech with Ashley Arrocha to get timing and pacing perfected.  The winner of this process will have ten minutes to present at the commencement ceremony.

If you should have any questions, please contact any of us here in the Office of Student Services.

Regards,

Ashley Fera Arrocha
Director of Student Services

Winter Commencement will be held on Saturday, December 8, 2012 at the Golden State Theatre located at 417 Alvarado Street, Monterey, California. The ceremony will begin at 1:00 p.m. Seating begins at noon and we ask that guests be seated by 12:45 p.m. Tickets are not required to attend and you can have an unlimited number of guests attend.

A champagne and hors d’oeuvres reception will follow at the Samson Student Center on campus following the ceremony from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.