MIU Achievements
Olivia Seidel Secures Internship at CERN, World’s Top Physics Lab
MIU student Olivia Seidel is one of ten students nationwide who will spend nine weeks this summer at CERN, the world’s largest particle physics laboratory, in Switzerland. She was selected from a thousand applicants, based on her resume and her philosophical approach...
Jeremy Erdman—Exploring His Multifaceted Creativity
In 2015 Jeremy Erdman was looking for a college to attend when he discovered a video of David Lynch on MIU’s YouTube channel. Jeremy admires Mr. Lynch’s bold and unique style of storytelling and the diversity of his artistic expression. Since Jeremy is a highly...
Ugandan Family to Send Five Sons to MIU
Edwin Bwambale is from the Bukonzo tribe in western Uganda and earned his MS in data communications and software engineering from Makerere University in 2013. He was working as a software developer in Uganda and wanted a low-cost high-quality master’s degree program...
David Ford—Welcoming New Challenges
MIU student David Ford is a paramedic who moved to Fairfield five years ago with his wife and three children. Last year, after 20 years in the health care field, he decided to make a career change and study sustainable living. When he learned that MIU had a degree...
Students Win Trip to Women of Vision Awards Ceremony
Two MIU students won all-expenses-paid trips to the Women of Vision Awards 2019 in New York City on December 3, hosted by the David Lynch Foundation. The event celebrated four women with vision who are transforming lives through their wisdom and compassion and helping...
Melanie Telego–Supporting Veterans Education
Melanie Telego served two years in the US Army in the 1990s and spent a large part of her life around military installations, following her career soldier husband. She worked as a substitute teacher in public schools as well as in a Department of Defense school in...
Dr. Jim Brooks Publishes Paper on Maharishi AyurVeda and Mental Health
Jim Brooks, MD, is an adjunct assistant professor of physiology and health at MIU, whose paper on Maharishi AyurVedaSM and mental health recently appeared in the Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute. His book, Reflections on Maharishi AyurVeda and Mental...
Henry Gonzales Ortiz—Studying and Practicing Ayurvedic Prevention
MIU student Henry Gonzales Ortiz hails from Bogota, Colombia, where he studied classical music at Juan N. Corpas University. While in college, one of his classmates introduced him to the Transcendental Meditation® technique, which he learned in 2015. Henry’s parents...
Shareen Joseph—MC and Videographer
Shareen Joseph from Northern Virginia earned an associate degree from a local community college and was seeking to earn an undergraduate degree when she saw a Facebook ad for MIU. “Consciousness-Based education caught my eye,” she said. “I had never heard that term in...
Dr. Michael Olmstead–Teaching and Studying Maharishi AyurVeda at MIU
Michael Olmstead is a doctor of dental surgery who practiced biocompatible dentistry in California and New Zealand. He has also been a teacher of the Transcendental Meditation® technique since 1985 and has incorporated Maharishi AyurVeda® in his practice and personal...
Emily Mauntel—From Waldorf Education to Biodynamic Agriculture
Emily Mauntel is one of six students who recently completed the nine-month Regenerative Organic Agriculture Certificate program as part of her major in regenerative organic agriculture. Emily grew up in Michigan, where she attended a Waldorf school. She enjoyed...
Veda Jamoona—Researching Higher States of Consciousness
Veda Jamoona is a PhD student in Maharishi Vedic Science℠, conducting research on the correlation between higher states of consciousness and neurophysiology. She is studying the brainwaves of individuals practicing the TM® program to discover any unique markers of...
