Angela Kristine Seng is one of the department of Physiology and Health’s star students here at MIU. She is a talented Maharishi AyurVeda specialist and researcher that is close to graduating and moving on to even greater achievements. As everyone on campus was preparing for some well-deserved time off during winter break I was able to sit down with Angela for a little while to learn more about her experience in the Maharishi AyurVeda Wellness Consultant track and at MIU in general:
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The last time we spoke with Monica was back in August. The on-campus composting project she launched began with 10% of the dining hall waste, and quickly shot up to 45%. Since then, she has been focusing on ways to get that number to 100%, including building an on-site storage shed and hiring more helping hands.
As of this week, her focus and tenacity has paid off – Monica successfully organized the funds and purchase of a compost shed for the MIU campus dining hall! The shed will allow for...
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Laura Muzzarelli is a Media and Communications senior, set to graduate later this month. She’s been at MIU for two and a half years, and much of her time has been spent taking film courses and helping with the David Lynch Masters in Film students’ projects.
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Pont Pont Htoo is from Myanmar, where she earned a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Computer Studies in Yangon. After graduating she taught computer science in a private computer school, then moved to Singapore where she earned a graduate diploma in system analysis from the Institute of System Science, National University of Singapore.
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Sustainable MBA students Nick and Shuya met and fell in love at Maharishi International University. Shuya grew up in China and got her undergraduate degree in English studies. Wanting to put her new language skills to the test, she enrolled at MIU. There she met Nick, a New Jerseyan whose hectic past of culinary arts, international hospitality management, and psychology led him to the calm lifestyle of MIU.
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MIU made its presence known at the International Intercollegiate Mediation Tournament held at the Drake University Law School November 13-14. 32 teams from 19 schools participated in the tournament. The client/advocate team of Tal Ron and Nahshon Yisrael came in 5th in the individual category (this was out of 64 team competitors) and the team of Tal Ron, Lauren Webster and Nahshon Yisrael after competing in the semifinals and finals placed third over all in the Client/advocate team category. The team of Janet McDonald, Lauren Webster and Nahshon Yisrael received a...
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The next generation of young leaders on campus began participating last month in a new program to apprentice under MIU’s senior leaders.
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Farmers selling their produce at the Fairfield Farmers Market on a Saturday late last month received a nice surprise when MIU students came bearing gifts.
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MIU has been ranked #36 among the best colleges for diversity nationwide by College Factual, a website that uses customizable tools and outcomes-based rankings systems to guide students through the college selection process.
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Last weekend (October 23rd and 24th) Maharishi International University (MIU) hosted our annual Peacemaker’s Intercollegiate Mock Mediation Tournament. This is the 6th year we have hosted a competition. Ten teams competed in three rounds after a training session on Friday afternoon. Schools competing were University of Dubuque, Lewis University from Illinois and Principia College from Illinois.
MIU’s Lauren Webster tied for first place in the Individual Mediator category with Elle Lannon from University of Dubuque. Lauren Webster and Nashon Yisrael tied for first place in the Client/Advocate category. Tal Ron came in second in the same category. The MIU team...
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