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Conversations at BSC: Third Largest Nuclear Power: North Dakota and the Cold War

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

March 13, 2011

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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 lectures is to enrich the community’s understanding of our common humanity. The conversations are free to the entire community.

The March 13 Conversation, at 3 p.m. in BSC’s Sidney J. Lee Auditorium, is "Third Largest Nuclear Power: North Dakota and the Cold War." North Dakota would have been the third most powerful nation in the world if it had seceded from the United States in the 1970s. Explore the impact of being home to the country’s nuclear weapon delivery system.

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, Massachusetts.

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 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.

Funded in part by the North Dakota Humanities Council, a nonprofit, independent state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.