In Brief: Spring 2019
| by Jason Warburg
Recent news from members of the Institute community in Monterey and around the world.
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Institute Student Wins Startup Challenge Monterey Bay’s Student Division
| by Jason Warburg
Middlebury Institute environmental policy student Erin Lannon MAIEP ’19 won the student division of Startup Challenge Monterey Bay with her proposal for a venture that would install electric vehicle charging stations in private business’ parking lots across California.
Institute Hosts UN Conference with Partner Translation & Interpretation Programs
| by Jason Warburg
The 2019 UN MoU Universities Conference brought representatives of translation and interpretation programs and UN staff members from around the world together in Monterey for a two-day gathering on the Institute campus.
Monterey Forum to Host Leading Interpretation, Translation & Localization Professionals
| by Jason Warburg
Language services professionals including Dr. Yun-Hwang Lee, interpreter at the recent U.S.-North Korea summits, will appear at a conference celebrating 50 years of translation, interpretation, and localization instruction at the Middlebury Institute on May 4-5.
Cuba Trip Offers Students “Invaluable Opportunity” to Learn Outside the Classroom
| by Jason Warburg
A group of Middlebury Institute students and faculty recently traveled to Cuba recently to meet with government officials, diplomats, educators, writers, artists, and everyday citizens.
In Memoriam: Translation and Interpretation Pioneer Bill Wood
| by Jason Warburg
“For decades, our simultaneous interpretation program could not have functioned without Bill Wood’s expertise,” said Laura Burian MATI ’95, dean of the Institute’s Graduate School of Translation, Interpretation, and Language Education.
Civil Rights Leader Benjamin Jealous to Be Spring Commencement Speaker
| by Jason Warburg
The Middlebury Institute’s Spring 2019 Commencement Speaker will be Benjamin Jealous, human rights activist and former president of the NAACP.
Monterey Threat Financing Forum Highlights Strategies for Enforcing Sanctions, Blocking Funding to Terrorist Groups
| by Jason Warburg
Professional conference hosted by Middlebury Institute draws private sector compliance professionals, federal and state regulators, law enforcement, multilateral agencies, financial crime experts, and sanctions compliance consultants.
Local High School Students to Join Students from Japan & Russia for MIIS-Hosted Conference on Nuclear Policy
| by Masako Toki and Jason Warburg
High school students from Monterey, Pacific Grove and Salinas will join students from Japan and Russia for a conference on nuclear risk reduction at the Middlebury Institute March 29-30.
In Memoriam: Crister Garrett MAIPS '87
| by Jason Warburg
Institute alumnus, faculty member, and friend Dr. Crister Garrett MAIPS ’87 died on March 6, 2019.