Middlebury Institute of International Studies - Spring Commencement 2020

spring commencement monterey, california saturday, may 16, 2020

MIDDLEBURY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AT MONTEREY

Commencement Exercises and Conferring of Degrees

5 PROCESSIONAL WELCOME

Jeff Dayton-Johnson Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Institute Laurie L. Patton Middlebury President COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

George C. Lee II ’88 Co–Chief Information Officer, Goldman Sachs A L U M N I AC H I E V E M E N T AWA R D S

Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award—Paulette Lynch ’85 Young Alumni Achievement Award (GSIPM)—Temie Giwa-Tubosun ’10 Young Alumni Achievement Award (GSTILE)—Lefteris Kafatos ’10 STUDENT SPEAKER

Rui (Rae) Xue CONFERRING OF DEGREES

President Laurie L. Patton

P R E S E N TAT I O N O F C A N D I DAT E S F O R D E G R E E S

Fernando DePaolis, Dean Graduate School of International Policy and Management Katherine Punteney, Associate Professor, Program Chair International Education Management Jason Scorse, Associate Professor, Program Chair International Environmental Policy Beryl Levinger, Distinguished Professor, Program Chair International Policy and Development; Master of Public Administration Robert Rogowsky, Professor, Program Co-chair International Trade and Economic Diplomacy Jeff Knopf, Professor, Program Chair Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies Laura Burian, Dean Graduate School of Translation, Interpretation, and Language Education Julie Johnson, Professor, Program Chair Translation; Translation and Interpretation; and Conference Interpretation Wallace Chen, Professor, Program Coordinator Chinese Translation and Interpretation Christiane Abel, Associate Professor, Program Coordinator French Translation and Interpretation Andrea Hofmann-Miller, Assistant Professor, Program Coordinator German Translation and Interpretation

Hideko Russell, Assistant Professor, Program Coordinator Japanese Translation and Interpretation Miryoung Sohn, Associate Professor, Program Coordinator Korean Translation and Interpretation Rosa Kavenoki, Professor, Program Coordinator Russian Translation and Interpretation Cas Shulman-Mora, Associate Professor, Program Coordinator Spanish Translation and Interpretation Max Troyer, Associate Professor, Program Chair Translation and Localization Management Kathi Bailey, Professor, Program Chair Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages and Teaching Foreign Languages C L O S I N G R E M A R KS

Vice President Jeff Dayton-Johnson

P R E S I D E N T ’ S PA R T Y

Laurie Patton George C. Lee II ’88 Rui (Rae) Xue Laura Burian Fernando DePaolis Jeff Dayton-Johnson

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL POLICY AND MANAGEMENT

MASTER OF ARTS IN I N T E R N AT I O N A L E D U C AT I O N M A N AG E M E N T

Auburn, Illinois Boston, Massachusetts Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Las Vegas, Nevada Los Angeles, California

David Valen Bidleman Mia Francesca Dunfey Natalie Anne Fallert* Alexandro Humberto Gonzalez-Cavillo Emily Day Hoang Hinda Majri*

Albany, New York Escondido, California La Grange, Texas Modesto, California Louisville, Kentucky

Monica Methe José-Antonio Romero Gonzalez Emma Lauren Schultz* Gavin Ellsworth Skram Milira Shanice Tillman* Linny Linh Tran*

New York Mianyang, China

Winsor Yang Ruxin Zheng

MASTER OF ARTS IN I N T E R N AT I O N A L E N V I R O N M E N TA L P O L I CY

Michael Dorian Acid Kimberly Aiken Michael Edsall Carboy Richard Ivan Castillo Rodriguez Justine Zoe Gapayao Jeremy David Ginsberg Mohammad Farid Kayali Camorah Quinn King María Paz López Godoy Christina M. Oraftik Kelly A. Roche James Steagall Chiao Ting

St. Louis, Missouri Orangeburg, South Carolina San Francisco, California La Fortuna, Costa Rica McAllen, Texas Palm Springs, California Aleppo, Syria Bellingham, Washington Concordia, Argentina Piedmont, California Paoli, Pennsylvania Raleigh, North Carolina Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Visalia, California Calexico, California Chong Qing, China

Bailey Michelle Warren Isabel Zaragosa Yuye Zhou

MASTER OF ARTS IN I N T E R N AT I O N A L P O L I CY A N D D E V E L O P M E N T

Jennifer Lee Acuff William Benjamin Bowmer Isabella Jeanne Cass Kiera Cullen Alex Dumouza Vivian Garcia Angelo Luis Gonzalez Joseph Jiro Hayashi Jr. Katharine Grace McKenney Adrianna Delfina Threlkeld Grant S. Tuioti Erin R. Warner Jingyu (Ellen) Zhong

Orlando, Florida Palo Alto, California Denver, Colorado Hamilton, New Jersey Mamaroneck, New York Calexico, California Victoria, Texas Castroville, California Newfoundland, Canada Fresno, California Monterey, California Marshfield, Wisconsin Guangzhou, China

MASTER OF ARTS IN I N T E R N AT I O N A L T R A D E A N D E C O N O M I C D I P L O M ACY

Victoria, Texas

Angelo Luis Gonzalez

MASTER OF ARTS IN N O N P R O L I F E R AT I O N A N D T E R R O R I S M S T U D I E S

Blake Allen Adel Arlett Tobias Armour Maxwell Nicholes Baker Blaine Elizabeth Barkley Jena M. Barrera Valentina Bianco Hormaechea Ayomide John Borisade Muzna Patras Bukhari

Denver, Colorado Budapest, Hungary New Haven, Connecticut Redding, California Beaverton, Oregon Salinas, California Salta, Argentina Lagos, Nigeria Pacific Grove, California

Orlando Manuel Cruz Mika Dahiya Meghan E. Daly Boyd Parrish Furner Jennifer Lyne Hart Jan Havlicek Trevor William Hawkins Cameron Ward Henderson Cyrus Aleksandre D. Jabbari Nona Jones Samuel Paul Jug Alina Kazakovtceva Kelsey Nancy Keehfus Mikael Gaelen Kelly* Timothy Kosecki David JoĂŤl La Boon Jakob Johannes Lengacher* Rachel Anne Lott Isaac David Luger Megan Kay Magleby Adam David Martyn Monica Methe David Anatoliyevich Mnitsa Baleigh Rae Morgan Devin Mark Mowrer Jaewon Oh* Toshie Ozaki Nicole Pascoe Joseph Benjamin Patsch Ian T. Petersen Alexey Polyakov Dewi Irmayanti Rahim Nicolas Craig Schweikhard Shazar Shafqat Kaitlin Simi Gavin Ellsworth Skram

Brooklyn, New York Tulare, California Stratford, Connecticut Farmington, Utah Davidson, North Carolina Prague, Czech Republic Davis, California Warner Robins, Georgia Los Angeles, California San Diego, California Walnut Creek, California Kirov, Russia Cassville, New York Oakland, California Baltimore, Maryland Seattle, Washington El Cerrito, California Salt Lake City, Utah Sacramento, California Los Gatos, California Phoenix, Arizona Albany, New York Los Angeles, California New Braunfels, Texas Elk Grove, California Emerson, New Jersey Tokushima, Japan

Oakland, California Anthon, Iowa Stavropol, Russia Jakarta, Indonesia Ventura, California Islamabad, Pakistan Discovery Bay, California Modesto, California

Malika L. Tangen Saurabh Todi Kent Vaughn

Riverside, California Ludhiana, India Raleigh, North Carolina

M A S T E R O F P U B L I C A D M I N I S T R AT I O N

Kelly J. deWolfe

Alexandro Humberto Gonzalez-Cavillo Emily J. Ham

Emily Day Hoang Kalyssa Lee King Sean McClellan Amelia J. Ortiz Subhra Rath

Carrie Anne Robson

JosĂŠ-Antonio Romero Gonzalez Margaret Victoria Sayre Salvo* Adam Michael Schreiber*

Fayette, Maine Las Vegas, Nevada Portland, Maine Los Angeles, California McKinleyville, California Lindon, Utah Eagle, Colorado Bhubaneswar, India New York, New York Escondido, California Vashon Island, Washington Denver, Colorado

B AC H E L O R O F A R T S I N I N T E R N AT I O N A L P O L I CY

Maxwell Nicholes Baker Megan Kay Magleby

Redding, California

Los Gatos, California

C E R T I F I C AT E I N N O N P R O L I F E R AT I O N S T U D I E S

Alice Saltini

*With distinction

Genoa, Italy

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF TRANSLATION, INTERPRETATION, AND LANGUAGE EDUCATION Master of Arts in Conference Interpretation=CI Master of Arts in Translation=T Master of Arts in Translation and Interpretation=TI

CHINESE

Wei-Ting Chen (T) Ichun Cheng (T) Yuhong Cheng (CI) Yaxi Deng (T) Eli Estridge (T) Shuning Fu (CI) Min Gao (T) Su Hang (CI) Yang He (CI) Chia-Yu Hu (T) Shuhui Huang (CI) Xinyi Huang (TI) Yuan Ji (T) Vikram Krishnamoorthy (TI) Boai Li (T) Jinxuan Li (CI) Wanying Li (TI) Ben Liu (T) Yan Lyu (T) Lu Peng (CI) Yaqiong Qin (TI) Yashas Ravi (TI) Chan-yi Wang (TI) Huan Wang (CI) Ruixue Xiao (T) Rui Xue (TI) Meng Yuan (CI) Yuen Yee Lok (Eleanor) (TI)

Taichung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan Shenzhen, China Shanghai, China Lexington, Kentucky Nanchang, China Huaibei, China Wuwei, China Yantai, China Tainan, Taiwan Beijing, China Guangzhou, China Beijing, China Chennai, India Yueqing, China Beijing, China Shenyang, China Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania Beijing, China Beijing, China Chongqing, China Bangalore, India Taipei, Taiwan Beijing, China Beijing, China Dalian, China Qianjiang Hubei, China Hong Kong, China

Peihan Zheng (CI) Ruochi Zhu (CI)

Beijing, China Chengdu, China

FRENCH

Sucheta Chatterjee (TI) Sarah McCutchen Fulton (TI) Petal Gahlot (TI) Colleen McCuskey (TI) Matthew Mogulescu Ross (T)

Calcutta, India West Chester, Pennsylvania New Delhi, India Albuquerque, New Mexico Silver Spring, Maryland

GERMAN

Kiehlor J. Mack (TI) Maggie E. Wagner (T)

Fridley, Minnesota Columbus, Ohio

JA PA N E S E

Keiko Glenn (T) Yuta Okuyama (TI) Jingyu (Ellen) Zhong (T)

Okayama, Japan El Paso, Texas Guangzhou, China

KO R E A N

Dohoon Lee (TI) Yeong Eun Cha (TI)

Seoul, Republic of Korea

Busan, Republic of Korea

RUSSIAN

Boris Boukhonine (CI) Bhavika Mangalanandan (TI) Sulphule Madhav Rachayya (TI)

Austin, Texas Kochi, India Nanded, India

S PA N I S H

Santiago Biei (CI) Monica Giuliana Bravo Diaz (TI) Rachel Genevieve Echeto (TI) Maritza García Jiménez (TI) Lauren Elizabeth Hammer Aguilera (TI)

Las Rosas, Argentina Lima, Peru Los Angeles, California San Jose, California Milwaukee, Wisconsin

MASTER OF ARTS IN T R A N S L AT I O N A N D L O C A L I Z AT I O N M A N AG E M E N T

Chetna Aggarwal Ghio E. Anton Casey Baine Daniel Miguel Birriel Villanueva Aaron Bresler Xavier Bethea Brodnax Nathaniel Stephen Charles Bybee Jhih-Yu Chang Peter H. Chea Ang Chen Eunkyung Anna Cho Wesley J. Martinez-Close Xinran Dong Xiaofu Dong* Duong Thanh Nga Sherine Emara* Amelia Paras Evrigenis* Justin Patrick Flaherty Yan Gao Lauren Victoria Grizzle Jazmin Patricia Guerrero Rebecca Claire Guttentag Tian Jue Tony He* Xingchen Hu* Yusen Huang Tatiana Ivanova Inyoung Kim Jieun Kim Alexandra Elizabeth Ladd Rui Li Tianlin Li Yi-Ping Liao Silvia M. Lima Pinheiro Megan Y. Ling

Bern, Switzerland San Francisco, California Aromas, California Newport News, Virginia

Emerald Hills, California Memphis, Tennessee Modesto, California Taitung, Taiwan Torrance, California Shanghai, China Seoul, Republic of Korea Bronx, New York Qingdao, China Harbin, China Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Alexandria, Egypt Sacramento, California Flower Mound, Texas Chifeng, China Fort Worth, Texas Wynnewood, Pennsylvania Toronto, Canada Yichang, China Chengdu, China Moscow, Russia Yeoju-si, Republic of Korea Seong nam City Tulsa, Oklahoma

Zhuhai, China Qinhuangdao, China Taichung City, Taiwan Porto, Portugal Fremont, California

William Joseph Logsdon Zachariah Gilbert McFadden Jacobsen D. Miller Juejue Mu Meg M. Murphy Yan (Lina) Ning Juan Manuel Ortiz Josue Padilla

Camila Prado-Irwin Vanessa Elizabeth Prolow* Cheng Qian Nadezhda Rodionova Carmen Romano* Mateusz Sasinowski Simona Scotto d’Antuono Zhonghui Tang Salim Esteban Terrazas

Tzu-Chieh Tsai Piaoyi Wang Ping-Hsuan Wu Kaixuan Xu Angel Yang Cheng-Hao Yang Yu Huei-Ping Meng Yuan Shiyu Zhang Stefan Zhao Yong Zhao Kaixin Zhong Zhixin Zhu* Xiaoyu Zhuo Kimberly Jade Zie Chong Zuo

Montgomery, Illinois Fort Worth, Texas San Marcos, California Wenzhou, China Sunrise, Minnesota Jingmen, China Rocky Point, North Carolina La Puente, California Denver, Colorado West Chester, Pennsylvania Nantong, China Chelyabinsk, Russia Puebla, Mexico Szczecin, Poland Napoli, Italy Guangzhou, China Taoyuan City, Taiwan Wenling, China Taiwan Dalian, China Dongguan, China Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan Qianjiang Hubei, China Shanghai, China Xuancheng, China Qinhuangdao, China Dongguan, China Shanghai, China Zhuhai, China Paris, France Xiangtan, China

MASTER OF ARTS IN T E AC H I N G E N G L I S H T O S P E A K E R S O F O T H E R L A N G UAG E S

Kathryn Ann DePietro Elizabeth A. Fiala Melanie Kincl* Kimberly Anne Portillo Kalina Swanson* Marjorie L. Yandell

East Greenwich, Rhode Island Sunnyvale, California San Jose, California Whittier, California San Diego, California Nashville, Tennessee

M A S T E R O F A R T S I N T E AC H I N G F O R E I G N L A N G UAG E S

Anh Quynh Bui Jeremy Daniel Frye Wen Liu Melody Min-Dee Pao*

*With distinction

San Jose, California Mint Hill, North Carolina Richmond, California Boston, Massachusetts

F L AG S O F M A N Y H O M E L A N D S

Today’s flags represent 224 students from 26 countries.

Argentina Canada China Costa Rica Czech Republic Egypt France Hungary India Indonesia Italy Japan Mexico Nigeria Pakistan Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Russia Switzerland Syria Taiwan United States of America Vietnam

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

GEORGE C. LEE II ’88

George Lee joined Goldman Sachs in 1994 and currently serves as the firm’s co– chief information officer. In that capacity, he helps to guide the firm’s technology strategy and operations while managing its 10,000-plus engineers. He is a member of the firm’s Management and Technology Risk Committees.

Previously, George was co-chair of the Global Technology, Media, and Telecom (TMT) Group and cohead of Investment Banking Division Engineering. Before that, he was cohead of Global TMT. In those roles, George advised a broad range of technology clients on capital raising and strategic transactions. During his 25-year career as an advisor, George’s clients included Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, eBay, PayPal, Baidu, Uber, Tableau, Dropbox, Atlassian, Okta, Slack, Pinterest, Cloudflare, and many others.

George earned a BA in history from Middlebury College in 1988 and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1994. He currently serves as chair of the Board of Trustees at Middlebury College. He formerly served as chair of the Board of Overseers of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and has had a long affiliation with MIIS. George lives in Tiburon, California, with his wife, Renate. His older daughter, Isabelle, is a graduating senior at Middlebury College, and his younger daughter, Olivia, is a junior at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

A LU M N I AC H I E V E M E N T AWA R D S The Alumni Achievement Awards program launched in the fall of 2011 as a way to recognize the outstanding work being accomplished by Institute alumni. The awards acknowledge professional success, service, and other values important to the Institute. The 2020 Alumni Achievement Awards are being presented during spring Commencement as a way to acknowledge the many achievements of our alumni. Alumni, staff, faculty, and friends were encouraged to nominate outstanding alumni who are doing remarkable work in their fields and who show ongoing commitment to the Institute. After careful consideration by the awards committee, the following recipients were chosen to receive the 2020 Alumni Achievement Awards.

D I S T I N G U I S H E D A L U M N I AWA R D

Paulette Lynch MAIPS ’85 YO U N G A L U M N I AC H I E V E M E N T AWA R D (G S I P M )

Temie Giwa-Tubosun MPA ’10 YO U N G A L U M N I AC H I E V E M E N T AWA R D (G S T I L E )

Lefteris Kafatos MACI ’10

D I S T I N G U I S H E D A LU M N I AC H I E V E M E N T AWA R D

PAULET TE LYNCH MAIPS ’85

Paulette Lynch came to the Institute from her native Boston in 1983 on a scholarship for students who had studied abroad with the Experiment in International Living. After graduation and a year in Turkey as a Fulbright Scholar, Paulette settled back in Monterey with her husband, Ken Peterson.

As founding director of First Night Monterey, Paulette served thousands of youth and families through the annual arts celebration and community arts programs from 1992 to 2002. Paulette led the Arts Council for Monterey County as executive director from 2004 to 2019. She was recognized by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors in 2013 as an Outstanding Woman of Monterey County for expanding arts opportunities in schools and communities throughout the region. And when she retired in 2019, she received accolades from dozens of community leaders such as Congressman Jimmy Panetta, who entered in the Congressional Record her contributions to “creating a greater equity in funding for the arts throughout the county, developing award-winning programs and providing unifying leadership in the creative sector . . .” Today, Paulette provides strategic support to nonprofit leaders through her consulting firm, Your Development Solutions.

YO U N G A LU M N I AC H I E V E M E N T AWA R D (G S I P M)

TEMIE GIWA-TUBOSUN MPA ’10

Temie Giwa-Tubosun has over 10 years of health management experience with the Department for International Development (DFID), World Health Organization, United Nations Development Programme, and Lagos State Government. She is the founder and CEO of LifeBank, Africa’s healthcare supply chain engine. The company helps hospitals discover essential medical suppliers and delivers those supplies in the right condition and on time. In 2014, the BBC named her to its 100 Women list. In 2019, she was named Africa’s Business Hero, beating out 10,000 other applicants for the inaugural Netpreneur Prize for an award of $250,000. She was also recognized as an African Innovator by Quartz and the World Economic Forum. LifeBank was one of the winners of the MIT Solve Global Challenge, and the company is featured in an upcoming Google documentary. During the COVID-19 pandemic, LifeBank has been partnering with other health organizations in Nigeria to set up mobile testing sites and increase testing capacity in the country.

YO U N G A LU M N I AC H I E V E M E N T AWA R D (G S T I L E )

LEF TERIS K AFATOS MACI ’10

Lefteris Kafatos is a Greek American who went to Japan after graduating from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He participated in the Japan Exchange Teaching (JET) Program and spent nine years living and working in Japan, primarily as a translator. While working as a reporter, he had the opportunity to interpret for a pair of kamikaze pilots who had survived World War II, and this experience led to his pursuit of studies at the Institute. He graduated with a degree in conference interpreting in 2010, which was also when he started interpreting on a freelance basis for the Office of Language Services (LS/I) at the U.S. State Department. After several years of interpreting in the private market—primarily in the automotive industry—he joined LS/I as a full-time staff interpreter in 2016. He has served on many diplomatic assignments and believes language is one of the most powerful and human ways of bridging cultural divides. Lefteris also enjoys learning languages, visiting Greece, and working on his yoga.

STUDENT SPEAKER

RUI (R AE) XUE MATI ’20

Born and raised in northeast China, Rae Xue is a native Mandarin speaker with a passion for languages and communication. She is graduating today with a Master of Arts in Translation and Interpretation and a specialization in International Education Management.

At the age of 14, Rae moved to Canada with her family. In 2017, she graduated with two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Ottawa: one in FrenchEnglish-Spanish translation, and the other in economics and philosophy. During her time at Ottawa, she founded a nonprofit organization for international students while working as a freelance translator and interpreter for the Chinese Embassy in Canada and several local organizations in the Chinese community.

During these two years in Monterey, she has immersed herself in MIIS life by joining the Student Council International Student Committee to foster community building and the student experience across campus. While working as a graduate assistant in the recruiting office, Rae also served as the Translation/ Translation and Interpretation/Conference Interpretation Student Ambassador, which gave her the opportunity to share amazing stories of MIIS faculty, alumni, and students from different backgrounds with a wider audience on social media.

She is honored to be here today on this truly special occasion, celebrating with people who have made the last two years of her life meaningful.

PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS O F M I D D L E B U RY C O L L E G E 2 019 – 2 0 2 0 PRESIDENT

Laurie L. Patton CHARTER TRUSTEES

Kirtley Horton Cameron ’95 Allan R. Dragone Jr. ’78 George C. Lee II ’88 Caroline Sneath McBride ’75

Garrett M. Moran ’76 Karen A. Stolley ’77 William F. Truscott ’83 James Edward Virtue ’82 TERM TRUSTEES

Belinda L. Badcock Joseph W. Brown ’90 Leilani McClellan Brown ’93 Eve B. Burton Janine Feng ’92 Graham Goldsmith ’89 Parker Harris III ’89 Catherine Lee ’92 Russell J. Leng ’60

Alice Jane Murphy ’98 Dennis D. Parker ’77 Suzanne Reider ’87 Helen Riess Richard T. Scanlon ’93 Mark D. Spence ’98 John S. Weinberg Kashif Zafar ’92

ALUMNI TRUSTEES

Zachary Bourque ’01 Denver G. Edwards ’88 Lucienne M. Ide ’97

Anne Davis Peterson ’85 Henry J. Simonds ’97 Elizabeth Cromwell Speers ’86

TRUSTEES EMERITI

Dort A. Cameron III ’67 James S. Davis ’66 Churchill G. Franklin ’71 Frederick M. Fritz ’68 Nancy Coffrin Furlong ’75 Claire Waterhouse Gargalli ’64 Robert C. Graham Jr. ’63 Willard T. Jackson ’51 William H. Kieffer III ’64

Roxanne McCormick Leighton ’67 John M. McCardell Jr. C. Irving Meeker ’50 Patricia Judah Palmer ’57 Milton V. Peterson ’58 Frank W. Sesno ’77 John R. Tormondsen ’82 Marna C. Whittington Kendrick R. Wilson III

M I D D L E B U RY I N S T I T U T E B OA R D O F A DV I S O R S TRUSTEES

Catherine Lee ’92, Chair Garrett M. Moran ’76, Vice Chair Lucienne M. Ide ’97 Caroline Sneath McBride ’75 Henry J. Simonds ’97 Karen A. Stolley ’77 James Edward Virtue ’82 John S. Weinberg EMERITI

Churchill Franklin Will Jackson Irv Meeker Frank Sesno PA R T N E R S

Rick Fritz Alison Geballe Deborah Hicks Rich Wolfson CONSTITUENTS

Ashley Arrocha Jaewon Oh Katherine Punteney

A FEW NOTES G R A D UAT I O N W I T H H O N O R S

Master’s degree recipients completing with a cumulative GPA of 4.00 graduate with distinction. Recipients of distinction honors are awarded honors cords.

AC K N O W L E D G E M E N T

Special thanks to Professor Mike Gillen for playing the bagpipes leading the processional. And special thanks to our graduates and students for providing interpretation during the ceremony.

S U P P O R T I N G T H E M I D D L E B U RY I N S T I T U T E A N N UA L F U N D

We are grateful to the generous alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends who support the many facets of an Institute education by donating to the Annual Fund.

Your contributions allow future students the opportunity to pursue their dreams and lead purposeful lives. Visit go.miis.edu/give to learn more about how to make a gift.

CL ASS GIF T

The Graduating Class Gift is an important MIIS tradition that the Class of 2020 is excited to continue in a new way. This year, in lieu of an item for campus, Student Council is pleased to offer a gift bag for each graduating student as a small token of celebration. Congratulations, Class of 2020!

G A M A L I E L PA I N T E R ’ S C A N E

Gamaliel Painter’s cane is one of the most treasured artifacts of the College.

Once the walking stick of the founder of both the town of Middlebury and the College, today it is carried by the president in the ceremony. It serves as a symbol of institutional strength and character.

M I D D L E B U RY I N S T I T U T E O F I N T E R N AT I O N A L S T U D I E S AT M O N T E R E Y The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey offers its students a wide range of professional degrees to prepare them for careers in fields including international business, development, education, environmental policy, language teaching, and translation and interpretation. The Institute’s 700 students come from more than 50 countries around the world and together with the faculty share a deep interest in, and commitment to, global engagement and crosscultural communication.

Since its founding in 1955, the Institute has developed leading programs in these diverse fields of study. Today it is home to a wide range of research centers and initiatives, including the renowned James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, the Center for the Blue Economy, and the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, among others.

Founded in 1800, Middlebury College has long been recognized as one of the finest liberal arts colleges in the country. The College provides its 2,500 undergraduate students with a rigorous liberal arts education and a wide range of opportunities to pursue interests and experiences outside the classroom.

The Institute became affiliated with Middlebury College in 2005 and was fully integrated as a graduate school of Middlebury in 2010. It was formerly known as the Monterey Institute of International Studies (1979 to 2015) and the Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies (1955 to 1979).

Other Middlebury schools and programs include the Middlebury Language Schools, the Middlebury C.V. Starr Schools Abroad, the Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English, the Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences, and the Middlebury School of the Environment.

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