Student Life

Soccer Tryouts!

Stephanie Murti MIIS Update, Student Clubs, Student Life

SoccerTryout

Attention Soccer Lovers!

The MIIS Futbol Club, the Globadores, will soon be having tryouts!  The Globadores is a competitive co-ed soccer team that plays in the Monterey Peninsula Soccer League.  Games are held every Sunday and practice will be held every Tuesday from 12:00 – 2:00 P.M.  If you’re passionate about soccer, want to make good friends, and need an escape from the stress and everyday drudgeries of graduate school, please join us!

 

Dates: August 23rd and 24th

Time:  10:00 A.M. till noon

Location:  Jacks Park – The field across the street from the Monterey Sports Center (a five to ten minute walk from campus)

 

***For those of you that will be unable to join us on the weekend, an additional tryout will be held during practice on September 26th from 12:00 – 2:00 P.M. at Sollecito Field in El Estero Park.

 

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please message us through Facebook at:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/MIIS-FC-Globadores/146169132072601 or contact us directly by e-mail at: miis.globadores@gmail.com.

 

Ladies!

The MIIS Women’s Soccer Team, the Feminine MIIStique, will also be holding their first soccer practices! If you are interested in joining, please come to practice August 23rd, 24th, and 26th (same time and place as the coed tryouts). All levels are encouraged to participate. Competitive games are typically held on Sundays in Pacific Grove, as part of the MPSL All Women’s League. Future practice will typically be held on Tuesdays from 12:00-2:00 P.M. – more information to come.

 

***All female MIIS students are welcome to join the women’s team and try-out for the coed team.  If you have any questions about the Feminine MIIStique, please message the team through Facebook at:  https://www.facebook.com/miiswsoccer or contact us directly by e-mail at: thefemininemiistique@gmail.com.

Toastmaster Magazine Spotlights MIIS Club for Its Unique Multilingual Program

Anne-Marie Steiger asteiger@miis.edu Featured, newsroom, Student Life
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MIIS Toastmasters Club members Molly Lineberger (MBA ’03) and Will Heilbut (MBA ’14)

Highlighting the diverse and international character of the Monterey Institute Toastmasters Club, members have partnered with the school’s translation and interpretation program to offer multilingual live events. At a special event last year members had the option to give a presentation in the language they are most comfortable with, and have their presentation interpreted simultaneously by students into other languages.

Toastmaster Magazine featured the unique event hosted by the MIIS club in its April edition. The club includes members from the Monterey Institute community, faculty, staff, and students as well as people from the local community.

Building on the academic strengths of the Institute and the diverse backgrounds of members, the club’s live event featured seven speeches presented in Russian, Chinese, Spanish, and English, interpreted simultaneously for the audience into those four languages as well as Japanese and French. As member Will Heilbut (MBA ’14) explains in the article, “We not only highlighted the language diversity of our club and our school, but also the complexities of working with an interpreter.”

The MIIS Toastmasters Club created a short short video about their partnership with translation and interpretation program.

MIIS Delegation Makes Waves at National Conference of International Educators

Anne-Marie Steiger asteiger@miis.edu careers, Featured, IEM, newsroom, Student Life
National Conference of International Educators

Kristen Greene and Alex Nichol with their co-presenters David Wick and Kevin Long, and MIIS student Heather Frank (MAIEM ’14).

As the International Education Management program at the Monterey Institute heads into its third year, it continues to grow in size and scope. The program is hiring new faculty this summer to prepare for the large incoming class in the fall. That the program is also growing in reputation was clearly evident at the national NAFSA (Association of International Educators) conference in San Diego this week where a delegation of two faculty members, five staff members, half a dozen alumni, and dozens of students made waves with highly regarded presentations and sessions.

Among those presenting were recent alumna Kristen Greene (MAIEM ’13) and current student Alex Nichol (MAIEM/MPA ’14) whose presentation, “Mentoring in International Education: Strategies for Success,” was voted best in session at the 4-day regional conference in November. They were invited to give an encore presentation as part of the Region 12 Highlight. Kristen, who graduated in December, is the International Exchange Coordinator at San Francisco State University. She and Alex presented with two other international education practitioners, David Wick of Santa Clara University and Kevin Long of UC San Francisco.

Other Monterey Institute representatives presenting at the NAFSA conference included Gael Meraud and Jennifer Holguin of the Center for Advising and Career Services (CACS) who presented on “Integrating Career and Academic Advising to Create Globally Competent Leaders,” and current students Jarod Hightower-Mills (MAIEM ’14) and Anessa Escobar (MAIEM ’14) who presented their ideas on the “Integration of Underrepresented Students into Campus Internationalization Efforts.” Program chair Katherine Punteney also hosted workshops on student advising.

Students Participate in UN Negotiations as Members of National Delegations

Bergthora Gudbergsdottir evag@miis.edu Center for Nonproliferation Studies, CNS, newsroom, Nonproliferation, NPTS, Student Life
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MIIS at the UN: (l-r) Benjamin Pack, Thomas Gray, Aoi Sato, Dr. Bill Potter, Andrew Brown, Amanda Moodie and Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova

For generations of Monterey Institute students, the semester-long NPT simulation course has been a life-changing experience.  Led by Dr. Bill Potter, Director of the Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), the class is devoted to a simulation of upcoming negotiations on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, or NPT.  Students prepare for and participate in the simulated negotiations as members of different national delegations, often joined by visiting current or former lead negotiators.  At the 2014 NPT Preparatory Committee Meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York, dozens of Monterey Institute faculty, alumni, staff, and students participated in the official negotiations. 

Current students in the Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies program, Thomas Gray (MANPTS ’15), Benjamin Pack (MANPTS ’14) participated in the negotiations as part of the Chilean delegation, and Andrew Brown (MANPTS ’15) as part of the U.S. delegation.  Dr. Potter himself also served as technical advisor to the Kyrgyz delegation and in total, MIIS/CNS alumni and current students and staff accounted for 20 delegates from 13 nations and 2 international organizations.

“First, I learned that international diplomacy moves at a glacial pace,” says Thomas Gray, describing his experience at UN.  “After the simulation class, I was ready to discuss the issues and the national positions, but I was not ready for how slowly everything moves in the real world, compared to how fast the simulation seemed. Secondly, and I think more importantly, I realized that the ‘MIIS mafia’ is real. It was great to make those connections, not only in terms of networking, but also in reminding me that MIIS people do go on to some really awesome jobs after graduation.” 

In this week’s edition of The MIIS Experience in 60 Seconds, Thomas talks about Dr. Potter’s simulation class. 

Puppy Room!!!

Megan Joyce MIIS Update, Stress Week, Student Life

Spring Puppy Room copyIt’s puppy time! Join our four-legged friends from the Animal Friends Rescue Project on Tuesday, May 6th from 12-2pm in the Holland Center  for some puppy love! Just show up and be ready for cute attack!

*please note that the animals will be a mix of younger and older dogs, but all still worth a visit and a cuddle.

MIIS Trivia Night!

Megan Joyce Events, MIIS Update, Student Council, Student Life

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Student Services and members of the Student Council are co-hosting the first official MIIS Trivia Night!

Thursday, March 6th from 8-9:30pm in the Samson Center: Questions will be intercultural, fun, challenging and there will be food and prizes. The entire MIIS campus is welcome (i.e., students, staff and faculty). Don’t miss this fun evening! Teams of up to 4 people can sign-up at the door. See you there!