Educator Programs

Midwest Institute for International/Intercultural Education

The 26th Annual Midwest Institute for International/Intercultural Education Conference has been rescheduled for October 2nd and 3rd, 2020, at Schoolcraft College in Livonia, MI. For more information contact Theo Sypris (tsypris@kvcc.edu or 269-488-4283).

The Midwest Institute for International/Intercultural Education (MIIIE) is a self-funded consortium of two-year colleges located in the Midwest region. Its primary objective is to support curriculum and professional development by organizing curriculum workshops, fall and spring conferences, overseas projects for faculty and students, assistance with grant development, provide faculty mentoring and professional networking. The Midwest Institute for International/Intercultural Education’s 26th Annual Conference will be held in summer of 2020. The Center for Global Studies recommends the following curriculum workshops:

Global Poverty, Inequality, and Development

Social Justice and Global Institutions

The workshops will be offered at the 26th Annual Conference. More information on the workshops and applications can be found on the MIIIE website.

The Midwest Institute in collaboration with the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Center for Global Studies at University of Washington, Indiana University, University of Kansas, and University of Pittsburgh have a four-year project with funding from the U.S. Department of Education, Title VI program, starting fall 2019 thru 2023 to support several colleges to organize community college Teams to undertake strategic plans for strengthening their international and intercultural programming.