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Red Lentil Soup & Baklava = Awesome Nov. Event!

Cate — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:33:03 +0000

Here’s a 1-minute video from our November event learning to make turkish red lentil soup at the Divan Center in Cary.

Mrs. Oznur Hatip and Mrs. Nihal Cakmakci were wonderful cultural cooking guides. They took photos of our cooking class – take a look!

P.S. Our next event will be on Tuesday, Jan. 26 from 6-8pm at the Visiting International Faculty Program. Our speaker will be Dr. Michael Hoppe from the Center for Creative Leadership. You won’t want to miss this event! More information to follow.

Until then, Happy Holidays!

November Event :: Turkish Cooking Class

Cate — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:32:53 +0000

Learn how to make a delicious Turkish dish at our November SIETAR-NC event!

Here are the details:

What :: Turkish Cooking Class

When :: Saturday, November 14 @ 12:30pm

Where :: Divan Cultural Center, Cary, NC
1393 SE MAYNARD Rd.
Cary, NC 27511

Please RSVP by Friday, Nov. 13!

Note – The Divan Center charges a $10 materials fee per person for this class. SIETAR-NC is pleased to offer members a discounted rate of $8 per person.

Questions? Ready to RSVP? Email us :: sietarnc [@] gmail [dot] com

October Event :: CultureActive

Cate — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:18:10 +0000

CultureActive — based on the experience, work and writings of Richard Lewis — acts in two ways:

1) to assess and categorize an individual’s communication style along nationally — or culturally-defined criteria, and

2) to provide a resource of country-specific information on communication styles, leadership elements, business protocols and other elements.

During the session, Tim Flood (Assistant Professor of Communication at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School) will take us through CultureActive and its potential as a teaching tool, business resource, and series of thought and assessment exercises.

****If you RSVP for this session by Oct. 14, you will be able to take the CultureActive survey before the meeting. Please send an email to sietarnc [@] gmail [dot] com. You will then receive an email with instructions for accessing CultureActive.

More information about our October event:

What :: CultureActive

Who :: Dr. Tim Flood, Assistant Professor of Communication, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

When :: Tuesday, October 20, 6-8pm

Where :: The Board Room, 3rd floor of the Kenan Institute at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-CH

>>Maps and Directions

The Kenan Institute is the smaller building next to the Business School’s main McColl Building. Parking is free in the parking garage on Kenan Drive after 5pm. Take either the breezeway from the deck’s 6th level or the stairs across from the deck’s 3rd-level exit up to the main plaza level–with the fountain on your right, the Kenan Institute is the building on your left, portico marked “Kenan Institute.”

Questions? Email us :: sietarnc [@] gmail [dot] com

Special thanks to UNC-CIBER (Center for International Business, Education and Research) and the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise for hosting and co-sponsoring this event!

September Event :: “Two Million Minutes”

Cate — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:20:40 +0000

Have you ever wondered what high school is like in India? What about China?

Join us for a viewing of 2 Million Minutes, a documentary by Robert A. Compton (watch the trailer)!

Here’s the information for our first SIETAR-NC event of 2009-10:

What :: 2 Million Minutes (movie, 54 minutes)

When :: Friday, September 11, 7 p.m.

Where :: The Visiting International Faculty Program (VIF) in Chapel Hill, NC

Directions :: The Visiting International Faculty Program office is on Sage Road, just down the street from the Border’s bookstore you can see from 15-501. There is free parking in front of the building. Please enter through the main doors.

Questions? Email us :: sietarnc [@] gmail [dot] com

About 2 Million Minutes -

Regardless of nationality, as soon as a student completes the 8th grade, the clock starts ticking. From that very moment the child has approximately -

…Two Million Minutes until high school graduation…Two Million Minutes to build their intellectual foundation…Two Million Minutes to prepare for college and ultimately career…Two Million Minutes to go from a teenager to an adult

How a student spends their Two Million Minutes – in class, at home studying, playing sports, working, sleeping, socializing or just goofing off — will affect their economic prospects for the rest of their lives.

How do most American high school students spend this time? What about students in the rest of the world? How do family, friends and society influence a student’s choices for time allocation? What implications do their choices have on their future and on a country’s economic future?

This film takes a deeper look at how the three superpowers of the 21st Century – China, India and the United States – are preparing their students for the future. As we follow two students – a boy and a girl – from each of these countries, we compose a global snapshot of education, from the viewpoint of kids preparing for their future. Read more…