Community Conversations Archive

Archive of Community Conversations Lectures

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Spring 2021

Race in America and Beyond

April 15: Tangled: Why Your Hair Matters to Society

Presented by Anu Taranath (Humanities Washington speaker)

April 22: Fighting Exclusion and Perpetual Foreignism: Asian Pacific Americans and Civil Rights

Presented by Roy Vu (North Lake College, TX)

April 29: Cowlitz Tribe: The Forever People

Presented by Tanna Engdahl (Cowlitz Elder)

May 6: The Anthropology of Race

Presented by Trey Batey

May 13: And Justice for All. Really?

Presented by Anita Quirk

May 20: Implicit Bias

Presented by the Kent Chamber of Commerce

May 27: Race in a Global Perspective

Presented by Angie & Mark Agaba-Gaither and Dana & Brian Cummings

June 3: How to [Not] Become a Racist

Presented by Michael Strayer

Winter Quarter 2021

Get the Message

January 14: Fundamentals for Successful Communication

Presented by Stefanie Gilberti

January 21: Alexa, is that you?

Presented by Presented by David Rosi

January 28: Tell it Slant: Getting the News from Poetry

Presented by Abbie Leavens

February 4: The Puritans and MeToo: Gossip, Scandal, and the Memory of Early America

Presented by Melissa Johnson

February 11: Cultural Hegemony and Manufacturing Consent

Presented by Trey Batey

February 18: Theater for Social Justice

Presented by Betsy Richard

February 25: Virtual Telephone: Truth and Rumors at our Fingertips

Presented by Ian King & Lindsay Keevy

March 4: That is Science: Communication and Miscommunication of Science Ideas

Presented by Adam Wolfer

Fall Quarter 2020

Big Ideas

October 1: Public Health Communicable Disease Investigation & Prevention

Presented by Michelle Ashby, Cowlitz County Health Department

October 8: Comic Books as a Vehicle for Anti-Racism

Presented by Chris Tower and Abbie Leavens

October 15: The Fighting Smelt Speech & Debate Team

Presented by Alex Brehm and the LCC Fighting Smelt

October 22: Building Community Resilience

Presented by Ann Holaday

October 29: Atheism

Presented by Geof Richie

November 5: Self-Organized Learning Experiences (SOLE)

Presented by Mark Gaither

November 12: Jack of All Trades: How Pancho the Donkey is Saving the World

Presented by Michal Ann Watts and Catie Graham

November 19: Trans-generational Trauma of Slavery: The Effects on Black Identity, Health and Academic Performance

Presented by Michael Strayer

Winter Quarter 2020

LCC at 85

January 16: A Brief History of Public Education

Presented by: Courtney Shah

January 23: Workforce Education

Presented by: Faculty Panel

January 30: The Salal Review Turns 20

Presented by: Amber Lemiere and Joe Green

February 6: 65 Years of Nursing at LCC: Past-Present-Future

Presented by: Helen Kuebel and Karen Joiner

February 13: 120+ Years of Experience: A Retrospective

Presented by: Retired and Current Faculty

February 20: Launching a Career at LCC

Presented by: Paul Laufman

February 27: What's in the LCC Archives?

Presented by: LCC Learning Commons Faculty & Staff

March 5: The Future of LCC

Presented by LCC President Chris Bailey

Fall Quarter 2019

Preparedness

November 21: Five Alternatives to Toilet Paper and Other Hiking Hacks

Presented by: Hiedi Bauer

November 14: Stop Preparing for the Not-Apocalypse

Presented by: Mark Gaither

November 7: The Hero Beside You

Presented by: Lorraine Churchill

October 31: GRIN and PREPARE For It: Four Technologies that may Kill Us

Presented by: Chris Tower

October 24: Preparing for a Changing Economy

Presented by: Teresa Purcell

October 17: Tsunami Survivors in Chile

Presented by: Brian Atwater

October 10: The Three A's of a Self-Defense

Presented by: Mavourneen Rister

October 3: Retirement Preparedness

Presented by Stephen Fuller and Mike Claxton

Spring Quarter 2019

Sex and Gender

June 6: Women's Music Festivals

Amber DiGerlando, Social Justice Advocate

May 30: A Neurobiological View of Sex & Gender: It's Not All in Your Jeans

Michael Strayer, Psychology Instructor

May 23: When It's Time to Individuate: Gender, Middlesex, and the Jungian Process of Individuation

Chris Tower, Adjunct Faculty

May 16: Gender Bias in the Workplace

Sue Orchard, Vice President of Student Services

May 9: The First Computer Programmer Was a Woman?!

Darlene de Vida, Retired Dean of Instruction

May 2: From Stonewall to Today: Queer Literature Comes Out of the Closet

Nicole DiGerlando, English Instructor

April 25: Uncovering the History of Gender and Sexuality

Courtney Shah, Social Science Instructor

April 18: Raising the Rainbow Flag: Supporting LGBTQ College Students

Dani Trimble, Director of Workforce Programs

Winter Quarter 2019

Beyond Survival: Food's Meaning to Us

January 17: Beans and Greens: Lifelong Benefits of the Mediterranean Lifestyle

Jessica Kooiman, Instructor of Natural Science

January 24: The Chemistry of Food

Armando Herbelin, Instructor of Chemistry/Natural Science

February 7:Fermented Foods: Microbes Rule!

Presented by: Kyle Hammon, Dean of Instruction

February 14: Battles with Food: Notes from a Journey to Overcome Emotional Eating

Presented by: Merry Bond, Instructor of Nursing

February 21: Food and Evolution

Presented by: Trey Batey, Instructor of Anthropology

February 28: Community Gardens

Presented by: Louis LaPierre, Instructor of Biology

March 7: Plant-Based Palates: Flexitarianism and Veganism

Presented by: Amber Lemiere, Instructor of English, and Morgan Salisbury, Instructor of Earth Science

March 14: Homebrewing 101

Presented by: Alex Brehm, Oregon Brew Crew Education Chair, and Len Hallock, 2018 Oregon State Homebrewer of the Year

Fall Quarter 2018

The Mind at Work

October 4: A Strengths-Based Approach to Autism

Elizabeth West, Longview School District Director of Special Education

October 11: How Exercise and the Outdoors Boost Mood and Brain Power

Elena Ross, LCC Health, Fitness and Nutrition Instructor

October 18: How Adverse Childhood Experiences Can Throw a Wrench in the Works

Janell Haynes-Hughes, LCC English Instructor

October 25: The Teen Brain: Creative, Impulsive, Miraculous, Terrifying and Incomplete

Michael Strayer, LCC Social Science Instructor

November 1:The Good Kind of Plastic

Annette Ward, LCC Nursing Instructor

November 8: Neurobiology of Addiction

Michele Waltz, LCC Chemical Dependency Instructor

November 15: Artificial Intelligence

David Rosi and Don Derkacht, LCC Computer Science Instructors, and Mark Gaither, LCC Business Technology Instructor

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Spring Quarter 2018

Heroism

April 12: If Superman Ain't a Hero, Who Is?

David Benson, LCC Political Science Instructor and Michael Strayer, LCC Psychology Instructor

April 19: The Extraordinary Life of Sojourner Truth

Courtney Shah, LCC Social Science Instructor

April 26: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner: Women of Physics

Adam Wolfer, LCC Chemistry Instructor

May 3: Gods of Our Time

Geoff Richie, LCC Psychology Instructor

May 10: A Debate on Superheroism

The Fighting Smelt Debate Team and the LCC Science Fiction Club

May 17: My Heroes are Volunteers

Tamara Norton, LCC RN, MN, Assistant Nursing Program Director, eLearning Coordinator

May 24: Defending our Freedoms, the Human Toll

Lt. Col. Tim McPharlin

May 31: People Who Live in Invisible Capes

Jeanne Hamer, LCC Nursing Instructor

June 7: The Hero: Psychology, Myth, and Media

Shannon Wachob, LCC Workfirst Transitions Specialist

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Winter Quarter 2018

Making the World a Better Place

January 11: Beauty, Protest, Empowerment, Self: Let Poetry Make Your World a Better Place

Hiedi Bauer, LCC Language and Literature Instructor

January 18: Educate, Infiltrate, Advocate: Three Steps to Change the World!

Becky Connolly, LCC Language and Literature Instructor

January 25: The Psychology of Happiness: Laugh Often, Love Much, and get a Puppy

Michael Strayer, LCC Psychology Faculty

February 1: Start Where You Are

Amber Lemiere, LCC English Instructor

February 8: Compassion Isn't Always Nice

Amber DiGerlando, Social Justice Advocate

February 15: Building Bridges, Not Walls

Allison McCrady, LCC CEO Instructor

March 1: Healthier People, Happier Planet

Annette Ward, LCC Nursing Instructor

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Fall Quarter 2017

Movies & Meaning

September 28: Movies: See More

Klint Hull, LCC Language & Literature Instructor

October 5: Badass Women in Film

Mavourneen Rister, LCC English Instructor

October 12: Naughty or Nice? Nurses in Film and Television

Merry Bond, LCC Nursing Instructor

October 19: Xavier vs. Magneto: Queerly There's an Issue with the X-Men

Nicole DiGerlando, LCC English Instructor

October 26: A Debate on Inclusiveness at the Oscars

Alex Brehm and the Fighting Smelt, LCC Communications Studies Instructor

November 2: Film as Reflection or Shaper of Society

Geoffrey Richie, LCC Psychology Instructor

November 9: Talking Movies: Cultural Literacy, Referential Khowledge and Social Discourse

Dennis Shaw, Retired LCC Faculty

November 16: Where Are All the Poor Kids?: Class Consciousness in Teen Movies

Janell Haynes-Hughes, LCC Language & Literature Instructor

November 30: Silent but Sexy: How Early Movies Became Sex Education

Courtney Shah, LCC Social Science Instructor

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Spring Quarter 2017

What Culture Means to Me

April 13: Webs of Significance: A Primer on Culture

Trey Batey, LCC Anthropology Instructor

April 20: Culture Shift: Growing up Poor in a Middle Class World

Mark Gaither, LCC Business Technology Instructor

April 27: Thriving Across Cultures

Dana Cummings, LCC Business Instructor

May 4: Multiculturalism

John Killian, LCC Education Planner & Multicultural Advisor

May 11: Cajun 101

Melinda Harbaugh, LCC Interim Dean of Instruction & Learning Resources

May 18: Clashing Home and Academic Cultures

Janell Haynes-Hughes, LCC Language & Literature Instructor

May 25: Deaf Culture, Sensitivity and Awareness

Terese Rogmno

June 1: Just Act Normal, That's Crazy Enough! A Firsthand Comparison of Dutch and American Cultures.

Stefan Rijnhart, LCC Computer Science Instructor

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Winter Quarter 2017

Sports and Society

January 19: Athletic Recruiting at American Colleges

Eddie Smith, LCC Head Baseball Coach/ Student Retention Specialist

January 26: Sports, an Inclusive Pedagogy

Lucas Myers, LCC Natural Sciences Instructor

February 2: A Place for Politics in Sports? A Debate by the LCC Fighting Smelt

Alex Brehm, LCC Speech Communication Instructor

February 9: Youth Sports: Pros and Cons

Elena Ross, LCC Physical Education Instructor

February 16: Building Community and Lifelong Fitness

Shelby and Jarad Miller, LCC Fitness Center Manager

February 23: Brain vs. Brawn: Two for the price of one?

Annette Ward, LCC Nursing Instructor

March 2: Statistics and the Numbers Game

Jeff Lucas and Jim Franz, LCC Economics & Social Sciences Instructor

March 9: Get their Heads out of the Game: The Risk of Sport Concussions

Michael Strayer, LCC Social Sciences Instructor

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Fall Quarter 2016

Elections/ Current Issues

September 29: Two World Views: Politics & Science

Adam Wolfer, LCC Chemistry Instructor

October 6: Observations From the Frontline of Politics

Brian Hatfield, former Washington State Senator

October 13: What Economic Models Predict for the 2016 Election

Jim Franz, LCC Economics/Social Sciences Instructor

October 20: Civility in Politics

Carolyn Long, Associate Professor of the School of Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, Washington State University, Vancouver

October 27: Is a Woman Fit to be President?

LCC instructors Michael Strayer, LCC Psychology Instructor & David Benson, LCC Political Science Instructor

November 3: The Politics of Pissing: Transgender Bathroom Rights

Nicole DiGerlando, LCC English Instructor

November 10: A Better Way to Vote

Cary Rhode, LCC Mathematics Instructor

Politics in the Animal Kingdom - Video

November 17: Gender and Presidential Politics: A HIStory?

Courtney Shah, LCC Social Sciences Instructor

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Spring Quarter 2016

Birds, Bees, and Sexualities

April 14: Together, We Can End Sexual Violence

Stacey Spencer, Emergency Support Shelter

April 21: Beautiful and Bizarre: The Diversity of Sexual Practices in Nature

Louis LaPierre, LCC Biology Instructor

April 28: Robots: Race, Sex, & Gender

Mark Gaither, LCC Business Technology Instructor and Siri

May 5: Conscious Open Relationships: Valid Models of Non-Monogamy

Geoffrey Richie, LCC Psychology Instructor

May 12: Anime: It's (Mostly) Not Pornography

Klint Hull, LCC Language & Literature Instructor

May 19: The Needle Goes Where? New Contraception Options for Men

Alisha Williams, LCC I-BEST Instructor

May 26: Transgressing Boy and Girl Boxes: Expectations and Violations

Michael Strayer, LCC Psychology Instructor, David Benson, LCC Political Science Instructor, and Nicole DiGerlando, LCC English Instructor

June 2: From Bonobos to Homo: Evolutionary Perspectives on Primate Sexual Behavior

Trey Batey, LCC Anthropology Instructor

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Winter Quarter 2016

Music: The Rhythm of Societies

January 14: Music and Your Genes: Maybe Practice Doesn't Make Perfect?

Lucas Myers, LCC Natural Sciences Instructor

January 21: Streaming Music and the Complexities of Profit: A Musician's Perspective

Amber Lemiere, LCC English Instructor and Eric Lemiere.

January 28: Can the Blues Cure What's Wrong with White People?

Dennis Shaw.

February 4: Song of Survival: Music in Concentration Camps

Tamra Davis, LCC Music Instructor.

February 11: The Patriarchy of Punk and the Riot Grrl Revolution

Nicole DiGerlando, LCC English Instructor.

February 18: The Ever-Changing Role of Music in Society

Gina Challed, LCC Choir Director.

February 25: Music: The Soundtrack to our Lives

Michael Strayer, LCC Psychology Instructor.

March 3: Composing Ugly: Stravinsky Climbs Out a Window

Rob Davis, LCC Instrumental Music Instructor and Heidi Bauer, LCC Language & Literature Instructor.

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Fall Quarter 2015

Jobs and Environment: Imagine the Possibilities

October 1: Solar Power: Powerful. Loved. Full of Possibility.

Doug Boleyn, Cascade Solar

October 8: Connecting with the Pacific Northwest

Terry Campbell, Sustainable Northwest Wood, Inc.

October 15: Renewable Energy for a Renewable Future

Cliff Gilmore, Renewable Northwest

October 22: The Civilian Conservation Corps: A History of Jobs and the Environment

Courtney Shah, LCC History Instructor

October 29: Walking Down Memory Lane

Brian Magnusson, Cascade Networks

November 5: Biodiesel

Jim Dillinger, LCC Automotive Instructor

November 12: Zero or nothing: Designing for the post-carbon economy

Eric Corey Freed, International Living Future Institute

November 19: The Sustainable Built Environment

Andy Rovelstad, Rovelstad Architects

December 3: Roundtable Discussion

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Spring Quarter 2015

A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words

April 16: Should Beauty Calm the Savage Beast? Order, Balance and Terror in David's The Death of Marat

Hiedi Bauer, Language & Literature Instructor

April 23: Why I named My P-51 Mabel: Aircraft Nose Art and Other Images*

Brendan Glaser, Vice President of Instruction

April 30: From Paddy-Wagons to Pride: Defining Images of Queer Culture

Nicole DiGerlando, Language & Literature Instructor

May 7: Light and Color in Science Fiction Film

Klint Hull, Language & Literature Instructor

May 14: Don't Tug on Superman's Cape: An Analysis of Superman's Image

Dan Schabot, former Speech Instructor

May 21: Motivation and the Media: Leadership and its Role in the Future

Chance Stewart, Program Coordinator, Workforce Programs

May 28: Hidden Pictures: Subliminal Messages in Print Advertising

Melinda Weatherford, Faculty Librarian

June 4: Bureaucracy: The Influence of THE SYSTEM on the Individual and Society

Mark Gaither, Business Technology Instructor

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Winter Quarter 2015

Turning Points in Science

January 15: Thomas Kuhn and the Dialectics of Scientific Progress

Dennis Shaw, Anthropology instructor

January 22: The Magic of the Transistor

Cary Rhode, Mathematics Instructor

January 29: When you were a tadpole and I was a fish: Developmental genetics reveals our deepest ancestry

Louis LaPierre, Biology Instructor

February 5: Galileo Galilei: King of Night Vision, King of Insight

Adam Wolfer, Chemistry Instructor

February 12: Designer Genes

Katrina Fuller, Biology Instructor

February 19: Infection Control Through History

Annette Ward and Merry Bond, Nursing Instructors

February 26: Cancer Research: Perceptions & Reality

Lucas Myers, Natural Science Instructor

March 5: Catastrophic (?) Floods/Ideas (!)

David Cordero, Earth Science Instructor

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Fall Quarter 2014

Monsters in Our Midst!

October 2: Mirror, Mirror: Why Heroes Make the Best Villains

Dan Schabot, Speech Instructor

October 9: Battling Monsters: The Literary Roots of Role-Playing Games

Mark Gaither, Business Technology Instructor

October 16: Dystopian Visions: Monstrous Consequences of Perceived Trends

Dennis Shaw, Social Science Instructor

October 23: Victim or Willing Participant? Vampires and Our Desire for the Sexual "Other"

Nicole DiGerlando, Language & Literature Instructor

October 30: Zombies: History and Hysteria!

Roy Staples

November 6: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: The Monster in the Mirror

Joan Herman, former Language & Literature Instructor

November 13: "They called me MAD!!!": Mad Scientists as Monsters and Villains

Adam Wolfer, Chemistry Instructor

November 20: The Monsters Among Us: Narcissists, Predators and Psychopaths, Oh my!

Michael Strayer, Psychology Instructor

December 4: Making Monsters, Making War

David Benson, Social Science Instructor

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Spring Quarter 2014

Looking Back to 1964

April 17: Stanley Kubrick's;Dr. Strangelove: How to Laugh at American/Russian Brinksmanship

Roy Staples, LCC Instructor, Transitional Studies

April 24: Riding the Swell: Demographics and the Culture of Teenage Consumption

Dennis Shaw, LCC Instructor, Philosophy

May 1: Education: Failing to Realize Azimov's Technological Dream

Mark Gaither, LCC Instructor, Business

May 8: The 1964 Civil Rights Act and the World

Daniel Kotin, LCC Instructor, History

May 15: "You're Neither Unnatural, nor Abominable, nor Mad": Homosexuality and Cultural Expectations of Mental Illness

Nichole DiGerlando, LCC Instructor, English

May 22: Academic Support for Students: Past, Present, and Future

Zack Frey, Charlotte Persons, Maggie Stuart, Melinda Weatherford, LCC Learning Commons Staff

May 29: Gender and the Civil Rights Act

Courtney Shah, LCC Instructor, History

June 5: Celebrating John F. Kennedy in Comic Books

Dan Schabot, LCC Instructor, Speech

June 12: Take Me Out to the Ball Game: When Math and Sports Finally Got Serious

Jeff Lucas, LCC Instructor, Math

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Winter Quarter 2014

Health and Wellness in Our Community

News Stories:

LCC lecture series on health moved to larger venue
The Daily News | January 28, 2013

LCC's Community Conversations speakers to focus on health
The Daily News | January 16, 2013

January 16: Place Matters: What Determines Our Health?

Paul Youmans, Executive Director Pathways 2020, Cowlitz County

January 23: Wellness & Prevention: A Matter of Life and Death

Anik St. Martin, Doctor of Chiropractic, Advantage Chiropractic and Massage, Longview

January 30: School Gardens: Real Food, Real Life Lessons

Ian Thompson, Director, Lower Columbia School Gardens

February 6: Living Well to Prevent Diabetes: Early Detection, Aggressive Treatment, and Optimal Glycemic Control

Annette Ward, Lower Columbia College Nursing Instructor and Christine Trabucco, Diabetic Educator at PeaceHealth SW Medical Center in Vancouver

February 13: The Affordable Care Act In Washington State

Amber Rosewood, Community Relations Liaison, Family Health Center, Longview

February 20: Restorative to Hot Yoga: Paths to Wellness and Strength

Desiree Ouellette, Owner/Instructor, Holos Yoga, Longview

February 27: Food, Weight, and Exercise: The Truth Behind Our Obesity Epidemic and Strategies for Successful Change

Elena Ross, Lower Columbia College Physical Education Instructor

March 6: Mental Health in America: Fighting the War on Depression

Michael Strayer, Lower Columbia College Psychology Instructor

March 13: Mobilizing Collective Impact for Health: The Cowlitz County Health & Human Services Community Health Improvement Plan

Michael O'Neill, Community Mobilization Coordinator, Cowlitz County Health & Human Services

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Fall Quarter 2013

Favorite Lessons: Sample the Best from LCC Instructors

October 3: How to Publish Your Writing and Art

Hiedi Bauer, English Instructor; student editors, The Salal Review

October 10: Columbus: Myth, Meals, and Meaning

Courtney Shah, History instructor

October 17: To Be or Not To Be: Shakespeare’s Hamlet

Don Correll, Drama instructor

October 24: The Damsel in Distress and the Femme Fatale in DC Comics Identity Crisis

Dan Schabot, Communications instructor

October 31: The Meandering Sensibilities of an Ontological Naturalist

Dennis Shaw, Philosophy instructor

November 7: The Art of Social Science; Why You Can't Prove a Theory to be True or Why Economists Have So Many Hands

Jim Franz, Economics instructor

November 14: American Skin Politics

David Benson, Political science instructor

November 21: Computer Science Demystified

Don Derkacht, Computer Science instructor

December 5: The Teen Brain: Miraculous and Dangerous

Mike Strayer, Psychology instructor

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Spring Quarter 2013

Cowlitz County: Our Growing International Connections

Examining emerging opportunities for economic growth and development of the future.

Speakers will include regional experts on economic development, transportation, global competitiveness, intercultural endeavors, and globalization. Join the conversation on Twitter at #talkglobal

News story:

LCC lecture series to focus on Cowlitz County's growing international ties
The Daily News | March 28, 2013

April 11: Educating Our Future Workforce: Chinese Teacher Exchanges and Language Programs

Suzanne Cusick, Superintendent, Longview School District

April 18: Lower Columbia College's Role in the Region's Future

Chris Bailey, President, Lower Columbia College

April 25: Increasing Washington's International Competitiveness

Eric Shinfeld, President, World Trade Council, and Chief of Staff, Seattle Chamber of Commerce

May 2: A Look into the Future Economy of Cowlitz County

Ted Sprague, Director, Cowlitz Economic Development Council

May 9: Benefits and Opportunities in International Education

Margit Brumbaugh, Director, Lower Columbia College International Programs

May 17 (Friday): Space Policy and its Entrepreneurial Impact in the Pacific Northwest

Paul Laufman, retired CEO, United Paradyne (Administration Building, Heritage Room)

May 23: Connection of our Major Industries to World Markets and Producers

Peter Bennett, Vice President of Business Development, Millennium Bulk Terminals

May 30: Longview Sister City Commission: Expanding Our Intercultural Connections

Eileen Bergeson, Business Faculty, Lower Columbia College; Tom Hutchinson, Longview City Council

June 6: Our Regional and International Transportation Connections

Geir-Eilif Kalhagen, CEO, Port of Longview; and other port representatives

June 13: Preparing for the Future: Clean Up of Former Reynolds Aluminum Site

James DeMay, Department of Ecology; Josh Wilund, ALCOA, Teresa Purcell, Community Advisory Board Member

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Winter Quarter 2013

Northwest Jobs of the Future

Local employers and community experts examine employment trends for emerging occupations of the Northwest including the knowledge, skill set, and strategies needed for success in the new economy.

News story:

LCC lecture series to focus on jobs
The Daily News | January 15, 2013

January 17: Economic Demand and Job Skills for the Economy of the Future

January 24: Employment Trends in K-12 Education

January 31: Small Business Development

February 7: Emerging Careers in Energy and Engineering

February 14: Why You Should Consider a Career in the Trades

February 21: Growing Demand for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)

February 28: High-Growth Careers in Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing

March 7: The Changing Field of Occupations in HealthCare

March 14: The Future of Social Work and Human Service Occupations

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Fall Quarter 2012

Elections 2012: Local, State and National

Lower Columbia College faculty and community experts examine the impact of voter decisions on the economy, healthcare, taxes and a coal terminal in Longview and assess the impact of the media, candidate debates and the Electoral College on election results.

News stories:

LCC president wades through politics of education funding
The Daily News | November 16, 2012

LCC's fall lecture season to focus on election
The Daily News | September 24, 2012

September 27: The Economy, The Election, A Prediction

Jim Franz, LCC Economics Instructor

October 4: Low and in the Dirt, The Rhetorical Significance of Ceremonial First Pitches in Presidential Campaigns

Dan Schabot, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

October 11: How Your Vote Could Change Your Healthcare

Randy Querin, Public Affairs and Governance Specialist, PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center

October 18: Taxes and Spending: Top Issues in this Election

David Benson, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

October 25: The Perception of Media Bias in Election Coverage

John Markon, Editor, The Daily News

November 1: The Effect of National Decisions on Local Issues, The Proposed Coal Export Terminal in Longview

George Raiter, Commissioner, Cowlitz County

November 8: The Washington Legislature and Educational Reform

Roy Maier, Lower Columbia WEA Uniserv

November 15: Higher Education and Politics

Chris Bailey, President, Lower Columbia College

November 29: The Myth of the Electoral College

Cary Rhode, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

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Spring Quarter 2012

Plugged In: The Future of Technology

News story:

LCC spring lecture series to explore technology's role in education
The Daily News | April 4, 2012

April 12: From Shared to Open, The Evolution of Open Resources

Connie Broughton, SBCTC Director of eLearning & Open Education

April 19: My Math Lab: A Student View

Brad Benjamin, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

April 26: Engaging with the Open Course Library & Other Educational Resources

Tom Caswell, Open Education, Policy Association

May 3: Free Media

Chris Bailey, President, Lower Columbia College

May 10: Full Access Feedback with Tegrity Lecture Capture

Nadine Lemmons, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

May 17: The Use of Technology for Student Success

Lisa Matye Edwards, Vice President of Student Success, Lower Columbia College

May 24: Technology and Changing the Way We Teach and Learn

Scott Dennis, MPA, eLearning Professional Development Manager, SBCTC

May 31: Clickers in the Classroom

Katrina Fuller, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

June 7: Tots, Teens, Twitter and Texting: The Psychological Effects of Living in a Constantly Connected World

Michael Strayer, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

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Winter Quarter 2012

Guilty Pleasures: Books We Love to Read

News stories:

Science fiction themed lecture kicks off LCC series
The Daily News | January 13, 2012

'Guilty Pleasures' book lecture series jumps off the page in Jan
The Daily News | December 4, 2011

January 12: Stainless Steel Rats and Other Wonders of Science Fiction

Klint Hull, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

January 19: Alan Moore and the Deconstruction of Mythic Individualism

Dennis Shaw, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

January 26: Sylvia Plath: What's in the Words?

Alexis Franz, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

February 2: Stephen King: Stories Not For the Timid

Adam Wolfer, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

February 9: Ken Follett: History and Imagination

JoAnne Booth, Staff, Lower Columbia College

February 16: Gothic Fiction

Joan Herman, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

February 23: Laura Ingalls Wilder: America's Childhood

Courtney Shah, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

March 1: Denis Johnson: Literary Bad Boy Makes Good

Joe Green, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

March 8: How a College Instructor Justifies Reading Ann Rice

Hiedi Bauer, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

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Fall Quarter 2011

Community Partnerships.

News stories:

LCC lecture on social services kicks off Thursday
The Daily News | September 28, 2011

LCC lecture series will focus on efforts to help the disadvantaged
The Daily News | September 18, 2011

Free Lectures Focus on Community PartnershipsCollege Relations | September 13, 2011

September 29: Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)

Corie Dow, Executive Director, CASA

October 6: Lower Columbia Mental Health Center (LCMHC)

Eric Yakovich, Executive Director, LCMHC

October 13: Helping People Understand Each Other

Bill Reade, Executive Director, Ethnic Support Council

October 20: Lower Columbia Community Action Programs (CAP) and the War on Poverty, 1964-2011

Alan Rose, Community Relations Director

October 27: Lower Columbia Head Start

Suzanne Johnson, Assistant Director, Lower Columbia Head Start/ECEAP

November 3: The Homeless

Melissa Taylor, Senior Managing Planner, Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of Governments (CWCOG)

November 10: Life Works: Developmentally Disabled Adults

Marti Johnson, Executive Director, Life Works

November 17: The Aging

Diane Craft, Marketing Director, Canterbury Inn, Koelsch Senior Communities

December 1: Victims of Crime

Sherrie Tinoco, Executive Director, Emergency Support Shelter

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Spring Quarter 2011

Exceptional People

April 14: Edward O. Wilson: The World of Insects

Louis LaPierre, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

April 21: Truth is Powerful and It Prevails, Sojourner Truth

Courtney Shah, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

April 28: Shattered Illusions: Levi Strauss and the Search for the Primitive

Dennis Shaw, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

May 5: How Keynes Came to America

Jim Franz, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

June 9: W. Edwards Deming, Japan's American Hero

Jeff Lucas, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

May 19: Karl Marx: The Man Behind the Ideas

David Benson, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

May 26: Quiet Genius Pushing Boundaries: Madame Curie

Adam Wolfer, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

June 2: Linus Pauling: Echoes of His Influence in Today's World

Armando Herbelin, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

June 9: W. Edwards Deming: Japan's American Hero

Jeff Lucas, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

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Winter Quarter 2011

Law, Order and the Public Good

News story:

LCC lecture series to highlight law enforcement
The Daily News | January 10, 2011

January 13: Public Perception of Law Enforcement

Mark Nelson, Cowlitz County Sheriff

January 20: Technologies & New Changes in Law Enforcement

Andrew O. Hamilton, Kelso Chief of Police

January 27: The Role of the Public Defender

Terry L. Mulligan, Director, Cowlitz County Office of Public Defense

February 3: The Participants in the Criminal Justice System

Hon. James J. Stonier, Cowlitz County Superior Court Judge

February 10: Raising Ethical, Responsible Boys

Alex Perez, Police Chief, City of Longview

February 17: The State of Correction

Marin Fox Hight, Director, Cowlitz County Corrections

February 24: Overview of the Juvenile Justice System in Cowlitz County

Chad Connors, Administrator, Cowlitz County Juvenile Court

March 3: The Children's Justice & Advocacy Center

Susan I. Baur, Prosecuting Attorney, Cowlitz County

March 10: New Mental Health Court

Michael H. Evans, Judge, Cowlitz County District Court

March 17: An Overview of Emergency Management

Grover Laseke, Director, Cowlitz County Department of Emergency Management

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Fall Quarter 2010

The Green Earth: Our Playground & Responsibility

September 30: The Body Toxic

Nena Baker, Author

October 7: Climate Change

Louis LaPierre, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

October 14: Sustainability and the Built Environment

Andy Rovelstad, Leavengood Architects

October 21: Water Quality Issues

Josh Johnson, Stormwater Manager, City of Longview; Van McKay, Senior Engineer, City of Kelso

October 28: Insects and Human Food Security

Scott Black, Executive Directo,The Xerces Society

November 4: E-recycling: Waste Control and Recycling Issues

Gregg Hannon, Solid Waste/Recycling/Code Compliance Manager, City of Longview

November 18: Air Quality & You

Laurie Hulse-Moyer, Air Quality Specialist, Southwest Clean Air Agency

December 2: The Politics of Green

Axel Swanson, Commissioner, Cowlitz County

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Spring Quarter 2010

Wings on the Human Spirit: The Visual and Performing Arts

News story:

LCC lecture series to highlight visual and performing arts
The Daily News | April 2, 2010

April 8: The Arts in a Community

Gian Paul Morelli, Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts

April 15: What Time Collects: Photography as Art

Bob Farr, photographer, Kelso

April 22: Politics, Propaganda and Music

Gary Nyberg, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

April 29: Music and Dance in the Balkans

Daniela Ivanova-Nyberg, dance researcher and anthropologist

May 6: The Play's theThing

Don Correll, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

May 13: An Exploration in Dance

Megan Jasurda, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

May 27: Theatre as Consciousness

Kurt Beattie, A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle

June 3: Why Poetry?

Joseph Green, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

June 10: Blues With a Feeling

Dale Groff and Dennis Shaw, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

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Winter Quarter 2010

Looking Back: Obama's First Year

News stories:

Stimulus package insufficient, LCC lecturer contents
The Daily News | January 7, 2010

Upcoming LCC lecture series to focus on Obama's first year
The Daily News | December 27, 2009

January 7: The Stimulus Package: Too Much or Not Enough?

Jim Franz, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

January 21: Stimulus Dollars and the Recovery

George Raiter, Commissioner, Cowlitz County; Alex Perez, Police Chief, City of Longview

January 28: Foreign Policy: And the Ship Sails On

David Benson, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

February 4: Race as Sub-Text in Obama's America

Dennis Shaw, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

February 11: Obama’s Rhetoric: Rousing the Masses

Mike Dugaw, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

February 18: Healthcare Legislation by PeaceHealth, Health Care Legislation by Kaiser Permanente

Representatives from PeaceHealth and Kaiser Permanente, moderated by healthcare consultant Jim Meskew

February 25: Financing Health Care Reform, Health Care Reform by Kaiser Permanente

Representatives from PeaceHealth and Kaiser Permanente, moderated by healthcare consultant Jim Meskew

March 4: Mud Slinging: Incivility in the Civil Arena

Michael Strayer and Jerry Zimmerman Faculty, Lower Columbia College

March 11: The First Lady's First Year

Laura Brener, Vice President of Instruction, Lower Columbia College

March 18: Reflections on the Obama Courts

Barbara Vining, Attorney, Prosecutor’s Office Child Support Division

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Fall Quarter 2009

The Examined Life: The World of Great Ideas

News stories:

Great Ideas: LCC Lecture Series continues Thursday
The Daily News | October 7, 2009

LCC set to launch 'Great Ideas' lecture series
The Daily News | September 22, 2009

September 24: The Mystery of Mysteries: Darwin's Search for the Origin of Species

Dennis Shaw, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

October 1: I Think, Therefore I Am Uncertain

Richard Kelley, S.T.L.

October 8: Economics Systems Isms vs. Isms

Jim Franz, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

October 15: Democracy: Power to the People

Courtney Shah, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

October 22: The American Criminal Justice System: Crime and Punishment

Judge Stephen M. Warning

October 29: Architecture and a Sense of Place

John Crook, Architect

November 5: The Evolution of Psychology

Carol Pahlke, Ph.D.

November 12: Einstein's Space and Time, Reexamining the Obvious

Peteris Livins, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

November 19: The World of Islam

Hazar Jaber

December 3: Math: Descartes' Other Contributions

Jeff Lucas, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

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Spring Quarter 2009

The Good Life: Food, Nutrition & Environmental Wellness

News stories:

Community Conversations
The Daily News (Letter to the Editor) | June 19, 2009

LCC instructors examine media's role in self-image as part of health-issues series
The Daily News | June 5, 2009

LCC lecture series on health issues continues
The Daily News | May 28, 2009

LCC lecturer touts the benefits of exercise
The Daily News | May 15, 2009

LCC lecture series continues Thursday
The Daily News | May 14, 2009

'Community Conversations' series continues with discussion about environment and disease
The Daily News | April 15, 2009

LCC lecture series kicks off with five secrets to better nutrition and better health
The Daily News | April 10, 2009

LCC kicks off eight-part lecture series on health issues Thursday
The Daily News | April 8, 2009

April 9: Nutrition: Are We What We Eat?

Anik St. Martin, D.C.

April 16: The Water We Drink, The Air We Breathe: Environment and Disease

Dr. Sheila Lynam

April 30: Pesticides & Plastics: A Benefit or Detriment?

Louis LaPierre, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

May 14: Exercise as Medicine and How to Implement It

Marie Magnuson, MS, ARNP; Brian Mahon, PA; Deanne Ochitwa, Personal Trainer

May 21: What Time Collects, Ethics and Primary Care Geriatrics

Harry Krulewitch. M.D., Northwest Geriatrics

May 28: Obesity in Children, The Tender Years, Girls on the Run

Blaine Tolby, M.D.

June 4: Mirrior, Mirror on the Wall: Media & The Beauty Myth

Michael Strayer and Jerry Zimmerman, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

June 11: From Farm to Table

Joan LeMieux and Laura and Jim Works

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Winter Quarter 2009

The New Frontier: Science, Medicine and the Future

News stories:

LCC instructor outlines history of eugenics in America
The Daily News | February 20, 2009

LCC lecturer discusses progress, future of genetic studies
The Daily News | February 13, 2009

Technology altering surgery at lighting pace, LCC guest lecturer explains
The Daily News | January 30, 2009

LCC lecture series continues Thursday with science/medicine presentation
The Daily News | January 28, 2009

Lecture examines fine line between fact, science fiction
The Daily News | January 23, 2009

LCC lecture series resumes today
The Daily News | January 22, 2009

Lectures to examine science's influence on futureThe Daily News | January 4, 2009

January 8: Public Health and Vaccinations: A Shot in the Dark

Courtney Shah, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

January 22: Science Fiction Evolving into Science Fact

Klint Hull and Louis La Pierre, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

January 29: Advantages in Surgical Technology: The Cutting Edge

Dane Moseson, M.D.

February 12: Genetics: the Right (and Wrong) Stuff

Robert Sandstrom, M.D.

February 19: Eugenics and the Legal System: the Underbelly of a Good Birth

Jerry Zimmerman, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

February 26: Gerontology: Who Will Care For Me?

Richard Kirkpatrick, M.D.

March 5: Technology and Education: The Wired Future, or Brother Can you Spare a Mouse

Cable Green

March 12: Bioethics: Easy Answers, Tough Questions

Geary Greenleaf and Kyle Hammon, Deans, Lower Columbia College

March 19: Pharmacology: Brave New World Revisited

Adam Wolfer, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

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Fall Quarter 2008

Elections 2008: Exploring the Critical Issues

September 25: Setting the Tone

Jerry Zimmerman, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

October 2: Smashing the Class Ceiling: Race and Gender

Courtney Shah, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

October 9: Food, Gas, Mortgages: The Role of the Economy in the 2008 Campaign

Jim Franz, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

October 16: How Big is Your Carbon Footprint? The Politics of the Environment

Dave Cordero and Louis La Pierre, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

October 23: Critical Paths: American Health Care

Jim Meskew, Independent Consultant; Alicia Thompson, Deputy Director, Community Health & Communicable Diseases

October 30: The Struggle for Conscience, Conviction and Kind: Religion & American Politics

Dennis Shaw, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

November 6: Framing the Issues: Media Coverage in Politics

Bob Gaston, Former Managing Editor, Longview Daily News; Bob Martinson, Former Local News Editor, Pittsburg Post-Gazette; Cal FitzSimmons, Editor, Longview Daily News

November 18: Law & Order: The Future of the Courts

Jerry Zimmerman, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

November 20: American Foreign Policy: What Does the Future Hold?

David Benson, Faculty, Lower Columbia College

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