Business tycoon subject of lecture on MSUM campus

Historian and Pulitzer prize-winning author T. J. Stiles tells the story of Cornelius Vanderbilt in a lecture in the Science Lab Lecture Hall on the MSUM campus Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. The lecture is titled “One Man’s Empire in Every Man’s Republic: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Helped Create Big Business—and Start an Argument We’re Still Having Today.” Vanderbilt, whose […]

Paul Harris was guest speaker at Plains Art Museum and featured on Point of View

The Journal of American History recently published a review by Paul Harris, History. Harris covered “An Unpredictable Gospel: American Evangelicals and World Christianity, 1812-1920” by Jay Riley Case. Harris also spoke on Martin Luther King Day at the Plains Art Museum’s celebration on King’s Life and Legacy and appeared as a guest on the KXJB show “Point of View.” Earlier […]

Spots open for Tanzanian Society and Culture course

Seats are still open for ANTH 390: Tanzanian Society and Culture (ID: 002236) Spring 2013 semester. This unique experiential learning opportunity is based on pre-departure preparation and a three week study tour to Tanzania. This course is open to students from all majors. Main topics will include: prehistory, history, environment, society and culture. Course dates are March 18, 2013 through […]