The Conversations at BSC humanities series continues Sunday, Dec. 6, with Abraham Lincoln's "footprint" in North Dakota at 3 p.m. in Bismarck State College Sidney J. Lee Auditorium.

Clay Jenkinson, BSC's distinguished scholar of the humanities, and BSC President Larry C. Skogen, a history specialist, take part in a dialogue about the breadth of the 12th president's influence in creating opportunities and institutions that settled and developed Dakota Territory.

"Abraham Lincoln never set foot in North Dakota, but his footprint is enormous," Skogen says.

Discussion will include the Homestead Act of 1862, which opened vast areas of land to settlement; the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act of 1862, which encouraged states to create institutions of higher learning; and building of the Northern Pacific Railroad through North Dakota and the Lakota and Dakota hunting grounds. Questions from the audience will complete the conversation.

Held on selected Sunday afternoons, Conversations at BSC will present three more programs in the Distinguished Scholar of the Humanities series: Jan. 24 - "Wounded Knee;" Feb. 21 - "Mussolini's Last Day;" and April 25 - "The Day Neil Armstrong Walked on the Moon."


The programs are unrehearsed and emphasize the 360-degree perspective of the humanities lens. Read more about this inclusive look at the world in which we live at the Conversations at BSC Web site,www.bsctalk.com. Click the "Resources" link for Jenkinson's thoughts on the humanities and Conversations at BSC. | save this article / add to your favorites list