Moraine Valley Community College Library Podcast

Faculty member and Democracy Commitment Coordinator, Kevin Navratil, interviews MVCC Trustee Tiffany Robinson. This interview is part of a series of interviews with Moraine Valley Community College Trustees.

Faculty member and Democracy Commitment Coordinator, Kevin Navratil, interviews MVCC Trustee Patricia Joan Murphy. This interview is part of a series of interviews with Moraine Valley Community College Trustees.

Faculty member and Democracy Commitment Coordinator, Kevin Navratil, interviews MVCC Trustee Kevin Navratil. This interview is part of a series of interviews with Moraine Valley Community College Trustees.

Addiction is often misunderstood, feared, and not spoken about openly. Let's get the conversation started! During this panel discussion, Moraine Valley faculty members; Amanda Pettigrew, Dave Wittenkeller, and Anni Rasmussen will discuss substance use addiction from their personal and professional experiences.

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-known characters of fiction taking on a life across print, films, television, and stage. The monster has been born and reborn within many cultural contexts.

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 which we can understand psychological theory.

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 holidays, or when we have a birthday. But, our calendars tell us more. They also tell us how we frame time and our physical world. This talk will explore our calendars and what they say about how we know our world. This event is part of the Honors Program’s brown bag talk series.

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 anxiety manifests in Frankenstein as a feeling that is grappled with by characters and how contemporary issues around mental health continue to engage with themes from the book.

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 demographic groups that come together to form modern political parties.

A special event organized by the Arab Student Union.

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 political movement that elected the Mayor of Chicago.

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 second Trump presidency may differ from the first, including policies Trump may pursue, fewer institutional constraints on the Trump presidency, and implications for democracy and international relations.

To kick off the spring semester, we return to the original text. The monster will come to life as theater and speech students perform a dramatic reading of selections from the novel Frankenstein. This will be an engaging and exciting way to connect with the text.

Panel 1: Join us in the Library in honor of International Education Week (IEW) for an international student panel. International students will share their firsthand experiences while adapting to a new way of living in the United States. Come out and hear about the struggles and triumphs our international students encountered.

Panel 2: Join us in the Library in honor of International Education Week (IEW) for an international student panel. International students will share their firsthand experiences while adapting to a new way of living in the United States. Come out and hear about the struggles and triumphs our international students encountered.

Recent media coverage of age and politics has been extensive. The average age of members of the Senate is 65 and the average age in the House of Representatives has decreased to 58 years old. This pattern reflects the increasing demographic of baby boomers reaching retirement age.

This brown-bag lunch talk will focus on the joys of listening to and collecting vinyl records as a hobby.

Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolfman, the Mummy, and more have become horror movie cannon. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Universal Studios brought together characters from legend and literature into a kind of pantheon turning horror movies into one of the leading genres of 20th century film.

The purpose of this talk is to offer historical context to the horrific violence occurring in the ongoing Hamas/Israeli conflict.

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. This event is organized by MVCC's Early Childhood Education program.