BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cc1a68e7-e68f-466c-97ab-5399ddbd327b.221038@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20220616T145232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220616T145232Z LOCATION:Meyer Library\, Duane G. 302 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Todd Parnell DESCRIPTION:The Ozarks Studies Institute will host a free and open-to-the- public discussion with author Todd Parnell as part of its ongoing author talk series. \n\n\nDuring the talk\, Parnell will discuss two of his rece ntly published books: “The Posse: A Story of Love – And Resistance” and “ Cure.” For every $20 donated to the Ozarks Studies Institute\, attendees can take home a signed novel by Parnell.\n\n\nAbout the Books \n\n\n\n“Th e Posse: A Story of Love – And Resistance”Published in 2020\, this book f ollows a young group of vigilante environmentalists working to expose and bring down a conspiracy between corporate agriculture and government off icials who plan to control the future of food production.\n“Cure”Publishe d in 2021\, this fictional account is set in the Ozarks during the COVID- 19 pandemic. The story follows two young lovers in the middle of a strugg le between a discredited scientist trying to bring a cure for the Coronav irus to the public and pharmaceutical and government regulators working t o ensure the cure never makes it to market.\n\nMore on the Author\n\n\nTo dd Parnell is the retired president of Drury University and founding CEO of THE BANK in Springfield. An award-winning author\, Parnell was inducte d into the Missouri Writers Hall of Fame in 2012. Parnell is also a renow ned civic leader and environmental advocate\, having served as co-founder of the Upper White River Basin Foundation and retired chairman of the Mi ssouri Clean Water Commission.\n\n\nOur Mission\n\n\nThe Ozarks Studies I nstitute\, an initiative of the MSU Libraries\, seeks to preserve the his tory and culture of the Ozarks by fostering a comprehensive knowledge of Ozarks people and their heritage.\n\n\nThe OSI’s author talk series is pa rt of the university’s scholarly content leading up to its participation in the 2023 Smithsonian Institution’s Folklife Festival. The festival wil l feature the history and culture of the Ozarks region\, presented in par t by Missouri State\, on the National Mall in Washington\, D.C. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Th e Ozarks Studies Institute will host a free and open-to-the-public discus sion with author Todd Parnell as part of its ongoing author talk series.& nbsp\;</p>\n<p>During the talk\, Parnell will discuss two of his recently published books: “The Posse: A Story of Love – And Resistance” and “Cure .” For every $20 donated to the Ozarks Studies Institute\, attendees can take home a signed novel by Parnell.</p>\n<p><strong>About the Books&nbsp \;</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>“The Posse: A Story of Love – And Resistance”< br><br>Published in 2020\, this book follows a young group of vigilante e nvironmentalists working to expose and bring down a conspiracy between co rporate agriculture and government officials who plan to control the futu re of food production.<br><br></li>\n<li>“Cure”<br><br>Published in 2021\ , this fictional account is set in the Ozarks during the COVID-19 pandemi c. The story follows two young lovers in the middle of a struggle between a discredited scientist trying to bring a cure for the Coronavirus to th e public and pharmaceutical and government regulators working to ensure t he cure never makes it to market.</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>More on the Aut hor</strong></p>\n<p>Todd Parnell is the retired president of Drury Unive rsity and founding CEO of THE BANK in Springfield. An award-winning autho r\, Parnell was inducted into the Missouri Writers Hall of Fame in 2012. Parnell is also a renowned civic leader and environmental advocate\, havi ng served as co-founder of the Upper White River Basin Foundation and ret ired chairman of the Missouri Clean Water Commission.</p>\n<p><strong>Our Mission</strong></p>\n<p>The Ozarks Studies Institute\, an initiative of the MSU Libraries\, seeks to preserve the history and culture of the Oza rks by fostering a comprehensive knowledge of Ozarks people and their her itage.</p>\n<p>The OSI’s author talk series is part of the university’s s cholarly content leading up to its participation in the 2023 Smithsonian Institution’s Folklife Festival. The festival will feature the history an d culture of the Ozarks region\, <a href="https://news.missouristate.edu/ 2021/10/20/msu-libraries-2023-smithsonian-folklife-festival/">presented i n part by Missouri State</a>\, on the National Mall in Washington\, D.C.< /p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220707T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220707T170000 SEQUENCE:0 URL:http://libraries.missouristate.edu CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR