{"id":5652,"date":"2017-03-27T09:40:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T14:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=5652"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:23:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:23:06","slug":"hpgr-scholars-day-includes-mary-boder-history-speaker-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/27\/hpgr-scholars-day-includes-mary-boder-history-speaker-series\/","title":{"rendered":"HPGR Scholars&#8217; Day includes Mary Boder History Speaker Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5653\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/03\/Taras-Photo.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/03\/Taras-Photo-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/03\/Taras-Photo-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/03\/Taras-Photo-207x310.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/03\/Taras-Photo-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/03\/Taras-Photo.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Raymond Taras, Tulane University<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Departments of History and Geography and Philosophy and Religion at Missouri Western State University will hold their first HGPR Scholars\u2019 Day beginning at 1 p.m. Friday, March 31 in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum Student Union rooms 218-219. The mini-conference is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>The event will feature scholarly presentations by students Evan Banks of Leavenworth, Kansas; Paula Hayward of Cameron, Missouri; Cody Bahall and Caleb Hazelwood, both of St. Joseph, Missouri. Honors and awards will also be presented.<\/p>\n<p>The keynote speaker is Dr. Raymond Taras, professor of political science at Tulane University. His speech titled \u201cThe Geopolitics of Emotions, Xenophobia, and the Backlash against Mainstream Parties in Europe\u201d will begin at 3 p.m. Dr. Taras\u2019 speech is the spring installment in the Mary Boder History Speaker Series.<\/p>\n<p>Light refreshments will be served. The event is sponsored by the Mary Boder Trust in association with the Division of Student Affairs Blum Union Program Fund.<\/p>\n<p><em>Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\"><em>www.missouriwestern.edu<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Departments of History and Geography and Philosophy and Religion at Missouri Western State University will hold their first HGPR Scholars\u2019 Day beginning at 1 p.m. Friday, March 31 in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum Student Union rooms 218-219. The mini-conference is free and open to the public. 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