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Middlebury College
Founded in 1800, Middlebury is one the country’s top liberal arts colleges. It offers its students a broad curriculum, embracing the arts, humanities, literature, foreign languages, social sciences, and natural sciences. Middlebury’s undergraduate college is enriched by an array of programs: the Bread Loaf School of English, which offers a rich array of graduate courses; the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, which brings together 200 authors and aspiring authors each summer; the summer Language Schools, which immerse students in the study of ten languages; and the C.V. Starr Schools Abroad with 30 sites in 12 countries.
Monterey Institute of International Studies
The Monterey Institute of International Studies, an affiliate of Middlebury College, is a private graduate institution located in Monterey, California. The Institute is internationally recognized for its graduate-degree programs in international policy studies, translation and interpretation, language and linguistics, and international business. Sixty countries are represented among the Institute’s approximately 800 students, adding to its international reputation.
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The Salzburg Global Seminar
The Salzburg Global Seminar is a leading institution that challenges current and future leaders to develop creative ideas for solving global problems. As an independent, non-profit organization, the Salzburg Global Seminar convenes imaginative thinkers from different cultures and professions to develop strategies for change. It organizes problem-focused initiatives, supports leadership development, and engages opinion-makers through active communication networks all in partnership with leading institutions from around the world and across different sectors of society. Founded by three Harvard students in 1947, the Salzburg Global Seminar has been working to solve global problems for sixty years.
City of Monterey
Monterey is a spectacular coastal community in northern California with a temperate climate year-round. Visitors from around the world come to Monterey to experience its natural beauty, cultural resources and rich historic past.
Located 115 miles south of San Francisco and 350 miles north of Los Angeles, Monterey offers an excellent quality of life and unparalleled beauty. The City features a dazzling waterfront along the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, a lush urban forest, a rich array of historic and cultural resources, museums, gardens, recreational activities and a wide variety of special events scheduled throughout the year. Maps & Directions
Known as "The Language Capital of the U.S.", Monterey is home to the Naval Postgraduate School that trains officers from the U.S. and many other nations, and the Defense Language Institute that teaches the world's languages to the U.S. Armed Forces. Monterey is also home to outstanding educational institutions, including the Monterey Institute for International Studies.
