Bismarck State College, the Bismarck Tribune, and the Dakota Institute of the Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation invite North Dakota residents to participate in "September 11 Ten Years Later: Impact on the Heartland," a symposium scheduled Sept. 8-11 at BSC.
The symposium will examine the effects of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. Topics of the symposium will relate to the effects on the Heartland of America from a humanities perspective.
BSC President Larry C. Skogen, Clay Jenkinson, director of the Dakota Institute of the Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation and a distinguished scholar at BSC, and Brian Kroshus, Bismarck Tribune publisher, announced plans for the symposium at a news conference May 11 at BSC. Dakota Media Access is also a local media partner.
Nationally known speakers will include:
Chuck Roberts, retired broadcast news journalist, who reported on 9/11 for Headline News, CNN.
General Charles Wald, now retired, was Commander of the United States Air Force units serving in the Middle East in 2001.
Major Dean Eckmann, North Dakota Air National Guard's 119th Fighter Wing (Happy Hooligans), was one of the first pilots who flew over the Pentagon after the attack on Sept. 11, 2001.
Dr. Lorry Fenner, who was a staff member on the 9/11 Commission. She is currently Director of the Conflict Records Research Center and Senior Research Fellow under the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University.
Chris Bailey, attorney at law, is also Permanent Faculty - Intelligence & Ethics, National Defense Intelligence College (NDIC), Defense Intelligence Agency.
Professor Manochehr Dorraj, Professor of International Affairs and Middle Eastern Studies, Texas Christian University.
There will also be foreign representatives, including from the Jordanian Embassy, to discuss the stresses on international relations caused by the attack.
A panel discussion by North Dakota's former and current congressional and state leaders will highlight their activities on 9/11 and their perspectives on the impact of the attack.
A documentary film with personal stories of 100 citizens about the effect of 9/11 on their lives will be part of the program. A BSC videographer will capture these personal stories at a series of events around the state this summer.
Other opportunities for the symposium will be a special performance of Mozart's Requiem by the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra, and a commemorative event at Double Ditch Indian Village Historic Site.
Information is available at www.impactontheheartland.org or by calling BSC at 701-224-5600.