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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Registration Closes: June 15, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time

National Center for State Courts
Attn: FCICE Program
300 Newport Avenue
Williamsburg, VA  23185

http://www.ncsconline.org/d_research/fcice_exam/index.htm

Federal Court Interpreter Certification

Phase One Written Examination

Special information for veterans:  The Examination is approved for reimbursement.

                                                                See details at Department of Veteran's Affairs

Exam handbook and registration form available at: http://www.ncsconline.org/d_research/fcice_exam/handbook.htm

Exam Dates & Locations

FCICE web site http://www.ncsconline.org/d_research/fcice_exam/index.htm .

The Phase Two Oral Examination will be offered in 2011.

In 2009, the Phase Two Oral Examination was administered in the following locations and there is no guarantee that the Oral Examination will be offered in the same locations in the future.

Atlanta, GA            Boston, MA           Chicago, IL           Dallas, TX             Denver, CO           Jersey City/Newark, NJ
Los Angeles, CA Miami, FL              Portland, OR         Sacramento, CA Washington, DC Tucson, AZ           

Dear NATI,

I am writing to explain a new marketing campaign that we are launching and we hope that you find value in it. The National Center for Interpretation has been working with interpreter organizations and interpreters throughout the country since its creation, in 1983. We have been to many, local, state, and national conferences. We have worked with many associations in developing training seminars, holding workshops and many of the alumni of our programs are now active members of these associations, including yours. We have always believed that associations play an important role in the development of local and regional initiatives, interpreter trainings and above all, they are the driving force behind changes in government and community policy. We would like to invite you to participate in what we are calling the “Giving Back Initiative”. In this initiative we would like to ask for you support in publicizing our programs and training seminars. For every member from your association that registers in any of our offerings, we will give that member a 20% discount off of the registration fee and we will give your association 10% stipend!

We hope that you will consider joining this initiative as it will benefit not only your members by making sure they are attending quality training, but it will ultimately help your association with a monetary stipend in order to support valuable initiatives such as conferences, trainings, and other types of events. If you would like to learn more about this initiative or if you would like to participate and share with your members, feel free to email, mail or simply refer your members to us. We are very excited about this imitative and we certainly look forward to speaking with you about it and helping your association grow!

Sincerely,

Armando Valles,  Assistant Director

University of Arizona - National Center for Interpretation

Geronimo Bldg., Second Floor

P.O. Box 210432  Tucson, AZ  85721

Tel:  (520) 621-3615   Fax:  (520) 624-8130

Web:  http://nci.arizona.edu

For interactive calendars of national and international events that include dozens of conferences, seminars and special events, please visit these sites:

www.atanet.org  American Translators Association (Annual Conference in Denver, CO  October 27 - 23, 2010)

www.imiaweb.org International Medical Interpreters Association (Annual Conference in Boston, MA September 3-5, 2010)

www.najit.org National Judiciary Interpreters Association (Annual Conference in Orlando, FL   May 14 - 16, 2010)

www.ncihc.org National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (Annual Membership Meeting, Washington, DC, April 29-30, 2010)

www.nci.arizona.edu National Center on Interpreting at University of AZ (Registration Open for Next Series of Trainings)

Basic Medical Interpreter Training

A 20 hour introduction to Medical Interpreting

July 30-August 1

Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, IA