The public is invited to a reception to kick off the 2011 Dakota Memories Heritage Tour on Thursday, Sept. 15, from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the North Dakota State University’s Main Library (1201 Albrecht Blvd.).

Attendees will enjoy opening remarks from Clifford Canku from NDSU’s North Dakota Studies Program, and a presentation on the Libraries’ Institute for Regional Studies, Archives, and Germans from Russia Heritage Collection. Refreshments will be served.

Participants on the Dakota Memories Heritage Tour will journey for three days through south central North Dakota and will enjoy a variety of German-Russian cultural activities.

For more information about the reception or the Dakota Memories Heritage Tour, visit library.ndsu.edu/grhc/dakotamemories/heritage/index.html or contact Acacia Stuckle at 701.231.6596 oracacia.stuckle@ndsu.edu.

Sponsors for the event include the NDSU Libraries, the NDSU Extension Service’s Center for Community Vitality and Prairie Public Broadcasting.