U.S. in the Middle East
U.S. in the Middle East
Truckee, CA
Examine the history of the United States' Middle East foreign policy and why we are still there in this enlightening talk with UNR professor John Anthony Scire, Ph.D., MBA. About John Anthony Scire, Ph.D., MBA Since 1994, John Anthony Scire has been an Adjunct Faculty at University of Nevada, Ren…
Friday, May 10 2019
7:00 PM
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8:15 PM
What’s Wrong With Prisons?
What’s Wrong With Prisons?
Truckee, CA
Experience the unique perspective of a female prison doctor who spent 30 years behind bars taking care of the sickest inmates in Nevada during this fascinating Sierra College Insights with Dr. Karen Gedney. Dr. Gedney is board certified in Internal Medicine, Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine. H…
Friday, September 13 2019
7:00 PM
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8:15 PM
Why Are Companies Willing to Pay $5 Million for a 30 Second Super Bowl Ad?
Why Are Companies Willing to Pay $5 Million for a 30 Second Super Bowl Ad?
Truckee, CA
Back by popular demand, Business Professor Kurt Heisinger will facilitate a lively discussion about this year's Super Bowl advertisements. Participants will work in groups and learn how to identify the target market for each ad and why companies spend more than $5 million to air a 30 second spot. Y…
Friday, February 7 2020
7:00 PM
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8:15 PM
The Power of Music
The Power of Music
Truckee, CA
How does music impact, elevate, inspire your life? How does music take us to other times and other places and other feelings? How can we listen with more awareness and appreciation to the musical creations around us? Discuss these topics with Donna Axton, LMFT, M.A., Sierra Nevada College Music …
Friday, April 12 2019
7:00 PM
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8:15 PM
Symbol-making and Bereavement
Symbol-making and Bereavement
Truckee, CA
Using the wisdom of worldwide folktales, Dr. Bateman will offer examples of creative outcomes to bereavement including memorial textile art and the Temples at Burning Man. She will discuss how symbolmaking can help mourners share and ritualize loss, offering imaginal lifelines to lost loved ones. …
Friday, November 8 2019
7:00 PM
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8:30 PM
Fire and Ice, Rock and Roll: Geology of the Sierra
Fire and Ice, Rock and Roll: Geology of the Sierra
Truckee, CA
Gain insights about the area from David Huggins who will present on how geological processes formed the landscape of the Tahoe-Truckee area. The collision of the North American and Pacific tectonic plates has caused igneous rock to rise up through the crust. These igneous rocks include the granitic…
Friday, December 6 2019
7:00 PM
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8:15 PM
CANCELLED
CANCELLED
Truckee, CA
Most people are familiar with the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Have you heard about the other “Big Five” mass extinctions that nearly wiped out all of life on Earth? Amazingly none of these other extinctions show direct evidence for an extraterrestrial impact. Ins…
Friday, March 13 2020
7:00 PM
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8:15 PM
Learning Spanish Through Storytelling, Music and Art
Learning Spanish Through Storytelling, Music and Art
Truckee, CA
Interested in learning Spanish or improving your existing language skills? Come share an evening of interactive learning through storytelling, music and art with Spanish Professor Brandon Scutt. In this session, participants will experience an innovative approach to language learning that is highly…
Friday, October 11 2019
7:00 PM
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8:15 PM
Cancelled
Cancelled
Truckee, CA
Join us for Sierra College Insights with Hugh Shapiro, Ph.D. In “Eurasian Globalizations: Hard and Soft Power in the Transformation of the Anthropocene,” Shapiro will address how Eurasia has transformed global culture in unexpected, far-reaching, and lasting ways for the last millennium. Scrutiniz…
Friday, April 17 2020
7:00 PM
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8:30 PM
CANCELLED
CANCELLED
Truckee, CA
Join Sierra College English Professor Christina Nemec, MFA for an introduction to flash fiction, stories that are just a page or two (less than 2,000 words). During this engaging Sierra College Insights session, Nemec will foster conversations about literary techniques including point of view, char…
Friday, May 8 2020
7:00 PM
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8:15 PM