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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Shaping Our Muslim Identity: Challenges and Responsibilities in a Modern World
16/02/2023What are some challenges Muslim youth face and responsibilities we strive to take on in our personal lives and in our communities? Please join Muslim Student Association as we hear from Dr. Seem Imam and discuss our roles as Muslims in our institutions and community.
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How Did We All Become Amateur Epidemiologists: Public Health Lessons on the Covid-19 Pandemic
15/02/2023Dr. 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 surprised by (nor entirely prepared for) the pandemic. She will also share some tips on exploring a career in the vast field of public health.
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Turn the scene, turn the page: storytelling in graphic novels
08/02/2023Through this talk, story tellers will be better able to appreciate graphic novels as an artform.
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2022 Election Overview
31/10/2022An examination leading up to the 2022 Election. Which party might control the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate? Who is running in key statewide races in Illinois including for Governor?
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Domestic Violence 101
27/10/2022Learn more about types of abuse, identify early warning signs, understand the cycles of abuse, and become an advocate and save lives.
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Will the Real Vlad Dracula Please Lie Down: The Historic Vlad Dracula
26/10/2022In 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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Alone in the Crowd: A Faculty Panel on American Loneliness
11/10/2022This panel discussion will deal directly with loneliness. What is it? How does technology and modern library make it worse? What can we do to avoid it?
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The Impact of the Conservative Majority on the Legitimacy of the Supreme Court
05/10/2022The shift to the right has the potential to move the Court away from public opinion and threaten the legitimacy of the Court as an institution.
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The Art of Loneliness: Discussing Kristen Radtke's Seek You
28/09/2022Panel of faculty and students discuss Kristen Radtke's graphic novel, Seek You: A Journey through American Loneliness.
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Symbolism of the Mandala
15/09/2022The Mandala is a sacred cosmogram used as an object of contemplation. It depicts the pure nature of the world in which we live as well as how we can live most effectively. By creating a sand Mandala, the monks hope to bring the creative energy of that sacred dimension into our lives.
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Tibet Today: The History of a Diaspora
15/09/2022This lecture focuses on the contemporary Tibet situation: the invasion by Communist China in the 1950s, the efforts of the refugees in exile to preserve their civilization, and the situation in occupied Tibet.
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Examining the War in Ukraine at 6 months
30/08/2022Faculty members examine the current status and global implications of the War in Ukraine.
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Anxiety 101: Understanding and Managing It
17/05/2022Featuring Courtney DeCarlo and Kelly Olenski, this event was organized by the MVCC Psychology Department as part of Mental Health Awareness Month.
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Shamanism for Local and Global Change
07/04/2022Experiential knowledge of the shamanic worldview leads to a profound awareness of the sacred nature of our world and an awakening of compassion, resulting in the desire to restore balance and harmony.
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Chicago‘s Arab American Community
06/04/2022Join us as we explore the immigration, geographic trends and historical settlement of the Arab community in the greater Chicagoland area.
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How Misinformation can impact political processes, policymaking and election laws
09/03/2022This event will examine the role that disinformation can play in impacting election laws and policymaking.
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Preserving MVCC’s Nature Study Area
22/02/2022Faculty member and Nature Study Area Director Jana Svec will discuss the history and geology of Moraine Valley’s Nature Study Area.
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Climate Change and the Nature of Belief
09/02/2022If climate change is a matter of science, then why is it so difficult to find solutions to the climate crisis? The reality is that finding solutions requires more than scientific or technological answers.
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Island Life and Sustainable Development
20/10/2021Afro-Caribbean Social Entrepreneur, Nichole Murray Broome will discuss the effects of climate change on Barbados, Guyana, and the Caribbean region while also outlining grassroots efforts to take action for the future.
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Carpool the Remix: Creation of the PiggyBack Ride Share network
19/10/2021Founder of the PiggyBack network, Ismael El-Amin, will discuss the development of the PiggyBack network which is a way for parents to share rides to and from schools and activities.