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Synopsis
Moraine Valley Community College Library, Palos Hills, Illinois, USA. The Library Event PodCasts are intended to be a flexible, portable record of the events held within the Moraine Valley Library. As such, they are intended to enhance library programs and the larger Moraine Valley curriculum.These events are hosted by the library in the spirit of public discussion, open debate, and intellectual growth. The views expressed by panel members, lecturers, or audience members are their own and are not necessarily the official views of the Moraine Valley Community College board of trustees, staff, faculty, or administration.
Episodes
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All About Bullying A Faculty Panel Presentation
02/10/2014Education experts define and explore the causes and impacts of bullying.
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Scotty Works OUT Film Screening and Conversation with the Filmmaker
01/10/2014Filmmaker and MVCC faculty member Dan Pal presents his short film Scotty Works OUT.
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Engineering-Building, Accomplishing, Connecting
24/09/2014Presenter Michael Murphy, a LEED Green associate engineer with Thornton Tomasetti Inc., earned a bachelor’s degree in architectural studies and a master’s degree in architecture from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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What is Queer? Current and Historic Struggles of LGBTQ People
23/09/2014Faculty member Jeffrey McCully discusses the ways that gender expression and human sexuality are socially constructed based on norms that change from one society to another and across time.
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Board Games and Learning featuring Jason King
19/09/2014Faculty members from literature and the library will discuss James Baldwin's classic text.
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Comic Books and the Art of Visual Story Telling Featuring Erik LaGatutta
18/09/2014Artist and Fine Arts faculty member, Erik LaGatutta discusses the art form of comic books and graphic novels.
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Graphic Novels as Literature featuring Sheryl Bundy
18/09/2014Faculty member Sherly Bundy discusses graphic novels as a literary genre.
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Understanding Giovanni's Room A Faculty Panel Discussion
09/09/2014Faculty members from literature and the library will discuss James Baldwin's classic text.
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A Summer of Dumpster Diving and Sustainability
13/08/2014Three interns from the Illinois EPA present the findings from their work and offer new insight on sustainability efforts in higher education.
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Defining Gender Identity, Sexual Identity, Gender Expression, LGBT, and Queer
11/06/2014Sociologist Jeffrey McCully joins MVCC librarians, Joe, Tish and Troy to define key terms relating to LGBTQ issues relating to the themes of the One Book program.
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Services for LGBTQ Students at Moraine Valley
11/06/2014Moraine Valley Counselor Matthew Cullen discusses college services offered for LGBTQ students.
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James Baldwin, the Activist Voice, and Views on Privilege in Giovanni’s Room
11/06/2014MVCC Democracy Commitment Faculty Coordinator, Tamarra Coleman-Hill discusses James Baldwin as an activist with librarians Joe, Tish, and Troy.
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Graphic Novels at Moraine Valley and the Graphic Novel Symposium
11/06/2014Moraine Valley Librarians, Joe, Tish, and Troy prepare for the upcoming Graphic Novel Symposium at MVCC by discussing graphic novels in the library’s collection.
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Visual Storytelling: A Discussion with Erik La Gatutta
11/06/2014Moraine Valley Librarians, Tish, and Troy prepare for the upcoming Graphic Novel Symposium at MVCC by discussing the art of graphic novels and comic books with faculty member Erik LaGatutta
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Graphic Novels as Literature and as Class Texts
11/06/2014Moraine Valley Librarians, Joe, Tish, and Troy prepare for the upcoming Graphic Novel Symposium at MVCC by discussing graphic novels as literature with faculty member Sheryl Bundy.
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Review of Giovanni's Room and Discussion of James Baldwin
09/06/2014Moraine Valley Librarians, Joe, Tish, and Troy discuss the upcoming One Book text, Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
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Beavers, Bogs, and Badlands The Site and Situation of the Moraine Valley Area
13/05/2014Jason king will share stories and lessons about why this area, now called Palos, was vital to the settlement of Chicago.
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What Matters Films Discussion: Turning Apathy to Action (Discussion 1)
29/04/2014his film that tells the story of three friends—two idealistic activists and one skeptic—attempting to live across three continents in poverty on $1.25 a day.
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What Matters Films Discussion: Turning Apathy to Action (Discussion 2)
29/04/2014his film that tells the story of three friends—two idealistic activists and one skeptic—attempting to live across three continents in poverty on $1.25 a day.
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The Truth about Vaccinations and Herd Immunity
29/04/2014This faculty panel will discuss some of the issues and present valuable information about the safety of vaccines.