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A Snapshot of the Center for Advising and Career Services

Career Stories from Students and Alumni

Changing Lives Through International Education

January 16, 2013 –

Works for: International Studies Abroad, Austin TX

Title: Coordinator of Latin America Programs, Central America & Caribbean

Career Fair Led to Two Dream Job Offers for Alumna

January 15, 2013 –

Jennifer Dossett Billings (MAIPS ’12) practiced her “90-second” pitch, polished her resume and put on a suit for the Monterey Institute Career Fair last February, an investment that led to two job offers in her chosen field.

MIIS Alumni Working Together to Further International Cooperation in Aeronautics

January 7, 2013 –

Monterey Institute alumni Garvey McIntosh (MAIPS ’03) and Kirsten Bauman (MAIPS ’99) found it especially easy to establish professional rapport when they represented NASA and the State Department in discussions to further cooperation between South Korea and the US in the field of aeronautics.

Belinda Braunstein

January 4, 2013 –

Works for: University of California, Merced

Title: English Language Institute Coordinator

Hope and Change for Venezuela

December 21, 2012 –

Maria Luisa Olavarria (MAIPS '12) talks about using her education and experiences at the Monterey Institute to bring hope and change to Venezuela.

International Development in Peru

November 29, 2012 –

Nadine Custis (MPA '13) talks about rediscovering her passion for development in Peru.

Frontier Market Scout Steve Hoberg Calls Program a “Potential Game Changer”

November 27, 2012 –

Successful businessman Steve Hoberg decided to take a leap into a new phase of his career by joining the Frontier Market Scouts this summer – an experience that led him to call the program “exceptional” and a “potential game changer.”

Teaching English in South Africa

November 20, 2012 –

Amber Vanderwoude (MATESOL '10) uses photos to share her experience as an English Language Fellow in South Africa.

Alumni Enable Two Students to Participate in Social Enterprise World Forum in Rio de Janeiro

November 14, 2012 –

Alumni connections helped two Monterey Institute students receive scholarships to participate in the Social Enterprise World Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in October.