The Wyoming Humanities Council presents
"Humanities Matter!"
Friday and Saturday, October 23-24, 2009
Central Wyoming College, Riverton
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009
8:15 to 11:45 a.m.
Pre-conference tour – Wind River Reservation
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Registration
Robert A. Peck Arts Center Gallery
Arts Center Building, Central Wyoming College
Noon to 2:00 p.m.
Luncheon and Welcome
Marcia Wolter Britton, Executive Director, Wyoming Humanities Council
Robert A. Peck Arts Center Gallery
Opening Remarks
First Lady Nancy Freudenthal
Introductions, Guest Speakers
Eric Sandeen, Wyoming Humanities Council Board Member and Director, American Studies Program,
University of Wyoming
Keynote Address: “What are the humanities, and why do they matter?”
Keynote Speaker: David Berry, Executive Director, Community College Humanities Association;
National Humanities Medal winner
Conversation Circles: “Revisited: What are the humanities and why do they matter?”
Introduction, Jenn Koiter, Conference Coordinator, Wyoming Humanities Council
Conversation Facilitators: Wes Connally, Central Wyoming College; Anne Hilton, Eastern Wyoming College; Lisa Arhart, Gillette College; Jennifer Sheridan, Northwest College; Chris Propst, Western Wyoming Community College; Nita Kehoe Central Wyoming College; Wayne Deahl, Eastern Wyoming College; Jim Johns, Laramie County Community College; Oona Doherty, Teton County Library; Maryanne Andrus, Buffalo Bill Historical Center
2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Registration
Student Center Building, Central Wyoming College
2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Technology and Learning Workshop: Humanities 2.0
Introduction, Jason Burge, Wyoming Humanities Council
Jason Thompson, University of Wyoming
Laura Crossett, Park County Library, Meeteetse
Lisa Arhart, Gillette College
Classroom Wing 104 (Computer Lab)
Where in the World is Wyoming? The Case for International Programs
Introduction, Jenn Koiter, Wyoming Humanities Council
Barbara Mueller, Casper College
Yarong Ashley, University of Wyoming
Candra Day, Vista 360
Little Theater, Student Center Building
Humanities for Everyone: Working with Targeted Audiences
Introduction, Sheila Bricher-Wade, Wyoming Humanities Council
Chris Propst, Western Wyoming Community College
Paul Bergstraesser, University of Wyoming
Dick Kean, American Heritage Center
Fremont Room, Student Center Building
3:00 to 3:15 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:15 to 4:15 p.m.
Possible Worlds: Learning, Beliefs, and Instruction in Real and Virtual Worlds
Introduction, Jenn Koiter, Wyoming Humanities Council
Brock Dubbels, University of Minnesota
Fremont Room, Student Center Building
What Do We Mean, Public Humanities Scholar?
Introduction, Jenny Ingram, Wyoming Humanities Council
Rex Myers, Northwest College
Mary Humstone, University of Wyoming
Troy Rumpf, Laramie County Library
Maryanne Andrus, Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Main Hall133
The Humanities and Beyond: Working Across Disciplines
Introduction, Jason Burge, Wyoming Humanities Council
Bruce Richardson, Wyoming Arts Council
Mark Ritchie, University of Wyoming
Rebecca Laroche, University of Colorado
Little Theater, Student Center Building
4:15 to 5:15 p.m.
Humanities Hootenanny: Innovative Humanities Programs
5-minute presentations of successful humanities projects, followed by discussion
Introduction, Marcia Wolter Britton Wyoming Humanities Council
Pete Simpson, Moderator
Mary P. Sheridan-Rabideau, Teaching Creativity Conference (University of Wyoming)
Anne Hilton, Perspectives Series: Water Symposium (Eastern Wyoming College)
Wayne Turner, Place-Based Conference (Teton Science Schools)
Anne Hatch, Art of the Hunt (Wyoming Arts Council)
Mary Humstone, Tracks Across Wyoming (Partnership Consortium)
Dave Reetz, Heart Mountain, Wyoming Foundation (Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, Powell)
Fremont Room/Little Theater
5:45 to 7:30 p.m.
Reception
Feature presentation—“Migrations”
Geoff O’Gara, Wyoming PBS
Entertainment Room, Wind River Casino
8:30 p.m.
Open Mic Night: Open forum for sharing songs/rants/poems/prose/ideas
Holiday Inn, Riverton
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2009
8:00 to 8:30 a.m.
Registration/Coffee and Tea
Student Center Building, Central Wyoming College
8:30 to 9:45 a.m.
Workshop: Getting Started in Second Life
Introduction, Jenn Koiter, Wyoming Humanities Council
Brock Dubbels, University of Minnesota
Classroom Wing 107 (Computer Lab)
Workshop: Service Learning in the Humanities? Yes we can!
Introduction, Sheila Bricher-Wade, Wyoming Humanities Council
Gretchen Wheeler, Casper College
Bonnie Zare, University of Wyoming
Ebba Stedillie, Casper College
Fremont Room, Student Center Building
Integrating American Indian Content: How to Do It Right!
Introduction, Jenny Ingram, Wyoming Humanities Council
Caskey Russell, University of Wyoming
Sergio Maldonado, Central Wyoming College
Leslie Kedelty, Wyoming Travel and Tourism (check details on their website)
Little Theater, Student Center Building
9:45 to 10:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Humanities Engaged: The Art of Regional Change
Introduction, Jenn Koiter, Wyoming Humanities Council
jesikah maria ross, ARC Director, University of California, Davis
Mike Ziser, English, University of California, Davis
Holly George, Plumas-Sierra County Cooperative Extension Director, University of California, Davis
Patsy Eubanks Owens, Landscape Architecture, University of California, Davis
Little Theater, Student Center Building
11:30 to 12:30 p.m.
Open Space Brainstorming: Humanities/Public Humanities Ideas, Grants, Projects
Moderated by ARC, University of California, Davis
Fremont Room, Student Center Building
Gallery Walk with Photographer Sara Wiles – Work from “Dreaming the West” and the “Northern Arapaho Photo Project”
Robert A. Peck Fine Arts Gallery, Arts Center
12:30 to 2:00 p.m.
Luncheon and Conversation: “Continuing the Conversation: The New Face of Wyoming Humanities”
Marcia Wolter Britton and Jenn Koiter, Wyoming Humanities Council
Robert A. Peck Fine Arts Gallery, Arts Center
Closing Remarks
Sara Needles, Administrator, Wyoming Cultural Resources Division
