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April 2011 APRIL 2011 NO. 4 AMERICAN CORNER NICARAGUA Arbor Day (from the Latin arbor, meaning tree) is a holiday in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant and care for trees. It originated in Nebraska City, Nebraska, United States during 1872 by J. Sterling Morton. The first Arbor Day was held on April 10, 1872, and an estimated 1 million trees were planted that day. Many countries now observe a similar holiday. Though usually observed in the spring, the date varies, depending on climate and suitable planting season. Birdsey Northrop of Connecticut was responsible for globalizing it when he visited Japan in 1883 and delivered his Arbor Day and Villa- ge Improvement message. In that same year, the American Forestry Association made Northrup the Chairman of the committee to cam- paign for Arbor Day nationwide. He also brought his enthusiasm for Arbor Day to Australia, Canada and Europe. [1] Arbor Day reached its height of popularity on its 125th anniversary in 1997, when David J. Wright, noticed that a Nebraska non profit called the National Arbor Day Foundation had taken the name of the holiday and commercialized it for their own use as a trademark for their publication "Arbor Day," so he countered their efforts, launched a website, and trademarked it for "public use celebrations" and defended the matter in a federal district court in the United States [2] to insure it was judged as property of the public domain, the case was settled in October 1999. Today as a result of Wright's efforts anyone can use the term Arbor Day and anyone can hold their own Arbor Day celebration. Earth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's natural environment. Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. While this first Earth Day was focused on the United States, an organization launched by Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator in 1970, took it inter- national in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations. [1][2] Earth Day is now coor- dinated globally by the Earth Day Network, [3] and is celebrated in more than 175 countries every year. [4] Numerous communities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of activities focused on environmental issues.
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2011
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AMERICAN CORNER
NICARAGUA
Arbor Day (from the Latin arbor meaning tree) is a holiday in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant and care for trees It originated in Nebraska City Nebraska United States during 1872 by J Sterling Morton The first Arbor Day was held on April 10 1872 and an estimated 1 million trees were planted that day
Many countries now observe a similar holiday Though usually observed in the spring the date varies depending on climate and suitable planting season
Birdsey Northrop of Connecticut was responsible for globalizing it when he visited Japan in 1883 and delivered his Arbor Day and Villa-ge Improvement message In that same year the American Forestry Association made Northrup the Chairman of the committee to cam-paign for Arbor Day nationwide He also brought his enthusiasm for Arbor Day to Australia Canada and Europe [1]
Arbor Day reached its height of popularity on its 125th anniversary in 1997 when David J Wright noticed that a Nebraska non profit
called the National Arbor Day Foundation had taken the name of the holiday and commercialized it for their own use as a trademark for
their publication Arbor Day so he countered their efforts launched a website and trademarked it for public use celebrations and
defended the matter in a federal district court in the United States[2] to insure it was judged as property of the public domain the case was
settled in October 1999 Today as a result of Wrights efforts anyone can use the term Arbor Day and anyone can hold their own Arbor
Day celebration
Earth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earths natural environment Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22 1970 While this first Earth Day was focused on the United States an organization launched by Denis Hayes who was the original national coordinator in 1970 took it inter-national in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations[1][2] Earth Day is now coor-dinated globally by the Earth Day Network[3] and is celebrated in more than 175 countries every year[4] Numerous communities celebrate Earth Week an entire week of activities focused on environmental issues
PAacuteGINA 2 AMERICAN CORNER
In April American Corner Coordinator continued promoting
the online resources of the eLibraryUSA visiting the campus
of the National University in Managua to meet with a group of
57 students from the English Department
April 2011
Also American Corner Coordinator vis-
ited the University of Science and Tech-
nology in Managua and spoke to a group
of 48 undergrad students about the
online resources of the eLibraryUSA
PAacuteGINA 3 NO 4
On April 13 the US Embassy set up an info stand at the 2011 Expo Educa Schol-
arship Fair held at the Central American University in Managua More than 1500
students and professionals received information about graduate programs masters
international academic exchanges and university studies in the United States in
general
American Corner Coordinator participated in the booth by informing about the vari-
ous services offered as well as on the new materials available such as audio books
NEWSLETTER
PAacuteGINA 4 NO 4
On March 28th 2011 10 English
Teachers received training about
ldquoEffective Assessments for the CLT
classroomrdquo by Diane Morren US
Fulbright Scholar and professor
at Dallas Baptist University
Next workshop will be held at American Corner at the Central
Bank on may 26 at 2oopm
April 2011
On April 28th 2011 American Cor-
ner Coordinator visited the UNICIT-University to
celebrate Earth Day A group of 38 students
attended the movie screening and discussed
the new ways to save energy at home and at
school how to make a contribution to protect
the environment The event concluded with a
guitar concert
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PAacuteGINA 2 AMERICAN CORNER
In April American Corner Coordinator continued promoting
the online resources of the eLibraryUSA visiting the campus
of the National University in Managua to meet with a group of
57 students from the English Department
April 2011
Also American Corner Coordinator vis-
ited the University of Science and Tech-
nology in Managua and spoke to a group
of 48 undergrad students about the
online resources of the eLibraryUSA
PAacuteGINA 3 NO 4
On April 13 the US Embassy set up an info stand at the 2011 Expo Educa Schol-
arship Fair held at the Central American University in Managua More than 1500
students and professionals received information about graduate programs masters
international academic exchanges and university studies in the United States in
general
American Corner Coordinator participated in the booth by informing about the vari-
ous services offered as well as on the new materials available such as audio books
NEWSLETTER
PAacuteGINA 4 NO 4
On March 28th 2011 10 English
Teachers received training about
ldquoEffective Assessments for the CLT
classroomrdquo by Diane Morren US
Fulbright Scholar and professor
at Dallas Baptist University
Next workshop will be held at American Corner at the Central
Bank on may 26 at 2oopm
April 2011
On April 28th 2011 American Cor-
ner Coordinator visited the UNICIT-University to
celebrate Earth Day A group of 38 students
attended the movie screening and discussed
the new ways to save energy at home and at
school how to make a contribution to protect
the environment The event concluded with a
guitar concert
American Corner
Biblioteca del Banco Central
Km 7 12 Carretera Sur
Telf (505) 22557171mdashExt 238
Email americancornercablenetcomni
NEWSLETTER
Blog
httpamericancornerniblogspotcom
Flickr
httpwwwflickrcomphotosamericancornernicaragua
NEWSLETTER
PAacuteGINA 3 NO 4
On April 13 the US Embassy set up an info stand at the 2011 Expo Educa Schol-
arship Fair held at the Central American University in Managua More than 1500
students and professionals received information about graduate programs masters
international academic exchanges and university studies in the United States in
general
American Corner Coordinator participated in the booth by informing about the vari-
ous services offered as well as on the new materials available such as audio books
NEWSLETTER
PAacuteGINA 4 NO 4
On March 28th 2011 10 English
Teachers received training about
ldquoEffective Assessments for the CLT
classroomrdquo by Diane Morren US
Fulbright Scholar and professor
at Dallas Baptist University
Next workshop will be held at American Corner at the Central
Bank on may 26 at 2oopm
April 2011
On April 28th 2011 American Cor-
ner Coordinator visited the UNICIT-University to
celebrate Earth Day A group of 38 students
attended the movie screening and discussed
the new ways to save energy at home and at
school how to make a contribution to protect
the environment The event concluded with a
guitar concert
American Corner
Biblioteca del Banco Central
Km 7 12 Carretera Sur
Telf (505) 22557171mdashExt 238
Email americancornercablenetcomni
NEWSLETTER
Blog
httpamericancornerniblogspotcom
Flickr
httpwwwflickrcomphotosamericancornernicaragua
NEWSLETTER
PAacuteGINA 4 NO 4
On March 28th 2011 10 English
Teachers received training about
ldquoEffective Assessments for the CLT
classroomrdquo by Diane Morren US
Fulbright Scholar and professor
at Dallas Baptist University
Next workshop will be held at American Corner at the Central
Bank on may 26 at 2oopm
April 2011
On April 28th 2011 American Cor-
ner Coordinator visited the UNICIT-University to
celebrate Earth Day A group of 38 students
attended the movie screening and discussed
the new ways to save energy at home and at
school how to make a contribution to protect
the environment The event concluded with a
guitar concert
American Corner
Biblioteca del Banco Central
Km 7 12 Carretera Sur
Telf (505) 22557171mdashExt 238
Email americancornercablenetcomni
NEWSLETTER
Blog
httpamericancornerniblogspotcom
Flickr
httpwwwflickrcomphotosamericancornernicaragua
NEWSLETTER
American Corner
Biblioteca del Banco Central
Km 7 12 Carretera Sur
Telf (505) 22557171mdashExt 238
Email americancornercablenetcomni
NEWSLETTER
Blog
httpamericancornerniblogspotcom
Flickr
httpwwwflickrcomphotosamericancornernicaragua
NEWSLETTER
