DMACC Hosts Seminar On The World Of Science
Posted 11/14/07

The Iowa Studies Center at Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) is hosting the third of 10 speaker’s series and teacher’s seminars. Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, president of the World Food Prize, will chair this third session.

“Double Talks—The World in Iowa: Past, Present and Future” will focus on topics such as politics, art, culture, sports and urbanization in a series of presentations to be held on Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings from October 2007 through April 2008.

The third “Double Talks” event is “The World of Science: Buzzing & Spring on Iowa’s Rural Landscape” to be held from noon to 2:30 p.m., Fri., Nov. 30. A separate event, geared toward high school and college instructors, will be held from 9 a.m. to noon, Sat., Dec. 1. Both “Double Talk” events will be held in the Bldg. #7 Conference Center on the DMACC Ankeny Campus. All events are open to the public.

University of West Georgia Assistant Professor of History Dr. Joseph Anderson will speak on “Industrializing the Corn Belt: Iowa Farms, Technology and the Midwestern Landscape from 1945-1972.” Dr. Anthony Amato, director of the Center for Rural and Regional Studies and an Associate Professor of History at Southwestern State University in Minnesota will speak on “Sweet Memory of the Sting of the Past: A Cultural History of the Bee.”

The events are free, although registration is required. To register, please contact Dr. Lisa Ossian at (515) 964-6568 or llossian@dmacc.edu. A lunch is available on Friday afternoons for $8.

The Speaker’s Series and Teacher’s Seminars are sponsored by grants from Humanities Iowa and the State Historical Society, Inc.

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