Unavoidable Truths
| by Jason Warburg
International Policy & Development professor Jan Black’s colorful backstory includes writing the definitive account of U.S. involvement in Brazil, and being invited to play piano in Elvis Presley’s band.
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| by Jason Warburg
International Policy & Development professor Jan Black’s colorful backstory includes writing the definitive account of U.S. involvement in Brazil, and being invited to play piano in Elvis Presley’s band.
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Middlebury Institute students are among the winners of several highly competitive fellowships and scholarships for 2017.
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Applying many of the skills he gained in the Middlebury Institute’s Frontier Market Scouts program, Drew Foxman is using music as a tool for social change through Giant Steps, an organization he founded.
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Students from the Middlebury Institute will spend Spring Break taking advantage of career networking opportunities in the nation’s capital and a whirlwind research trip to Japan and China.
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
The Middlebury Institute currently has 62 students enrolled through the Peace Corps Fellows and Peace Corps Masters International programs as part of its long partnership with the Corps.
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
For students at the Middlebury Institute, the winter term (“J term”) provides abundant opportunities to gain valuable field experience.
The Middlebury Institute’s Center for Social Impact Learning hosted a well attended Holiday Pop-Up Market featuring products by vendors committed to sustainability and fair supply chains that support local economies.
Sparked by Middlebury Institute professor Beryl Levinger’s experience in the Peace Corps in rural Colombia in the 1960s, the educational model Escuela Nueva has now become a global movement.
Middlebury Institute student Matt Levie describes a unique opportunity he had to work with journalists in Kyrgyzstan this summer and how Institute faculty “completely went out of their way” to support his goals before he even enrolled.
To fulfill practicum requirements, some Middlebury Institute students choose to pursue long-term customized research projects, which may range from creating a non-profit organization in West Africa to improving South Korea’s foreign aid programs.