GSIPM

Dear Students,

Registration for Fall 2010 courses (except Directed Studies and Audits) is now taking place on-line via BannerWeb.  You can start building your Fall schedule as soon as your registration window opens.

The times for each student’s registration are assigned based on student status and once your registration time period begins it remains open for the duration of the registration period. You can add and drop courses freely until web registration closes (based on add and drop dates during the fall semester).

Fall 2010 Registration time periods begin at 8.00 a.m. Pacific Time (The time displayed on BannerWeb is 11.00 a.m. Eastern)

Registration Time Periods

I Monday, May 3rd

December 2010 Graduates (except students in Translation or Interpretation related programs – see May 17th)

Students in Peace Corps Master’s International Programs

Students from the Defense Language Institute

II Wednesday, May 5th

May 2011 and August 2011 Graduates (except students in Translation or Interpretation related programs – see May 17th)

III Monday, May 10th

Registration is open to all continuing students (except students in Translation or Interpretation related programs – see May 17th)

IV Monday, May 17th

Students enrolled in Conference Interpretation, Translation, Translation & Interpretation, and Translation & Localization Management.

On-line Registration Details:

§ Now that the Fall 2010 schedule is available you can start looking at course details via:

· Look Up Classes to Add link in BannerWeb beginning Thursday, April 22nd, or directly from the course schedule:  http://go.middlebury.edu/courses?201098

· From both links shown above you must click on the CRN (5-digit Course Reference Number) of the course. This takes you to additional information that indicates whether or not you can successfully register for a particular course. Click on the CRN , then click on the course title and you will see the enrollment counts and the course restrictions, if any.

· You will see the prerequisites and any other course restrictions. Examples include graduate school, degree and major. You can also see how many seats are available.  Some courses may be set up as approval-required. For these courses ‘APRVL’ will appear in the ‘SEATS AVAIL’ column on the course schedule.

· Some International Policy courses will have an enrollment capacity of “0”. You will need to waitlist for this course via the on-line registration process. Faculty will select students for the course.

§ To request an override to waive you from course restrictions or request an approval for approval required courses, contact the primary instructor of the course. Please include your Banner    student ID #  (this is an 8-digit number you use to check your schedule and grades or submit your timesheet on BannerWeb) when contacting the instructor. When approval or waiver has been granted you must still register for this course to complete the registration process.

· Please note that several seminars, including all MANTPS seminars and IPOL 8586 have been set as “Zero Enrollment” courses. Students attempting to register for these Zero Enrollment courses will be added to an electronic waitlist. Instructors will review the electronic waitlists, determine which students meet their eligibility requirements for the course, and notify the Records Office of approved students.  Once an approval status has been noted, students will see the course and registration status altered to reflect this on their Banner Web account. Students will then be eligible to register for the course based on enrollment capacity.

§ Use the Check Your Registration Status link in BannerWeb/Registration menu beginning Thursday, Aprl 22nd to:

• Confirm that you have been assigned to a specific registration time period or “window”.
• Confirm that your status permits registration
• Confirm that you don’t have any ‘holds’ that prevent you from registering
• Any overrides of course restrictions or course approvals that have been granted, can be seen on this page.

§ Please refer to the instructions document at http://www.miis.edu/academics/courses/schedules for specific details, including screen shots, of how to register for a course from the Register or Add/Drop Classes link in BannerWeb.

o Note: Students wishing to Audit a course or register for a Directed Study will have to process that registration through the Records Office on an Add/Drop form

Limit on credits:

You may not register on-line for more than 24 credits (this includes Directed Studies and Audits). If you need to register for more than 24 credits, please bring an Add/Drop form, approved by your Advisor to the Records Office. Registering for more than 16 credits in any semester/term may put you in an overload status and additional tuition may be due and payable.

Academic Advising:

See your Advisor for assistance in planning your schedule

For assistance during registration, please email records@miis.edu or call 831-647-4121.

Who: MIIS Community
What: Economics of Energy and the Environment
When: June 2-3, 2010
Where: The Energy Institute at the Haas School of Business, Berkeley, CA

This summer the Energy Institute at Haas will be offering a course on Economics of Energy and The Environment.  This course will cover topics such as: Energy Externalities, Alternative Energy and Fuel Diversity, Taxes vs. Emissions Limits, Cap and Trade Mechanisms, Cap and Trade: Implementation and Case Studies, Energy Efficiency Standards and Incentives,  Integrating Renewable Energy Into the Grid, Energy and Climate Change.

Instructors:

Severin Borenstein, Co-Director of Energy Institute at Haas and E.T. Grether Professor of Business Administration  and Public Policy at the Haas School of Business, U.C. Berkeley.

James Bushnell, Associate Professor , Department of Economics, Cargill Chair in Energy Economics at Iowa State University, and Director of Biobased Energy Center.

Duncan Calloway, Assistant Professor, Energy and Resource Group, U.C. Berkeley.

For more information, please visit:  http://ei.haas.berkeley.edu.

Who: All Students
What: Team Monterey 4 Spanish Presentations
When: Thursday, April 22nd, 12 PM -2 PM
Where: Irvine Auditorium

Team Monterey 4 will be presenting in Spanish on Thursday, April 22nd regarding their different development projects realized during their time in El Salvador during January 2010.  Each team member will give a synopsis of his/her project and the different aspects of the project.  The presentations will be interpreted by a Translation & Interpretation team into English.

Come learn about the El Salvador J-term Development Practicum!

Check out the new & exciting workshops coming up in the next few weeks!  NOTE: Syllabi for these courses can be found in the GSIPM Front Desk on Moodle.

WKSH 8586 Property Rights & Real Estate Investment

Instructor: Professor David B. Deniger
Date: April 16-18th
Description: Property Rights – The Organizing Principle of Just about Everything that Matters will examine both the characteristics of real estate investments and the legal institutions that promote an unencumbered flow of capital into growing markets. The course will identify the critical aspects of US property investment values, and the skills necessary to make money investing in real estate and related careers. The course will analyze the implications of global changes in property rights to position emerging markets to attract real estate investment capital to high growth opportunities.

WKSH 8582 Visual Communication of Scientific Information

Instructor: Professor Neo Martinez
Date: April 24-25th
Description: An introduction to the theory and practice of visually communicating scientific information with a focus on quantitative graphs and environmental concepts such as global warming and ecological interdependence. Emphasis will be given to navigating the transition between communication to experts and communicating to the public both for informational and activist purposes. Tufte’s classic text, “The Visual Display of Quantitative Information” plus his enthusiastic critique of PowerPoint templates will be used to introduce basic concepts (e.g. causation and correlation) and practices. Other information such as human water use, opinion polls and voting patterns will also be covered as well as global warming and climate change. Recent developments and the latest challenges in visualizing scientific information and complex networks will be presented. The course will be concluded by evaluation and critiquing visualizations chosen by students according to their own interests.

WKSH 8542 Tactical Counter-terrorism

Instructor: Professor Bill Hillar
Date: April 16th – 18th
Description: The purpose of this workshop is to make students aware of how policy gets interpreted and carried out in terms of counter-terrorism ideologies and operations. We will discuss the immediate and long-term effects of U.S. and other counter-terrorism actions throughout the world. We will try to define counter-terrorism by examining its multiple layers from pre-diplomatic assessment, government intervention through the use of military and armed conflict, to post action evaluation.

IMGT 8679 Green Marketing

Instructor: Professor Kevin McGibben
Date & Time: April 30th – May 2nd
Description:This course is a graduate-level Marketing seminar on Global Green Marketing. The “Green” movement continues to be a serious topic for the Marketer in 2009. As individual consumers continue to be concerned about global warming trends, the welfare of the environment and sustainability of global ecosystems, the demand for Green products and services expands. Marketers must determine whether they need to adapt their Marketing strategies to a Greening process in order to comply with global customer demands. Upon completion of the course students will be fluent regarding current practices and issues relative to marketing management of “Green” products or services and “sustainability” issues as they relate to marketing management.

WKSH 8526 Fundamentals of International Trade & Shipping

Instructor: Professor Jim MacLellan
Date: May 7th – 9th
Description: The purpose of this workshop is to explain the historic context, fundamental principles and implications of international trade transactions which require goods movement.
Additional goals are: to explore the relationships between the commercial agreement, the financial aspect of the transaction and the physical movement of the cargo (international air and sea freight); to acquire the knowledge to design a transportation strategy for corporate policy or specific commercial transactions; to understand principles of risk reduction, and their implementation through the pragmatic use of terms of sale, inter-modal bills of lading, surveys and insurance; to achieve familiarization with current areas of concern in the field of international logistics, including shipping markets, non-tariff barriers, security, foreign trade zones and currency fluctuations.

Who: MIIS Community
What: Team Monterey El Salvador Photo Exhibition
When: OPEN NOW UNTIL APRIL 8TH!!!
Where: Pacific Grove Art Center at 568 Lighthouse Avenue (cross street: Forest Avenue)

This is your last chance to see an exhibit of photographs taken by Team Monterey during their J-Term Practicum in El Salvador.  The exhibition is located in the Louise Cardeiro Boyer Gallery at the Pacific Grove Art Center, and exhibit runs until Thursday, April 8.

The Pacific Grove Art Center is open Wednesday thru Saturday from 12 to 5 PM, Sunday from 1 to 4 PM, and is closed Monday and Tuesday.

Who: Conflict Resolution Students
What: The Bologna, Italy Symposium on Conflict Prevention, Resolution and Reconciliation
When: June 19 – July 17, 2010
Where: The Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center in Bologna, Italy

In cooperation with Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), the International Symposium in Bologna will bring together up to 100 of the globe’s brightest young minds from top graduate institutions, international organizations, grassroots peace movements, and the armed services.  Over a four-week period, the participants will undergo intensive training by the field’s premier political leaders, academic experts, practitioners, and advocates in the skills necessary to bring peace and security to their communities and to the world.  In addition, students may apply to earn graduate-level course credit from SAIS, one of the world’s top graduate schools for international affairs. 

Co-Academic Coordinators:
Dr. I. William Zartman & Dr. P. Terrence Hopmann, Johns Hopkins SAIS

Sampling of Confirmed Faculty:
Ahmedou Oould-Abdallah – Special Representative for the UN Secretary-General for Somalia
Betty Bigombe – Chief Mediator between the LRA and the Government of Uganda
Jeffrey Mapendere – Sudan Country Director, Carter Center International Observation Program
John Marks – President, Search for Common Ground
Joyce Neu – Former Team Leader, UN Standby Team of Mediation Experts

Visit www.IPSInstitute.org to learn more or call (202) 569-1634 for further information. The deadline for application materials is May 12th, but space is limited so apply early!

Who: Any student interested in nuclear threats
What: 2010 Public Policy and Nuclear Threats Training Program
When: July 17-August 6, 2010
Where: University of California San Diego

The University of California San Diego is now recruiting participants for the 2010 Public Policy and Nuclear Threats Training Program.  This program will take place at UCSD from July 17-August 6, 2010.  Information about the program can be found on the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation webpage.

Interested students with additional questions are welcome to contact Heidi Serochi, Project Manager, UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, at:  hserochi@ucsd.edu

Deadline to Apply is March 26th, 2010!!!

“In the Loop”

Wednesday, March 10th at 4:00pm

Irvine Auditorium

Everyone is welcome.

FREE Admission!

Hosted by: Professors Phil Murphy and Sharad Joshi

“In the Loop” is a dark comedy about what happens behind closed doors on the policy-making circles in Washington, DC, London, and even the United Nations.

This movie is strongly recommended for anyone with interests in comedic farce, security studies, international policy-making, and even policy analysis.

To see the trailer go to: http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/in-the-loop/trailer-b

Who: All Students
What: Conservation Beyond Borders: A field experience in the Balkans exploring prospects of “peace parks.”
When: Monday, August 2 – Saturday, August 21, 2010
Where: Balkans Peace Park – Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro
Instructors: Dr. Todd Walters and Saleem Ali, M.A.

Cost: $3,500 program fee plus airfare and tuition

Overview: Students in this three-week course will have a unique learning opportunity, including: a cross-cultural experience, an introduction to their fields, and an overview of the dynamics involved in creating and managing an International Peace Park.  Additionally, students will participate in meaningful cross-cultural interactions while cross-border trekking in remote alpine mountain landscapes. At the culmination of the course, students will have a strong understanding of the multi-disciplinary issues that converge in International Peace Parks. Students will have an opportunity to build a professional  network before graduation, making connections in government agencies, international development agencies, as well as international, national, and local NGO’s working in related fields.

All students that would like to register to take the 3 credit, 3 week Academic Expedition in the proposed Balkans Peace Park with the University of Vermont can find directions about how to register here: Non-UVM students will need to register with UVM and be given a UVM ID# to complete the formal registration process to ensure that credit can be transferred to your home University.

Students who already “Saved their Seat” here will be given priority.  There are 16 slots total. To guarantee your participation, please complete the registration process promptly.

Syllabus: Download Here

For More Information – Please contact Todd Walters and Saleem Ali if you would like to take part in this course: todd@peaceparkexpeditions.com.

Who: Any student interested in counterterrorism operations
What: Tactical Counterterrorism Workshop, 1.0 credit
When: April 16th, 17th and 18th, 2010
Where: Morse B104

GSIPM is pleased to announce the return of a popular workshop to the Spring 2010 course schedule.  WKSH 8542 – Tactical Counterterrorism is designed to make students aware of how policy gets interpreted and carried out in terms of counterterrorism ideologies and operations.  This workshop will discuss the immediate and long-term effects of U.S. and other counterterrorism actions throughout the world.

Topics which this workshop will cover include the following:

• The changing faces of terrorists and terrorism
• Executive Orders, Congress and Civil Rights
• Just what is the “Intelligence Community” and how does it relate to counterterrorism?
• Counterterrorism and the world community: Who counters terrorism?
• Elite Forces and how they work
• Technology and counterterrorism
• War fighters: Who are they and what do they need to be successful?
• Exercises in: developing a terrorist mindset, terrorist attack in the U.S. and counterterrorist strategies.
• Examination of actual declassified counterterrorist successes and failures

For more information on this workshop, please refer to the online course schedule.

Who: MBA and IEP Students
What: Summer course on Natural Resource Management and Policy
When: June 18 – July 4, 2010
Where: Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Bergen, Norway

The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (Norges Handelshøyskole) is now accepting applications for a two week summer study program dedicated to the field of natural resource management.  Earn MBA or IEP elective credits at Norway’s leading business school on Natural Resource Management and Policy: The Norwegian Model!

This program offers students the chance to:

• Develop tools to identify tomorrow’s challenges today
• Learn from experts in the field
• Be part of an intimate learning environment

Application Deadline:  May 1, 2010

For more information, please visit: www.nhh.no/study

International Humanitarian Law: An Introductory Course courtesy of the American Red Cross

When: Friday, February 26th

Location: MG100

Time: 9:00-12:00pm

Description:

In a world where warfare and civil strife are a daily reality for millions, International Humanitarian Law (IHL) provides a framework for protection for civilians and combatants alike. The conduct for warfare as embodied by IHL is laid out in the Geneva Conventions of 1949.

The American Red Cross has a unique mandate to educate the American public about the guiding principles and framework of IHL as they apply to the protection of members of the armed forces, including prisoners of war, and civilians. If you would like to learn more, the MIIS Red Cross Club invites you to join us for a free half day introductory course on IHL, taught by two American Red Cross instructors.

The course is intended to raise awareness about the Geneva Conventions, the basic rules of IHL, and the role of the Red Cross during armed conflict. Space is open to the public but limited to 25 people, so RSVPs are obligatory.

If you would like to reserve a spot or are interested in joining the MIIS Red Cross Club, please contact Lucy Jodlowska at MIISRedCrossClub@gmail.com.

What: WKSH 8592 – Social Innovation Investing
Who: Beryl Levinger, Fernando DePaolis, Evan Bloom
When: April 16th – 18th
Where: B 105 (Morse Building)

GSIPM is pleased to announce a new workshop on Social Innovation Investing.  The theme for this 1.0 credit workshop is “Coolhunting:  Discovering pattern-breaking social enterprises that attract venture capital.”

Funding agencies, social investors and development institutions around the world are seeking to make investments that generate social and environmental impact as well as financial return. This emerging sector, called “impact investing,” has the potential to become a powerful force for global change.

One of the critical challenges facing this new movement is identifying and cultivating high quality opportunities for impact investors. In this workshop, students will learn how to discover and evaluate pattern breaking social enterprises. The workshop, co-led by Evan Bloom, Co-founder of Root Change, Beryl Levinger, and Fernando de Paolis, will introduce the fundamentals of impact investing, including deal sourcing and brokering. The interactive workshop will include new data on deal sourcing and investment trends as well as an introduction to the key institutions that are building this dynamic, new sector.  Student will learn and apply a new framework for identifying social innovation and will participate in a simulated “opportunity screening workshop.”

Please note that while GSIPM Program Chairs Fernando de Paolis and Beryl Levinger are listed in Banner as the instructors, Evan Bloom (of DPMI fame) will be the lead instructional team member.  Registration is limited to 30 participants. This workshop may be applied to the MPA workshop requirement.

Looking for one more credit? Here are some great weekend workshops, coming up in the next two weeks!

WKSH 8547 Leadership & Networking for Social Change

Prof: Michael J. Gibbons
Weekend of Feb 26-28
Friday 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Saturday 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Sunday 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm

The complexity and global dynamics of development problems and processes have long transcended the limits of 20th century approaches to organization and leadership. New approaches and practices based on open and adaptive systems thinking are taking shape in the new century, such as network structures, dispersed leadership and inter-organiza-tional learning. This workshop is designed to introduce participants to these new ideas and approaches, and equip participants with tools for practicing these approaches in their own work.

WKSH 8576 Trafficking Nuclear & Radioactive Materials

Prof: Elena K. Sokova
Weekend of Feb 26-28
Friday 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

This workshop will address the risks and threats posed by illicit trafficking in nuclear and radioactive materials. The threat that a state or terrorist organization could construct a crude nuclear weapon from nuclear material acquired on the “nuclear black market” has haunted the international community for over two decades. The 9/11 events aggravated these concerns even further. Is there indeed a black market for nuclear and radiological materials? What are the implications and strategies to deal with theft, smuggling, and other unauthorized acts involving nuclear and radioactive materials? The workshop will consider historic and current trends and patterns in trafficking; supply and demand sides of the phenomenon; strategies for prevention, detection, interdiction, response and investigation; links to terrorism and organized crime; and legal and political arrangements and challenges to combat illicit trafficking. Participants will be asked to analyze some real-life cases and devise strategies for response to a hypothetical scenario.

WKSH 8579 Preparing for a Senior Trade Career

Prof: Ambassador Alan Wolf
Saturday, February 27, 9 am – 1 pm
Friday April 23, 2 pm – 5:30 pm (please note the date change)
Saturday April 24, 9 am – 1 pm (please note the date change)
Friday April 30, 2 pm – 5:30 pm

This workshop places you into the role of being a senior civil servant for a government, responsible for trade policy formulation.  You will understand what your country’s economic strengths and weaknesses are; how your government is organized to deal with trade policy decision-making; how stakeholders influence policy; how different parts of a government interact and their relative responsibilities and powers; become familiar with the basic rules of the international trading system; get to know which international trade agreements your country is a party to; understand what the current trade priorities of your current government are; learn about the major trade disputes and differences your government has with the policies of others; and make trade policy recommendations to a new incoming recently elected government.

IMGT 8657 Wks: Globalzation/Localization Marketing

Prof: Vassilis Dalakas
Weekend of Feb 26-28
Friday 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

This workshop will outline localization practices as they relate to marketers faced with multiple global markets for their products or services. The elements of strategic and tactical adaptation, in particular product, branding, communication, pricing and distribution, as well as techniques to better determine the changes needed for adaptation to localized consumer response patterns, will be considered. To develop our understanding of the issues involved, we will discuss current business cases and readings from leading scholars and business leaders.

WKSH 8523 U.S. Nuclear Weapons History & Cost

Prof: S. Schwartz
Weekend of Mar 5-7
Friday 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

This course will explore how and why the United States spent more than $6 trillion to build some 70,000 nuclear weapons, conduct more than 1,000 nuclear tests, and deploy and maintain a worldwide network of delivery systems, sensors, and communications assets capable of unleashing (or defending against) unimaginable devastation. Key developments and turning points in the history of the nuclear weapons program will be discussed, and the economic, environmental, and human health costs of the testing, production, and deployment of U.S. nuclear weapons will be quantified and assessed. Basic knowledge of nuclear weapons is helpful but not essential. This course includes select films and a special guest lecture by award-winning author Richard Rhodes (The Making of the Atomic Bomb, Dark Sun, and Arsenals of Folly).

WKSH 8573 Resolving Conflict in Social Change Organizations

Prerequisites: Course or Workshop in Negotiations or Mediation (does not have to be at MIIS)

Prof: Alana Knaster
Weekend of Mar 5-7
Friday 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

This course focuses on the internal deliberations of social change organizations and how they struggle with the competing values of staff and supporters. Often, we think of non-profit groups as having a monolithic point of view.  To the contrary, within each group, there are many different viewpoints regarding the mission of the organization, how that mission should be achieved and over what timeframe, how the group should engage with other groups- both those with similar objectives and those with diametrically opposed positions. The course format will include lectures on overcoming organizational intractability, negotiating the group mission and strategy, and mediation of intra and inter-group negotiations. There will also be a series of roleplay exercises about two hypothetical  social change organizations that are preparing to initiate a major new campaign and how they engage with other interest groups.

IMGT 8671 Innovations for Sustainability

Prof: Laura Strohm, Daniel Robin
Weekend of Mar 6-7
Saturday 9:00 am – 5:30 pm
Sunday 9:00 am – 5:30 pm

Innovative and elegant new technologies that advance sustainability goals appear on the scene every month. Germany and Japan are leading countries in environmental technology exports. What are these new technologies, who’s inventing them, how do they work, and why are they better than conventional technologies for the Triple Bottom Line? These products, practices, and services make financial sense, and at the same time reduce negative environmental and/or social impacts. They are more energy or water efficient, use fewer natural resources, are less toxic, or are priced for a wider audience. A natural affinity occurs between some sustainable technologies and markets that serve the poor of the world. This workshop thus also explores the principles and details of marketing to the bottom of the pyramid, including appropriate products, services, pricing, packaging, sales methods, and host country environments. Success in markets for the poor can establish win-win solutions for years to come.

Check out these great workshops- they’re coming up soon!

WKSH 8567 Grant & Proposal Writing

Prof: Jonathan Berkey

Weekend of Feb 19-21

Friday 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Saturday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Sunday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Students will gain important skills needed to write and develop all aspects of successful proposals including: executive summaries, problem and need statements, goals and objectives, methods and milestones, activities and budgets. Proposal evaluation sections will also be developed. Students will be required to research and write a proposal during the weekend workshop. This will be one of the more difficult – and practical – courses you will ever take as well as a wonderful addition to your resume!

WKSH 8547 Leadership & Networking for Social Change

Prof: Michael J. Gibbons

Weekend of Feb 26-28

Friday 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Saturday 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Sunday 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm

The complexity and global dynamics of development problems and processes have long transcended the limits of 20^th century approaches to organization and leadership. New approaches and practices based on open and adaptive systems thinking are taking shape in the new century, such as network structures, dispersed leadership and inter-organiza-tional learning. This workshop is designed to introduce participants to these new ideas and approaches, and equip participants with tools for practicing these approaches in their own work.

WKSH 8576 Trafficking Nuclear & Radioactive Materials

Prof: Elena K. Sokova

Weekend of Feb 26-28

Friday 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Saturday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Sunday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

This workshop will address the risks and threats posed by illicit trafficking in nuclear and radioactive materials. The threat that a state or terrorist organization could construct a crude nuclear weapon from nuclear material acquired on the “nuclear black market” has haunted the international community for over two decades. The 9/11 events aggravated these concerns even further. Is there indeed a black market for nuclear and radiological materials? What are the implications and strategies to deal with theft, smuggling, and other unauthorized acts involving nuclear and radioactive materials? The workshop will consider historic and current trends and patterns in trafficking; supply and demand sides of the phenomenon; strategies for prevention, detection, interdiction, response and investigation; links to terrorism and organized crime; and legal and political arrangements and challenges to combat illicit trafficking. Participants will be asked to analyze some real-life cases and devise strategies for response to a hypothetical scenario.

IMGT 8657 Wks: Globalization/Localization Marketing

Prof: Vassilis Dalakas

Weekend of Feb 26-28

Friday 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Saturday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Sunday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

This workshop will outline localization practices as they relate to marketers faced with multiple global markets for their products or services. The elements of strategic and tactical adaptation, in particular product, branding, communication, pricing and distribution, as well as techniques to better determine the changes needed for adaptation to localized consumer response patterns, will be considered. To develop our understanding of the issues involved, we will discuss current business cases and readings from leading scholars and business leaders.

WKSH 8579 Preparing for a Senior Trade Career

Prof: Ambassador Alan Wolf

Saturday, February 27, 9 am – 1 pm

Friday April 23, 2 pm – 5:30 pm (please note the date change)

Saturday April 24, 9 am – 1 pm (please note the date change)

Friday April 30, 2 pm – 5:30 pm

This workshop places you into the role of being a senior civil servant for a government, responsible for trade policy formulation.  You will understand what your country’s economic strengths and weaknesses are; how your government is organized to deal with trade policy decision-making; how stakeholders influence policy; how different parts of a government interact and their relative responsibilities and powers; become familiar with the basic rules of the international trading system; get to know which international trade agreements your country is a party to; understand what the current trade priorities of your current government are; learn about the major trade disputes and differences your government has with the policies of others; and make trade policy recommendations to a new incoming recently elected government.

The BannerWeb system and the production database for Banner INB will be unavailable starting 8:30 pm on Wednesday, February 17th.  A major upgrade will be performed on the system beginning at that time.  The complexity of the process will require the system to be down through Saturday, February 20th.

What does this mean for students and faculty?

• Students will not be able to access Banner time sheets or online course schedules
• Faculty will not be able to access course rosters or online course schedules
• Paperwork submitted to the Records Office will not be reflected in Banner until the system is back online.

GSIPM is very pleased to offer two new workshops in the fields of energy and trade policy:

WKSH 8579 – Preparing for a Senior Trade Career   (1 credit)
Ambassador Alan Wolff

Saturday, February 27, 9 am – 1 pm
Friday April 23, 2 pm – 5:30 pm (please note the date change)
Saturday April 24, 9 am – 1 pm (please note the date change)
Friday April 30, 2 pm – 5:30 pm

This workshop places you into the role of being a senior civil servant for a government, responsible for trade policy formulation.  You will understand what your country’s economic strengths and weaknesses are; how your government is organized to deal with trade policy decision-making; how stakeholders influence policy; how different parts of a government interact and their relative responsibilities and powers; become familiar with the basic rules of the international trading system; get to know which international trade agreements your country is a party to; understand what the current trade priorities of your current government are; learn about the major trade disputes and differences your government has with the policies of others; and make trade policy recommendations to a new incoming recently elected government.

WKSH  8583 – Energy & Development (1 credit)
Professor Jim Williams

Friday, May 7th 6 – 9pm
Saturday, May 8th 10 am – 6 pm
Sunday, May 9th 9am – 3 pm

This workshop will be an opportunity to learn from distinguished experts on energy in developing countries, working in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia.  Workshop sessions will include slide presentations, panel discussions, and outdoor hands-on practice with renewable and efficient rural energy technologies.  Topics will range from global and regional perspectives on energy in the development process, to the role of gender in household energy decisions, to a practitioner’s perspective on cook stoves and solar lighting.

If you have questions or need more information for these workshops, please feel free to contact the instructor directly.

This is a popular workshop so sign up soon to guarantee your spot!  It will be offered twice this semester.

WKSH 8567: Grant & Proposal Writing

Weekend of Feb 12-14 OR Feb 19-21

Friday 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Saturday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Sunday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Students will gain important skills needed to write and develop all aspects of successful proposals including: executive summaries, problem and need statements, goals and objectives, methods and milestones, activities and budgets.

Proposal evaluation sections will also be developed. Students will be required to research and write a proposal during the weekend workshop. This will be one of the more difficult – and practical – courses you will ever take as well as a wonderful addition to your resume!

 

Gentrain is a local program originally created through the collaboration of a group of faculty members at Monterey Peninsula College (MPC) and MPC Dean Philip Nash.  Originally begun in 1972, Gentrain is an acronym that stands for General Education Train of Courses.  Gentrain was designed as a response to faculty dissatisfaction with the “smorgasbord approach to general education then (and still) prevalent in colleges and universities.”

A major intention of the program was to provide an interdisciplinary education experience so that realms as diverse as literature, the sciences, music and art and their interrelationships could be appreciated and comprehended.  Gentrain was also designed with a community college student population in mind.

The Gentrain Society was formed in 1983 to financially support the Gentrain Program.  Among other programmatic offerings, the Society features special lectures usually scheduled on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month (free of charge).

On February 17, 2010, the Gentrain Society will offer the following lecture:

The Earliest Chapel: Historical Archaeology at the Royal Presidio of Monterey

What do sealed crypts, buried monuments, ancient frescoes, pirate raids, 18th century coins, a king’s ransom in centuries-old relics, and the excitement of discovery all have in common? If you answered archaeology, then you are in part correct! In this instance, the archaeology of the Royal Presidio Chapel, or San Carlos Cathedral, would have put you hot on the trail of some of the most important archaeological and historical discoveries on the Monterey Bay in recent years. Called upon in 2006 to clarify the archaeology and historic significance of the former Presidio Real de San Carlos de Monterey, our speaker, Dr. Rubén G. Mendoza, was initially hard- pressed to learn all that he could about the archaeology of this bastion by the Bay.

A founding faculty member of the California State University, Monterey Bay, Professor Mendoza has directed major archaeological investigations and conservation projects at Missions San Juan Bautista, San Carlos Borromeode Carmelo, and Nuestra Señoradela Soledad, Ex Convento la Limpia Concepcion Nuestra Señora among others. In addition, Mendoza’s long term archaeology and mapping efforts at Old Mission San Juan Bautista recently resulted in the discovery of the long-lost original Chapel of 1797 at that site. His work with the Mission Solstice Survey has in turn resulted in the discovery of astronomically and liturgically significant solstice, equinox, and feast day solar illuminations of mission church altars and sacred objects throughout California, the US Southwest, and Mesoamerica. Mendoza has published some eighty manuscripts and scores of images.

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