Lessons from Patagonia’s Culture of Sharing
For Middlebury Institute student Tom Stagg MPA ’16, one small aspect of living and working in Patagonia in southern Chile ultimately loomed large: sharing a warm cup of yerba mate with his colleagues.
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For Middlebury Institute student Tom Stagg MPA ’16, one small aspect of living and working in Patagonia in southern Chile ultimately loomed large: sharing a warm cup of yerba mate with his colleagues.
Extensive collaboration between faculty and students at the Middlebury Institute and Middlebury College yielded a uniquely valuable practicum course focused on trade and development in China.
Middlebury Institute student Melissa Hewitt’s 10,000-mile journey to Malawi began with a phone call home to Mom—a call that started her down a path of alumni connections that led all the way to Southeast Africa.
Fifty students and mid-career professionals from all over the world gathered in Monterey and Washington, D.C. in May and June to attend Design, Partnering, Management and Innovation (DPMI), an intensive program in international development and social change.
Middlebury Institute student Julia Kelley recounts her unforgettable experience learning about transitional justice and vulnerable populations during a winter term course in Chile led by Professor Jan Black.
Since 2011, the Frontier Market Scouts program at the Middlebury Institute has been training budding social entrepreneurs and serving as a launch pad to exciting new careers through its unique fellowship program.
Imagine “how desperate you would have to be to decide that boarding an overcrowded flimsy boat is the best decision you can make for your family,” says Middlebury Institute alumna Kathryn Sokol of the “unbelievable” situation on the Greek Island of Lesvos, where she is coordinating emergency response for the International Rescue Committee as the island receives thousands of refugees, many fleeing the conflict in Syria.
Varsha Kothari thought her career was approaching a dead end, but encouragement from an Middlebury Institute alumna literally opened up a world of possibilities.
“If creating policy is the best way to leverage your impact, then nothing can beat training groups of amazing young people to do that every year,” says environmental policy professor Jeff Langholz.
This summer, a new generation of students and practitioners is learning how to design international development projects rooted in local solutions as part of the Middlebury Institute´s Design, Partnering, Management and Innovation (DPMI) program.