Education News - April 7, 2026
Bonner County Daily Bee | UPDATED 8 hours, 29 minutes AGO
Buddhist nuns to speak at NIC
North Idaho College will host seminars with Buddhist nuns on shared values and how curiosity helps connect with others on April 7 and 8 at NIC’s Coeur d’Alene campus.
Both talks are free, open to the public and hosted by the NIC Cardinal Reads Committee.
“Curiosity: The Key to Connection” will be presented by Buddhist nun Venerable Tenzin Tsepal from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 7, in the Lake Coeur d’Alene Room of the Edminster Student Union Building. Tsepal’s talk will cover curiosity as a way of responding to differences to foster meaningful connection and understanding.
“Discovering Our Shared Values” will be presented by Venerables Thubten Dekyi and Thubten Puntsok on Wednesday, April 8, from noon to 12:50 p.m. in the Driftwood Bay Room of the Edminster Student Union Building. The discussion will explore our shared values and ways to connect with people with different views.
For more information, contact NIC Philosophy Professor Laura Templeman at [email protected].
NIC participating in annual Get Lit! Festival
The North Idaho College Writing Center Visiting Writers Series will host author Willy Vlautin as part of Eastern Washington University’s annual literary Get Lit! Festival.
The reading and discussion will be from 11 a.m. to noon on Friday, April 17, at Emerge CDA at 119 N. Second St. in Coeur d’Alene.
The event is free and open to the public.
Vlautin, a novelist and musician, is the author of eight books, including his latest title “The Left and the Lucky” and the Joyce Carol Oates Prize winner “The Horse.” Vlautin is a recipient of three Oregon Book Awards, The Nevada Silver Pen Award, and was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame and the Oregon Music Hall of Fame. He also teaches the masters in writing program at Pacific University.
In its 28th year, Eastern Washington University’s Get Lit! Festival is an annual literary celebration, featuring readings, workshops, craft classes and panel discussions with authors from the Inland Northwest and beyond.
Visit inside.ewu.edu/getlit for details about the Get Lit! Festival.
Contact NIC associate professor of English Jonathan Frey at 208-769-3337 or [email protected] for info about NIC's Get Lit! event.