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Dr. Bernard Amadei
Delivering Sustainable & Appropriate Solutions to Developing Communities |
Founder,
Engineers Without Borders-USA |
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DATE: Mon, Feb 9, 2009
TIME: 7:30 PM
Vieve Gore Concert Hall in the Jewett Center for the Performing Arts and Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit our website. | |
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Incoming International Visitors to Utah
 International Visitors are participants in the International Visitor Leadership Program administered by the US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. All International Visitors are accompanied by Interpreters and/or Department of State Officers.
Home Hospitality is an opportunity for you to invite a group of up to 4 emerging leaders from around the world to your home for dinner and conversation. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Nina Busuladzic, Program Director, at (801) 832-3273 or nbusuladzic@utahdiplomacy.org.
JANUARY 2009
France (Host secured),
Jan 14-16, 1 Delegate, Political Science
Moldova - NEEDED: 2 Hosts,
Jan 22-27, 5 Delegates, Religious Diversity & Freedom in the U.S.
FEBRUARY 2009
Multiregional* - NEEDED: 2 Hosts,
Feb 11-15, 6 Delegates, U.S. Trade Policy
Multiregional* - NEEDED: 5 Hosts,
Feb 11-15, 22 Delegates, Elementary & Secondary Education Issues
China - NEEDED: 2 Hosts
Feb 14-18, 5 Delegates, Legal Issues
Azerbaijan - NEEDED: 2 Hosts
Feb 18-21, 4 Delegates, Early Childhood Education
Multiregional* - NEEDED: 2 Hosts
Feb 25 - Mar 1, 6 Delegates, Accountability in Government & Business
*For a complete list of participating countries, please visit our calendar. |
| International Visitor Snapshot: BRAZIL
By Anita Catron, UCCD Member & Home Host 
Salt Lake City - "I have been a host to International Visitors of the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy (UCCD) for about 10 years. It is an enormous pleasure for me to visit with and entertain people from so many different countries. [...] I most recently entertained two women from Brazil, here to learn about "Current Issues in Education." We found that we had a lot in common. As women, we compared the number of positions we had held to advance professionally. Among the three of us, it was approximately 30!" Continue reading. |
Nina Busuladzic Awarded U.S. Department of State "Network DC" Grant
Washington, DC -  UCCD's Program Director, Nina Busuladzic, was recently awarded a "Network DC" grant by the U.S. Department of State. In November, 2008, Ms. Busuladzic traveled to Washington DC to meet with representatives of the U.S. Department of State, and the various Program Agencies which administer UCCD's flagship program - the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). Since 1967, UCCD has served as a private sector partner with the U.S. Department of State. Continue reading. |
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Public diplomacy begins with you
By Sherry L. Mueller, President, NCIV
Washington, DC - President-elect Obama's intent to help "reboot" America's image in the world is most welcome. But as the US retools its efforts to reach out beyond governments to foreign audiences, not all is what it seems. In recent years, there has been an avalanche of academic studies, government reports, and think tank analyses that offer various "fixes" for US public diplomacy. In November, it made the Government Accountability Office's list of 13 urgent issues. Despite unprecedented attention, however, myths prevail. Continue reading.
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2008/2009 Amb. John Price & Marcia Price World Affairs Lecture Series
 In partnership with American Express and Westminster College's Weldon J. Taylor Executive Lecture Series, UCCD presents an outstanding World Affairs Lecture Series designed to inform our citizens about key foreign policy issues and to create a globally savvy community.
Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photographer
Motivation in the Workplace: Wherever It May Be,
January 13, 2009 All lectures are free and open to the public, and held at the Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Westminster College, 1840 South 1300 South. For more information, please call (801) 832-3270 or visit our website.
Monday, February 9, 2009, 7:30pm
Delivering Sustainable and Appropriate Solutions
to Developing Communities
Dr. Bernard Amadei,
Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder
Monday, March 2, 2009, 7:30pm
The Next American Century:
How the U.S. Can Thrive as Other Powers Rise
Nina Hachigian,
Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress |
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Community News
 Rick Steve's Iran
January 20, 7:00pm,
Library Auditorium Travel guru Rick Steves calls it "the most surprising and fascinating land" he's ever visited. Steves spent 10 days exploring Iran, visiting its cultural sites and meeting its people. The special - no politics, just travel - focuses on the rich and fascinating culture of a nation that has been a leader in its corner of the world for 2,500 years and is home to 70 million people. Join KUED, the SLC Film Center, and The Salt Lake City Main Public Library for a free film screening and discussion of Rick Steves' Iran. For more details about panelists, please visit http://www.kued.org/diversevoices.
 The Middle East Through Its FilmsThe Kite, January 28, 6-9pm,
Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Arabic, with English Subtitles. Lebanon 2008, 80 Minutes.
In director Randa Chahal Sabbag's 'fairytale for troubled times,' sixteen-year old Lamia must cross a border checkpoint between Lebanon and Israel to marry a man she has never met. Neither she nor her betrothed are eager to consummate a marriage to a stranger - a matter further complicated by Lamia's surprising admission that she is in love with the Israeli soldier guarding the border. Sabbag's enchanting drama about marriage and tradition is underscored by delicate symbolism and artful references to politics of Lebanon's territories that have been annexed.
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Sincerely,
Jennifer Hefti,
Director of Communications & Community Outreach |
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