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Sierra Nevada College makes private college affordable by providing generous need based grants to students who file the Free Application  for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Incline Village, NV – Continuing a long-standing tradition, SNC President Robert Maxson announced that the Sierra Nevada College Men’s Ski and Snowboard teams each won the overall combined, and the Women’s Ski and Snowboard teams placed second overall, at the USCSA National Championships in Sunday River, Maine, held March 2nd-6th.

Results break down as follows:

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Incline Village, NV – Sierra Nevada College is pleased to present a mosaic of events highlighting the cultural diversity of its college community throughout March—an anime demonstration, an Italian film viewing and discussion, a Fireside Chat featuring a panel discussion on India as a global powerhouse, culminating in a cultural festival featuring food, musical entertainment, dancing, and more. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise specified.

The events kick off on Tuesday, March 23rd, with an Anime Demonstration & Film Viewing. Learn about the animation technique of anime. Often highly stylized, this Japanese art form has gained widespread popularity in the U.S. and around the world. Chris Lanier, SNC Assistant Professor of Digital Art, will screen Director Satoshi Kon’s Paprika (2006) and speak to the boundless imaginative possibilities of animation.
Suitable for high school +
TCES 139/6:30-8:30pm

Incline Village, NV – Gods and demi-gods; queens and witches; spirits and sailors; goddesses, sorcerers, and Cupids. That’s the list of characters for the SNC Choir’s production of DIDO & AENEAS by Henry Purcell. This short opera is a musical treasure—the first English opera—and it will be performed as part of the Sierra Nevada College Choir’s annual spring concert. Also featured in the concert will be music by Samuel Barber, including his gorgeous “Adagio for Strings” arranged for chorus and string orchestra. Soloists include David Pierce, Anna Helwing, Karen Colbert, Olivia Hakel, Ryan Souva, Sally Hammel, Joanie Nygren, Eunice Marion, Jill Colbert, Camilla Rinman, and Evelina Rutdal.

Who is eligible to participate in Commencement?  
In order to participate (walk) in graduation ceremonies, a student must have submitted a valid graduation petition. Students who graduate any time within an academic year (Fall/December, Spring/May or Summer/August) are invited to participate in the May ceremony. Since summer (August) graduates are allowed to participate in the preceding spring (May) ceremony, students with nine or fewer units to complete will be allowed to participate in commencement. Under this “Within-Nine” policy, students must provide proof of enrollment in the final required units to the Office of the Registrar in order to participate and have their names printed in the commencement program. All in-progress summer courses must be completed before the start of the fall term to qualify for the “Within-Nine” exception. Students who drop or withdraw from a required class or who are not able to complete their requirements by the end of the summer semester but who still walk in the commencement ceremony will be listed in the graduation program only one time and will not be allowed to walk in an additional ceremony.

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Two Italian art exports — both from the Abruzzo region — have been reunited in Northern Nevada.

The Beffi Triptych, a 15th century painting produced by an anonymous student in the workshop of famous Sienese artist Taddeo di Bartolo, is on display at the Nevada Museum of Art until Saturday, April 11.

The historically significant work of art was the first cultural item salvaged from the wreckage of a violent earthquake, which struck L'Aquila, Italy, the capital of Abruzzo, in August of 2009.

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Incline Village, NV – Sierra Nevada College is pleased to present writer/photographer/adventurer Rick Gunn’s 90-minute presentation entitled “Soulcycler: Words and Images from a Bicycle Journey Around the World” on Wednesday, March 3rd at 7pm, at the campus’s Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, rooms 139/141. This event is free and open to the public. This presentation is the first in a mosaic of five events celebrating cultural diversity throughout March.

Incline Village, NV – Sierra Nevada College is presenting “Family Reading Night,” a community-wide event to promote literacy on Tuesday, March 2nd, 6–7pm. The event, designed to share the enjoyment of reading with children, will feature “celebrity readers” reading from Dr. Seuss, as the event coincides with the 106th birthday of the beloved children’s author (Theodore Geisel). The festivities will take place in the campus’s Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, room 139. Each child in attendance will choose a free book courtesy of Sierra Nevada College, and staffers from the Washoe County Public Libraries will be on hand to provide information about books, library events, and library cards to all prospective children and adults. Kid-friendly refreshments will be served at this free event (cake, cookies, and beverages), which is open to the public.