Category Archives: Member information

Enrich Your Summer with MIIS Custom Language Programs

Whether you are mastering Mandarin for an upcoming career move, brushing up on your French before a summer trip, or diving into Arabic for diplomats, the Monterey Institute is proud to promote our unique and effective Custom Language Programs. Programs are catered to the specific needs of each client and customizable to fit your schedule, budget, and proficiency level.

Learn more about Custom Language Programs at the Monterey Institute campus, and also new Hybrid Learning programs to fit your needs.

For more information on languages and curricula options, please fill out the Inquiry Form or contact the Custom Language Program Office at language@miis.edu

MIIS Trade Conference on US-China Agricultural Trade

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It is with great enthusiasm that we extend to you a special invitation to attend this year’s TRADE CONFERENCE at the Monterey Institute of International Studies to be held on the MIIS campus Friday April 4, 2014. This is an amazing opportunity to be an active participant in the dialogue on key trade issues with China. We have assembled an amazing group of experts to interact with you and MIIS faculty throughout the day. The call for the conference is:

US-CHINA AGRICULTURE TRADE BARRIERS: BUILDING A PLAN FOR CONSTRUCTIVE ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY

Conference Abstract: U.S.-China trade in Agriculture is one of the most rapidly growing trade relations in the world. As a result, it will be one of the most complex and potentially problematic economic relationships for the next decade. It is a relationship for which economic statecraft and careful economic diplomacy will be critical to successful partnership.

This conference targets key issues constraining trade. Experts and practitioners from government, industry and the academy. will explore the framework of economic diplomacy needed for an expanding trade relationship for the next decade.

REGISTER NOW to reserve your slot

For more information, contact Kathy Joyce

Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, Planned Giving and eMIISsaries

Monterey Institute of International Studies

kjoyce@miis.edu

831-647-3556

Renowned Pianist Kun Woo Paik in Salinas with the Monterey Symphony

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The Monterey Institute and the Monterey Symphony are pleased to extend a special invitation to eMIISsaries to attend the February Innovation performance, featuring world renowned pianist, Kun Woo Paik, on Friday February 21^st at 7:30 p.m..

Held at the newly renovated Steinbeck Institute of Art and Culture (formerly Sherwood Hall), this performance is a unique opportunity for eMIISsaries, as MIIS ambassadors, to experience a fresh side of Salinas.

As part of the Monterey Institute community, eMIISsaries can purchase discounted tickets for $5 to the Friday evening performance in Salinas. All tickets need to be purchased in advance by calling the Monterey Symphony box office directly at (831) 646-8511. We hope to see you there!

Kun Woo Paik lives in Paris, and serves as the Artistic Director of the Festival International de Musique de Dinard. Paik played his first piano concert at the age of 10 with the Korean National Orchestra, studied in New York and London from the age of 15, and became an international sensation following performances in 1974 at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. He has performed with the world’s most celebrated orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, St Petersburg Philharmonic, London Symphony, BBC Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, Berlin Symphony, Hungarian National, Oslo Philharmonic, Rotterdam and the Warsaw Philharmonic. The Monterey Symphony is honored to welcome him to the Peninsula, and to inaugurate the newly revitalized Steinbeck Institute of Art and Culture. Watch Kun Woo Paik play Chopin, Vals Op. 64 n. 2.

The Steinbeck Institute of Art and Culture
(formerly Sherwood Hall) in Salinas
Friday February 21^stat 7:30 p.m.

Additional Performances at the Sunset Center in Carmel
Saturday February 22^nd at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday February 23^rd at 3:00 p.m.

Spring Semester Offerings for Our eMIISsaries

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“Red Garden”, Painting by President Emeritus Steven Baker

For Monterey Institute students, the arrival of spring means a new cohort of peer connections, fresh perspectives from January-term travels, and that hopeful eagerness surrounding commencement, job interviews, and turning theory into practice.

For eMIISsaries and the Monterey community, this spring brings an array of campus events, lectures, and engagement opportunities we’re pleased to extend to you. Here is a sampling of our spring season offerings:

MIIS will host the film, ‘The Attack’, on March 9th

March 9th – The Monterey Institute will host the finale event of the Carmel Jewish Film Festival. The film “The Attack” will be screened with an expert panel discussion following, featuring key MIIS faculty members. Visit their website for tickets.

Steve Hawkins, Executive Director, Amnesty International

April 11th – Human Rights Fair keynote speaker, Steve Hawkins, Executive Director of Amnesty International. Details to follow.

Monterey Symphony Orchestra

May 1st – Inaugural Chamber Music Concert with the Monterey Symphony Orchestra, hosted by the Monterey Institute in the Irvine Auditorium. Details to follow.

Happy Holidays, eMIISsaries!

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The eMIISsaries Steering Committee wishes you and your family Happy Holidays and a Joyous New Year. Students, faculty, and staff at the Monterey Institute are grateful for your involvement in campus activities, and for making the Monterey Bay such a vibrant and supportive community for MIIS students from around the globe. We thank you for your support and engagement this year, and look forward to connecting you with a wide array of enriching cultural activities, speaker events, and conferences in 2014. Below is a sneak peek at several 2014 events, so mark your calendars early!

The New Year Sampler – Save These Dates!

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Followed by a MIIS faculty expert panel discussion

March 9 – Finale event of the Carmel Jewish Film Festival. The film “The Attack” will be screened with an expert panel discussion following, featuring key MIIS faculty members.

Steve Hawkins, Executive Director, Amnesty International

April 11 – Human Rights Fair keynote speaker, Steve Hawkins, Executive Director of Amnesty International.

Make a Gift from your IRA

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A special opportunity to make an IRA charitable distribution to the Monterey Institute has been extended through the end of 2013.

Time is running short! This is the last year to take advantage of this special opportunity. Under existing legislation, donors age 70 1/2 or older can again authorize their plan administrators to distribute up to $100,000 from their IRAs directly to qualified charities like the Monterey Institute without paying federal income taxes on the money.

For more information, go to go.middlebury.edu/giftplanning or contact Kathy Joyce at kjoyce@miis.edu or 831-647-3556.

There are special provisions that allow you to take advantage of this opportunity for the 2013 tax year, and you only have until December 31, 2013 to complete your gift!

Interested in Picking Up a New Language?

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Always dreamed of learning Arabic? Want to brush up on that high school French? Looking for a venue to practice your conversational Spanish? We would like to extend a special invitation to the eMIISsaries to join MIIS students and community members for fun, beginning foreign language classes.

BUILD

Beyond yoUrself In Language Development (BUILD) is a student-run organization that provides low-level language classes to the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) and Monterey community. All of the classes are completely free, informal, and fun! They are taught by students of all programs at MIIS and members of the Monterey community with the support of students from the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Teaching Foreign Languages (TFL) and International Education Management (IEM) programs.

All of BUILD’s classes are entirely free and open to everyone! Come try out a class today, and together, we will BUILD something beautiful!

Languages this semester include: Arabic, Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), Farsi, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. To learn more, and see a detailed class schedule, visit their blog at http://sites.middlebury.edu/build/.

Planned Giving Information Coffee

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Screen Shot 2013-09-21 at 9.45.56 AM You’re Invited for Coffee! Wednesday, September 25, 2013 from 3:00 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. at the Monterey Institute Advancement Office (411 Pacific Street, McGowan Building, Suite 300) Parking in the City of Monterey Upper Lot on Pacific Street.

Did you know there are creative ways to support the Monterey Institute of International Studies while you secure your own finances in ways tailored to your age, your income, assets, and your vision of giving?

Such giving techniques are called “planned gifts,” that with thoughtful planning create win-win solutions for you and the Monterey Institute. We invite you to come and learn more about the resources we have to advise you on this leg of your financial journey regardless of your decisions. We want to provide this service to you – to our community of friends, faculty, staff and alumni who want to learn more about these opportunities.

Come and enjoy some delicious hospitality and meet Kathy Joyce and Anne McMenamin as they share some of the news and trends in planned gifts from the latest laws, to the IRA rollover. Kathy is on staff at the Monterey Institute and Anne is a planned giving expert from Middlebury College. We look forward to seeing you at the coffee. Come with questions!

Please RSVP by Tuesday September 24, 2013 to rsvp@miis.edu OR 831-647-4151

Welcome to the eMIISsaries Blog!

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Welcome officially to the eMIISsaries blog where you will learn of new events that will enrich, inform and connect you to MIIS. We look forward to seeing you often on campus and encourage you to take advantage of these opportunities and resources. You can provide feedback and let us know of other topics that may interest you. This is your connection.

See you on campus!