Faculty and Staff
Kate Camino
Program Assistant / Office Manager
camino@scs.unr.edu
775.784.4854; 775.682.5565
Kate Camino has been employed at the Center since
1998. She directs office operations, writes grants for the Center, and
assists visiting scholars with visa and lodging information. She also teaches our Basque Language 101 and 102 classes. Kate has lived and studied in the Basque Country and speaks
fluent Basque, French, Spanish, and
English.
Education
University of Nevada, Reno. Masters in French with a minor
in Basque Studies 1997-2000.
Université de Pau et des Pays de L’Adour
Pau, France. Thesis title “Une Etude Contrastive de
Quelques Stratégies de Politesse en Basque et
Français.”
University of Wyoming - Bachelor of Arts Degree in
French.
University of Wyoming - Bachelor of Arts Degree in
Spanish.
Boise State University Consortium Program
Université de Pau et des Pays de L’Adour -
Certificat Pratique de la Langue Française. Pau,
France 1986-1987.
University of Nevada-Reno, Basque Consortium
Program
Facultad de Derecho, Donosti, Guipuzkoa Basque Country
1983-1984.
Papers Presented
“When Two Worlds Collide” presented at the Wyoming Humanities Council Summer Meeting July 27, 2001 in Story Wyoming.
“When Two Worlds Collide: Growing up Basque in a small Wyoming town” presented at the annual CASA/RMASA conference at the University of Nevada Reno, May 2001.
Honors
Appointed by Euskal
Irratia Telebista (EITB – Basque Radio and Television) as their North
American correspondent, 2000-2006
Awarded a Senatorial Recognition Certificate from Richard Bryan, U.S.
Senator of the State of Nevada, for contributions to the Reno Basque
Festival Library of Congress Bicentennial Local Legacies Project
Honored at the Women Center’s Recognition Ceremony as
part of National Women’s History Month, March
2000
Honored by Zazpiak Bat Basque Club for two years of service as club President 1998-2000, January 20, 2001
Chosen to participate in Gaztemundu 2002 special Dance edition by the Basque Government
Chosen to represent NABO (North American Basque
Organization) at the Second World Congress of Basque
Communities held in Gasteiz Spain October
1999
Honored by the Basque Parliament (Eusko Legebiltzara)
for organization of “Renoko Aste Nagusia” July
1999
Recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Student award
and scholarship by the Graduate Students Association Spring
1998 Reno, Nevada
Secretary Zazpiak Bat Basque Club Reno, Nevada
(elected position)
Director/Secretary Big Horn Basque Club (elected
position)
Conseil Général de Pau - Graduate Work
Scholarship
University of Wyoming - Society of Epsilon Scholastic
Achievement Award
University of Wyoming - First Annual College of Arts
and Science Honors, Honoree
1981-1982 Wyoming Youth of the Month
National Honor Society
Quill and Scroll
Thespian
Community involvement
2008 Director of NABO (North American Basque Organization) Udaleku, Buffalo, Wyoming June 15-27, 2008
2002 Director of NABO (North American Basque Organization) Music Camp now known as Udaleku, Reno Nevada June 16-28th
2000 Director of NABO (North American Basque Organization) Music Camp, Buffalo Wyoming, June 2000.
1999 to present Instructor/Director of Zazpiak Bat Basque Dance Troupe Reno, Nevada
1997 Member/Co-instructor Zazpiak Bat Basque Dance Troupe Reno, Nevada
Former member of the ATA (American Translator’s Association)