Middlebury Institute of International Studies

Hard Skills, Soft Skills

With a vibrant community of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) and a rich history of collaboration, Peace Corps values are everywhere at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.

Returned Volunteers are right at home on the Middlebury Institute campus, where their Peace Corps experience is highly valued. MIIS students come from more than 40 countries, and the school boasts an active Peace Corps club and counts many RPCVs among their faculty, staff and alumni. The program also holds a unique place in the Peace Corps canon. It is generally acknowledged that Peter Grothe, the former Director of International Student Programs at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, authored the agency name “Peace Corps” in the spring of 1960. And Professor Emerita Dr. Beryl Levinger was the force behind the creation of the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program.

Fast Facts

• Middlebury Institute has 476 students
• Almost 40% international students
• Four years average professional experience
• Student-to-faculty ratio of 5:1 
• Returned Volunteers receive 25% scholarships, Coverdell Fellows 50%

Peace Corps Everywhere

Watch Beth Magyar (Eswatini, 2017-19) speak about her experience at MIIS, where she earned a degree in International Education Management in 2020. Magyar is now works as a health sciences and internship coordinator at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Name: Beth Magyar

Country Service: Kingdom of Eswatini Swaziland, 2017-19

Degree: International Education Management ’20

Current Role: Health Sciences Internship Coordinator, UC Santa Cruz

Master’s Degrees In-Person

• Environmental Policy and Management
• Global Governance and Policy
• International Policy and Development
• Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies
• Threat Intelligence
• Translation, Translation and Interpretation; Conference Interpretation
• Translation and Localization Management

Hard Skills, Soft Skills

The Institute is a training ground for developing and implementing practical solutions to the world’s most critical and complex challenges, from climate change to poverty, to nonproliferation and threats to democracy. Through our master’s programs, you will build critical in-demand skills in policy, intercultural communication, data analysis, research, leadership and administration, and language translation, interpretation and localization.

Name: Ellie Oliver

Country of Service: Mozambique 2015-17

Degree: International Environmental Policy ‘21

Current Role: Enforcement Analyst, Central Coast District, California Coastal Commission 

Master’s Degrees Online

• Organizational Leadership
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
• International Education Management
• Localization Project Management
• Cybersecurity
• MPA in Sustainability

Field Work

Telling the stories of Middlebury Institute students who are spending a semester doing work in the fields they are studying. As part of this program, Bridget Mulkerin helped combat food insecurity.

Name: Bridget Mulkerin

Country of Service: Senegal 2018-20

Degree: International Environment Policy ’22

Current Role: Sr. Manager, California Cone Corps