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Conversations at BSC - The Death of Meriwether Lewis: Murder or Suicide on the Natchez Trace?

Presented by Bismarck State College at Bismarck State College's Sidney J. Lee Auditorium

September 12, 2010

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Bismarck State College is pleased to present Conversations at BSC, a series of conversations led by humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson and BSC President Larry C. Skogen. The purpose of the conversaions is to enrich the community’s understanding of our common humanity. The conversations are free to the entire community. The first conversation, "The Death of Meriwether Lewis: Murder or Suicide on the Natchez Trace?" is September 12 at 3 p.m. in BSC's Sidney J. Lee Auditorium. What happened to Lewis after his great journey through North Dakota? Scholars will discuss Lewis’s life after the epic expedition only to end in his death in financial ruin. Dr. Larry C. Skogen is BSC’s sixth CEO. Retired from a career in the U.S. Air Force, Dr. Skogen has been a high school teacher and college faculty member in a variety of military and civilian institutions, including the U.S. Air Force Academy. He is author of works about federal Indian policies and the history of the American West. Skogen has a doctorate in history from Arizona State University, Tempe; MA in history from the University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg; and BS in secondary education from Dickinson State University. A native of Hettinger, he is married to Alison, a native of Cape Cod, Mass. Clay Jenkinson, a Rhodes and Danforth scholar, is a published author and one of the leading public humanities scholars in the United States. He hosts a nationally syndicated radio program from Bismarck, “The Thomas Jefferson Hour,” and works as a speaker, consultant and facilitator. Jenkinson directs The Dakota Institute of the Fort Mandan Foundation and serves on its board. He is chief consultant to the Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University, the Distinguished Scholar of the Humanities at Bismarck State College, and a columnist for the Bismarck Tribune. He is also an award-winning filmmaker, researching, writing, and participating in documentary films about notable North Dakotans. Jenkinson has an MA from Oxford University, England, BA in English literature from Vanderbilt University, and BA in English from the University of Minnesota. Jenkinson was born in Minot and raised in Dickinson. For more information, call BSC Continuing Education, Training and Innovation at 701.224.5600 or visit www.bsctalk.com.