An extensive report detailing the lieutenant governor and his delegations' activities and accomplishment on their 2011 mission to Spain is now available for download, along with an introductory letter from Lt. Governor Owen.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Mission report now online
An extensive report detailing the lieutenant governor and his delegations' activities and accomplishment on their 2011 mission to Spain is now available for download, along with an introductory letter from Lt. Governor Owen.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Reception for Spanish students who attended summer camp in Seattle
A reception in honor of 60 Spanish students who attended in the "International Village" camp in Seattle in 2009, 2010 and 2011 included Lt. Governor Owen and his delegation and Juan Jose Mateo, the minister of education for Castilla y Leon.
You may read more about this meeting in the Spanish journal Leonoticias.com
English (web-translated) and Spanish.
You may read more about this meeting in the Spanish journal Leonoticias.com
English (web-translated) and Spanish.
Lt. Governor part of wine school exchange signing ceremony
Lt. Governor Owen and delegation continued their mission this week with a stop in the historic city of Valladolid, where the lieutenant governor took part in the signing of an agreement between Northwest Wine Academy (based at South Seattle Community College) and the International Kitchen School Fernando Perez de Valladolid.
The agreement will result in the establishment of a half-year course for wine stewardship at the school, running from January through June. The course will include 250 hours of instruction, 100 hours of work outside the class and a final project. The student judged to be the best will earn an all-expense paid, week-long trip to New York for additional training in "one of the best hotels" and play the "role of the ambassador of wines of Castilla and Leon."
The signing of this agreement was covered in the Spanish media.
ABC.es
English Spanish
The agreement will result in the establishment of a half-year course for wine stewardship at the school, running from January through June. The course will include 250 hours of instruction, 100 hours of work outside the class and a final project. The student judged to be the best will earn an all-expense paid, week-long trip to New York for additional training in "one of the best hotels" and play the "role of the ambassador of wines of Castilla and Leon."
The signing of this agreement was covered in the Spanish media.
ABC.es
English Spanish
Monday, October 24, 2011
Lt. Governor tours technology institute
One of the stops on the Lt. Governor's trade and cultural mission to Spain was a visit to the Spanish National Communication Technology Institute (INTECO) in Leon.
According to a news release (Spanish) (English) issued by the institute and Spanish media coverage, the meeting was designed to establish closer relationships between the institute and Washington and to identify future collaborative projects, especially those that are related to technology.
According to a news release (Spanish) (English) issued by the institute and Spanish media coverage, the meeting was designed to establish closer relationships between the institute and Washington and to identify future collaborative projects, especially those that are related to technology.
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| Lt. Governor Owen and delegation tour INTECO. |
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Lt. Governor Owen receives a briefing about INTECO from its CEO, Victor Izquierdo
Lt. Governor Owen and delegation pose with officials from INTECO and FGULEM,
a foundation associated with the University of Leon. |
Friday, October 21, 2011
More media coverage from lieutenant governor's mission to Spain
Lt. Governor Owen continued his tour of Leon this week, drawing plenty of news media attention as he visited with dignitaries in education, research and business.
There is also coverage of the Lt. Governor's lecture, which he delivered in Spanish at two universities.
Here is a sampling of some of the media coverage, both in their original Spanish and translated via the Google web translation service. (Once more, please note that the English is not precise - we are supplying here for the benefit of our non-Spanish reading visitors to this site).
Leonoticias
Spanish: "El bueno, el feo y el malo"
English: "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
Europapress
Spanish: El Estado de Washington afianzará las relaciones empresariales con León
English: The State of Washington will strengthen business relations with Leon
EL DIARIO DE LEON S.A.
Spanish: La Universidad de Washington inicia el curso con 15 alumnos de 600 previstos
English: Washington University started the course with 15 students of 600 planned
Leonoticias (includes video of a gifting exchange)
Spanish: León abre sus puertas para estrechar los vínculos comerciales con Washington
English: Leon opens its doors for closer trade ties with Washington
Lt. Governor Owen makes statement on ETA announcement to end of arms struggle
Spanish
English
There is also coverage of the Lt. Governor's lecture, which he delivered in Spanish at two universities.
Here is a sampling of some of the media coverage, both in their original Spanish and translated via the Google web translation service. (Once more, please note that the English is not precise - we are supplying here for the benefit of our non-Spanish reading visitors to this site).
Leonoticias
Spanish: "El bueno, el feo y el malo"
English: "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
Europapress
Spanish: El Estado de Washington afianzará las relaciones empresariales con León
English: The State of Washington will strengthen business relations with Leon
EL DIARIO DE LEON S.A.
Spanish: La Universidad de Washington inicia el curso con 15 alumnos de 600 previstos
English: Washington University started the course with 15 students of 600 planned
Leonoticias (includes video of a gifting exchange)
Spanish: León abre sus puertas para estrechar los vínculos comerciales con Washington
English: Leon opens its doors for closer trade ties with Washington
Lt. Governor Owen makes statement on ETA announcement to end of arms struggle
Spanish
English
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Lt. Governor 'pushes academic and business relations,' Spanish journal reports
An article in an online news journal published in León, Leonoticias.com, covers an announcement by Lt. Governor Owen of a nursing graduate exchange between the nursing programs at the University of Washington and Bellevue College and the University of León.
The article also discusses upcoming meetings between the lieutenant governor and business leaders in Spain in toward establishing closer business ties between Washington and Spain, especially in the technology and wine sectors.
Here is a link to the article in Spanish, or you can read it here in English courtesy of Google's electronic translation service (the translation may be less than precise but will give non-Spanish readers the general idea). Audio recordings of the lt. governor's remarks via a translator can be downloaded from the site as well.
The article also discusses upcoming meetings between the lieutenant governor and business leaders in Spain in toward establishing closer business ties between Washington and Spain, especially in the technology and wine sectors.
Here is a link to the article in Spanish, or you can read it here in English courtesy of Google's electronic translation service (the translation may be less than precise but will give non-Spanish readers the general idea). Audio recordings of the lt. governor's remarks via a translator can be downloaded from the site as well.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Lt. Governor Owen to lecture in Spain, continue development work over 10-day, four city mission
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| Lt. Governor Owen presents a "dry run" of the lecture he will give in Spain to an audience at the University of Washington. |
Lt. Governor Brad Owen departs Monday for a busy 10-day trade and cultural mission to Spain, where he will engage in a series of meetings with high-level officials and business leaders, tour a successful tunnel project built by the same company that will construct Seattle’s deep-bore tunnel, and lecture at two of Spain’ leading universities – in Spanish.
The mission is not at taxpayer expense, and is expected to benefit the state of Washington by continuing the lieutenant governor’s work from earlier missions as well as leverage a visit to Spain by Governor Chris Gregoire in June.
“We are very fortunate in Washington to have a very close and significant relationship with Spain, one that has resulted in advances in transportation, energy, the arts and education both here and there,” Owen said.
The lieutenant governor’s university lectures will feature his perspectives on the impact of guns and religion on American politics. Owen will deliver it on two occasions to audiences at the University of León and the University of Valladolid, both in north central Spain.
While at the University of León, the lieutenant governor will meet with administrators and faculty regarding a nursing exchange program between Spain and Washington, the development of a Jewish center for Latino studies, and make plans for an art exhibit featuring Dale Chihuly, Alfredo Arreguin and artists from the Makah Nation on the Washington coast.
Other dignitaries he will meet with include the president (governor) of the province of Castilla y León; the mayor of León; the provincial minister of economy and employment; and the province’s secretaries for education and agriculture.
At a joint news conference with the Secretary of Agriculture for Castilla y León, the lieutenant governor will announce an agreement between South Seattle Community College's Northwest Wine Academy and the Valladolid Culinary Institute. Owen will also meet with young students who participated in the “Spanglish” summer school program with the University of Washington and Spain’s Instituto de Lenguas.
He will conclude his time in Valladolid with meetings with top officials from leading renewable energy and aerospace sectors on their common business interests with the state of Washington, then a visit to Boecillo Technology Park and to the Microsoft campus.
The latter part of the lieutenant governor’s mission will be spent in Madrid, where Owen will visit Microsoft’s School of the Future then a grade school nearby. He will also meet with the minister of education in Madrid and visit with some of the 260 teachers from Washington who were hired by Spain to teach English. It is also in Madrid where he will take a tour of the M30 motorway tunnel project built by Dragados, the parent company of Dragados U.S.A. which has been chosen to build the deep-bore tunnel project in downtown Seattle.
Finally, the lieutenant governor will travel to the city of Toledo to meet with officials with the Iberdola and Enerfin energy companies on alternative energy projects related to wind farms and their investment in Washington and the Pacific Northwest.
Traveling with the lieutenant governor will be his spouse, Linda; Antonio Sanchez, his director for economic development and international relations; Carolina Lucero, senior vice president of Sea Mar Community Health Center; and Luis Fernando Esteban, the honorary consul for Spain in the state of Washington.
The mission is not at taxpayer expense, and is expected to benefit the state of Washington by continuing the lieutenant governor’s work from earlier missions as well as leverage a visit to Spain by Governor Chris Gregoire in June.
“We are very fortunate in Washington to have a very close and significant relationship with Spain, one that has resulted in advances in transportation, energy, the arts and education both here and there,” Owen said.
The lieutenant governor’s university lectures will feature his perspectives on the impact of guns and religion on American politics. Owen will deliver it on two occasions to audiences at the University of León and the University of Valladolid, both in north central Spain.
While at the University of León, the lieutenant governor will meet with administrators and faculty regarding a nursing exchange program between Spain and Washington, the development of a Jewish center for Latino studies, and make plans for an art exhibit featuring Dale Chihuly, Alfredo Arreguin and artists from the Makah Nation on the Washington coast.
Other dignitaries he will meet with include the president (governor) of the province of Castilla y León; the mayor of León; the provincial minister of economy and employment; and the province’s secretaries for education and agriculture.
At a joint news conference with the Secretary of Agriculture for Castilla y León, the lieutenant governor will announce an agreement between South Seattle Community College's Northwest Wine Academy and the Valladolid Culinary Institute. Owen will also meet with young students who participated in the “Spanglish” summer school program with the University of Washington and Spain’s Instituto de Lenguas.
He will conclude his time in Valladolid with meetings with top officials from leading renewable energy and aerospace sectors on their common business interests with the state of Washington, then a visit to Boecillo Technology Park and to the Microsoft campus.
The latter part of the lieutenant governor’s mission will be spent in Madrid, where Owen will visit Microsoft’s School of the Future then a grade school nearby. He will also meet with the minister of education in Madrid and visit with some of the 260 teachers from Washington who were hired by Spain to teach English. It is also in Madrid where he will take a tour of the M30 motorway tunnel project built by Dragados, the parent company of Dragados U.S.A. which has been chosen to build the deep-bore tunnel project in downtown Seattle.
Finally, the lieutenant governor will travel to the city of Toledo to meet with officials with the Iberdola and Enerfin energy companies on alternative energy projects related to wind farms and their investment in Washington and the Pacific Northwest.
Traveling with the lieutenant governor will be his spouse, Linda; Antonio Sanchez, his director for economic development and international relations; Carolina Lucero, senior vice president of Sea Mar Community Health Center; and Luis Fernando Esteban, the honorary consul for Spain in the state of Washington.
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