All events take place at 1st Floor of the Rose Garden Tower at 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi, except those noted otherwise. Remember to bring your ID with you. Members of the media are welcome to attend public events at the American Center. However, if you intend to being in still or video cameras, please contact the Media Team at least 24 hours in advance so we can determine whether the speaker is comfortable and, if so, request security access for your equipment. Please note that not all speakers will want to be filmed and interviewed. Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.
| Time | Program | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Apr. 1, 3:00 – 4:30 | The Adventures of Living Overseas |
Doreen Farnitano, U.S. Embassy Hanoi |
| Apr. 4, 3:00 – 4:30 | Looking to November: An Informal Discussion on the U.S. Presidential Elections | David Muehlke and Dara Yin, U.S. Embassy Hanoi |
| Apr. 5, 9:00 – 11:00 | Maximizing the Potential of People with Autism | Virtual Meeting with Dr. Stephen Shore |
| Apr. 6, 3:30 – 4:30 | 60 Minutes with Press Officer | Lisa Bess Wishman, U.S. Embassy Hanoi |
| Apr. 6, 4:30 – 6:00 | American English Pronunciation Workshop Register (required) at https://goo.gl/kUBpsT |
David Cupchak, English Language Fellow |
| Apr. 7, 3:00 – 4:30 | Debate Club: “Is Library a Better Source of Information Than the Internet?” | American Center |
| Apr. 7, 5:00 – 7:00 | MOOC 10 “Entrepreneurship 2 – Launching Your Start-Up” – Venue: Vietnam Silicon Valley, 24 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, HanoiRegister for facilitated discussions at https://goo.gl/RHqHxM |
Nikki Nguyen |
| Apr. 8, 10:00 – 11:00 | Conversation Hour | David McAuley |
| Apr. 8, 11:00 – 12:00 | Introduction to eLibraryUSA, an American Digital Library | American Center |
| Apr. 8, 3:00 – 4:30 | American English Club | American Center |
| Apr. 12, 10:00 – 11:00 | AC Student News | American Center |
| Apr. 13, 2:30 – 4:00 | Exploring Recovery in Addiction | Dr. Hoang Vu, SAMHSA/PEPFAR, U.S. Embassy Hanoi |
| Apr. 13, 4:00 – 5:30 | American English Pronunciation Workshop Register (required) at https://goo.gl/kUBpsT |
Jessica Carroll, English Language Fellow |
| Apr. 14, 2:00 – 3:30 | The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election: Updates and Predictions | Virtual Meeting with Dr. Matthew Filner, Fulbrighter |
| Apr. 14, 3:30 – 4:30 | American Trend of Small Space Living | Jan Cordell, U.S. Embassy Hanoi |
| Apr. 14, 5:00 – 7:00 | MOOC 10 “Entrepreneurship 2 – Launching Your Start-Up” – Venue: Vietnam Silicon Valley, 24 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hanoi. Register for facilitated discussions at https://goo.gl/RHqHxM |
Nikki Nguyen |
| Apr. 15, 10:00 – 11:00 | Conversation Hour | David McAuley |
| Apr. 15, 2:00 – 3:30 | A Cell Phone Game that can Transform Your Classroom | Kristin Tregillus, English Language Fellow |
| Apr. 15, 3:30 – 5:00 | American English Club | American Center |
| Apr. 19, 3:30 – 6:00 | Film Show and Discussion: Chau, Beyond the Lines (2015) | Virtual Meeting with Filmmakers and Châu, the main character |
| Apr. 20, 10:00-11:00 | American English Pronunciation Workshop | Eric Wenninger, English Language Fellow |
| Apr. 20, 4:00 – 5:30 | American English Pronunciation Workshop Register (required) at https://goo.gl/kUBpsT |
David Cupchak, English Language Fellow |
| Apr. 21, 2:00 – 3:00 | USAID Environment and Climate Change Programs in Vietnam | Chris Abrams, USAID Vietnam |
| Apr. 21, 3:00 – 4:00 | Vietnam Forests and Deltas Program (VFD): Climate Change and Changing Lives | Brian Bean, Winrock International |
| Apr. 21, 4:00 – 5:30 | Introduction Session to MOOC 11 “Entrepreneurship 3 – Growth Strategies” Venue: Vietnam Silicon Valley, 24 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hanoi. Register for facilitated discussions at https://oo.gl/jYJv1O |
Nikki Nguyen |
| Apr. 22, 10:00 – 11:00 | Conversation Hour | David McAuley |
| Apr. 22, 2:00 – 3:00 | Rice: White Gold or Poverty Trap? | Jake Brunner, Head, Indo-Burma Group, IUCN |
| Apr. 22, 3:00 – 4:30 | Air Quality | Adam Eisele, Science Fellow, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Apr. 25, 3:00 – 4:30 | The Source of Opportunities and Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset | Yolanda Sarason, Fulbright Scholar |
| Apr. 26, 10:00 – 11:00 | AC Student News | American Center |
| Apr. 26, 3:00 – 4:30 | Cyber Security | Todd Cheng, U.S. Embassy Hanoi |
| Apr. 27, 4:00 – 5:30 | American English Pronunciation Workshop Register (required) at https://goo.gl/kUBpsT |
Jessica Carroll, English Language Fellow |
| Apr. 29, 10:00 – 11:00 | Conversation Hour | David McAuley |
Conversation Hour
Fridays, 10:00 – 11:00 am
David McAuley
Call it a conversation, or any one of this word’s synonyms – chat, colloquy, converse, dialog, discussion, etc. – this is an hour of informal talk and your opportunity to improve your English speaking and listening skills. An American host of the hour will introduce a topic and guide you through discussion around it. Come to chat and learn. Bring your friends and make even more friends!
American English Club
American Center Interns
Come join our American English Club to improve your English speaking skills and enhance your English vocabularies on variety of topics. This club is also a good chance for you to meet new friends and enjoy lot of fun games, discussions and activities.
AC Student News
American Center Interns
Adapted from the CNN Student News, this program encouraged participants to reflect on and discuss international issues, while using opportunity to sharpen English language skills, especially listening and speaking.
Debate Club
American Center Interns
The goal of the American Center’s Debate Club is to create friendly environment where anyone can express and freely debate their ideas on interesting current topics. So if you like to analyze facts, communicates openly, or just interested in debate please make your way to the AC to join our club.
Introduction to eLibraryUSA
Fridays, 11:00 – 11:30 am
eLibraryUSA is an online library with free access to 30+ up-to-date databases including researches, journals, books, articles, encyclopedias, films, photographs, magazines, topics and references for students, teachers, youth, businessmen and kids. Please come join in our orientation session to learn more about a plentiful and helpful resource of information, then you can register to get your own login account to access to eLibraryUSA from any Internet connection.
The Adventures of Living Overseas
April 1, 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Doreen Farnitano, U.S. Embassy Hanoi
Mrs. Doreen Farnitano, the Office Manager for the Deputy Chief of the Mission at the U.S. Embassy will share her life living overseas as a mother, wife and working professional.
Maximizing the Potential of People with Autism
April 5, 9:00 – 11:00 am
Virtual Meeting with Dr. Stephen Shore
Join us for a virtual meeting with Dr. Stephen Shore, an internationally renowned speaker, consultant and writer on lifespan issues pertinent to education, relationships, employment, advocacy, and disclosure. Dr. Shore will talk about promoting life-long success for individuals on the autism spectrum in an autobiographical format and share insights and strategies for supporting people with autism to reach their maximum potential.
60 Minutes with the Press Officer
April 6, 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Lisa Bess Wishman, U.S. Embassy Press Officer
Would you like to know what’s in the U.S. news? Would you like to chat with the U.S. Embassy’s Press Officer Lisa Bess Wishman? If so, please plan to join her at the American Center on the first Wednesday of every month from 3:30 – 4:30. Lisa, a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, has served in Tel Aviv, Israel; Ottawa, Canada; and Washington, D.C. After having studied Vietnamese in Hanoi for 11 months, she assumed her position as the Embassy’s press officer in August 2014 and will remain in Vietnam through summer 2016. She looks forward to getting to know you better.
Introduction to eLibraryUSA, an American Digital Library
April 8, 11:00 – 12:00 noon
American Center
eLibrary-USA is an online library with free access to 30+ up-to-date databases including researches, journals, books, articles, encyclopedias, films, photographs, magazines, topics and references for students, teachers, youth, businessmen and kids. Please come join in our orientation session to learn more about a plentiful and helpful resource of information, then you can register to get your own login account to access to eLibraryUSA from any Internet connection.
American English Pronunciation Workshop
Wednesdays
English Language Fellows
Register (required) at https://goo.gl/kUBpsT
Do you want to improve your English pronunciation? Come join our pronunciation workshop with English Language Fellows – highly qualified U.S. educators with Master’s degrees in TEFL/TESL or Applied Linguistics, sponsored by U.S. State Department. Don’t miss this opportunity.
April 6, and (repeated on) 20 – by David Cupchak
/l/ and /r/
linking sounds
/th/ with /ð/ and /θ/
April 13, and (repeated on) 27 – by Jessica Carroll
short and long vowel sounds
final consonant sounds for past tense (/t/ and /d/)
April 20, 10:00 – 11:00 am – by Eric Wenninger
sentence stress in English and strategies to speak more clearly
Exploring Recovery in Addiction
April 13, 2:30 – 4:00 pm
Dr. Hoang Vu, SAMHSA/PEPFAR, U.S. Embassy Hanoi
The session “Exploring Recovery in Addiction”, jointly done by the medical staff and methadone patients, will illustrate the key concepts of addiction as a disease and methadone is the medication needed for their recovery. “Exploring Recovery in Addiction” also helps audience to understand the important roles of other support the patients needed to support their long term recovery and be the productive members of the community and family as well as to reduce stigma and discrimination against the individuals with substance use disorders.
The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election: Updates and Predictions
April 14, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Virtual Meeting with Dr. Matthew Filner, Fulbrighter
The U.S. Presidential Election continues to confound the pundits. While Secretary Hillary Clinton and businessman Donald Trump are the clear frontrunners, voters in both major political parties continue to struggle to decide whom to nominate for President. Join us to explore the status of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election with Dr. Matthew Filner, a Japan-based Fulbright scholar with over 25 years of experience working in and writing about US election campaigns.
American Trend of Small Space Living
April 14, 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Jan Cordell, U.S. Embassy Hanoi
Please come join our discussion of “living smaller” in America, by former Interior Decorator Jan Cordell. Ms. Cordell will offer insight into why Americans are embracing this trend and offers some helpful advice.
A Cell Phone Game that can Transform Your Classroom
April 15, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Kristin Tregillus, English Language Fellow
A recently-created classroom teaching tool transformed the speaker’s high school classroom last year. It woke up students who had been previously bored. For this game, teachers need to have a projector and at least half the students in the class must have a cell phone. You’ll have a chance to play one game, then hear about how to use it for classroom discussions, teaching, and assessment. Mostly, you’ll have fun.
Film Show and Discussion: Châu, Beyond the Lines (2015)
April 19, 3:30 – 6:00 pm
Virtual Meeting with Filmmakers and Châu
Join us for a special screening of the documentary that was nominated for Oscar 2016! It is a great story that transcends the past. Châu and the other kids in the center are coming of age — looking to the future while overcoming the present. Hear from the filmmakers and Châu himself, who will join us virtually before the screening. And then, after the screening, join in the discussion about disability, disability assistance and capacity building.
Vietnam Forests and Deltas Program (VFD): Climate Change and Changing Lives
April 21, 3:00 – 4:00 pm
Brian Bean, Winrock International
The VFD program is working with leaders and communities in the forest areas of Nghe An and Thanh Hoa and the delta areas of Nam Dinh and Long An. Climate change is forcing people to adapt to new challenges in these areas, including increased storms, less freshwater, and lower productivity of traditional crops. Find out what people are doing to change their lives and how forests and natural resources are helping them adapt.
Rice: White Gold or Poverty Trap?
April 22, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Jake Brunner, Head, Indo-Burma Group, IUCN
Vietnam is world’s second largest exporter of rice. But is that a prize worth winning? The discussion will focus a “rice at all costs” policy in the Mekong Delta has impoverished farmers and damaged the environment.
Air Quality
April 22, 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Adam Eisele, Science Fellow, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi recently installed an air quality monitor which transmits local air pollution information to the public through EPA’s AirNow.gov platform. Come meet Adam Eisele, a Science Fellow from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, who will discuss our monitor and its measurement: the Air Quality Index, a valuable tool in determining how clean or polluted the air is on a given day, hour-by-hour.
The Source of Opportunities and Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset
April 25, 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Professor Yolanda Sarason, Fulbright Scholar Colorado State University and Foreign Trade University
Join the discussion of research on the source of opportunities and characteristics of successful entrepreneurship. The attendees will be guided through a set of activities designed to foster the development of an entrepreneurial mindset to explore possible ventures.
Cyber Security
April 26, 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Todd Cheng, U.S. Embassy Hanoi
Todd Cheng, Information Management Officer of U.S. Embassy Vietnam will talk about Information Technology Security and offer insights to parents on cyber security that can assist in protecting family in this connected environment.
