MIU Achievements

August 8 2022 • ISSUE 634 Saipriya Gowrishankar From Physician to Professor Saipriya Gowrishankar grew up in India in a large family of doctors and, from a young age, aspired to become a physician. She attended medical school in India, then worked at a women’s health...

August 1 2022 • ISSUE 633 Ymane Lakhlif Maharishi Ayurveda Student and Clinic Manager MIU student Ymane Lakhlif grew up in New York City and competed in swimming throughout high school and college. She also earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do at the age of nine.  ...

July 25 2022 • ISSUE 632 Yick Oi Janet Ho The Dao De Jing in Light of Maharishi Vedic Science Yick Oi Janet Ho grew up in Hong Kong and has had an interest in language, literature, and Chinese philosophy from a young age. She earned a master’s degree in education and...

July 11, 2022 • ISSUE 631Samuel Bartolome Valiente Outstanding Computer Science Student MIU graduate Samuel Bartolome Valiente grew up in Spain and learned the Transcendental Meditation® technique at the age of six. His father had encouraged him to apply to MIU, and...

July 4, 2022 • ISSUE 630Melissa Melchor Creating Content for Personal Growth Melissa Melchor hails from El Paso, Texas, where she had attended a local community college as well as the University of Texas prior to coming to MIU. She didn’t feel connected to what she...

June 27, 2022 • ISSUE 629Ash Pachauri, Global Sustainability and Public Health Advocate, Gives Commencement Address MIU graduated its largest class ever, 699 students, at its 45th commencement on June 18th. The class includes on-campus and online students as well as...

June 21, 2022 • ISSUE 628 Angela Albrecht Advocating for Trauma Survivors Angela Albrecht just completed her Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree online and was the recipient of an Outstanding Student Award at this year’s graduation ceremonies.   Angela is a...

June 13, 2022 • ISSUE 627 Yao Yao—The Art of Tea MIU student Yao Yao grew up in the province of Zhejiang in eastern China. As a child she studied classical Chinese art forms, including painting, calligraphy, and traditional dance.   Yao’s parents encouraged her to...

June 6, 2022 • ISSUE 626 Alumni Featured in Documentary on PTSD Recovery Rouzanna Vardanyan (MBA) and David Shapiro (MA SCI) appear in the documentary Ending the War Within about bringing relief from war trauma in Armenia through the Transcendental Meditation®...

May 30, 2022 • ISSUE 625 Bat-Ulzii Bayarsaikhan The Long Road to MIU MIU student Bat-Ulzii Bayarsaikhan studied oriental philosophy at the Institute of Oriental Philosophy and Humanities in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and had always been interested in meditation. He first...

May 23, 2022 • ISSUE 624 MIU Celebrates Golden Jubilee At the end of April MIU celebrated its 50th anniversary with a five-day gathering packed with fun and learning. Attendees had a chance to meet with old friends, professors, students, and staff and learn about the...