A book edited by Andrea Foroughi, assistant professor of History, has been published by Minnesota Historical Society Press (2007). “Go If You Think It Your Duty: A Minnesota Couple’s Civil War Letters,” chronicles the American Civil War through the eyes of husband and wife James Madison Bowler and Elizabeth Caleff Bowler, who shared hundreds of letters from 1861 to 1865 while James Bowler served in the Third Minnesota Volunteer Regiment.
William Finlay, associate professor of Theater and chairman of the Theater & Dance Department, recently inaugurated a guest artist series at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn. He spent a week teaching master classes in the Theatre Department.
Timothy Dunn, director of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, recently attended the 2007 annual meeting of the Association for Fraternity Advisors (AFA) in Cincinnati, Ohio. The AFA is an international higher education association that provides resources and support for fraternity and sorority advising professionals who are working to create experiences that positively affect students, their campuses and their communities. This year’s AFA meeting was titled, “Our Envisioned Future.”