From a February 18, 2016 National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI) news release - At the December 3, 2015 meeting of the National Issues Forums Institute in Dayton, Ohio, Sandy Heierbacher, Gary Paul, John R. Unger II, and Mark Wilson were elected to the 2019 class of members of the institute.

“Sandy Heierbacher, Gary Paul, John Unger and Mark Wilson bring to NIFI vision, commitment and broad experience with citizens and communities,” said NIFI president Carol Farquhar Nugent. 

Politics and the Yellowstone Ecosystem, a weeklong seminar, is an initiative of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), and will be held from August 1-6, 2016, in Yellowstone National Park. Registration is now open for this unique and rich program that is held amidst the diverse beauty of the world's first national park.

Seminar Highlights:

Since you’ve landed here on this blog, you’re probably already aware that National Issues Forums (NIF) launched a brand new, mobile-optimized website last year. We’re proud of it. And the NIF network is already getting lots of mileage out of it.

Kevin Gautreaux, a producer at Louisiana Public Broadcasting, shared the link to a recent program titled Symbol or Statement?