Winners of 2023 Governor’s Awards for History announced

PIERRE, S.D. (Dakota Information Now) – Lecturers from Sioux Falls and Mount Vernon had been introduced because the 2023 Historical past Lecturers of the Yr.

Maxwell Schaffer, who has been educating historical past at Mount Vernon Excessive College for 11 years, and Bob Wilbur, who has been educating historical past at Roosevelt Excessive College in Sioux Falls for 27 years, will share the title of the South Dakota 2023 Historical past Trainer of the Yr.

Every year, the South Dakota Historic Society, which is headquartered on the Cultural Heritage Middle in Pierre, acknowledges excellent people, organizations and Okay-12 lecturers who’ve contributed to the preservation of South Dakota historical past.

The South Dakota State Historic Society will likely be honoring David A. Wolff of Spearfish with its highest honor on Saturday, April 22, throughout the annual state historical past convention in Pierre.

Wolff would be the recipient of the Robinson Memorial Award, one of many Governor’s Awards for Historical past. Named after former state historians Doane and Will G. Robinson, the Robinson is the best award given within the subject of historical past in South Dakota, recognizing a lifetime of excellent and meritorious service. Wolff is being acknowledged for his years of service and management to the State Historic Society. Wolff is a long-time member of the State Historic Society, serving on the Board of Trustees for 18 years.

Wolff can also be this 12 months’s recipient of the Herbert S. Schell Award for the perfect article in “South Dakota Historical past,” the State Historic Society’s award-winning quarterly journal. The Schell Award is known as for Herbert S. Schell, a historian and long-time College of South Dakota professor.

The Nationwide Climate Service of South Dakota, which incorporates the Sioux Falls, Speedy Metropolis and Aberdeen regional workplaces, received The Governor’s Award for Historical past – Organizational for his or her work explaining historic climate occasions.

Different award winners embrace Brian Gevik of Volin and Rick Mills of Hermosa.

The Saturday awards luncheon is a part of this 12 months’s State Historic Society annual historical past convention, happening Friday and Saturday, April 21-22 in Pierre. This 12 months’s theme is “Nice Faces, Nice Locations.” Registrations are nonetheless being accepted. Name 605-773-6000 for extra info or go to www.historical past.sd.gov.

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