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WINTER 2017 VOL. 37, NO. 3 www.augie.edu/cws THE CENTER FOR WESTERN STUDIES | AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY | FANTLE BUILDING Improving the quality of social and cultural life in the Northern Plains . . . achieving a better understanding of the reg ion, its heritage, and its resources . . . and stimulating interest in the solution to regional problems. (CWS Constitution) Secretary of State Condoleezza R ice Speaks March 20 “America’s National Security and the World” is Boe Forum Topic SDPB, MPR, and Now C-SPAN— CWS Expands I ts Media Outreach Continued on page 7 Where were you on September 11, 2001? Most adult Americans remember the attacks that morning on the World Trade Center, on the Pentagon, and the crash of Flight 93 in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, brought down by courageous passengers and crew. The actions by nineteen terrorists from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Lebanon killed 2,605 Americans and 372 others from foreign countries, chiefly from Great Britain, the Dominican Republic, and India. The National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush at that time was Condoleezza Rice, who later became the 66th Secretary of State. Dr. Rice is currently the Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution (Stanford), and Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. Additional biographical information about Condoleezza Rice is available at www.augie.edu/CWS. The forum is scheduled for Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in the Elmen Center, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Information about obtaining the free tickets and priority seating for CWS members will be available soon. During the George H.W. Bush administration, Dr. Rice served as special assistant to the president for Soviet affairs. In her latest book, Democracy (2017), which contains an entire chapter devoted to Russia, Rice writes, “Vladimir Putin has returned Russia to its authoritarian roots. . . . Not content with snuffing out hopes for democracy in Russia, Putin has worked to undermine democratic governments around the world.” For the 22nd CWS Boe Forum, the CWS Boe Committee discussed the troubling developments regarding threats to America’s national security, including from Russia, as well as from North Korea and the Middle East. A prerequisite of the Continued on page 9 For its coverage of South Dakota in its “Cities Tour” series, C-SPAN, in part-nership with Midco, chose Pierre and Sioux Falls. The public affairs com-pany filmed at CWS on September 8 and 11 for its History TV and Book TV channels. Authors of two CWS books were chosen to be interviewed: Dr. Robert Wright, author of Little Business on the Prairie and Nef Family Chair in Polit-ical Economy at Augustana, and Wayne Fanebust, author of Outlaw Dakota and many other history books. The CWS executive director was invited to narrate a filmed tour of the Voices of the Northern Plains exhibit. Other focal points were an interview with CWS Council member Dr. Jon
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Title | CWS News - Winter 2017 |
Coverage | v. 37, no. 3 |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |
Publishing Agency | Center for Western Studies, Augustana University, 2001 S. Summit Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57197 |
Date | 2017-12 |
Type | Newsletter |
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Language | English |
Subject (LC) | Augustana University (Sioux Falls, S.D.). Center for Western Studies -- Newsletters |
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Text | WINTER 2017 VOL. 37, NO. 3 www.augie.edu/cws THE CENTER FOR WESTERN STUDIES | AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY | FANTLE BUILDING Improving the quality of social and cultural life in the Northern Plains . . . achieving a better understanding of the reg ion, its heritage, and its resources . . . and stimulating interest in the solution to regional problems. (CWS Constitution) Secretary of State Condoleezza R ice Speaks March 20 “America’s National Security and the World” is Boe Forum Topic SDPB, MPR, and Now C-SPAN— CWS Expands I ts Media Outreach Continued on page 7 Where were you on September 11, 2001? Most adult Americans remember the attacks that morning on the World Trade Center, on the Pentagon, and the crash of Flight 93 in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, brought down by courageous passengers and crew. The actions by nineteen terrorists from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Lebanon killed 2,605 Americans and 372 others from foreign countries, chiefly from Great Britain, the Dominican Republic, and India. The National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush at that time was Condoleezza Rice, who later became the 66th Secretary of State. Dr. Rice is currently the Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution (Stanford), and Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. Additional biographical information about Condoleezza Rice is available at www.augie.edu/CWS. The forum is scheduled for Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in the Elmen Center, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Information about obtaining the free tickets and priority seating for CWS members will be available soon. During the George H.W. Bush administration, Dr. Rice served as special assistant to the president for Soviet affairs. In her latest book, Democracy (2017), which contains an entire chapter devoted to Russia, Rice writes, “Vladimir Putin has returned Russia to its authoritarian roots. . . . Not content with snuffing out hopes for democracy in Russia, Putin has worked to undermine democratic governments around the world.” For the 22nd CWS Boe Forum, the CWS Boe Committee discussed the troubling developments regarding threats to America’s national security, including from Russia, as well as from North Korea and the Middle East. A prerequisite of the Continued on page 9 For its coverage of South Dakota in its “Cities Tour” series, C-SPAN, in part-nership with Midco, chose Pierre and Sioux Falls. The public affairs com-pany filmed at CWS on September 8 and 11 for its History TV and Book TV channels. Authors of two CWS books were chosen to be interviewed: Dr. Robert Wright, author of Little Business on the Prairie and Nef Family Chair in Polit-ical Economy at Augustana, and Wayne Fanebust, author of Outlaw Dakota and many other history books. The CWS executive director was invited to narrate a filmed tour of the Voices of the Northern Plains exhibit. Other focal points were an interview with CWS Council member Dr. Jon |
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