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September 2018 THE 13TH ANNUAL THEODORE ROOSEVELT SYMPOSIUM: WOMEN IN THE ARENA (AND A BIT OF ROOSEVELT, TOO)
By: Salena Loveland, student intern
Dickinson State University (DSU) and the Theodore Roosevelt Center (TR Center) are proud to host the Theodore Roosevelt Symposium Sept. 20-22, 2018. This year’s theme, “Women in the Arena (and a bit of Roosevelt, too),” promises to enlighten attendees on the role women played in Roosevelt’s life as well as the influences they had on his decisions in both his political and private lives. Lectures and discussions will be in May Hall on the DSU campus Thursday evening and all day Friday with a field trip to Medora Saturday. On the surface, Roosevelt might appear to be a contradiction. On the one hand, he seems hyper-masculine because he believed that the woman’s role was to bear as many children as possible while on the other hand he argued for better protections and broader rights for women. The goal of the 2018 symposium is to delve deeper to clarify the seeming contradictions. Audience members can expect “insight, perspective, great TR stories, lots of humor, and a serious examination of the place of women in TR’s life, women and the progressive movement,” stated Clay Jenkinson, primary consultant and humanities scholar at the TR Center. The TR Center has wanted to focus a symposium on this theme for a while. Considering the current atmosphere surrounding women’s issues, those involved in deciding the symposium’s topic felt now was a good time. “This is a time when America is doing some serious self-examination about the status of women—in the workplace, in politics, in the family,” Jenkinson said. “Our choice to do this symposium on this topic was decided for other reasons, but the Me Too movement has made it all the more timely, relevant and even important.” “[The idea for the Theodore Roosevelt Symposium] started 14 years ago when the then president of DSU, Dr. Lee Vickers, agreed that we should try to be one of the most significant convening places for TR discourse,” shared Jenkinson. “We have brought the best scholars and thinkers about Roosevelt to western North Dakota, and we have been able to get existing scholars to think about TR in new ways and have generated brand-new scholarship for young scholars. We are truly proud of what we have done. Virtually all of our presenters tell us they wish they had visited North Dakota before they wrote their book!” When asked why people should attend this year’s symposium, Jenkinson replied, “We have a well-deserved reputation for creating outstanding public humanities symposiums. Our speakers tell us that they have seldom if ever been to conferences or symposia that have as much real conversation as ours, as much joy and as much playfulness. Our symposia are so good that last year’s, for example, is being turned into a book.” To experience this year’s phenomenal program, be sure to make room in your schedules to attend some, if not all, of the events. Everyone is welcome. Lectures and discussions, through the generous sponsorship of the North Dakota Humanities Council, are free. Registration prices covering meals, materials, and the field trip to Medora vary depending on how many days you wish to attend. To register for the symposium or for more information, please visit www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org or contact the Theodore Roosevelt Center at (701)-483-2814 The Theodore Roosevelt Center is dedicated to preserving the legacy of America’s 26th president. The TR Center has undertaken the monumental task of creating a presidential digital library that will serve as a repository for all Roosevelt-related documents, photographs and ephemera, providing instant access via the internet in a well-organized, comprehensible manner. The TR Center also hosts an annual Theodore Roosevelt Symposium as well as special Roosevelt-related events, promotes Roosevelt scholarship and offers student internships.
2018 THEODORE ROOSEVELT SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS This year’s Theodore Roosevelt Symposium, “Women in the Arena (and a bit of Roosevelt, too),” offers the opportunity to hear from several experts on the topic of women and the roles they played in Roosevelt’s life. Continue reading to learn about their symposium presentations, a little about who they are. Virginia Scharff - “If Theodore Roosevelt Were a Woman” Based on the biography of TR, Virginia Scharff will explore pivotal experiences and ideas in Theodore Roosevelt’s life that would have gone very differently had he been born into his world as a female. Celebrated figures in women’s history, including Edith Wharton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Alice Longworth, will be considered for comparison. Virginia Scharff is Distinguished Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Southwest at the University of New Mexico. She has published numerous books including “Home Lands: How Women Made the West” and “Taking the Wheel: Women and the Coming of the Motor Age.” Her most recent book, “The Women Jefferson Loved,” was named a New York Times Editor’s Choice. She is also the author of four mystery suspense novels, written under the name of Virginia Swift: “Brown-Eyed Girl,” “Bad Company,” “Bye, Bye, Love” and “Hello, Stranger.” What drew you to history in general and to women in history especially? I have been interested in history ever since I was a small child. My mother volunteered at the Missouri Historical Society, then generally known as the Jefferson Memorial in St. Louis. I loved to go there and look at the exhibits,
and I was fascinated by Jefferson. I became interested in women’s history when I realized how women’s stories had been ignored, erased and falsified. I wrote my first book about women drivers because my suburban mother spent hours each week driving carpools. She was part of a national transportation system that was entirely unpaid and unrecorded. What are you most looking forward to regarding the Theodore Roosevelt Symposium? I look forward to meeting the dedicated people who have made this symposium so successful for years. It is a model public humanities program! I also look forward to reconnecting with old friends, and learning a lot from the other scholars and presenters as well as the audience. Could you please share one thing you learned while researching your presentation topic that impressed you, surprised you or otherwise stuck with you? I will be speaking on the question, “What If Theodore Roosevelt Had Been Born a Woman?” I was often amazed at the creativity and determination with which women in his world confronted limitations and discrimination. What do you hope audience members will take away from your presentation? I hope audience members will want to know more about the fascinating women I will discuss, and might even begin to see TR in a new light. Kimberly Hamlin - “Rough Riders, Bearded Ladies and Suffragists: Gender in the Age of TR” For generations of Americans, Theodore Roosevelt revolutionized and then personified what it meant to be a man in America. The storied manliness of TR attracted followers and photographers, intimidated opponents, and helped to cement his unique legacy. At the same time, Roosevelt had a lot to say about what the ideal woman should be like—strong, maternal and very fertile—the type of woman that many Progressive Era women no longer aspired to be. This talk will explore how Roosevelt’s macho image shaped his approach to politics, foreign affairs and women’s rights, including his stance on women’s suffrage and his relationships with female reformers. Author of “From Eve to Evolution: Darwin, Science, and Women’s Rights in Gilded Age America,” Kimberly A. Hamlin researches, writes, and speaks about the history of women in America. She is a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar and is writing the biography of Helen Hamilton Gardener, the suffragists’ lead negotiator to President Woodrow Wilson and Congress and the woman who donated her brain to science to prove the intellectual equality of women. Hamlin is an associate professor of history and American Studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Stacy Cordery - “Defining a Woman’s Duty: The Effect of The Roosevelt Women on TR’s Views About Women” Theodore Roosevelt’s sense of women was always bound up in his over-arching commitment to the concept of duty. Duty was his life-long measuring stick. A woman’s duty, for Roosevelt, simultaneously was defined by and transcended her gender. The shaping of his increasingly broad-minded thinking concerning women’s roles began in his own family. His observations of and conversations with his mother, sisters, wives, daughters, daughters-in-law, and nieces helped him work out what became his public positions, many of which found their way into legislation during the Progressive Era. This talk will examine the influences of the women in the Roosevelt family and explore how his unique relationship with them allowed his views concerning women and their public and private duties to evolve, even as they retained aspects of the societal expectations of his mother’s generation. “Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker” was a New York Times Notable Book. Cordery has also published two books about Theodore Roosevelt. She is a professor of history at Iowa State University, the bibliographer for the National First Ladies Library, and a visiting distinguished scholar with the Theodore Roosevelt Center. She is currently working on a biography of American entrepreneur Elizabeth Arden. What drew you to history in general and to women in history especially? I am a historical biographer and interested in how the decisions of people shape their lives and the lives of those around them. My interest in the Roosevelt women began in graduate school when I wrote my Ph.D. dissertation about the concept of celebrity and First Daughter Alice Roosevelt.
2018 THEODORE ROOSEVELT SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS from Page 1 What are you most looking forward to regarding the Theodore Roosevelt Symposium? This is not my first symposium, so I am mostly looking forward to seeing symposium friends—those regular attendees as well as the wonderful people I know through the Theodore Roosevelt Center. I’m also really looking forward to learning from my fellow panelists. What do you hope audience members will take away from your presentation? I hope that audience members will take away a clearer sense of how the women in Theodore Roosevelt’s life affected his thinking, writing and governing. Katherine Joslin - “The Kidskin Library” Pigskin famously covered books by Roosevelt’s favorite male writers. What favorite books by women might we clad in elegant kidskin? What did the ladies teach Theodore Roosevelt about being a woman? With his siblings, he read books by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Adeline Train Whitney and Louisa May Alcott. Throughout his life, TR devoured dime novels and romances by Augusta Jane Evans, Octave Thanet, The Duchess, Ouida, Charles Egbert Craddock (actually a woman), the Van Vorst Sisters, and Laura Jean Libbey. We will also look at his friendships with Jane Addams, Lady Gregory and Edith Wharton, all women in the literary arena. Katherine Joslin is a distinguished professor of English at Western Michigan University and founding director of the WMU Center for the Humanities. Among her books are “Jane Addams, A Writer’s Life,” “Edith Wharton and the Making of Fashion” and, with Thomas Bailey, “Theodore Roosevelt, A Literary Life.” What drew you to history in general and to women in history especially? When I was in graduate school, I went to read the letters of Jane Addams (1860-1935) that were housed then in her office at Hull House in Chicago. Reading those letters is better than reading the best novel because all the voices in them come from real people. She wrote to her partner Mary Rozet Smith and to Theodore Roosevelt and to Leo Tolstoy and countless others. Later I read the letters and journals of the New York novelist Edith Wharton (1862-1937), and I couldn’t put them down, especially her love diary. My training is in literature and so the way for me into women’s history is through writing. Jane Addams wrote a dozen books and Edith Wharton wrote four dozen, and for decades after their deaths, their literary work was ignored. My life in the literary arena has been devoted to retrieving those books for new generations of readers. What are you most looking forward to regarding the Theodore Roosevelt Symposium? The Symposium brings people together from different backgrounds and experiences. I am looking forward to talking with local people and travelers and other speakers about the strong women surrounding Theodore Roosevelt in various arenas of their own. Could you please share one thing you learned while researching your presentation topic that impressed you, surprised you or otherwise stuck with you? As I worked on “Theodore Roosevelt, A Literary Life,” I was shocked to find out how much he adored what was called “cheap fiction”—dime novels, romances, muckraking exposés—and how many of those popular writers were women. He got his ideas from lady writers more often than you think, and their real lives were much different than he imagined. What do you hope audience members will take away from your presentation? I hope the audience will find these books by women writers and read them, along with Theodore Roosevelt’s own books and articles about feminine life and a woman’s strenuous duty.
WOHLETZ AND NOAH SELECTED TO PRESENT AT REGIONAL NACADA CONFERENCE The National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) selected Dickinson State University (DSU) professional advisors Samantha Wohletz and Kayla Noah to present their topic “Creating an Advising Center” at the NACADA Region 6 annual conference May 16-18 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In their presentation, Wohletz and Noah discussed their experience creating and implementing an advising center at a small, rural university. “This year’s conference sold out with roughly 500 advisors in attendance,” shared Wohletz, who also sat on the Steering Committee as communications chair. “The conference was a great opportunity to exchange ideas with other advisors from around the region as well as learn new ways to improve advising practices at DSU.” NACADA is an association of academic advisors working to enhance the educational development of students, with Region 6 covering Iowa, Manitoba, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Northwestern Territories, Saskatchewan and South Dakota. It is open to professional advisors, counselors, faculty, administrators and students.
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DICKINSON STATE’S WORLD FEST CONTINUES WITH MANHU FROM CHINA
By: Salena Loveland, student intern
Discover the folk sounds of rural China right in your own backyard. Share the ancient melodies and captivating instruments of Manhu, lively musicians from a remote landscape of small towns, quiet lakes and forests made of stone. Experience this exciting American debut and connect to an age-old culture made modern. Hailing from the Stone Forest of Yunnan Province in southwestern China, Manhu brings to life the traditions of the Yi people, an ethnic minority group with a rich musical history. Playing the hulusheng, a mouth organ made from dried gourds, and even an ordinary leaf used as a reed, Manhu shares instruments and songs that are well-known in their homeland but rarely seen on an international stage. The ensemble has performed throughout China, but this is their first international tour. Manhu will be in Dickinson Oct. 14-20, providing workshops at various places throughout the area including schools, the Dickinson Public Library and Dickinson State University (DSU). Their main performance will be at DSU in Beck Auditorium, Klinefelter Hall Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. “Last year’s World Fest performances were amazing, and this one is sure to be as well! The musicians are top notch and sure to awe and inspire those in the audience. Seating is limited so make sure to get tickets ahead of time,” said Dr. Jeremy Wohletz, assistant professor of music at DSU. Dickinson State is in the midst of a two-year partnership with Minneapolisbased Arts Midwest, a nonprofit regional arts organization that promotes meaningful arts experiences throughout the Upper Midwest. During the partnership, four different international ensembles will visit Dickinson spending a week each. Two ensembles, Sofi & the Baladis from Israel and Ondekoza from Japan visited last fall and spring, respectively. The Unni Boksasp Ensemble will be the last of the World Fest events when they visit Dickinson in spring 2019. The cost to attend the Oct. 20 performance is $10 for adults, $5 for seniors, children, and students with a valid ID. Tickets can be purchased at www. dickinsonstate.edu/worldfest or at the door on the night of the performance. The box office will open at 6 p.m. Seating is general admission and is first come first served. For more information, please contact Jeremy Wohletz at 701-483-2308 jeremy.wohletz@dickinsonstate.edu.
MOBERG’S DEDICATION TO QUALITY EDUCATION EXTENDS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM Kevin Moberg, Dickinson State University (DSU) assistant professor of education and English, is dedicated to improving his own skills as an educator as well as improving English Language Arts (ELA) education in North Dakota and across the country. This dedication kept him especially busy throughout the last week of July and into August. On July 24 and 25, Moberg was at the North Dakota state capitol. He was one of 10 educators in North Dakota selected by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction (ND-DPI) to serve on an expert panel solicited to provide input on assessing high school students’ achievement of the state’s ELA standards. “It was an honor to be selected to serve on the panel. Of the 10 people chosen, only three were selected from higher education (the rest being K-12 teachers and administrators),” Moberg said. “I was pleased that the Department of Public Instruction valued my background and trusted me to offer advice on how it will assess the state’s K-12 school students. I also am grateful for every opportunity to stay connected to the K-12 world since so much of my job at DSU involves preparing students here to become teachers.” This opportunity allowed Moberg to learn a few things from the other teachers as well as share some things about DSU with them. “As we talked throughout our tasks, I learned about some of the issues that those English teachers face when trying to prepare their students for the state assessment. I also was able to offer insight into how DSU’s teacher preparation program trains teachers these days, which the teachers on the panel found to be quite different from how they had been trained years ago. For example, I was proud to share examples of how much practice we give our education majors at teaching K-12 students in multiple field experiences before they ever advance to student teaching.” “Kevin was chosen because of his extensive knowledge of the English Language Arts academic content standards,” said Bonnie Weisz, the assistant director of assessments for the ND-DPI. “His experience teaching ELA teaching methods and professional development courses in this area, as well as his most recent work with the Education Standards and Practice Board in reviewing of these ELA standards, made Kevin a valued and ideal candidate for serving on this committee.” A few days later, Moberg was in Glassboro, New Jersey, for the 2018 Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar (ATEG) conference July 27-28. The sessions addressed topics such as interactive grammar, standards-based vocabulary instruction, digital dictionary skills and error patterns in student writing. During the conference, Moberg met Sean Roday, one of ATEG’s co-presidents. At dinner, the two had a lengthy conversation about how they prepare future teachers to teach grammar in secondary schools. Moberg also shared how he teaches this at DSU. “Because of the match between our approaches to teaching grammar and between our positions as English education faculty,” shared Moberg, “I was invited to present with Roday at the annual conference of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) in November in Houston, Texas.” On Aug. 1 and 2, Moberg attended the North Dakota Council of Teachers of English (NDCTE) annual conference, an affiliate of the NCTE, in Mandan, North Dakota. At the conference, the board asked Moberg to serve as its College Representative. As such, he will be the liaison between NDCTE and the state’s universities and colleges with English or English education programs. This is Moberg’s second NCTE role in North Dakota—he also serves as a State Representative for the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the NCTE (ALAN)
LEWIS AWARDED ATIXA TRAINING SCHOLARSHIP Jarelle Lewis, Dickinson State University’s (DSU) new Title IX Coordinator and Affirmative Action Officer, was thrilled to learn that the Association of Title IX Administrators’ (ATIXA) 2018 conference committee chose to award him with a full scholarship for professional development at their annual conference to be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this October. “Receiving this ATIXA scholarship was exciting, and it will definitely help further develop my skills as a Title IX Coordinator,” said Lewis. “I was happy to learn that I was awarded a scholarship because ATIXA is arguably the most prominent organization for Title IX professional development, so it will be a great learning experience. I was particularly excited because receiving the scholarship confirmed that the vision and approach to Title IX that I hope to instill at DSU is good, and I believe that’s why I was one of the few selected to receive a scholarship.” Professional development is important to faculty and staff throughout DSU, and Lewis is no exception; he applied for the scholarship his first week as Title IX Coordinator. “Any time a job requires knowledge of laws and policy, staying up to date and knowledgeable on new developments plays a huge role in being successful,” Lewis said. “I am also looking forward to networking. I am a firm believer in networking and learning from others, so being able to meet Title IX administrators from all over the U.S. will be a good opportunity to create relationships that will help me in my role.” The chance to train with one of the most prominent Title IX organizations is valuable experience for Lewis. He also recognizes the benefits it holds for DSU. “As for DSU, this opportunity means that we have an opportunity to retool our Title IX process with a foundational approach while implementing new ideas that I’ll be learning from the ATIXA training. DSU has a great campus and plays a vital role in developing leaders in this community, North Dakota and beyond. This training will help DSU continue to foster an environment where individuals can learn, work and engage with each other in a welcoming and inclusive manner.
BLUE HAWKS
FALL ATHLETIC PREVIEW
Football
The 2018-19 fall sports at Dickinson State University (DSU) will begin seasons soon. This includes home contests for football, volleyball, cross-country and golf. Make sure to visit www.dsubluehawks.com, the official site of DSU athletics, for complete schedules, game previews, recaps and statistics.
The DSU football team finished last season with an overall record of 9-2. The Blue Hawks were NSAA Conference Champions with a conference record of 8-0. Now, with 60 players slated to return from last year’s team, the Blue Hawks are primed for another strong season in 2018. In addition, the football team added seven new coaches to their roster: Michael McGuire, Russell McCarvel, Jason Thier, Steven Koch, Nick Kottre, Thomas Sease and Kye Erickson. Senior All-American cornerback Jay Liggins, returning All-Conference quarterback Hayden Gibson, and returning All-American Cain Boschee, will aim to lead their team in another standout campaign for the Blue Hawks.
Volleyball
Returning the majority of the 2017 team, the DSU volleyball team has set high expectations for the 2018 season. Guided by 4th-year Head Coach Jennifer Hartman, the Blue Hawks have 15 returners and 7 newcomers. Returner Kylie Hadley, who is a senior, team captain and All-Conference, will join senior defensive specialist, Alli Hert in leading the Blue Hawks this season.
Men’s Cross-Country
The DSU men’s cross-country team reported to campus in August. Returning five of the runners from last year’s NSAA Conference Championship team, they have set their expectations high for the 2018 season. The Blue Hawks will get its 2018 season underway Sept. 7, at the Moorhead State Twilight in Moorhead, Minnesota.
Women’s Cross-Country
With all six finishers from last year’s NSAA national qualifying team returning, this veteran DSU women’s cross-country team is excited to start their 2018 campaign. The season will begin as they travel to Moorhead, Minnesota. Senior Paitton Herbst will look to pace the Blue Hawks during the campaign.
Men’s Golf
The 2018 season is a new beginning for the DSU men’s golf team. The Blue Hawks are returning this season with a strong group of upperclassmen and a talented recruiting class to make a statement in North Star Athletic Conference.
Women’s Golf
Featuring a core of veteran returning players and an infusion of talented firstyears, the DSU women’s golf team will aim to take a step forward during the 2018 season. Now in his sixth season, Head Coach Thadd O’Donnell’s squad has plenty of experience in place with three returning seniors. Seniors Natlee Hafer, Riley Helmick, and Aimee Kittilson look to pace the Blue Hawks this season.
ALUMNI S P O T L I G H T
PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER TAMAR (WRIGHT) RODNEY ’08 When Tamar (Wright) Rodney first came to Dickinson State University (DSU), she could not have guessed where she would be more than 10 years later. Entering DSU’s nursing program would end up being one of many decisions that would shape Rodney’s future. In May, the Geneva Foundation/Jonas Veterans Healthcare Scholar 2016-2018 graduated from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) with her Ph.D. as a psychiatric nurse practitioner. Rodney is now living in Baltimore, Maryland, and has just accepted a position as an assistant professor at JHSON where she will focus on teaching and research along with some clinical practice. “I am really excited about my research plans,” said Rodney. “My goal is to change the way we assess individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder. I am confident that with further research we can look at ways to provide better care earlier and reduce the negative outcomes for these individuals and their families.” Rodney was able to take some time from her busy schedule to answer some questions about her time at DSU and the impact it had on her. Why did you choose DSU? A friend told me about it. The recommendation was, “DSU has an excellent nursing program,” which is most definitely true. [DSU was] also very prompt in their communication. Did you have a favorite professor? If so, why was he or she your favorite? This is difficult, because I enjoyed going to all my classes, even the difficult ones. I can’t really choose just one, but I will say the classes and professors I enjoyed the most were nursing and psychology ones. Each class felt like a whole new world that was just fascinating to me. What was your favorite time here and why? Lots of great memories. Participating in extracurricular activities was my favorite. Nursing Students Association, Student Ambassadors, Campus Activity Board, International Students Group, being a cheerleader, a TR scholar. I always felt like I had a lot of quality social time and lots of fun with my evergrowing friend circle. What are you most proud of when you look back at your time at DSU? All of it. It was such a rich experience. I grew as a person; I met individuals who are now lifelong friends. I had challenged myself to move to a new country, and I had the pleasure, or luck, to succeed in a very caring and nurturing environment: Dickinson. What was the most difficult thing for you as an undergraduate, and how did you overcome it? Learning to adjust to the winter. Leaving Jamaica to live in North Dakota was a drastic transition. But I have built grit, is the way I see it. I have always told myself, “If I can survive winters in Dickinson, I can do anything.” What did you enjoy most about being a Blue Hawk? I was so proud to wear my blue and gray for games, for campus tours and just because. I felt that pride because everyone around me was also proud of the Blue Hawk tradition. It cements you into a community where excellence, hard work and good, healthy rivalry is fun. So when I would sing “The Fight Song,” it always felt like it had true meaning. Did DSU help shape your decisions for your path after you graduated? If so, how? Absolutely. I had really good faculty mentors who were not just great examples but were [also] encouraging of my graduate school desires. I would always ask for advice and got good, honest feedback. My decision to pursue psychiatric nursing was a direct result of me understanding neither my nursing psychiatry clinical rotation nor how psychology played a part in health. I expressed this to one of my nursing faculty members who suggested that I should do a few more psychology classes, so I did. Now it makes perfect sense, and I feel they should always be together. How did your time at DSU help you to be successful in your later pursuits? I came to Dickinson very shy, reserved and timid. I left a much more confident individual. DSU offered a lot of opportunities that I feel comparatively larger schools cannot. At DSU, you know almost everyone by name, and you feel a part of a community. This sense of community allowed me to confidently participate and try to be as involved as possible. This fostered a sense of confidence and ultimately success in a lot of the things I wanted to do. Although I have left the community, I still take the confidence I learned there with me, knowing that succeeding sometimes means that you only have to try.
Convocat ion 2018 STORY IN PHOTOS
Homecoming 2018
October 7 - 14, 2018
Sunday, October 7 10 am CORONATION BRUNCH Student Center Ballroom | Invite Only 1 pm
CHILI COOK OFF 1 pm - cooking, 5:30 pm - judging, 6 pm - tasting Biesiot Activities Center | Free
7 pm
MOVIE NIGHT - THE INCREDIBLES 2 Biesiot Activities Center Field | Free
Monday October 8 7 pm MASTER ILLUSIONIST ELLIOT ZIMET Stickney Auditorium | Free Tuesday October 9 10 am – 2 pm CARICATURE SKETCH ARTISTS Student Center Foyer | Free Wednesday October 10 6 pm VOLLEYBALL DSU vs Valley City State University Scott Gymnasium Price: $6.00 Adults and $3.00 for Students Proceeding the game
ROWDY RUFF VOLLEYBALL Wienbergen Gym | Free
Thursday October 11 10 am - 4 pm BLOOD DRIVE Student Center Ballrooms
Saturday October 13 8 am TIM SIGL 5K WALK/RUN Biesiot Activities Center | Price: TBA
5:30 pm
ALUMNI FELLOWS & HONOREES BANQUET Ramada Grand Dakota Lodge | RSVP Required
7:30 pm
DICKINSON AREA CONCERT ASSOCIATION CONCERT Stickney Auditorium | Price: TBA
Friday October 12 9:30 am EMERITI FACULTY/STAFF BRUNCH DSU Heritage Foundation | RSVP Required 10 am
CAMPUS TOUR Student Center | Free
11 am
DSU GOLF SCRAMBLE Heart River Golf Course | Advanced Registration Requested
5 pm
ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME BANQUET Astoria Hotel & Event Center | Invite Only
7 pm
REUNION OF THE DECADES Local Taverns - No Host Social
7 pm
DSU MUSIC DEPARTMENT HOMECOMING CONCERT Stickney Auditorium | Price: TBA
10 am
TAILGATING BAC Parking Lot | Free
10 am
HOMECOMING PARADE
1 pm
FOOTBALL DSU vs Mayville State University Biesiot Activities Center Price: $10.00 Adults and $8.00 for Students
Half Time
CORONATION
4 pm
POST-GAME SOCIAL Ramada Grand Dakota Lodge Price: $10.00 Blue Hawk Touchdown and Booster Club Members – Free
Sunday October 14 8 am – 1 pm ROTARY CLUB’S PANCAKE KARNIVAL Biesiot Activities Center | Price: TBA
EVENTS Sept. 8
LSAT
All Day
On Campus
Sept. 14
Open Forum with the President
2 p.m.
Klinefelter Hall - Beck Auditorium
Sept. 14
DSU Volleyball vs. Briercrest University
6 p.m.
Scott Gymnasium
Sept. 15
Harvest Festival
9 a.m.
King Pavilion
Sept. 20
Theodore Roosevelt Symposium
6 p.m.
May Hall - Dorothy Stickney Auditorium
Sept. 21
Theodore Roosevelt Symposium
8 a.m.
May Hall - Dorothy Stickney Auditorium
Sept. 21
DSU Volleyball vs. Bellevue University
5 p.m.
Scott Gymnasium
Sept. 22
Theodore Roosevelt Symposium
8 a.m.
Medora, North Dakota
Sept. 22
DSU Football vs Presentation
1 p.m.
BAC
Sept. 22
DSU Volleyball vs. Dakota State University
6 p.m.
Scott Gymnasium
Sept. 25
ND Department of Career and Technical Education Workshops
9 a.m.
Student Center - Ballroom 116B
Sept. 26
DSU Presentation From Dr. Csongor Gedeon
10:45 a.m.
Murphy Hall - Thompson Auditorium
Sept. 26
DSU Volleyball vs. School of Mines and Technology
6 p.m.
Scott Gymnasium
Sept. 28
The Old Man and the Thief
1 p.m.
May Hall - Dorothy Stickney Auditorium
Sept. 29
The Old Man and the Thief
6 p.m.
May Hall - Dorothy Stickney Auditorium
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