I work at St. Catherine University where I am an Associate Professor of Art History and also one of three mission chairs. At St. Kate’s, our mission is to educate women to lead and influence. The three mission chairs correspond to the three pillars of our mission: Catholic, women,…
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This post originally appeared on the East Side Freedom Library blog as they hosted the “Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations” exhibit. It is reprinted here with permission. Treaties matter. They matter even if the United States fails to recognize the rights of American Indian tribes…
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Growing up, I remember my dad talking about his experiences during WWII in the Pacific. I remember studying every page of his Seabee book and seeing photos of him in uniform as Chief Petty Officer. I remember a little cigar box with tissue inside that held his dog tags, a…
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A few weeks after I attended the Veterans’ Voices Educator Salon in summer 2018, a card appeared in my mailbox; it was from me, reminding future me of ways I could help student-Veterans at the University of St. Thomas, where I teach English. For several years now—since reading Bryan Doerries’…
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This story was written for the January 2019 ThreeSixty Magazine and was reprinted with the permission of ThreeSixty Journalism, a high school outreach program of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Thomas. The Minnesota Humanities Center is proud to partner with ThreeSixty Journalism and six…
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A note from the Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC)’s Board Chair Bryan Ljung: Dear friends of MHC, We’re excited to announce that a nationwide search for the Humanities Center’s next CEO is underway! After the retirement of longtime President & CEO David O’Fallon last November, the MHC Board of Directors refined…
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In November, four partners from the “We Are Water MN” partnership presented during the 2018 National Humanities Conference in New Orleans, Those partners included Britt Gangeness with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; Laurie Moberg with River Life, a program of the Institute for Advanced…
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2018 by the numbers: Grants— Grant funds distributed to Minnesota communities: $2,122,235 (includes legislatively-mandated grants) Event Center— Events hosted: 368 People served: 10,456 Programs & Resources— Communities served: 22 Resources distributed: 613 Participants: 6,720 Events: 97 Presentations: 546 “Every time I come to the Humanities…
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