The Translator’s Handbook (CAREER P306S595)
Faire traduire : guide à l’intention de ceux qui voudraient, devraient, doivent ou pensent devoir faire traduire mais ne savent comment s’y prendre (CAREER P306.6.G682 2004)
How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator (CAREER P306.M374 2006)
Careers for Foreign Language Aficionados & Other Multilingual Types (CAREER P60.D39 2008)

In our Periodical Collection, you’ll find subscriptions to:

ATA Chronicle
L’Inteprete
The Linguist

For some suggested web resources, check our Career Resources page.

Now featuring drop-in hours Mon – Thurs 2-3
To make an appointment, sign up on the sign-up sheet located outside the Writing Center door at Simoneau House

Hours of Operation:
English:
Monday – Thursday 2-8, Friday 10-2PM

French:
Tuesday 5-8, Thursday 3-6

Spanish:
Monday – Wednesday 12-2

Arabic:
Monday 6-8, Wednesday 6-8

Chinese and Japanese coming soon!

For additional writing tips, we recommend these books from the Library’s collection:

Read, Research and Write: Academic Skills for ESL Students in Higher Education (PE1128.B6595 2009)
Just Write: an Easy-to-use Guide to Writing at University (PE1408.K677 2007)
Cite it Right: the SourceAid Guide to Citation, Research, and Avoiding Plagiarism (DESK PN171F56F69 2007)
A Writer’s Reference (PE1408.H2778 2001)
The Elements of Style (PE1408.S772 2000)
Clean Well-lighted Sentences: A Guide to Avoiding the Most Common Errors in Grammar and Punctuation (PE1441.B43 2008)
Making Your Case: a Practical Guide to Essay Writing (PE1471.M24 2001)
Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace (PE1421.W545 1999)

“A $1,000 Rev. William Sloane Coffin cash prize will be awarded to the MIIS student who writes the best anti-human trafficking essay.  $500 will be given to the writer of the second-best essay.  The award is named after the late remarkable civil rights and peace activist Chaplain at Yale University and the money is donated by his close friend, Professor Peter Grothe.  The award is given in memory of a victim of human trafficking in Cambodia, Sale Hillar, the daughter of MIIS Professor Bill Hillar who teaches a workshop on human trafficking.  The essay should be no more than 2,000 words.

The student should state what experiential and/or academic background she/he has had in the anti-human trafficking field.  Further, what are the most promising strategies for putting brakes on this affront to humanity?

The deadline for the essay is 5PM Friday, March 13th.  Please submit your essay to Dr. Grothe or put it in his box in the Student Affairs Building.  The judges for the Rev. William Sloane Coffin Prize will be a panel of faculty experts.

Thanks and good luck!”

These books from the Library’s collection might be helpful background:

Rethinking Trafficking in Women: Politics out of Security by Claudia Aradau.  (HQ281.A73 2008)
Traffick: the Elusive Movement of People and Things by Gargi Bhattacharyya  (HV5801.B49 2005
Data and Research on Human Trafficking: a Global Survey (JV6035.D38 2005)
The War on Human Trafficking: U.S. Policy Assessed by Anthony M. DeStafano  (HQ125.U6D47 2007)
Hollow Bodies: Institutional Responses to Sex Trafficking in Armenia, Bosnia, and India by Susan Dewey  (HQ281.D49 2008)
Prostitution and Trafficking in Nevada: Making the Connections by Melissa Farley  (HQ145.N3F37 2007)
Human Traffic and Transnational Crime: Eurasian and American Perspectives (HQ281.H86 2005)
Human Trafficking (HT985.H88 2007)
Human Trafficking, Human Security, and the Balkans (HQ281.H84 2007)
Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery by Siddharth Kara  (HQ281.K37 2009)
Measuring Human Trafficking: Complexities and Pitfalls (HQ281.P37 2008)
Sexual Enslavement of Girls and Women Worldwide by Andrea Parrot  (HQ281.P37 2008)
Female Sex Trafficking in Asia: the Resilience of Patriarchy in a Changing World by Vidyamali Samarasinghe  (HQ281.S26 2008)
Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in Persons (HQ281.T717 2008)
Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings: All Roads Lead to America by Sheldon Zhang  (HQ281.Z53 2007)

Dear Faculty, Staff and Students,

This year we have again received notification that funding to support the Leslie Eliason Excellence in Teaching Award has been given to the Institute by Karen and Christopher Payne, good friends of Professor Eliason.  I am requesting nominations for this award from all of you.

The Leslie Eliason Excellence in Teaching Award is a prestigious Monterey Institute award that recognizes outstanding contributions as a classroom teacher by a faculty member of the Monterey Institute of International Studies.  This award is especially meaningful to the Institute because it honors the memory of Professor Leslie Eliason, well recognized for her commitment to quality teaching and to her students for their education.

Regular faculty members from the MIIS community are eligible for consideration.  The faculty member who is selected will receive a $10K stipend and will be recognized in the spring at a special ceremony and reception.  The award must be used for professional development, such as conference registrations, fees, and travel; release time from classes for research or training purposes; or acquisition of materials for curriculum development or research.

The award will be announced in March 2009 and must be used by August 31, 2010, at which time a report summarizing the professional development and expenditure made will be due to the Community Foundation, the group overseeing the disbursement of these funds on behalf of the Payne Family.

A short interim report will be due approximately one year after the award.  Faculty recipients of the Excellence in Teaching Award are not eligible to receive the award more than once in a four-year period.  (Previous winners are Professor Moyara Ruehsen, Professor Jacolyn Harmer, and Professor Jean Turner).

The Selection Process for the Award

1. The Provost will request nominations from students, faculty, and staff of the MIIS Community.

• To nominate a faculty member, letters should be addressed to the Leslie Eliason Excellence in Teaching Committee and should explain why the nominee’s performance as a teacher merits the Excellence in Teaching Award.
• Nomination letters should address specifically the award criteria outlined below and include examples from personal experience with the instructor.  Nomination letters without such information will not be accepted.

2. The Provost will establish a Selection Committee consisting of 3 faculty, 3 students, and 1 staff member to be responsible for selecting the faculty member to receive the award.

3. The Committee will review the nominations and make their selections based on the award criteria outlined below.

4. Once the selection has been finalized and announced, a reception and ceremony will be scheduled in April to honor the recipient.

Award Criteria

The award recipient should:

• Foster a sense of excitement in the classroom that stimulates the students’ learning process and creates a dynamic interactive learning space
• Inspire in students further pursuit of knowledge, especially relating to global issues/challenges
• Demonstrate up-to-date knowledge of his/her chosen area of expertise
• Enhance classroom discussion and interaction with the use of collaborative and innovative tools and pedagogy
• Be responsive to student needs, providing timely evaluation and feedback of student work
• Demonstrate intercultural competence and respect for all students
• Have a good rapport with students in and out of the classroom

Timeline for Award Selection

December/January
The request for nominations is issued to students, faculty, and staff of the MIIS Community.

The Provost will be responsible for forming the Selection Committee for the Leslie Eliason Excellence in Teaching Award.  Nominations will be due to the Provost by February 1, 2009.

February
At the beginning of February, nominees will be notified.   Each will be asked to accept or decline their nominations.  Faculty accepting will be required to submit a dossier for committee review.  The dossier must be submitted to the Provost by the end of February 2009 and consist of the following items:

• Course syllabi
• Some sample materials used in their classes
• Student evaluations
• Curriculum vitae
• At least one recommendation and one other reference, including contact information and who could comment on nominee’s teaching ability
• Letter by the nominee explaining in detail how they would use the grant money if they receive the Excellence in Teaching Award.

March
The Selection Committee reads the dossiers, keeping in mind the strict confidentiality necessary because of the nature of faculty evaluations, nomination letters, and other information in the dossiers.

The last week of March, the Committee meets after reading all of the dossiers and selects an award recipient based on the criteria for the award, nomination letters, and faculty dossiers.

April
The winner is notified by the Provost and a campus announcement is sent out to the students, faculty, and the President’s Office.  The winner is honored at a reception and ceremony.

I look forward to seeing your nominations.

Amy

Our library has a good collection of books about international cinema. If you are a film enthusiast, you’ll find these titles as well as others in our collection: