The Dole Institute of Politics finished the academic year strong with diverse programming during the spring semes-ter. Inspired by Senator Bob Dole’s legacy, our 10th Anniversary year cel-ebration continued by linking program speakers and topics to the Senator’s dedication to service, action, and bipartisan efforts.

One of our first programs of the semester was the ever popular Presidential Lecture Series. This year, Richard Norton Smith, former direc-

tor of the Dole Institute and noted presidential historian, was interviewed in a four part series on the first ladies through the ages. Smith spoke about the ladies’ private lives, their public roles, the sacrifices they made and how the position has changed over time. It was interesting to hear how some early first ladies did not exactly look forward to the role, nor did some want to live in the White House.

The Dole Institute also introduced the brand new Innovations Series this

spring. The Innovations Series focuses on the intersection between technol-ogy, science and public policy. This year’s two part series was centered on drones. Part one, Unmanned Drones: Soldiers without Uniforms, exam-ined the technological development, military history, future capabilities and ethics of drone usage. Part two, Branching Out: Exploring New Uses for Drones, discussed applications of drones that range from disaster relief to environmental studies and agricul-ture.

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THE PERFECTANNIVERSARY GIFT

From left, Student Advisory Board student coordinator, Quinn Reid, KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little, Senator Bob Dole, and Dole Institute director, Bill Lacy on stage at the Dole Institute’s community open house event in honor of the Senator’s return to Kansas

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DIRECTOR’SNOTE

The 2012-2013 school year has been fantastic for the Student Advisory Board. During the fall semester, we were able to have a front seat to the Presidential election, and with that behind us this spring, we were able to bring the conversation on gun control to the KU Campus. On April 17, the Student Advisory Board hosted “Gun Control: Freedom versus Safety” featuring Patricia Stoneking, President of the Kansas Rifle Association and Allen Roston, professor at UMKC Law School and former staff attorney at the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. We had a great conversation about the issues, and I am proud to say that the Student Advisory Program, Gun Control: Freedom vs. Safety, was honored with the campus-wide Jayhawk Choice Award for Education Program of the Year! I am proud of everything we have accomplished, and I anticipate great things from the SAB next year with Quinn Reid as the incoming SAB coordinator. I have been honored to be a part of the Dole Institute Student Advisory Board for my four years as a student at KU. Thank you to the Friends of the Dole Institute for your continued support of SAB and the Dole Institute.Rock Chalk!

Lexie Clark, Student Advisory Board Student Coordinator

With Senator Bob Dole’s recent visit to the Dole Institute, I have found myself thinking back to my days working with him. But one of the great things about having worked with Sen. Dole on and off for 28 years is that I have had the honor of getting to know Sen. Elizabeth H. Dole.

Her record of public service is as remarkable and inspiring as his.

She got started early, working for the White House Office of Consumer Affairs. She spent two years on the Federal Trade Commission and later two years on President Reagan’s senior staff, which is where I first met her. She served on the cabinets of two Presidents, as President of the Red Cross and as the first woman to represent North Carolina in the U.S. Senate. In 2000, she was also the first politically viable woman to run for President. Additionally, she has played a critical role in the Dole Institute’s national fund raising efforts with major roles in our two successful “Salute to the Leader” Washington, D.C. fund raisers. Just last year, she was honored by Public Counsel, the nation’s largest pro-bono law firm, with its prestigious William O. Douglas Award.

Like the other Sen. Dole, Sen. Elizabeth Dole is always on the move in public service, looking to find new ways to serve. That is why the formation of the Elizabeth Dole Foundation came as no surprise to me. The mission of the group is to support and honor caregivers of wounded warriors. This is of particular significance, given the current news about the Veteran’s Administration.

Sen. Dole explains the problem this way: “The RAND Corporation report, [which] my Foundation com-missioned, revealed that 5.5 million Americans are caring for ill or wounded service members and veter-ans. When I first heard the figure, it astounded me. To think that so many loved ones have been quietly caring for those who have cared for us with such little support is a wakeup call for our nation. Many of these caregivers have been serving in this role for years and even decades, while others will serve for years and decades to come.”

Sen. Dole’s work in this area is critical. As someone who knows what her husband went through after WWII she has the passion and unique qualifications to address this problem head on.

It’s important work and I can’t imagine anyone better than her to lead it.

Bill LacyDole Institute of Politics dircetor

Senator Elizabeth H. Dole and her foundation

With both a sense of pride and a tinge of sadness, I am signing off as the Student Advisory Board coordinator. This has been an exciting year for the SAB and I am very grateful to have had the privilege to lead this group of some of the most dedicated and engaged stu-dents at the University of Kansas.

A true highlight of the SAB’s busy spring semester was our SAB Program on April 2, The Business of College Athletics: Should Student Athletes be Paid? This event featured Baruch

College Professor, Marc Edelman, and University of Miami Professor, Alicia Jessop. Both Edelman and Jessop are attorneys who have writ-ten extensively on the question of paying college athletes for publi-cations like Forbes and U.S. News & World Report. This event was planned and executed by the members of the SAB, and we are proud of the important discussion that took place about this hot button topic.

We continued to hold regular meetings throughout the semester featur-ing guests who discussed important and interesting topics. We wel-comed KU’s Director of Accessibility & ADA Education, Jamie Lloyd Simpson, KU Film Professor, Robert Hurst, who discussed politics in film, Dole Institute Archivist, Sarah D’Antonio, and we even had a visit from Cindy McCain.

Last fall we hosted a networking reception and we followed that up this spring with a networking etiquette dinner. At this event, students were taught both the protocols of a formal dinner and strategies for network-ing in this type of setting.

We also continued to stay involved on campus and in the community. We helped co-sponsor other programs on campus, like the Global and International Studies Club’s Opening Ceremony Watch Party for the Sochi Olympics. We volunteered at Midnight Farm, an organization dedicated to making a meaningful difference in the lives of adults and children with special needs by providing therapeutic horseback rid-ing lessons and other farm activities. We hosted Finals Week study sessions, providing a great environment for KU students to come and prepare for their exams. And we were honored to help welcome back Senator Bob Dole to the Institute that bears his name. I will never for-get having the opportunity to introduce him on behalf of the SAB and the students at the University of Kansas.

My time on the Dole Institute of Politics Student Advisory Board has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. I will be sad to leave, though I am not going too far away. I will be entering the University of Kansas School of Law in the fall. I look forward to see-ing what our next SAB coordinator, Alex Montgomery, will do in the coming year. I know the SAB will be in good hands with him at the helm. As always, Rock Chalk!

Quinn Reid, c’14Student Advisory Board

student coordinator

SAB @ DIOP

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Though she is well known as the wife of 2008 Presidential nominee, Senator John McCain, Cindy McCain is a tenacious leader herself. Mid-semester, McCain attended the Dole Institute and spoke about her experiences as Chair of Hensley and Company, the main bottling company for Anheuser-Busch, and her intensive work with multiple charity organizations all over the world. McCain also shared a few stories from the campaign trail. Before her program, she took some time to meet with our Student Advisory Board, which was an exclusive opportunity just for students involved at the Dole Institute.

In April, authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, discussed their book Double Down: Game Change 2012. This book bared the secrets of the 2012 presidential campaign and election, and provided a 360-degree account of the momentous and hard-fought election. This book followed their New York Times No. 1 best seller Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, Palin and McCain, the Race of a Lifetime that chronicled the 2008 campaign. Both men humorously regaled us with behind-the-scenes stories that made you say aloud, “wow!” If you missed it, or just want to watch it again, this is the perfect program to look up in our web-site’s Program Video Library, which connects to the Dole Institute’s YouTube channel.

As director Bill Lacy said, the “cherry on top” of this year’s 10th Anniversary programming was the return of Senator Bob Dole to the Dole Institute. In honor of the Senator’s visit, the Dole Institute hosted an open house, complete with political rally-style signs and american flags waving as he took the stage. Many students and community members had the chance to meet and speak with the Senator and thank him for the service he has given our country. The Senator was quick with his classic wit and touching in his appreciation of all those who supported him throughout the years. The Dole Institute is grateful to all who helped organize and assist with this incredible event - one that is sure to be talked about for a long time to come.

The Senator’s “thank you” tour of Kansas continued and people from all over the state have had the opportunity to hear him speak and say “hello,” and of course, “thank you.”

This summary of the spring semester’s programming is only a taste of what the Dole Institute had to offer this year. Please visit our website or YouTube channel to view any program you may have missed. Additionally, details on our summer schedule are available on the back page.

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ARCHIVE UPDATEThe Dole Archives has had a busy spring sharing our collections with researchers and public audiences of all ages!

We sponsored the Robert J. Dole Congressional History Prize at the Kansas State History Day competition again this year. The prize is awarded to three Junior or Senior Division entries that include dis-cussion about the United States Congress in their research and presentation. Winners receive up to $300. This year’s first place winner went to Sadie Keller from Lawrence High School for her live perfor-mance, The Americans with Disabilities Act: The Social Mandate That Defines the Responsibilities of all to Protect the Rights of Some. After extensively researching at the Dole Archives, Keller wrote and performed scenes as Senator Bob Dole, highlighting issues pertaining to the passage of ADA. Prizes were also awarded to Kaylee Berroth, Seaman Middle School, PMRC: Their Fight for Music Censorship Rights, and Kim Jalosjos, Seaman Middle School, The Voting Rights Act of 1965: Ensuring the Vote for African Americans.

We recently awarded the 2014 Research Fellowship to Amanda C. Demmer, a doctoral student at the University of New Hampshire studying American history. Her disserta-tion, “The Last Chapter of the Vietnam War”: Normalization, Non-governmental Actors and the Politics of Human Rights, 1975-1995, explores how domestic groups and institutions influenced the normaliza-tion process – including the resumption of official diplomatic ties – between the United States and Socialist Republic of Vietnam. We also awarded a travel grant to Ryan Whalen, a JD-PhD candidate at Northwestern University. His project, The History of the Bayh-Dole Act’s March-In Rights and the Future of their Use, aims to examine the legislative intentions behind the march-in provisions of the Bayh-Dole Act. Established in 2010, these fund-

ing programs provide grants to scholars engaged in projects studying Congress, politics, or policy issues on a national or international scale. The Research Fellowship is a $2,500 award. Support for both funding opportunities is gener-ously provided by the Friends of the Dole Institute. We are looking forward to host-ing Amanda and Ryan in the next year!

We hosted Boys and Girls Club members for youth programming, as well as stu-dents from Bill Gollier’s Bishop Seabury Academy Politics Honors course and Kyle Johnson’s gifted students from Seaman Middle School of Topeka. We look for-ward to building relationships with these

groups and using our collections to teach about Senator Dole and the legislative process.

Erik Radowski, a graduate student worker in the Dole Archives, is one of this year’s recipients of the Dole Internship Assistance Program awards. Erik will be interning at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, MI this sum-mer. Congratulations Erik!

In March, the Dole Archives partnered with the KU Alumni Association for Your Story, His Story, The Legacy: Snapshots in Time from the Dole Archives, a public event showcasing the archives alongside KU Alumni Keith Wood, Bob Miner,

Elizabeth Schmidt, and Larry Meeker, and their personal recollections of Dole during a 1965 visit to KU’s campus.

In May we welcomed Amy Herman, our 2014 Dole Archives Visiting Fellow. Herman spent two days at the Institute dis-cussing her experience with military, intel-ligence, first responders, and other pro-fessionals who provide essential societal infrastructure through her innovative Art of Perception training program. Herman also shared this exciting and unexpected application of visual collections materials to our everyday lives with several campus groups, including the KU Undergraduate Honors Program and ROTC members.

Archives staff has been busy behind the scenes, as well. We have completed processing and cataloging of the Alec Vachon Papers. Vachon was a legislative aide to Senator Dole for disabilities issues, and his collection will be of increas-ing interest as we prepare to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the ADA legislation next year. We’ve also recently added online access to the Press Clippings collection (over 2,900 news clippings, compiled in 1996

by the Russell Public Library, primarily from Kansas newspapers), which is fully digitized and available for research.

Professionally, Archives staff members have distinguished themselves by pre-senting at several conferences: Digital Archivist Erin Wolfe presented, Digital Collections in a Small Archives: Using Google Services to Help Present and Promote an Oral History Project, at the Texas Conference for Digital Libraries in April. Archivist Sarah D’Antonio spoke at the Midwest Archives Conference, also in April, as part of a panel on heritage tourism, and in May at the Association of Centers for the Study of Congress’s annual meeting on an Innovative Outreach panel.

Audrey McKanna Coleman

Robert J. Dole Archive & Special Collections senior archivist

Wall of Senator Dole’s awards in Rhodes Conference Room at the Dole Institute

FRIENDS & MENTORS Clarissa Unger

Dole Institute development coordinator

This past spring, 11 Student Advisory Board members and 11 Friends of the Dole Institute took part in the first ever Dole Institute Mentoring Program. The program was established with the three following goals in mind:

1. To foster deeper connections between the Friends of the Dole Institute and the Student Advisory Board, 2. To provide a forum for individuals of all ages to practice civil discourse by facilitating meaningful discussions on topics related to Dole Institute programs, and 3. To develop students’ skills, values, and a sense of empowerment, leadership, and citizenship.

Mentors and mentees were matched based on their interests and met at three facilitated meetings throughout the semester, as well as a few times on their own. The activity among mentors and mentees took off quickly after our first facilitated meeting. Mentors and men-tees did everything together from attending Dole Institute study groups, to touring the Spencer Art Museum, and some even attended a KU basketball game together!

We have received a lot of great feedback from both mentors and mentees who participated in the program, and we hope to continue the program next fall. I would like to send a big thank you to everyone who participated in the program this semester, including Dr. Dennis Domer, the Project Director of the New Cities Initiative at KU, who was a huge help at every stage of the process.

I hope every Friend of the Dole Institute and Student Advisory Board member will consider participating in the Dole Institute Mentoring Program next fall! Please feel free to reach out to me anytime this summer if you have any interest – cmunger@ku.edu, (785) 864-1440.

Here are a couple of testimonials from individuals who participated in the mentoring program this past semester:

“I absolutely loved the mentorship program that was provided this year for members of the Student Advisory Board. I have never had a mentor before and in effect, didn’t really know what I should expect or respon-sibilities that would entail. Once the program began, though, I was extremely happy that I had signed up. The mentor that I was matched with, Kay Brada, is someone that I already look up to and admire. She is sharp, poised, and has a great perspective. Kay also has a warm per-sonality which made it easy for me to chat with her about what is going on in our lives and to get know her and her husband, Don. I know that I can look to her for sound advice about the decisions I will face in the future and as my college career progresses. In addition, I feel as if I’ve not only gained a mentor, but I have gained a close friend.”- Christina Ostmeyer, Mentee & Student Advisory Board Member

“WOW! What an amazing experience – to be given the opportunity to be a part of a terrific new program at the Dole Institute of Politics. That opportunity fulfilled one of our reasons for choosing to retire in Lawrence – to interact with young people and see the world through their eyes. Our lives have revolved around youth leadership and an interest in local, state and national government – the perfect blend for the mentor program. The programming subjects presented references for meaningful discussions outside of the planned meetings as we met individually with our mentees for coffee and lunch. We now consider ourselves grand-friends of Christina Ostmeyer and Quinn Ried, and we eagerly look forward to following them as they continue to rise as lead-ers at KU and as civic leaders of the future.”- Don & Kay Brada, Mentors & Friends of the Dole Institute

To learn more about becoming a Friend of the Dole Institute or about the mentoring program, contact Clarissa Unger at (785) 864-1440, cmunger@ku.edu, or visit: http://www.doleinstitute.com/Dole-friends.

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SHARING KNOWLEDGE& EXPERIENCE

Above: Dr. Dennis Domer discusses the importance of intergen-erational relationships with mentors and mentees at the second

facilitated mentoring meeting. Below: Mentors Don & Kay Brada and Barb Thomas meet with their mentees Quinn Ried, Christina

Ostmeyer, and Jessie Pringle at the first facilitated mentoring meeting.

KANSAS HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS SELECTED TO ATTEND CIVIC LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

The Youth Civic Leadership Institute (YCLI) at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is a program designed to enhance lead-ership skills and encourage involvement in public service for high school seniors. Students will attend YCLI July 16-18, 2014. A quote often seen at YCLI is, “Individuals do not automatically become free and responsible citizens, but must be educated for citizenship,” Sandra Day O’Connor, Former Supreme Court Justice. Students that attend YCLI do just that. They educate themselves for citizenship. They also learn about the mission of the Dole Institute and the many opportunities provided for

students on campus and around the state. YCLI provides guest speakers, outings, workshops and brainstorming sessions that are all centered on the concept of encouraging students to be engaged, effective leaders in their high schools and communi-ties.

This is the ninth annual YCLI. In March 2014, over 500 letters were sent to public and private high school principals and counselors in the state of Kansas, asking them to nominate one or two juniors from their schools. The Dole Institute committee selected over sixty (60) students, who received scholarships to attend YCLI. Students will join other incoming high school seniors from around the state, at no charge to them. They spend three days and two nights –complete with meals- at the University of Kansas in one of the newer residence halls.

Of particular value at YCLI are the friendships and bonds that form between the students. They come from all kinds of high schools, from large to small, rural to urban, public and private. Students have many opportunities throughout YCLI to get to know one another and discuss their opinions about the

diverse issues that face society and the state of Kansas. An example of this is when student groups, led by their counselors, are given a specific topic, asked to discuss it, and to develop solutions. Each group then presents their topic and ideas to the others. Cosmic Bowling at the KU Memorial Union Jaybowl is another way that participants learn through encouraging each other in a group activity. Regardless of their bowling skill, this activity allows students to support each other and have a good time, thereby forging connections with peers and counselors and teaching empathy and teamwork. This activity is inspired by Robert D. Putnam’s book on civic engagement entitled, Bowling Alone.

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Attendees of the 2013 Youth Civic Leadership Institute stop for a photo while visiting the State Capitol in Topeka, KS.

YCLI brings together a wide range of students with differing demographics from all parts of Kansas. In these three days, students are removed from the comfort zone of their peer group they have become accustomed to in school. Students are introduced to their local state representatives to ask ques-tions and gain a more in-depth understanding of the inner workings of the political arena. They are also exposed to a wide variety of speakers and allotted the opportunity to research and present on a current social/political issue[ ]. YCLI fosters young adults to become the next generation of leaders, return-ing to their schools to promote citizenship and ser-vice within the community.” – Elizabeth Devlin, Dole Public Service Scholarship recipient for 4 years, YCLI counselor and assistant director of YCLI. Dedicated to YCLI since 2006, Elizabeth has taken vacation days from work for the last 3 years to lead the students.

KANSAS HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS SELECTED TO ATTEND CIVIC LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

To round out the civic engage-ment experience, YCLI students get all dressed-up and make a trip to the State Capitol in Topeka. They have the opportunity to meet in the Senate and House of Representatives chambers. During this time, students meet and learn more about their state legisla-tors in small group conversation. Legislators come from around the state to meet with YCLI students. It’s great to see the students take an active role in civic engagement by asking questions and discuss-ing issues, which are important to them, with the politicians that represent them.

After their trip to Topeka, students return to the Dole Institute for the Annual Community Recognition Reception and Dinner. The recep-tion allows students an opportu-nity to utilize networking skills, while each dinner table is hosted by a community leader to facili-tate enriching conversation. The students really embrace this occasion and our community members enjoy the students and the chance to share their experiences with them.

One of the many highlights of the program is the students’ opportunity to listen to John “Buck” Newsom, a 1941 U.S. Naval Academy graduate, retired captain in the U.S. Navy, and community leader. Before retiring in 1964, he served as Navy ROTC faculty at KU. He later became vice president of Centron Productions, a Lawrence film company, and served as district governor of the Lawrence Rotary Club. Newsom offers wisdom and advice to the students about what makes one a good leader through using his generation of service-minded, engaged citizens as an example of the desire to make a dif-ference. “We have been named the greatest generation,” Newsom poignantly closes his talk, “but you can be the greatest generation.”

We talk a lot about promoting public service and civic engagement in students, as it is part of our mission at the Dole Institute. And we know that shaping future leaders is also part of the University’s mission. There is no better example of this work being done than through YCLI. These rising seniors will return home with an increased knowledge of how to make a difference through civic engagement and becoming more involved in their communities, which they will do for one more year before high school graduation. But the greatest reward is the hope it provides for the future of our state and country, as these students graduate high school and move out into the world, empowered to be the best leaders they can be. How exciting!

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From the desk of Barbara Ballard

Dole Institute associate director

“As a student participant and a counselor, I know that YCLI is one of the best programs available to Kansas’ top high school student leaders and scholars. For seniors in high school, YCLI provides the best exposure and crash course on the inner workings of American government and its political system by allowing them to speak directly with state politicians and leaders, and participate in public pol-icy simulations.[ ] For most of them, it is the first time that they have been challenged to extend their civic thinking to such a high level, and with the pressure of presenting their solution. As a student participant, it helped me hone my leadership skills and further learn about civic duties and responsibilities. When I was a YCLI counselor facilitating team discussions for three consecutive years, each year I noticed the students increase their leadership skills during the short time they were at YCLI. I also noticed an improve-ment in their social skills and learning the value of compro-mise.” —Margarita Caulfield, Dole Public Service Scholarship recipient for 4 years, 2008 YCLI participant, YCLI counselor, and current law student at the University of Pennsylvania

The mission of the Dole Institute of Politics is to promote political and civic participation as well as civil discourse in a bi-partisan, balanced manner. By providing a forum for discussion of political and economic issues, fostering for public service leadership and encouraging partici-pation in the political process, we emphasize that politics is an honorable profession and that only through political and civic participation can citizens redirect the course of our nation.

ABOVE INFORMATION COURTESY OF THE ROBERT J. DOLE ARCHIVE AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

DOLE INSTITUTE SPONSORS CIVICENGAGEMENT CONFERENCE FOR KANSAS TEACHERS

From the desk of Barbara Ballard

Dole Institute associate director

We are pleased to announce our seventh annual Kansas Government, History, and Social Studies Teachers conference at the Dole Institute. The theme is “Civic Learning and Election 2014” and is held at the Dole Institute. The three day confer-ence begins on Wednesday, July 23rd at 3:00 p.m. and ends on Friday, July 25th at 4:00 p.m. We invite teachers from across Kansas to apply and request nominations from teachers who have attended this conference, school administrators, and the Kansas State Board of Education helps us with this process. Students who have attended the Youth Civic Leadership Institute also provide teacher nominations. The Dole Institute provides two nights lodging, meals, a stipend, and reimbursement for all necessary transportation (toll/mileage) to and from the conference.

Teachers are required to apply and complete a short essay, “Why did you choose teaching? Discuss the importance of civic learning and why you want to attend Civic Learning and Election 2014.” This year, over 25 teachers were selected from across the state of Kansas. The conference brings teachers together to discuss the significance of getting young people involved in civic engagement, public service, and in local, state, and national elections. Youth voting (18-24 years old) is increasing around the country and interest is still high. We hope to continue this trend.

This annual program offers speakers, programming, and the unique opportunity for teachers, to share their favorite program or best practice with the other teachers at the conference. The teacher sharing has been a valuable and popular, component of the conference and includes websites and other resources (such as DVDs or magazines) that teachers have found helpful in their classrooms. Teachers have the opportunity to present creative and exciting information with each other. In past years we have heard from teachers around the state about new and interesting ways to engage their students, from sign language interpreta-tion to distinctive class projects. Teachers exchange contact information and continue to network with each other after the conference. They have also learned about the resources here at the Dole Institute that they can use in the classroom with their students, especially the recorded programs of our diverse speakers. We also discuss Senator Dole and his dedicated public ser-vice and many contributions to Kansas and the nation.

This conference has always been inspiring to us. It is a pleasure to meet such outstanding, effective, and motivated teachers in the state of Kansas. We look forward to helping them increase civic engagement and knowledge of elections in their class-rooms, thus helping to shape students into effective citizens and future leaders.

SHARING IDEAS & BEST PRACTICES

WednesdayJuly 167:00 p.m.

Leslie Goddard as Ameila Earhart

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Teachers from around the state in discussion at the 2013 Civic Engagement and Leadership Conference Flat Leader takes in the sites of NYC with student worker, Eric Pahls

Join the all-ages fun and see Leslie Goddard’s historical performance of Kansas native and first lady of aviation, Amelia Earhart, this summer at the Dole Institute.

Goddard is an actress and historian who has been portraying famous women in history for more than ten years. In addition to holding a MA in Theater, she earned a Ph.D. from Northwestern University, specializing in U.S. History and Women’s Studies. She is a former museum director and currently works full-time as a historical interpreter and public speaker.

Amelia Earhart’s courageous exploits and spirited personality made her an international celebrity in the early twentieth century. She was the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane (1928) and the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic (1932). She set numerous speed and altitude records and received high honors and awards. On July 2, 1937, she and her navigator, Fred Noonan, mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during their attempted round-the-world flight. Set in 1937, this first-person pro-gram recounts Earhart’s life, the many records she broke, her unconventional views on marriage, and her tireless work to promote aviation and opportunities for women.

Goddard’s performance is inspired by Amelia Earhart’s books 20 Hrs., 40 Min. (1928); The Fun of It (1932) and Last Flight (1937, posthumous).

ANNUAL SUMMER HISTORIC INTERPRETER CHANNELS EARHART

If you aren’t familiar with Flat Stanley, he is a character from the popular children’s book of the same name, written by Jeff Brown in 1964. An accidentally flattened Stanley finds that he can do some pretty interesting things and have some wild adven-tures in his altered state, including mailing himself in an envelope to friends. As a school project, teachers in the U.S. often have students create their own “Flat” versions of themselves to send to friends or relatives living in other cities, where their “Flat” stu-dent can have its own adventures.

This summer, the Dole Institute has just launched the Flat Leader Project. Senator Dole’s beloved Schnauzer, Leader, and subsequently Leader 2, could often be seen bouncing around Capitol Hill. We thought Leader would make the perfect “Flat” character to highlight all of the interesting things our students and staff will be doing this summer, and to share those experi-ences with YOU.

As staff and students send us their photos of Flat Leader taking selfies wherever he goes, we will share them with you through our weekly email and social media. Be sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter so that you can keep up with all of Flat Leader’s adventures and watch the different ways that the people of the Dole Institute interact with their world.

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From the desk of Barbara Ballard

Dole Institute associate director WELCOME TO THE TEAM: FLAT LEADER

WednesdayJuly 167:00 p.m.

Leslie Goddard as Ameila Earhart

Flat Leader takes in the sites of NYC with student worker, Eric Pahls

Book Talk“Willard Garvey: An Epic Life” with author, Maura McEnaneyWednesday, June 11, 3:00 p.m. at the Dole Institute

Pulitzer-prize winning, McEnaney, discusses the storied life of a unique Kansan, who participated in historic world events and made significant contributions to his state, country and world. This event includes a book sale & signing.

Historical Interpretation: Amelia Earhartwith Leslie GoddardWednesday, July 16, 7:00 p.m. at the Dole Institute

Join this annual summer event, appropriate for all ages, and seeGoddard bring a great Kansas woman to life in her historical performance of Amelia Earhart, a real first lady of aviation.

2014 Ft. Leavenworth Series: Decisive BattlesFirst Thursday of every month, February 6 – November 6, 20143:00 p.m. at the Dole Institute

There are many famous battles in history that we label as decisive events — Yorktown, Waterloo, Gettysburg, and Midway — just to name a few. However, history is replete with lesser known clashes of arms that were arguably just as significant in their respective wars. Don’t miss the chance to learn about these critical clashes from scholars of the Army’s Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth on the first Thursday of every month through November.

JUNE 5 - Coming of Aerial Armageddon: Operation Argument and the “Big Week” February, 1944 with Dr. John Curatola

JULY 3 - Decision in Bohemia: The Battle of Koniggratz, 1866 with Dr. Ethan Rafuse

AUG. 7 - Gates of Hell: The Somme with Dr. Mark Hull

Everest to the Top with mountaineer, Ian TaylorTuesday, July 29, 3:00 p.m. at the Dole Institute

Taylor, whose trekking company supports a school for children in Uganda, will take us on the journey through the Khumbu region to Mt. Everest, up to the summit, and then back down, with inside information on the politics of the mountain and the physical challenges involved. He will also discuss how his leadership and training has brought success to mountain expedition teams around the world. The event will be an interview by Dole Institute director, Bill Lacy, and also includes a DVD sale.

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