9/17 WSU Celebrates Constitution Day at 1pm- Thoughts on Democracy by Matt Lindaman and Drake Hokanson

The American Democracy Project will host Constitution Day activities on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009 in the Rotunda and on the second floor.

Multiple large scans of the U.S. Constitution will be available for viewing in the Library Rotunda.

At 1 p.m., a presentation on "Thoughts on Democracy"will be held in the Library Athenaeum area. ³Thoughts on Democracy² is an exhibit at The Wolfsonian-Florida International University. The exhibit is comprised of posters by sixty leading contemporary artists and designers asked to create a new graphic design inspired by American illustrator Norman Rockwell¹s "Four Freedoms" posters of 1943.

Matt Lindaman, professor of history, and Drake Hokanson, professor of mass communication, will comment on the historical context and visual elements of the exhibit. Caitlin Stene, president of the WSU Student Senate, will introduce a contest, asking WSU students to design their own interpretations of the four freedoms.

Pocket constitutions and refreshments will be available.

Contact Kara Lindaman klindaman@winona.edu or Allison Quam aquam@winona.edu .