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DID YOU KNOW? • The Monterey Institute boasts alumni in 106 countries? • The largest U.S. alumni community is
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located in Monterey, followed by Washington D.C.? • The largest international alumni community is based in Japan, followed by Taiwan and then Thailand? • The largest group of alumni in Europe is based in Norway?
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Creation of an E-
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Newsletter President Yu Joins TESOL
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Alumni Packing Global 3 Connections We Are Where You’re
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You GSTI Alumni Support Annual Career Fair
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messages while I wrote. As a career director on Typing against a deadline campus for 10 years, and long overdue for this first now, as alumni director, I am E-newsletter (my MPA ‘97 continually reminded just how classmates will realize that much these technical services nothing has changed in that and resources affect my work; area), I found myself thinking the first career director reback to my first week on cam- sponse to a student is usually, pus in 1995. Although I had “Have you checked online for heard about the Internet by that information?” And then, my first real alumni send employment “e-experience” happened on e-mail announcements hourly campus. I sat in the computer (thank you). lab while a kind and patient It seemed only natural, TA explained what the Inter- then, that the most efficient net could do. No one, includ- way to communicate with our ing the TA, had any idea of alumni was through an the impact this new tool E-newsletter. The would have on us as students, E-newsletter is designed to or later as professionals. reach our alumni community Can we possibly imagine faster, providing updates on life without the Internet? what’s happening on campus, Without e-mail? I must have how you can participate as gone online at least 10 times alumni, what’s new in your to check facts for the stories area, and a host of upcoming contained in this E-newsletter, services, opportunities and to say nothing of the countless events. “dings” that heralded the You will continue to arrival of new e-mail receive the Institute’s
Communiqué newsletter at least three times a year. If that doesn’t mean anything to you, perhaps we lack your current mailing address, so please update us by e-mailing your contact information to alumni@miis.edu or go to www.miis.onlinecommunity.com. Because the Institute was without a full-time alumni director for more than four years, there’s a lot of catching up to do. The most important catch-up is “what’s new with you.” So send in your updates, your stories and anything you would like to share with your classmates. The best network we have is you…our alumni. With a warm welcome back,
Leah J. Gowron Leah J. Gowron. MPA ‘97 Director of Alumni Relations
Stop By Simoneau House The Simoneau Building, located adjacent Student Affairs and the former Holland Student Center, has been many things to many people. Depending on your tenure at the Institute, you may remember it as the old bookstore, the Career Development Center, or possibly as its more recent home to the Enrollment Management staff. Well, as the song reminds us, “Everything old is new again.” The Simoneau House has gone through yet another transformation to welcome visiting alumni to the new Alumni House on campus. Located at 456 Van Buren St., across from the Library and the Samson Student Center, Simoneau House is open Mon-Fri, from 8:30 to 5p.m. We encourage and welcome alumni returning to Monterey on business or vacation to stop by for a visit.
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“It is so easy to promote our degree programs when we have such great alumni to talk about!”
Creation of an E-Newsletter Our most important asset is our students, particularly our alumni; those of you who have graduated, marrying your skills and abilities with your vision for the world. “It is so easy to promote our degree programs,” said Jill Stoffers (MACD ‘00), director of enrollment, “when we have such great alumni to talk about.” Faculty, staff and, from what we’ve been hearing, alumni agree it is important to stay in touch with our graduates; to receive updates on your international lives and share your wonderful stories with the entire Monterey Institute community. A formal directive from the Board of Directors echoed the widespread interest and intent to get in touch and stay in touch with our alumni. The result is
our first E-newsletter, designed with you, our alumni, in mind. Once upon a time, friends and family stayed in touch by mailing out a scant or perhaps rhyming holiday letter. Today, time and technology motivate us to skip the poem and the post office, opting instead, to send out regular newsletters via e-mail. The E-newsletter will cover everything from what’s new on campus and what information we can offer on the evolving Middlebury-Monterey Institute affiliation process, to opportunities for career assistance and programs available for alumni. And, of course, we want to hear from you. Help us spread the good news and celebrate your achievements. “The best way to make this E-newsletter effective
is with your input,” said Leah Gowron, director of alumni relations. “Send in your updates, and let us know when you marry or have a child, when you move to accept a new position, or take that longawaited trip around the world—or any among a long list of reasons to share what’s new with you.” Please send your updates to alumni@miis.edu. Depending on the length of your story, the alumni office will post it to the Web site of your graduate school or incorporate it into the next E-newsletter, or both. By sharing with us, you can reach and reconnect with your entire Monterey Institute community.
President Yu Joins TESOL Faculty & Alumni in Seattle
TESOL alumni (l to r): Diane Williams, ’82, Ann Howard, ’95, Val Dumitescu ’94, Robert Kohls ‘95 and Judith Leng-Lawrence ‘94
The memories were as sweet and savory as the desserts at the recent alumni reception in Seattle last month (March 22). Monterey Institute President Clara Yu, Dean Ruth Larimer, Alumni Director Leah Gowron, and most of the Institute’s TESOL faculty welcomed 25 years of TESOL/TFL alumni to the event. Held in conjunction with the International TESOL Conference, the event, hosted at Seattle’s
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Crepe de Paris, drew in more than 100 alumni, and many current TESOL students. Professor Kathi Bailey, acknowledging the 25th anniversary of the TESOL program, stole the show with her reminders of “how to behave in the classroom and how to make good introductions.” As a former international student, President Yu reflected on the support and assistance her English instructors offered her as a young student in the United
States, “I know firsthand the tremendous work you [TESOL instructors] do, “ she said, “and the benefits and rewards to those who receive your guidance."
President Yu speaks with TESOL ‘94 alumnus Timothy Cauller during the reception.
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Packing Global Connections: Fisher Welcomes New Career Director Escaping the kind of East Coast winter whose chill cuts through like a crisis, John Mattson, the new Director of Career Development and Employer Relations for the Fisher Graduate School of International Business, was warmly received by Institute students, faculty and staff upon his midFebruary arrival to campus. Mattson steps into the position vacated by former Director Tom Peterson (MBA ’90), who left the Institute in October ’06 to become the Director of University of Southern California’s Executive MBA program in
Shanghai. During his first two months on campus, Mattson is already pushing students to expand and enhance their career strategies. “I am delighted to be at the Fisher School,” said Mattson, “and I thoroughly enjoy working with both alumni and students in helping them attain their career goals.” Previously, Mattson served as Director of Career Services and External Relations at the Graduate School of Management for Clark University in Worcester, MA. Before that, he was the founding Director of the Feld Career Center at the School of Management at Boston University and was the Director of Career Services at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. “I plan to do extensive outreach to alumni and corporations around the world,” said Mattson. “I know the Fisher students and alumni are well prepared and
thus highly competitive to find rewarding positions in the global economy.” Alumni interested in forwarding employment/internship announcements, or who are in career transition and seeking assistance, can contact John Mattson at (831) 647-3574 or john.mattson@miis.edu.
“I know the Fisher students and alumni are well prepared and thus highly competitive to find rewarding positions in the global economy.”
“We Are Where You’re Headed” En route to Monterey from Japan, Alumni Director Leah Gowron took her seat on a United Airlines flight, picked up the March issue of in-flight magazine “Hemispheres,” and turned to page 132 to find the Monterey Institute featured within a 50-page spread on the Monterey Peninsula. Apparently, so did her fellow passengers. “As he studied the feature,” said Gowron, “I overheard the passenger behind me comment that the Institute sounded like an amazing place to study. Immediately turning around, I assured him that it is, in fact,
incredible, and, handing over my business card, I invited him to contact me if he would like more information.” Perhaps many of you, who are constantly on the go, also enjoyed the spread that showcased Monterey as a “top-tier area, dynamically poised for the future, regionally, nationally and globally.” This feature, which revealed the assets of the area and the compelling attributes that make Monterey a great place to work, live and visit, focused on economic development, key industry and commerce, including health care, tourism, real estate and higher education. The Monterey Institute is featured early in the editorial text under Many Languages, One City,” beneath a photograph of our graduate students gathered outside our flag-draped Morse building. One page later hosts a full-page Institute ad that reads, “For a global career, take this plane to Monterey.” United Airlines “Hemispheres” magazine was viewed by 6 million airline passengers throughout the month of March.
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GSIPS Ranked in the Top 20 Policy Schools in the U. S. The Graduate School of International Policy Studies (GSIPS) was recently ranked by Foreign Policy magazine among the top 20 schools in the nation providing master’s programs in policy studies. The magazine surveyed international relations faculties at 1,199 universities around the country, and published its findings in the March-April issue, “Inside the Ivory Tower” feature. “Foreign Policy’s poll confirms that the Monterey Institute has come of age,” Center for Nonproliferation Studies Director William Potter told The Monterey County Herald last month. “It’s nice to be in the company of these very recognizable institutions, and I think we deserve to be in that company.” The survey identified nonproliferation and terrorism— key concerns at the Institute-as two of the most important foreign policy issues the United States will face during the next 10 years. The Institute’s global reputation has been significantly
Enhanced by its affiliation with the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, a recognition augmented by a highly relevant GSIPS curriculum. Recently, the Monterey Terrorism Research and Education Program (MonTREP) was established at GSIPS to extend resources and research to both faculty and students of this field. For more information on the Foreign Policy ranking, visit www.miis.edu under “Institute Awards.”
confirms that the Monterey Institute has come of age.”
2006 International Professional Service Semester students partake in a final panel presentation in Irvine Auditorium
We’re Working for You! Do you know, as alumni, you have access to the employment postings offered by the career office of each graduate school? Check out http:// mail.miis.edu/studentjobs. You can search the employment folders by degree program —LEL and TFL for teaching, IPS, IEP, MPA and ITP for policy, IB for business, and
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TI for translation and interpretation. You just might find exactly what you’ve been looking for. GSTI students “work” the recent Translation & Interpretation Career Fair, with GSTI alumni at the employer tables.
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GSTI Alumni “Come Home” to Hire Graduating Students If you are an alumna/alumnus of the Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation (GSTI), chances are you were offered either an internship or employment while attending the annual GSTI Career Fair. Coordinated by Jeff Wood, GSTI’s director of career and enrollment management, the 2007 Fair welcomed more than 70 employers and advertisers, a record attendance since its inception, and a 75-percent increase in employer numbers over 2006. A unique element of the Fair is that employersvendors had the option to be “virtual” participants. In the absence of a vendor, students were able to obtain company literature and submit their application materials at the Fair, which employers received and responded to within days following the event. “We were extremely pleased by the attendance of 20 alumni representing their employers,” said Wood. “I am happy to see alumni participation grow yearly; it’s our goal to have the majority of employers represented by our alumni. Those representing all the GSTI fields and languages (Spanish, Russian, German, Korean, French, Japanese, and Chinese) enjoyed a dynamic day. Students benefited from both employment opportunities and from the chance to meet with such an enthusiastic alumni community.” The Monterey Institute thanks our alumni for their outstanding support of their fellow colleagues of Translation and Interpretation.
Iouri Tchnoousko MA T Russian ‘98, an International Program Manager at Adobe Systems, interviews a GSTI student .
Jennifer Chow, MATI German ‘05, (left) an Inhouse Translator at CLS Communications, answers student questions with a colleague.
It’s in the Mail Discourse and Repartee, the annual newsletter for the Graduate School of Language and Educational Linguistics (GSLEL), arrived, hot off the press and just in time for distribution at the TESOL Conference, hosted in Seattle March 22. GSLEL alumni should receive your own copy of the newsletter in the mail this month. If you have not received a copy by the end of April, please contact gslel@miis.edu to confirm your mailing address.
A sea of blue and black suited GSTI students greet alumni company representatives at the start of the Fair.
Cindy Brown (in green), MATI French ‘96, is a Senior Project Manager at Medialocate in Monterey.
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