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September 11, 2012 -- The Northwestern Oklahoma State University Institute for Citizenship Studies and Department of Social Sciences is proud to present its annual Constitution Day observance on Monday, Sept. 17, from 1-2 p.m. This year's program is titled "Meet the Signers: The Lives of The Men Who Crafted America's Founding Document."

July 25, 2012 -- The Northwestern Oklahoma State University Department of Social Sciences and Institute for Citizenship Studies, in conjunction with a major grant from the Oklahoma Humanities Council, conducted a summer teachers’ workshop on the American Civil War. The workshop brought 17 teacher-participants from diverse backgrounds from all parts of the state of Oklahoma to Northwestern-Alva from June 11-14.

November 17, 2011 - In connection with the Leviathan Society of the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Social Sciences Department and NWOSU-Masonic Institute for Citizenship Studies, students Harold Henson, Alva sophomore, and Danielle Hubble, Fairview senior, traveled to the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma to attend a talk by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a human rights advocate and New York Times bestselling author.

October 19, 2011 - The Northwestern Oklahoma State University Department of Social Sciences in conjunction with the NWOSU-Masonic Institute for Citizenship Studies announces its annual Cultural Heritage Lecture Series event featuring Beverly Kinzie on Monday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. in the Education Center room 109.

Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s annual Constitution Day event will be held on Wednesday, Sept.14, from 6-8 p.m. in the Education Center room 109. Dr. James V. Calvi, professor of political science at West Texas A&M University, will portray the character of Alexander Hamilton and describe his efforts to ratify the US Constitution.

“The American Presidency as Seen through the Newspaper,” a program set by Northwestern Oklahoma State University-Masonic Institute for Citizenship Studies (MICS) and the Department of Social Sciences, will be held on Tuesday, March 22, from 7 to 9 p.m. on the first floor of the J.W. Martin Library.

In December, Dr. Eric Schmaltz, associate professor of history and co-executive director of the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Masonic Institute for Citizenship Studies, presented an academic paper for a panel hosted by the German Cultural Forum of Eastern Europe in Potsdam, Germany.

Dr. Aaron Mason, assistant professor of political science, and Dr. Eric J. Schmaltz, associate professor of history, presented a joint research project titled "Comparative Federalism between Russia and the United States" at the 12th Annual Oklahoma Research Day at Cameron University in Lawton last week.

Northwestern Oklahoma State University will honor Constitution Day with a discussion comparing and contrasting the U.S. Constitution with the Costa Rican Constitution. This free event is open to the public, and will be held in the Ranger Room on Monday, Sept. 20, from 1-3 p.m.