Apologies for duplicate messages.
This week the Regional Educational Technology Network (RETN), the
Center for Research on Vermont's public-access television partner, will
broadcast two Center for Research on Vermont-sponsored programs:
(1) "What New York Owes Vermont: A Debate"
with Frank Bryan (Political Science, UVM), the
Hon. John
Dooley (Vermont Supreme Court), John P. Kaminski (History, University
of Wisconsin-Madison), and Neil
Stout (Emeritus, History, University of Vermont) as defenders of New
York; moderated by H. Nicholas Muller, III (Retired President and CEO,
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation);
(2) the premiere of Research-in-Progress
Seminar #218, “Journey’s End: Destination of a Dream,” by Vermont
Folklife Center Emeritus Executive Director and Founder Jane Beck.
Details about the programs and the dates and times they will air follow
below.
(1) "What New York Owes Vermont: A Debate" picks up on the following story: In 1791, when New York was
all that stood in the way of Vermont becoming a state, New York
demanded--and got--$30,000 from Vermont for its "yes" vote. New Yorkers
say it was "payment for damages." Vermonters say--extortion! That was
$30,000 in 1791 dollars--What would it be worth today? Watch the
program and decide for yourself!
The Center program, which runs an hour and fifty minutes, features
Frank Bryan (Political Science, UVM) and the Hon. John Dooley (Vermont
Supreme Court) as proponents of Vermont's claim, and John P. Kaminski
(History, University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Neil Stout (Emeritus,
History, University of Vermont) as defenders of New York. Moderated by
H. Nicholas Muller, III (Retired President and CEO, Frank Lloyd Wright
Foundation), the debate was held as an educational and entertaining
event to benefit the Center for Research on Vermont's Endowment Fund.
It airs on on
Comcast Cable on Channel 16 (both North and South) as follows:
Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at 3
A.M.
- repeats
at 9 A.M.
- repeats at 3 P.M.
(2) “Journey’s End: Destination of a Dream,” by Vermont Folklife Center
Emeritus Executive Director and Founder Jane Beck
In this hour-long presentation Ms. Beck discusses her project
documenting the story of Alec Turner’s journey from slavery to freedom
as told by his daughter Daisy, born in Grafton, Vt., in 1883.
The program can
be
viewed on
Comcast Cable on Channel 16 (both North and South) as follows:
Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at 8 P.M.
- repeats
at midnight
Thursday, March 26, 2009, at 11 A.M.
The program was originally presented as #218 in the Center's
ongoing
Research-in-Progress Seminar Series on February 19, 2009. For a
detailed
description, please visit the Center's Web site at <www.uvm.edu/~crvt>.
If you live outside of the RETN broadcast
area
(see below for a list of
the communities that RETN serves), you may view this and other recent
Center
videos on demand. To do this, point your browser at <www.retn.org>
and click on /Center for Research on Vermont/ on the lefthand column. A
menu will appear featuring a number of Center programs. You may also
select the stream quality that best suits your
browser (fastest to slowest: Broadband Video, Dial-Up Video, and
Audio Only).
In addition to the Webstreaming option, videotapes of many Center
programs may be
borrowed from
the Center's Video Library in DVD and VHS formats upon request. Please
visit our Web site at
<www.uvm.edu/~crvt>
and click on Video Library on the righthand column for more information
about the programs that are available.
Special note: The Center's partnership with RETN has
been of inestimable value to us since we began it in 1996. Not only do
we have permanent, tangible, and archivable records of Center programs,
but this programming also has the potential to reach viewers far beyond
the number of audience members who attend the live presentations,
including some 30,000 households in the Greater Burlington area who
subscribe to Comcast. Now, through the
technology of video on demand, Center programming
has become available to virtually all computer households that are
connected to the World Wide Web on a 24/7 basis.
Please take a moment to contact RETN (<[log in to unmask]>
or 802-654-7980) to let them know that you
appreciate their continuing commitment to broadcasting scholarship and
research on topics of importance to Vermont and Vermonters. You may
also take their brief Viewer Survey at <www.retn.org>. Thank you!
For more information about RETN's schedule,
please visit
the RETN Web
site at <www.retn.org>
or contact RETN directly at 802-654-7980. The schedule is usually the
same for both RETN North (Comcast Channel 16 in Burlington, Essex,
Essex Junction, Williston, and Winooski) and RETN South (Comcast
Channel 16 in Charlotte, Ferrisburgh, Hinesburg, Shelburne, and
Vergennes).
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Kristin Peterson-Ishaq
Coordinator, Center for Research on Vermont
and Vermont Studies Program
University of Vermont
589 Main Street, Nolin House
Burlington, VT 05401-3439
Email: <[log in to unmask]>; Telephone: 802-656-8363
Web site: <www.uvm.edu/~crvt>