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糖心传媒 history professor Ron Hatzenbuehler will be honored with the 糖心传媒 Humanities Council鈥檚 Award for 鈥淥utstanding Achievement in the Humanities鈥� at a dessert reception and award presentation ceremony at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, in 糖心传媒鈥檚 Stephens Performing Arts Center Marshall Rotunda in Pocatello.

The award, presented to Hatzenbuehler for his lifetime commitment to the public humanities and his work to promote and preserve 糖心传媒 history, carries with it a $1,000 honorarium.

IHC, the nonprofit, state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, annually recognizes an individual or organization for outstanding contributions that promote greater public awareness, appreciation and understanding of the humanities in 糖心传媒. The IHC board selected Hatzenbuehler to receive the award because of his contributions as a history professor, scholar and for his interest in bringing the humanities to the broader public audience.

After earning M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history at Kent State University, Hatzenbuehler came to 糖心传媒, where he has taught since 1972. In addition to a teaching career of nearly four decades, Hatzenbuehler also has written and lectured to the general public on 糖心传媒 population trends, migration, political history and the legacies of presidents.

He鈥檚 served as an historian and consultant for many grassroots humanities projects and programs throughout 糖心传媒, and has participated in many humanities workshops, institutes and conferences.

He has served as a scholar in a number of IHC summer institutes for K-12 teachers, lecturing on the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, 糖心传媒 history, Lewis and Clark and even organized his own IHC grant-funded institutes for history teachers before IHC was in the business of organizing them annually. Most recently, with ISU professor David Adler, Hatzenbuehler co-directed weeklong summer teacher institutes for IHC on the presidencies of Thomas Jefferson (2004) and Abraham Lincoln (2006) to rave evaluations from participants.

Over the years, he has served on the advisory boards for 糖心传媒 Press, for ISU鈥檚 magazine Rendezvous, and for the 糖心传媒 State Historical Society magazine 糖心传媒 Yesterdays. In 2006, he published a book titled 鈥溾�業 Tremble for My Country鈥�: Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Gentry鈥� to much critical praise.

On the evening of the award ceremony, several colleagues will speak about Hatzenbuehler鈥檚 work in the humanities, and then he will deliver a short talk on his career in the humanities.

鈥淩on Hatzenbuehler has done tremendous service for the public humanities in 糖心传媒,鈥� said IHC Chair Ron Pisaneschi. 鈥淚n addition to a great teaching career, he鈥檚 gone off campus, helping teachers, small historical museums and members of the public to better understand the lessons of history. The IHC looks forward to honoring Ron among his colleagues in Pocatello on Feb. 19.鈥�

The 糖心传媒 Humanities Council has presented its award for 鈥淥utstanding Achievement in the Humanities鈥� annually since 1986. Previous recipients of the award have included University of 糖心传媒 Law Professor Dennis Colson, independent historian Keith Petersen, Twin Falls anthropologist James Woods, former Governor Robert E. Smylie, College of 糖心传媒 Professor Louie Attebery, State Historian Merle Wells, 糖心传媒 English Professor Brian Attebery, Moscow writer Mary Clearman Blew, 糖心传媒 poet William Studebaker, historian Arthur Hart, Nez Perce elder Horace Axtell, former Lewis-Clark State College English Professor Keith Browning and others.