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Posts tagged Lectures
“The Way We Worked” – Mar. 30
Mar 29th
Magic Valley Arts Council’s Brown Bag Lecture Series, “The Way We Worked,” noon to 1 p.m. March 30 at Twin Falls Center for the Arts, 195 River Vista Place, Suite 101. Dan Olmstead speaks on “Shoshone Falls Power Plant … Past, Present, and Future.” Free admission. 734-2787.
Women’s Conference – Mar.2
Feb 28th
Women’s Business and Career Conference: ‘Take the Lead’ . Join us to hear inspiring speakers, teachers, and successful entrepreneurial people from all over Idaho as they help bring your vision — your dream, to reality. The College of Southern Idaho and the Idaho Small Business Development Center are in the business of preparing people of all ages and backgrounds to create new careers and to move forward in reaching their potential. This is an all day conference on March 2, 2012. Cost is $40 per person, if pre-registered by February 24th; $50 at the door. Fee includes lunch and a chance to win some exciting door prizes at the end of the day. Go to our website to learn more and to register. www.csi.edu/isbdc/womensconference The Idaho SBDC, CSI Community Ed and CSI Career and Counseling will be hosting an ‘after conference’ get together at Red Lion Hotel. Plan to join us there as well!
Presentation on Day of Remembrance – Feb. 16
Feb 14th
Twin Falls College of Southern Idaho history professor Russ Tremayne speaks on Day of Remembrance, 1-2 p.m. Feb. 16 in College of Southern Idaho’s Shields Building, room 118. Tremayne discusses Executive Order 9066, the decree by then President Franklin D. Roosevelt that created internment camps and forced mass relocations. The Hunt Relocation Camp, now referred to as the Minidoka Internment Camp, became a temporary home for up to 10,000 of the estimated 120,000 Japanese Americans who were forced from their homes between 1942 and 1945. Free admission.
