Lecture Series
All Lecture Series events are free and open to the public.“Railroads and the Birth of Fargo and Moorhead”
Minnesota Sesquicentennial Lecture Series
Thursday, Sept. 11, 7 p.m.
Birkeland Alumni Lounge
Dr. Carroll Engelhardt, professor emeritus of history
“Mobile Theatre: Corpus Christi Plays of the Middle Ages and Postcolonial Influences on Australian Drama”
Student Lecture Series
Monday, Sept. 22, 7 p.m.
Birkeland Alumni Lounge
Lisa Marquardt ’09, Burnsville, Minn.
Dr. Dawn Duncan, English, faculty sponsor
“Beyond the Farmstead: The Social Worlds of Minnesota’s Swedish Immigrant Women”
Minnesota Sesquicentennial Lecture Series
Tuesday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m.
Birkeland Alumni Lounge
Dr. Joy Lintelman, history
“Creating a Liberal Arts Math Course to Help Students Become Responsibly Engaged in the World”
Centennial Classroom Scholar Research Lecture
Thursday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m.
Birkeland Alumni Lounge
Dr. Jessie Lenarz, mathematics and computer science
Student Co-Inquirers: Ellen Kramer ’09, Sioux Falls, S.D., and Samantha Briggs ’10, Fargo, N.D.
Professor R.E. Fuglestad Memorial Lecture
Thursday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m.
Knutson Campus Center Centrum
Dr. Carol Olson, senior vice president of pharmaceutical development and chief medical officer, Immtech Pharmaceuticals Inc.
“Filling in the Blanks: Postmodernism in Josefina Aldecoa’s Trilogy”
Student Lecture Series
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 7 p.m.
Birkeland Alumni Lounge
Catherine Eickhoff ’09, Chanhassen, Minn.
Dr. Mary Rice, Spanish, faculty sponsor
“The Involvement of Hippocampal Cortactin in Associative Memory Formation”
Centennial Scholars Research Lecture
Thursday, Oct. 30, 7 p.m. Birkeland Alumni Lounge
Dr. Mikel Olson, psychology
Student Co-Inquirers: Katherine Randolph ’09, Shakopee, Minn., and Tyra Fom ’10, Ikoyi Lagos, Nigeria
“The Heart of Christianity”
2008-09 Oen Fellowship Scholar and Religion 100 Enrichment Lecture
Thursday, Nov. 6, 7 p.m.
Knutson Campus Center Centrum
Dr. Marcus Borg, professor emeritus of philosophy, Oregon State University
“Capitalist Commodification: How the Logic of Capitalism Makes Sex Trafficking Inevitable”
Student Lecture Series
Monday, Nov. 10, 7 p.m.
Birkeland Alumni Lounge
Dana Rognlie ’10, Sabin, Minn.
Dr. Kenneth Foster, political science, faculty sponsor
Centennial Scholars Research Lecture
Thursday, Jan. 15, 7 p.m.
Birkeland Alumni Lounge
Dr. Matthew Lindholm, sociology
Student Co-Inquirers: Kera Halvorson ’09, Belgrade, Minn., and Bethany Santema ’10, Blaine, Minn.
Richard G. Werth Lecture
Thursday, Feb. 5, 7 p.m.
Location TBA
Friday, Feb. 6, 3 p.m.
Location TBA
Dr. Peter Agre, winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in chemistry, vice chancellor and professor, Duke University and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
“Video Case Studies: Using ‘School Films’ to Explore Issues in American Education”
Centennial Classroom Scholar Research Lecture
Thursday, Feb. 19, 7 p.m.
Birkeland Alumni Lounge
Dr. Michael Wohlfeil, education
Student Co-Inquirers: Nicholas Birchem ’09, Lisbon, N.D., and Crystal Wright ’09, Baxter, Minn.
“Folding Cytochrome c within Sol-gel Glasses: A Characterization of Compact Protein States”
Centennial Scholars Research Lecture
Thursday, March 19, 7 p.m.
Birkeland Alumni Lounge
Dr. Eric Peterson, chemistry
Student Co-Inquirers: Michael Erbele ’09, Fargo, N.D., and Brock Jas ’09, Mandan, N.D.
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