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Moraine Valley Community College Library Podcast

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Moraine Valley Community College Library, Palos Hills, Illinois, USA. The Library PodCast includes audio from cultural events and interviews with faculty and scholars. This podcast is intended to enhance the larger Moraine Valley curriculum. The views expressed by guest speakers 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.
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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 ar ...
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Frankenstein’s monster has undergone a type of evolution beyond the pages of the novel that birthed him. He started as an agile creature who intentionally commits vengeful murders in the original novel to an inarticulate, childlike monster image of him that mostly came from the movies. The monster has become one of the most recognizable and well-kn…
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In the novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley presents us with a “monster” whose very existence is complex and difficult. The monster takes his abandonment, abuse, neglect, and maltreatment and turns it into hatred and revenge upon his creator. In this panel discussion, our psychology faculty members will use Frankenstein’s monster as a lens through whic…
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This year, 2024, is a leap year, which means that we add one extra day to our calendar. We have a leap year every four years, but this has not always been the case. Our modern calendars define so much about our lives. The hour of the day, the day of the week, and the month of the year, dictate when we go to school or work, when we celebrate holiday…
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Since its publication in 1818, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has an evolving legacy as a masterwork in exploring the complexity of the lived experience. The story and its main characters have often been an inflection point to discuss contemporary cultural issues, which have varied greatly in the last 200+ years. In this talk, we will explore how anxi…
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Over the past year, cracks have been forming within the Democratic coalition over several topics including social issues, whether Joe Biden should run for a second term, U.S. support for Israel, and several other issues. In this panel discussion, political science faculty members will examine these divides and help us understand the different demog…
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Join us as former President of the Chicago Teachers Union, Jesse Sharkey, visits Moraine Valley. Mr. Sharkey will share his experience as a leader in the largest local unions in the state of Illinois and one of the largest in the country. He will discuss how CTU created a movement that put teachers and school staff members at the heart of a politic…
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The 2024 candidacy of former President Donald Trump is unlike any political campaign in United States history. It is unprecedented to have a presidential nominee running for office after two impeachment acquittals and currently facing 4 indictments and 91 felony charges. MVCC political science faculty will examine this unique candidacy and how the …
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There are numerous opportunities in the early childhood industry, from classroom instruction to managing multiple childcare franchises-this event will present the chance for students and community members to gain more insight into what the field has to offer. Panelists will consist of various roles, including lead teacher and executive director. Th…
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Día de los Muertos originated in ancient Mesoamerica (Mexico and northern Central America) where indigenous groups, including Aztec, Maya and Toltec, had specific times when they commemorated their loved ones who had passed away. Certain months were dedicated to remembering the departed, based on whether the deceased was an adult or a child. Hear f…
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We are experiencing an epidemic of loneliness at the same time we have a crisis in democracy, marked by rising political polarization, disinformation, and political extremism. Join Psychology Professor Dr. Laura Lauzen-Collins, Sociology Professor Dr. Alison Lacny, History Professor Merri Fefles-Dunkle and Political Science Professor Kevin Navratil…
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Kristen Radtke's graphic novel Seek You builds connections between the rugged individualism embedded in American culture and the loneliness that we see around us in post-pandemic America. We often idealize the self-reliance, independence, and personal responsibility rooted in American history but at what cost? This faculty panel will explore this i…
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Deaf and hard-of-hearing advocate Michele Cunningham will discuss the struggles of growing up in a language-exclusive community of hearing family members. As the only deaf person in her family, Michele learned how to adapt when the rest of the world won’t. Eventually, she rediscovered herself, community-wise and personally, and reconnected to her c…
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Attend this intriguing discussion with women representing the Arab American and Muslim American professional community. The panelists, representing an array of professions, reclaim their narrative as they share their personal, educational and career journeys and provide insight about how they navigate a professional world that has preconceived noti…
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Yemeni-Americans are a growing segment of the population in the southwest suburbs of Chicago. Kipp Cozad, a Middle East scholar and former Peace Corps Volunteer in Yemen will discuss what makes Yemenis unique among the Arab population using Yemen’s vast history to reveal an identity that is both highly cosmopolitan and, at the same time, static and…
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During this panel discussion, 3 faculty members from different parts of the world: Nickolas Shizas, Anni Rasmussen and Shanya Gray will discuss American loneliness from their global perspectives. These faculty members will share their own lived experiences with loneliness as either a first generation American or an immigrant to the United States. T…
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Once the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last June, states quickly made changes to their laws that have had serious impacts on women. Hear about these changes and steps many women now need to take to get safe reproductive health care. This event is organized by MVCC's Women's History Month Committee.…
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Dr. Nadine Naber, associate professor in the Gender and Women’s Studies Program at University of Illinois at Chicago, will illustrate how forms of state violence that currently shape the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are feminist concerns and how feminist movements have helped expand the possibility of building alternative futures. Dra…
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In 1908 the Tunguska explosion in Siberia knocked down an area of forest larger than London. Most scientists believe that a fragment of an asteroid or a comet caused the blast, but neither a crater nor unmistakable remnants of a meteorite have ever been found. Over the last century, the mysterious nature of the event has prompted a wide array of sp…
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Dr. Cricel Molina is a Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at DePaul University with over 20 years of public health research and teaching experience. She will be discussing the public health response to Covid-19, lessons learned as the world navigates a new normal, and why public health experts were not entirely surpri…
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In this lecture we’ll discuss the background of Vlad Dracula’s life, the environment into which he was born, and his past and present status as a Romanian hero. We will also discuss the unusual way Dracula was seen as a vampire shortly after his death as well as the origins of his current fictive status as a vampire.…
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