Adams State University President David Tandberg, Ph.D., and the Honorable Ambassador Ken Salazar invite the public to meet and greet the new Salazar Rio Grande del Norte Center Director Paul Formisano, Ph.D.
A welcome by President Tandberg will be followed by remarks from Ambassador Salazar and Dr. Formisano, beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, in Richardson Hall Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
Raised along the Front Range and educated throughout the arid West, Dr. Formisano comes to Adams State after twelve years as professor of English and director of the writing program at the University of South Dakota, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in pedagogy, composition, and Western American and environmental literature while also assisting the university’s Sustainability Studies Program. He is the author of numerous articles and book chapters about how various individuals and communities imagine and communicate about natural resources.
To register for the event contact Wes Devaul at wdevaul@adams.edu or 719-587-7609.
Following the event, Ambassador Salazar will present on relations between the U.S. and Mexico at 1 p.m. in Leon Memorial Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
