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Abraham Lincoln is topic of humanities program Nov 20 2009 12:00AM
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 B
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| Conversations at BSC humanities series continues Nov 16 2009 12:00AM
The Conversations at BSC humanities series continues Nov. 15 with the history and future of the Missouri River at 3 p.m. in Bismarck State College Sidney J. Lee Auditorium.
Clay Jenkinson, BSC's distinguished scholar of the humanities, and BSC Presid
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| Missouri River is topic of humanities program Oct 29 2009 12:00AM
The Conversations at BSC humanities series continues Nov. 15 with the history and future of the Missouri River at 3 p.m. in Bismarck State College Sidney J. Lee Auditorium.
Clay Jenkinson, BSC's distinguished scholar of the humanities, and BSC Presid
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 16 2009 11:12AM
The director of the North Dakota State
University Development Foundation says the "process broke down"
in building a new home for NDSU President Joseph Chapman.
Foundation director Jim Miller and Chapman appeared before a
state Board of Higher E
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| 1919 Roosevelt film being shown Oct 16 2009 5:50AM
A new addition to Dickinson State
University's Theodore Roosevelt Center is a 1919 documentary film
shot in the North Dakota Badlands, featuring friends of Roosevelt.
The center's director, Clay Jenkinson, said he found the film in
the Library o
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BSC Conversation Oct 10 2009 11:27PM
The Missouri River. Neil Armstrong and the moon.
They are all topics that will be covered in a series of conversations at BSC this school year.
What started as a simple experiment has turned into a hot ticket.
BSC president Larry Skogen joins sc
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| 'Conversations at BSC' series starts Oct. 11 Oct 2 2009 12:00AM
Bismarck State College introduces Conversations at BSC, an expanded community program anchored this year with the Distinguished Scholar of the Humanities Lecture Series.
Held on selected Sunday afternoons, the first of six conversations on topics of
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| Library's Roosevelt kiosk opening set Oct. 11 Oct 2 2009 12:00AM
Bismarck State College has a new way to learn about Theodore Roosevelt with a kiosk computer portal in the BSC Library. Grand opening and dedication of the Theodore Roosevelt Center kiosk is set for 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, immediately after the Conversa
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TRCenter Aug 19 2009 7:05PM
Theodore Roosevelt may have never imagined having this kind of effect on North Dakota...
Today the Dickinson State University's Teddy Roosevelt digital archieves is launched...
With the help of federal funding DSU has digitized over 250,00
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Jenkinson Remembers Trip to Moon Jul 19 2009 11:20PM
Forty years ago tomorrow the first humans walked on the moon.
But there are many little known facts about the Apollo 11 mission.
Tom Gerhardt visits with scholar and author Clay Jenkinson about what happened.
For more information on Apollo 11
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Apollo 11 Remembered Jul 18 2009 11:15PM
Forty years ago American astronauts were on their way to the moon.
The summer of 1969 is a vivid memory for Clay Jenkinson.
At the time he was a teenager growing up in Dickinson.
Tonight the author and humanities scholar offers his interest
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Rhubarb Festival Jun 29 2009 9:07AM
Some "expert" judges put their tastebuds to the test...
Here's a couple people we know... at the 2009 Rhubarb Festival at Fort Mandan.
Almost as good as tasting the rhubarb... seeing Tom Gerhardt in this costume...
He, Marci Narum, and Clay Jenkinson
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Sheila's birthday Jun 1 2009 10:59PM
How do you plan to celebrate your next birthday?
Sheila Schafer returned to Medora.
She honored her husbands memoryand the beauty of the badlandsin one remarkable place.
Outside of the Chateau de Moresit's the most recognized ho
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| BSC humanities series concludes May 5 Apr 22 2009 12:00AM
Bismarck State College presents its last event in a series of public humanities programs with excerpts and discussion of the documentary film, "When the Landscape Is Quiet Again: The Legacy of Art Link."
Clay Jenkinson, BSC distinguished scholar of the
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Honoring Farms Mar 14 2009 9:20AM
Paying tribute to our long-standing farms and farmers.
After stuggling with where to put the Centennial Farm Program,
the farms will now be going on display at the Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation in Washburn.
Currently the State Department of A
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| Humanities series with Jenkinson continues March 11 Mar 6 2009 12:00AM
BSC presents its fifth in a series of public humanities programs on the escapades of 19th century scholar and explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton in Africa, the Middle East and South America.
Clay Jenkinson, BSC distinguished scholar of the humanities,
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| Oppenheimer is topic of humanities event Dec. 7 Dec 3 2008 12:00AM
The second in a series of humanities programs at Bismarck State College focuses on the life and work of renowned physicist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, known as "father of the atomic bomb."
Clay Jenkinson, BSC distinguished scholar of the humanities, sp
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| Jenkinson will present humanities series at BSC Oct 28 2008 12:00AM
Bismarck State College has appointed Clay Jenkinson as BSC's Distinguished Scholar of the Humanities for the fall and spring semesters.
A Rhodes and Danforth scholar known nationally as an interpreter of Thomas Jefferson, Jenkinson will present a
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| Roosevelt symposium in Dickinson Oct 9 2008 5:51AM
Dickinson State University is holding its
third annual Theodore Roosevelt symposium.
"Theodore Roosevelt: The Conservationist in the Arena" will
bring together authors and historians Thursday through Saturday.
Clay Jenkinson, director of Di
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125th Roosevelt Anniversary Sep 8 2008 10:59PM
Theodore Roosevelt returns to the badlands this weekend.
It's the 125th anniversary of Roosevelt first setting foot on North Dakota soil.
He came to hunt buffaloand ended up falling in love with the badlands.
It's also the 150th anniversary of Roosev
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Roosevelt in Medora Sep 8 2008 6:57PM
Theodore Roosevelt returns to the badlands this weekend.
It's the 125th anniversary of Roosevelt first setting foot on North Dakota soil.
He came to hunt buffaloand ended up falling in love with the badlands.
It's also the 150th anniv
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Inside History: Dvirnak Collection Jul 6 2008 11:16PM
Many people call it one of the most beautiful places in North Dakota.
The Killdeer Mountains have a long historyincluding a battle that took place in July of 1864.
Tom Gerhardt has more.
General Alfred Sully's forces attacked Sioux
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| National Geographic editor says article not intended as an ND... Jan 15 2008 6:47PM
National Geographic editor Chris Johns says
the story in this month's magazine that outraged so many North
Dakotans was not intended to be a profile of the state.
Johns says he's been to North Dakota man times and loves the
state.
The arti
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| Campus Read panel to discuss 'Into the Wild' Oct 3 2007 12:00AM
Events associated with the Bismarck State College fall Campus Read continue Tuesday, Oct. 23, with a public discussion at noon in Sidney J. Lee Auditorium.
Students, faculty and staff are reading "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer, a compelling true s
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Constitution Day Celebrated Sep 17 2007 8:33PM
220 years ago today our forefathers signed a document outlining our freedoms.
Today is a day to celebrate that accomplishment it's Constitution Day.
Thirty-six people originally signed the Constitution in Independence Hall in Pennsylvania.
Students
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BSC students sign constitution Sep 17 2007 7:02PM
Two hundred twenty years ago our nation was founded on one important document.. the United States Constitution.
Today, is officially known as Constitution Day.
On September 17, 1787 our forefathers signed the Constitution in Independence Hall
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Land sale to Forest Service Sep 15 2007 11:29PM
Theodore Roosevelts Elkhorn ranch site lies on the west bank of the little missouri river some 35 miles north of Medora.
But its land across the river to the north and east that is gaining national attention. It's known as the Eberts Ranch.
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| Dickinson State's Theodore Roosevelt Center up and running... Sep 13 2007 2:57PM
Dickinson State University's new Theodore
Roosevelt Center is open at the school's Stoxen Library.
The center features a computer kiosk with a bust of the former
president.
The Legislature approved $150,000 to help Dickinson State work
wit
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| Jenkinson speaks on U.S. Constitution Sept. 17 Sep 6 2007 12:00AM
Humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson becomes President Thomas Jefferson to discuss America's most important document on national U.S. Constitution Day.
The third president, who penned the Bill of Rights, discusses how he viewed the Constitution and ho
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| Comedy show 'honors' ND Thomas Jefferson impersonator... Nov 16 2006 5:51PM
A national comedy show picked a [[kxtopic:dickinson-nd:t[Dickinson]:t]]
State University scholar as the best impersonator of President
Thomas Jefferson.
Last night the "Colbert (kol-BEAR) Report" on the Comedy
Central cable channel did mock inte
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| Jenkinson discusses issues of the poor as Thomas Jefferson Oct 19 2006 12:00AM
Bismarck State College presents humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson in the character of Thomas Jefferson discussing issues of the poor in his time, followed by contemporary commentary by Jenkinson at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, in Sidney J. Lee Auditori
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| Campus Read events set at BSC Oct 12 2006 12:00AM
The fall Campus Read is underway at Bismarck State College with faculty, staff, and students reading "Nickel and Dimed," the real life account on the plight of America's working poor by Barbara Ehrenreich.
Public events associated with Campus Read
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TR symposium begins Friday Oct 11 2006 11:33PM
Theodore Roosevelt is well known for his stay in the Badlands.
For a weekend, you can learn more about the past president.
Starting Thursday night at Dickinson State University...authors, DSU staff and Roosevelt's great-grandson will be speak
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| Napoleon author will read at Bismarck State College Sep 14 2006 12:00AM
Debra Marquart grew up near Napoleon, toured as a road musician with rock and heavy metal bands in the '70s and '80s, wrote an award-winning book about it, and now offers "The Horizontal World: Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere."
She appears
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| ND Quarter Launch Ceremony Aug 21 2006 12:00AM
Wednesday, August 30th
HOEVEN ANNOUNCES NORTH DAKOTA QUARTER LAUNCH CEREMONY
BISMARCK, N.D. ? Gov
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| Hoeven Announces North Dakota Quarter Launch Ceremony Aug 18 2006 12:00AM
BISMARCK, N.D. - Gov. John Hoeven today announced that the official launch ceremony for the North Dakota Statehood
Quarter will be held on Wednesday, August 30, 2006, on the State Capitol Mall in Bismarck. The event will start at
10:45 a.m. with mus
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| Roosevelt Project Jun 12 2006 12:00AM
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) _ A Dickinson State University project on former president Theodore Roosevelt aims to overhaul the former president's image.
Dickinson State is teaming up with the Theodore Roosevelt Med
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| Roosevelt Book; Clay Jenkinson Jun 9 2006 12:00AM
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) _ The author of a new Theodore Roosevelt guidebook hopes it will give readers a broader view of how he was shaped by his North Dakota experience.
Roosevelt lived in the southwestern Nort
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| Early-June North Dakota events offer fun family outings May 30 2006 12:00AM
May 30, 2006
For more information contact
Sara Otte Coleman, Director, Tourism Division
North Dakota Department of Commerce
701-328-2525
Now that the kids are out of school, make time for a family outing. From kites and cars
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| Sakakawea Name.... Feb 10 2004 12:00AM
When it comes to spelling the name of Lewis and Clark's female Indian guide and translator, North Dakotans use a "k."
But almost nobody else spells Sakakawea's name that way.
Outside North Dakota it's usually spelled with a "g
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| Lewis and Cark Book Feb 9 2004 12:00AM
It's called ``A Vast and Open Plain.'' The book's editor says it's the first to concentrate on the time Lewis and Clark spent in one state during their trip up the Missouri River almost 200 years ago.
Clay Jenkinson edited the boo
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| Book Describes Lewis & Clark's ND Visit Feb 10 2004 12:00AM
(AP) A new book outlines the time Meriwether Lewis and William Clark spent in North Dakota.
It's called ``A Vast and Open Plain.'' The book's editor says it's the first to concentrate on the time Lewis and Clark spent in one state d
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| Lewis and Clark Documentary Sep 22 2003 12:00AM
It's a series about the filmmakers' travels with Thomas Jefferson expert Clay Jenkinson along the route taken by the explorers in the 1800s.
The first installment of the series is set for release December tenth on D-V-D and V-H-S.
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| Minot Firm's Film Adopted Sep 28 2003 12:00AM
(AP) A North Dakota multi-media company's Lewis and Clark documentary has been adopted as an official product of the bicentennial celebration.
The series called ``Rediscover the Corps'' was produced by Communication Corps, of Mino
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| Minot Filmmakers Get Endorsement Sep 23 2003 12:00AM
(AP) A documentary by Minot filmmakers Kirk Roos and Chad Spokely has been chosen as an official product of the Lewis and Clark national bicentennial.
It's a series about the filmmakers' travels with Thomas Jefferson expert Clay Jen
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| More Lewis & Clark Promotion Needed Mar 4 2003 12:00AM
Historian Clay Jenkinson says North Dakota is not doing enough to promote the upcoming bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Jenkinson told tourism officials today that North Dakota should cash in on the bicentennial.
Jen
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| Lewis and Clark at the Confluence event taking place near Williston Apr 22 2005 12:00AM
April 22, 2005
For more information contact:
Annette Schilling. Lewis and Clark Coordinator
North Dakota Tourism
701-328-3505
The Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Center Interpretive Center, Fort Buford and Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site ne
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