Are you taking French or you took French in high school but don’t remember?

Are your children interested in participating in future leadership activities?

Then…

Consider hosting an Algerian high school student this summer, from July 5 through July 20!

Learn more about our Algeria-United States Youth Leadership Program, conducted by the NNIC in conjunction with the US Department of State, by attending a home host orientation on June 7.

Where?

Whole Foods Culinary Center (click for a map / driving directions)
(it’s in South Reno’s Whole Foods Market store)

When?

Monday, June 7, 4:30-7 p.m.

Please drop by – and learn how to become a Citizen Diplomat!

How?

If you are interested in becoming a Home Host for the AYLP, please download and print the Home Host application form (PDF, 50KB) and then – once filled out – fax it, send it or bring it to:

1. The Northern Nevada International Center (NNIC)
   821 N. Center Street
   Reno, Nevada 89501
2. Fax: (775) 337-1939
   Phone: (775) 784-7515

Our AYLP Home Hosting Flyer

You are more than welcome (in fact, we’d very much appreciate if you would!) to print out copies of our AYLP Home Hosting flyer (PDF, 458KB) and distribute it, post it on message boards, send it out among your friends and contacts… Thank you in advance!

25 Algerian high school students are concurrently being selected through Algeria by the US Embassy. The two groups will meet in Washington DC at the end of June for five days, then spend two weeks in Reno, three days in San Francisco and the final seven days at Lake Tahoe. They will conduct leadership programs, participate in volunteer activities, learn about how to use social media to engage their community with UNR Journalism Professor Todd Felts, participate in cultural diversity and conflict resolution seminars, and most importantly, learn about one another.

The eight finalists from Northern Nevada are:

• Madeline Burak from Reno High School
• Taylor Skipwith from Damonte High School
• Andrew Goligowski from Reno High School
• Ziad Rashdan from Reed High School
• Jackie Duron from Sparks High School
• Zoie Oberg from Wooster High School
• Sahael Hatefi from McQueen High School
• Amber Sulahria from McQueen High School

Gabreella Friday and Emily Autuna were selected from Las Vegas.

The Northern Nevada International Center also seeks home host families willing to host the 25 Algerian and two Vegas teens from July 5-20. This is an excellent opportunity to meet young people who are interested in learning about our country and culture. The center will hold a home host orientation at Whole Foods Culinary Center on Monday, June 7, 2010 from 4:30-7pm. Interested families should contact CLICK ME

• Community Connections • International Visitor Leadership Program
• Open World Program • Language Bank of Northern Nevada

Contact Information: Carina Black – phone: 775.784.7515, extension 221 – or via email: CLICK ME

“World Religions”

The class is offered from January 27 to February 24, 2010, at the TMCC Meadowood Center at 5270 Neil Road, in Reno, Nevada.

All are welcome to sign-up for the “World Religions” class (CR155C/12594) which will be offered at:

• TMCC Meadowood Center, Room S315
• 5270 Neil Road, Reno 89502

The classes are offered every Wednesday from six pm to nine pm, from January 27 to February 24, 2010.

Tuition is $169 – with discount for seniors. Various northern Nevada religious leaders will address the class as guest lecturers.

Topics to be discussed include: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism, Baha’ism, Confucianism, Jainism, Shintoism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism, Native American Spirituality, and Atheism.

Pre-registration with TMCC preferred. For questions, please e-mail CLICK ME or call: 775-829-9010 or visit website at:

http://www.tmcc.edu/wdce

We think that’s pretty good news – and we’re not alone in that! Check out here what Nevada News, University of Nevada, Reno’s publication, has to say about our Arabic classes being offered this spring!

For more information, please see our special Program page.

“Hinduism”

and its various aspects in classes at Truckee Meadows Community College which are open to the public.

“Hinduism”
(CR112C) Tuesday; 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM; 1 session on January 26, 2010; Tuition: $39.00

“Hindu Gods and Goddesses”
(CR113C) Tuesday; 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM; 1 session on February 2, 2010; Tuition: $39.00

“Bhagavad-Gita”
(CR144C) Tuesday; 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM; 1 session on February 9, 2010: Tuition: $39.00

All are welcome to sign-up for these classes which will be offered at Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC Meadowood Center), 5270 Neil Road, Reno 89502. Discount for seniors.

Rajan Zed, Hindu leader, will teach.

Pre-registration with TMCC preferred. For questions, please e-mail CLICK ME or call 775-829-9010 or visit website at http://www.tmcc.edu/wdce/

The University of Nevada in Reno, Northern Nevada International Center World Affairs Council, and the Truckee Meadows Community College Distinguished Speakers Series, invite you to a lunch with Madame Jehan Sadat on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. Located in the Peppermill’s Tuscany Ballroom, lunch will be provided, along with VIP seating for the evening talk at Truckee Meadows Community College. The Lunch will also include an opportunity to receive a signed copy of “My Hope for Peace” written by Madame Sadat, and an individual picture with the former first lady of Egypt.

To reserve your seat at the Lunch contact us via email at CLICK ME or Call us at 775-7847515, extension 221. Proceeds will be directed to support the distinguished speakers at Truckee Meadows Community College as well as the Educational Outreach Program at the Northern Nevada International Center.

Special Guest Speaker:
Dr. Catherine L. Mann

“The US in the World Economy: Is the US Trade Deficit Sustainable?”

• Wednesday, April 21, 2010 – 7pm
• UNR Joe Crowley Student Union Theatre
• Sponsored by NNIC, Co-sponsored by ASUN Flipside, Sageridge School and UNR Political Science Department
• Free and open to the public

Mann is a faculty member of the International Business School at Brandeis. Previously, she had worked in policy institutions and think tanks in Washington DC, including the Institute for International Economics, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the President’s Council of Economic Advisors at the White House, and the World Bank. Her current research focuses on two related topics: information technology and services trade in global markets, and the US trade deficit and the dollar.

On the economic and policy implications of globalization of information technology and services, she authored Accelerating the Globalization of America: The Role for Information Technology (2006) and Global Electronic Commerce: A Policy Primer (2000); as well as numerous articles, including “Assessing the Potential Benefit of Trade Facilitation: A Global Perspective,” World Economy (2005) and “The US Current Account, New Economy Services, and Implications for Sustainability,” Review of International Economics (2004).

See our Special Guest Speaker Series brochure (PDF, 424KB)

Special Guest Speaker:
Dr. Richard Erb

NOTE: the venue of this presentation is the Siena Ballroom

“A Bankrupt World: The United States in a Volatile International Financial System”

• Wednesday, March 10, 2010 – 7pm
• University of Nevada Joe Student Union Theatre
• Sponsored by NNIC, Co-sponsored by ASUN Flipside, Sageridge School and UNR Political Science Department
• Free and open to the public

Erb is a Research Professor at The University of Montana and a Senior Fellow at the World Affairs Council of Montana. He also has served as an Adjunct Instructor in the School of Business Administration and has taught senior/graduate seminars on the European Union and on international money and financial flows. His research, lectures and publications focus on a wide range of economic and financial public policy subjects including the European Union and the international monetary and financial system.

Erb has held executive positions at the International Monetary Fund, serving as U. S. Executive Director on the IMF Executive Board from 1981 to 1984 and subsequently as the Deputy Managing Director for ten years. He also served in senior economic policy positions at the U.S. Treasury Department (Deputy Assistant Secretary for Developing Nations Finance, 1976-77), the White House (Staff Assistant to the President and Assistant Director of the Council on International Economic Policy, 1971-74), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Assistant to Governor Sherman Maisel, 1967-69).

See our Special Guest Speaker Series brochure (PDF, 545KB)

A VIP reception to meet the speaker will also be held from 6-7pm.  $15.00 per person.