Northern announces 2017 Chancellor's Lecture Series

Press release

The Chancellor’s Lecture Series committee members have announced the series’ Spring 2017 events.

Designed to create campus and communitywide conversation, the Spring 2017 MSU-Northern Chancellor’s Lecture Series will consist of four presentations by distinguished guests. All presentations are free and open to the public. All presentations begin at 7:30 p.m.

• Jan Leibel: “Diamonds for Dummies”

Tuesday, Jan. 24: Applied Technology Center, Hensler Auditorium

A diamond is a gemstone, but what makes the diamond the favorite? Most people think of diamonds as ‘white or clear, but diamonds come in many colors. an Leibel, gemologist and owner of Heirloom Jewelers in Havre, will discuss everything you wanted to know about diamonds but were afraid to ask. Diamonds and gemstones will be available for viewing.

• Yvonne Tiger: “IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in Americas — A collection of the Smithsonian Institute’s traveling exhibit and Yvonne Tiger lecture”

Tuesday, Feb. 21: MSU-Northern Vande Bogart Library

Within the fabric of American identity is woven a story that has long been invisible — the lives and experiences of people who share African American and Native American ancestry. “IndiVisible” is the Smithsonian Institute’s traveling exhibit that reveals unique information about the little-known history of people with dual African-American and Native American ancestry. It is a display of large panels that discuss the cultural integration of these blended marriages and the ancestors caught between preserving their individual heritage and embracing both cultures. Art historian, Yvonne Tiger earned a Master of Arts in history and a Master of Arts in art history from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Her art history degree focused on Native Americans. Yvonne Tiger’s Tribes — Cherokee, Creek, Seminole — are intrinsically linked into this history and features in the “IndiVisible” display.

• Joan Bird: “UFOs and Extraterrestrials in Montana”

Thursday, March 30: Applied Technology Center, Hensler Auditorium

Author, researcher and zoologist Joan Bird, will present important, well-documented Montana cases of UFO evidence, including nuclear missile shutdowns, government UFO investigations, and the science behind crop circles. She will also share stories of contact and what we have learned from cosmic visitors. Montana is home to some of the most significant, well-documented and interesting UFO reports in the history of ufology.

•Jack Glatzer: “Solo Violin Recital with Integrated Art History Program”

Monday, April 10: Applied Technology Center, Hensler Auditorium

Returning to Havre for a sixth year and known for his wealth of instrumental beauty, world-class American violinist who resides in Portugal, Glatzer will perform a solo violin recital. He introduces each musical work by an informal and intimate commentary and links music to art, history, and civilization.

For more information, people can visit the Chancellor’s lecture Series online at msun.edu/news/calendar/events2016/ChancellorSeries.aspx.