Tickets are still available to hear veteran journalist and award-winning war correspondent Mike Boettcher at Northern Oklahoma College Tonkawa on Tuesday, Sept. 28, as part of the NOC Renfro Lectureship Series.Boettcher will speak on the U.S. withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in a speech, “America’s Longest War: How we lost our way.”The event is sponsored by the Carl and Carolyn Renfro Endowed Lectureship Program and Northern Oklahoma College.Individual tickets for the lecture only may be purchased at a cost of $20 each. The tickets are non-refundable.Tickets may be purchased by credit card by calling 580-628-6214 or in person at the NOC Development Office, Vineyard Library-Administration Building, NOC Tonkawa.The Ponca City native is recognized as one of the world’s most experienced foreign correspondents, covering wars and revolutions in every part of the globe since 1980. He spent four of the past 20 years in Afghanistan covering America’s longest war.Boettcher is the winner of six national Emmys and a Peabody award. He is one of five reporters in history to win national Emmy’s for three different networks. He teaches journalism at his alma mater, the University of Oklahoma, and serves as a Senior Fellow at the OU Center for Intelligence and National SecurityFormer Oklahoma State Regent Carl Renfro and the late Carolyn Renfro established the Carl and Carolyn Renfro Endowed Lectureship Program with a gift in 2006. The primary purpose of the endowment is to provide support to cultivate and enhance the cultural and community enrichment offerings in northern Oklahoma to include lecture and performance series at Northern Oklahoma College Tonkawa and in the Ponca City area.Call the Northern Oklahoma College Development Office at 580.628.6214 for additional information.There is limited seating, social distancing and masks are strongly encouraged.
