Moraine Valley Library Events

Faculty members from literature and the library will discuss James Baldwin's classic text.

The Event Podcast and Check It Out Podcasts are merging into a single podcast.

Khentul Rinpoche of the Drepung Loseling Monastery discusses the meaning of the sand manadala in Tibetan Bhuddism.

Jennifer Nye talks about barriers the LGBT community face additional in finding resources and support when confronting domestic violence within their relationships.Members of Moraine Valley's GASP (Gender and Sexual Progress club) discuss their experiences.

Members of Moraine Valley's GASP (Gender and Sexual Progress club) discuss their experiences.

Dr. Zaher Sahloul and Suzanne Akhras-Sahloul members of the Syrian American Medical Society, discuss why we should care about Syria, where more than 12 million Syrians, of which more than 75 percent are women and children, are either refuges or internally displaced.

Culinary and cultural event featuring Michael O'Shea of MVCC's Culinary Arts program and Kevin O'Connell from the Foreign Language Department.

MVCC faculty member Tamarra Coleman-Hill discusses the significance of literary great James Baldwin and the Civil Rights movement.

Dr. Nadine Naber addresses various historical and political conditions that produce violence against women in the Arab world with a focus on Palestine.

We will mark the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I with a discussion of the significance of this immense and horrific global conflict.

According the U.S. Census, people of Arab descent are classified as White yet many Arab-Americans would consider themselves not quite White.

Presenter Jeff Garza, principal at Garza Consulting in Grand Rapids, Michigan, specializes in sensometrics, connecting sensory perception, mathematics and statistical methods for both product development and quality control.

Tommy Hensel shares stories of his life of perpetual wanderlust and serial "non-belonging."

Jeff Christ discusses the Plato's Cave and draws some philosophical lessons from it, finding interesting connections to Moraine Valley’s Core Values.

Maryan Jatczak's story to holistic nursing.

Delwyn Jones offers a bold but self-reflective performance piece on race and socio-economic status in suburban America.

Come with Jermaine Ford on a journey of discovering that “aha moment.

McBride is a world renowned scholar who specializes issues relating to race and sexual orientation issues.

Debra Gittler, founder and executive director of ConTextos, an educational NGO established in El Salvador and the U.S. will explain how ConTextos, a social entrepreneurship initiative, improves education in the Northern Triangle Countries.

Members of the LGBTQ community as well as LGBTQ Allies talk about sexual and gender identity and the coming out process

This special event utilized arts to express all aspects of mental health.

Education experts define and explore the causes and impacts of bullying.

Filmmaker and MVCC faculty member Dan Pal presents his short film Scotty Works OUT.

Presenter 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.

Faculty 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.

Faculty members from literature and the library will discuss James Baldwin's classic text.

Faculty member Sherly Bundy discusses graphic novels as a literary genre.

Artist and Fine Arts faculty member, Erik LaGatutta discusses the art form of comic books and graphic novels.

Three interns from the Illinois EPA present the findings from their work and offer new insight on sustainability efforts in higher education.

Moraine 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.

Moraine 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

Moraine Valley Librarians, Joe, Tish, and Troy prepare for the upcoming Graphic Novel Symposium at MVCC by discussing graphic novels in the library’s collection.

MVCC Democracy Commitment Faculty Coordinator, Tamarra Coleman-Hill discusses James Baldwin as an activist with librarians Joe, Tish, and Troy.

Moraine Valley Counselor Matthew Cullen discusses college services offered for LGBTQ students.

Sociologist 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.

Jerimi Ann Walker uses four stories of data to illustrate what companies know about us and how the numbers may reveal things that even we didn't know.

Moraine Valley Librarians, Joe, Tish, and Troy discuss the upcoming One Book text, Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Jason king will share stories and lessons about why this area, now called Palos, was vital to the settlement of Chicago.

This faculty panel will discuss some of the issues and present valuable information about the safety of vaccines.

his 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.

his 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.

Souzan Naser shares the complexity and negotiation process of weaving in and out of her two identities and how she strikes a balance between staying true to her Arab ethnicity while also integrating mainstream American values.

Dr. Burns is a psychiatrist at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He will explore cultural, legal, and ethical issues surrounding suicide.

A panel of Moraine Valley Faculty members address the meaning, value, and history of post-apocalyptic literature.

Interviews with participants in the 2014 library science fair.

Moraine Valley Psychology faculty members will discuss resilience, evolution and survival, obedience, the nature of fear, PTSD, and many other topics that relate to zombies.

Public health emergencies may impact the economic viability of a community, debilitate business operations, or cause major concern among citizens.

Tamarra Coleman-Hill discusses the connections and meanings between Feminism and Democracy

Ann Henson discusses the connections between Education and Democracy

John Neff discusses some ways that he utilizes cloud storage and social media to create a digital drop box that is designed to preserve a more encompassing memorial of his life.