Students Prepare for Careers in Development with UNICEF Internships
| by Jason Warburg
Eighteen students have completed paid internships with UNICEF over the past two years through a Memorandum of Understanding that kicked off in 2019.
We have made several updates to our programs to better serve a wide range of students with different needs and interests. As a result, we are retiring our joint MPA/MA in International Education Management.
We will still help you launch a meaningful career at the intersection of education and development, but you will only need to pursue one of these degrees to realize your goals, with greater flexibility and a shorter program.
Whether you pick MPA or IEM, you will build your expertise in using education as a tool for development through:
Please use this form to let us know which of these programs you would like to pursue so that we can send you appropriate updates.
The Joint MPA/IEM degree provides a multidisciplinary approach to education within the international development context. The integrated curriculum helps you develop foundational and advanced skills in international education and development, communications, and language study. Students gain valuable work experience by completing a professional practicum.
To open up your global career opportunities you can take content courses in a second language and/or courses in intercultural competence.
See the curriculum for more details.
You will have access to faculty members from multiple degree programs who are experts in fields such as international enrollment, education development, and consulting. In addition to their academic roles, many are actively engaged in their respective professional fields.
Meet the MPA faculty and the IEM faculty.
Build valuable professional experience while earning your degree through our research centers, labs, and initiatives:
| by Jason Warburg
Eighteen students have completed paid internships with UNICEF over the past two years through a Memorandum of Understanding that kicked off in 2019.
| by Nadia Pshonyak
Students traveled to Kosovo and North Macedonia over spring break to explore nationalism and new state formation – including one student who served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the region. as a part of the Nationalism and the Formation of New States in the Balkans global course. This year’s iteration of the trip was held over spring break and was led by Dr. Anne Campbell and Dr. Phil Murphy, two MIIS faculty members with ties to the region, as well as two students who had served as Peace Corps volunteers in North Macedonia.
| by Nadia Pshonyak
Four Middlebury Institute students traveled to San Diego to participate in this year’s NASPAA Simulation Competition. Students were thrust into navigating a refugee/migrant crisis and one ended up being on the team that was the Global First Place Winner.