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9/30/2011
COLUMBIA COLLEGE

Columbia College welcomes author Diane Mutti-Burke Oct. 5

Lecture and book signing in Dorsey Chapel


WHO: Diane Mutti-Burke, author and assistant professor of history at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.



WHAT: Mutti-Burke will discuss her new book, "On Slavery's Border: Missouri's Small Slaveholding Households, 1815-1865." Mutti-Burke's book focuses on slavery in Missouri and how it differed, for better or worse, from the deep South.


WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 5, 7 p.m.


WHERE: Columbia College - 1001 Rogers St., Dorsey Chapel


Founded in 1851 in Columbia, Mo., Columbia College has been helping students advance their lives through higher education for more than 160 years. As a private, nonprofit, liberal arts and sciences institution, the college takes pride in its small classes, experienced faculty and quality educational programs. With more than 30 Nationwide Campuses across the country, 18 of which are on military instillations, students may enroll in day, evening or online classes. The college is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association. Columbia College educates more than 30,000 students each year and has more than 70,000 alumni worldwide. For more information, visit www.ccis.edu.

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(Contact: Jessica Royston, Public Relations Associate, 573-875-7596, jroyston@ccis.edu )