2008 Woodie Awards
Trustees green-light plan of action
Caroline S Stauffer
Issue date: 2/17/05 Section: News
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The Trustees agreed to continue the investigation of MIIS and President Ronald D. Liebowitz hopes a recommendation to acquire or not will be made at the May Trustee meeting.
The acquisition of MIIS "would not involve a cash purchase or payment on the part of the College, but rather would result in the College absorbing the Institute and assuming responsibility for its programs and finances," according to a memo by Liebowitz. The Institute would function separately in a manner similar to the Middlebury Language Schools, Bread Loaf School of English and Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.
Middlebury would gain a connection to Asian universities to compliment its long-time associations with European institutions, along with new programs in translation, interpretation and some more obscure languages.
The Center is comprised of four schools - the Graduate School of International Policy Studies, the Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation, the Fisher Graduate School of International Business and the Graduate School of Language and Educational Linguistics.
After the College began conversations about a potential partnership with Monterey last fall, the Monterey Steering Committee - whose members have visited the site - was formed to organize the investigation. Liebowitz, Vice President for Administration and Treasurer Bob Huth, Board of Trustees Chair Rick Fritz, Dean of Language Schools and Schools Abroad Michael Geisler, Director of the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs Allison Stanger, Vice President for Academic Affairs Alison Byerly, Dean of Graduate and Special Programs Jim Maddox and former Trustee Frank Sesno make up the Committee.