Five Monterey Institute Students Land Prestigious Fulbright Awards
Five students from the Monterey Institute of International Studies will receive Fulbright awards for the 2011-2012 academic year, the most U.S. student awards received in the Institute’s 56-year history.
Monterey Forum Draws Language Professionals from Across the Globe
“The key terms that come up after this invigorating conference are collaboration and distance learning,” says professor Kayoko Takeda, head of the Japanese translating and interpreting program at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and one of the organizers of the Monterey Forum.
“Cultivating Innovation”: TEDxMonterey Returns to MIIS April 15
On April 15, the Monterey Institute of International Studies is hosting TEDxMonterey for the second time. This year the theme is “Cultivating Innovation,” and the impressive line-up of speakers and presenters is shaping up to be true to the TED promise of “riveting talks by remarkable people.”
Karen Gross, Conference Interpreter at the European Parliament
Karen Gross graduated from the Monterey Institute in 1986 with an MA in Conference Interpretation. A seasoned interpreter, she has worked for theEuropean Parliament for more than 20 years.
1) Could you tell us more about yourself?
Four Students Test their Skills at the Asian Winter Games
Four second-year students of Russian translation and interpretation had the opportunity to put their skills to the test at the 7th Asian Winter Games in Kazakhstan this January. Their professionalism was proven by their work as simultaneous and consecutive interpreters at a number of high-level press conferences and television interviews during the Games.
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OAS and MIIS Sign MOU to Offer Graduates Unique Training Opportunities
Under the terms of a new memorandum of understanding (MOU), the Organization of American States (OAS) will offer interpretation students at the Monterey Institute of International Studies a unique post-graduate training opportunity designed to help them qualify to join the organization’s roster of freelance conference interpreters.
MIIS Partners With Panetta Institute to Provide Invaluable Training for Students
The Panetta Institute Lecture Series kicked off on Monday, February 21 with a lecture featuring former Senator Alan Simpson and former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, co-chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, discussing the question “Is There a Fair Way to Reduce the Federal Deficit?” As part of the lecture series, the two distinguished guests and moderator Ron Insana of CNBC held a dialogue with students from Monterey Peninsula hig
Four Students Interpret for the United Nations in Chile
Four Spanish Translation and Interpretation students are participating this January in the first-ever MIIS International Translation and Conference Interpretation Practicum, at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. In 2009, Professor Cas Ann Shulman-Mora recognized an opportunity presented by the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Monterey Institute and the United Nations. She started working to create practical training opportunities for students. Her efforts have already started to pay off.
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MIIS Translation and Interpretation Programs Lauded in Deseret News
In a recent column in the Salt Lake City area‘s Deseret News, alumnus Adam Wooten (MAT/MBA '06) emphasizes that conversational skills and even fluency in another language do not in any way compare to the formal graduate education required to be successful as a high-level translator and interpreter. Wooten is vice president of the Globalization Group Inc. and teaches a translation and technology course at Brigham Young University.
Language Services Associates Establishes New Scholarship Fund for Language Scholars at MIIS
The Monterey Institute of International Studies and Language Services Associates (LSA), a global language service provider offering a full suite of multicultural solutions, are proud to announce the establishment of The Language Services Associates Scholarship Fund at MIIS. The purpose of this fund is to provide financial assistance to ambitious and worthy students who are otherwise unable to afford to attend the Monterey Institute.
