BOE FORUM DIVERSITY
Throughout the Boe Forum’s history, we’ve been proud to emphasize diversity in gender, race, religion and nationality, such as hosting the first female Prime Minister of Norway Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, the first African American female U.S. Secretary of State and first female National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice; the first African American Director of the Hayden Planetarium Neil deGrasse Tyson; the first African American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell; the first woman U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights and first woman President of Ireland Mary Robinson; the first woman United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; civil rights activist and opponent of Apartheid in South Africa, Archbishop of Cape Town, and Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu; the first woman Justice of the United States Supreme Court Sandra Day O’Connor; Former Queen of Jordan Noor Al-Hussein; Former President and First Lady of Mexico Vicente and Marta Fox.
CWS PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAMS
The Boe Forum is the premier public affairs program of the Center for Western Studies, examining national and global issues of interest to the people of the area. Other public affairs programs include the Dakota Conference on the Northern Plains, an annual humanitiesbased gathering of scholars and the general public, exploring topics specific to the region, and a new Public Affairs book series.
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Carolyn Johnson ’15 Joel Johnson Vicky Kilian ’75 Pamela Miller ’94 Michael Mullin Martin Oyos ’80 Darcie Rives-East Dean Schueler ’70 John Simko ’61
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aving served the citizens of South Dakota as Governor (19651969) and the people of the United States as Chief Judge of the U.S. Customs Court (1971-1984), Nils A. Boe (1913-1992) devised a program whereby residents of South Dakota and the neighboring states would be provided access to “singularly knowledgeable” individuals who would address events, issues, or problems of “current worldwide or national concern and of broad public interest.” In this idea of a nonpartisan lecture series for students and the general public, Governor Boe was joined by his two surviving sisters, Borghild Boe, a social work administrator, and Lois Boe Hyslop, a French literature scholar. To the Board of Directors of the Center for Western Studies, Governor Boe gave the responsibility to “institute and conduct” the Boe Forum on Public Affairs.
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STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOE COMMITTEE Joshua Nichols ’25
BOE FORUM
ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS March 19, 2024 • 7:30 P.M. Elmen Center • Augustana University
Thank you to David Brooks for meeting with Augustana Journalism students and area high school student editors; to Director of Journalism Dr. Janet Blank-Libra for coordinating the press conference; to Civitas Honors students for ushering, under the leadership of Civitas Director Dr. William Swart; and to Dr. Janet Blank-Libra, Dr. Jeffrey Miller and Dr. David Golemboski for assistance with the Q&A segment. Thank you to President Stephanie Herseth Sandlin for introducing David Brooks and for moderating the Q&A segment of this evening’s forum.
CWS STAFF
Harry Thompson, Executive Director Kamryn Miller ’18, Education Associate Elizabeth Cisar ’06, Collections Associate Kari Mahowald ’83, Office Coordinator Laurel Trautwein, Office Assistant The views expressed at the Boe Forum on Public Affairs are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Center for Western Studies or Augustana University.
THE CENTER FOR WESTERN STUDIES Improving the quality of social and cultural life in the Northern Plains, achieving a better understanding of the region, its heritage and its resources, and stimulating interest in the solution to regional problems. 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Center for Western Studies (CWS) by writer and professor Herbert Krause. CWS was expanded and made an integral part of Augustana by its Board of Trustees in 1971.
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DAVID BROOKS
New York Times Opinion Columnist, Author and PBS NewsHour Commentator
America at the Crossroads: The Rule of Law and the Future of American Democracy