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Archive of Community Conversations Lectures
Presented by Michelle Ashby, Cowlitz County Health Department
Presented by Chris Tower and Abbie Leavens
Presented by Alex Brehm and the LCC Fighting Smelt
Presented by Ann Holaday
Presented by Geof Richie
Presented by Mark Gaither
Presented by Michal Ann Watts and Catie Graham
Presented by Michael Strayer
Presented by: Courtney Shah
Presented by: Faculty Panel
Presented by: Amber Lemiere and Joe Green
Presented by: Helen Kuebel and Karen Joiner
Presented by: Retired and Current Faculty
Presented by: Paul Laufman
Presented by: LCC Learning Commons Faculty & Staff
Presented by LCC President Chris Bailey
Presented by: Hiedi Bauer
Presented by: Mark Gaither
Presented by: Lorraine Churchill
Presented by: Chris Tower
Presented by: Teresa Purcell
Presented by: Brian Atwater
Presented by: Mavourneen Rister
Presented by Stephen Fuller and Mike Claxton
Amber DiGerlando, Social Justice Advocate
Michael Strayer, Psychology Instructor
Chris Tower, Adjunct Faculty
Sue Orchard, Vice President of Student Services
Darlene de Vida, Retired Dean of Instruction
Nicole DiGerlando, English Instructor
Courtney Shah, Social Science Instructor
Dani Trimble, Director of Workforce Programs
Jessica Kooiman, Instructor of Natural Science
Armando Herbelin, Instructor of Chemistry/Natural Science
Presented by: Kyle Hammon, Dean of Instruction
Presented by: Merry Bond, Instructor of Nursing
Presented by: Trey Batey, Instructor of Anthropology
Presented by: Louis LaPierre, Instructor of Biology
Presented by: Amber Lemiere, Instructor of English, and Morgan Salisbury, Instructor of Earth Science
Presented by: Alex Brehm, Oregon Brew Crew Education Chair, and Len Hallock, 2018 Oregon State Homebrewer of the Year
Elizabeth West, Longview School District Director of Special Education
Elena Ross, LCC Health, Fitness and Nutrition Instructor
Janell Haynes-Hughes, LCC English Instructor
Michael Strayer, LCC Social Science Instructor
Annette Ward, LCC Nursing Instructor
Michele Waltz, LCC Chemical Dependency Instructor
David Rosi and Don Derkacht, LCC Computer Science Instructors, and Mark Gaither, LCC Business Technology Instructor
David Benson, LCC Political Science Instructor and Michael Strayer, LCC Psychology Instructor
Courtney Shah, LCC Social Science Instructor
Adam Wolfer, LCC Chemistry Instructor
Geoff Richie, LCC Psychology Instructor
The Fighting Smelt Debate Team and the LCC Science Fiction Club
Tamara Norton, LCC RN, MN, Assistant Nursing Program Director, eLearning Coordinator
Lt. Col. Tim McPharlin
Jeanne Hamer, LCC Nursing Instructor
Shannon Wachob, LCC Workfirst Transitions Specialist
Hiedi Bauer, LCC Language and Literature Instructor
Becky Connolly, LCC Language and Literature Instructor
Michael Strayer, LCC Psychology Faculty
Amber Lemiere, LCC English Instructor
Amber DiGerlando, Social Justice Advocate
Allison McCrady, LCC CEO Instructor
Annette Ward, LCC Nursing Instructor
Klint Hull, LCC Language & Literature Instructor
Mavourneen Rister, LCC English Instructor
Merry Bond, LCC Nursing Instructor
Nicole DiGerlando, LCC English Instructor
Alex Brehm and the Fighting Smelt, LCC Communications Studies Instructor
Geoffrey Richie, LCC Psychology Instructor
Dennis Shaw, Retired LCC Faculty
Janell Haynes-Hughes, LCC Language & Literature Instructor
Courtney Shah, LCC Social Science Instructor
Trey Batey, LCC Anthropology Instructor
Mark Gaither, LCC Business Technology Instructor
Dana Cummings, LCC Business Instructor
John Killian, LCC Education Planner & Multicultural Advisor
Melinda Harbaugh, LCC Interim Dean of Instruction & Learning Resources
Janell Haynes-Hughes, LCC Language & Literature Instructor
Terese Rogmno
Stefan Rijnhart, LCC Computer Science Instructor
Eddie Smith, LCC Head Baseball Coach/ Student Retention Specialist
Lucas Myers, LCC Natural Sciences Instructor
Alex Brehm, LCC Speech Communication Instructor
Elena Ross, LCC Physical Education Instructor
Shelby and Jarad Miller, LCC Fitness Center Manager
Annette Ward, LCC Nursing Instructor
Jeff Lucas and Jim Franz, LCC Economics & Social Sciences Instructor
Michael Strayer, LCC Social Sciences Instructor
Adam Wolfer, LCC Chemistry Instructor
Brian Hatfield, former Washington State Senator
Jim Franz, LCC Economics/Social Sciences Instructor
Carolyn Long, Associate Professor of the School of Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, Washington State University, Vancouver
LCC instructors Michael Strayer, LCC Psychology Instructor & David Benson, LCC Political Science Instructor
Nicole DiGerlando, LCC English Instructor
Cary Rhode, LCC Mathematics Instructor
Politics in the Animal Kingdom - Video
Courtney Shah, LCC Social Sciences Instructor
Stacey Spencer, Emergency Support Shelter
Louis LaPierre, LCC Biology Instructor
Mark Gaither, LCC Business Technology Instructor and Siri
Geoffrey Richie, LCC Psychology Instructor
Klint Hull, LCC Language & Literature Instructor
Alisha Williams, LCC I-BEST Instructor
Michael Strayer, LCC Psychology Instructor, David Benson, LCC Political Science Instructor, and Nicole DiGerlando, LCC English Instructor
Trey Batey, LCC Anthropology Instructor
Lucas Myers, LCC Natural Sciences Instructor
Amber Lemiere, LCC English Instructor and Eric Lemiere.
Dennis Shaw.
Tamra Davis, LCC Music Instructor.
Nicole DiGerlando, LCC English Instructor.
Gina Challed, LCC Choir Director.
Michael Strayer, LCC Psychology Instructor.
Rob Davis, LCC Instrumental Music Instructor and Heidi Bauer, LCC Language & Literature Instructor.
Doug Boleyn, Cascade Solar
Terry Campbell, Sustainable Northwest Wood, Inc.
Cliff Gilmore, Renewable Northwest
Courtney Shah, LCC History Instructor
Brian Magnusson, Cascade Networks
Jim Dillinger, LCC Automotive Instructor
Eric Corey Freed, International Living Future Institute
Andy Rovelstad, Rovelstad Architects
Hiedi Bauer, Language & Literature Instructor
Brendan Glaser, Vice President of Instruction
Nicole DiGerlando, Language & Literature Instructor
Klint Hull, Language & Literature Instructor
Dan Schabot, former Speech Instructor
Chance Stewart, Program Coordinator, Workforce Programs
Melinda Weatherford, Faculty Librarian
Mark Gaither, Business Technology Instructor
Dennis Shaw, Anthropology instructor
Cary Rhode, Mathematics Instructor
Louis LaPierre, Biology Instructor
Adam Wolfer, Chemistry Instructor
Katrina Fuller, Biology Instructor
Annette Ward and Merry Bond, Nursing Instructors
Lucas Myers, Natural Science Instructor
David Cordero, Earth Science Instructor
Dan Schabot, Speech Instructor
Mark Gaither, Business Technology Instructor
Dennis Shaw, Social Science Instructor
Nicole DiGerlando, Language & Literature Instructor
Roy Staples
Joan Herman, former Language & Literature Instructor
Adam Wolfer, Chemistry Instructor
Michael Strayer, Psychology Instructor
David Benson, Social Science Instructor
Roy Staples, LCC Instructor, Transitional Studies
Dennis Shaw, LCC Instructor, Philosophy
Mark Gaither, LCC Instructor, Business
Daniel Kotin, LCC Instructor, History
Nichole DiGerlando, LCC Instructor, English
Zack Frey, Charlotte Persons, Maggie Stuart, Melinda Weatherford, LCC Learning Commons Staff
Courtney Shah, LCC Instructor, History
Dan Schabot, LCC Instructor, Speech
Jeff Lucas, LCC Instructor, Math
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
Paul Youmans, Executive Director Pathways 2020, Cowlitz County
Anik St. Martin, Doctor of Chiropractic, Advantage Chiropractic and Massage, Longview
Ian Thompson, Director, Lower Columbia School Gardens
Annette Ward, Lower Columbia College Nursing Instructor and Christine Trabucco, Diabetic Educator at PeaceHealth SW Medical Center in Vancouver
Amber Rosewood, Community Relations Liaison, Family Health Center, Longview
Desiree Ouellette, Owner/Instructor, Holos Yoga, Longview
Elena Ross, Lower Columbia College Physical Education Instructor
Michael Strayer, Lower Columbia College Psychology Instructor
Michael O'Neill, Community Mobilization Coordinator, Cowlitz County Health & Human Services
Hiedi Bauer, English Instructor; student editors, The Salal Review
Courtney Shah, History instructor
Don Correll, Drama instructor
Dan Schabot, Communications instructor
Dennis Shaw, Philosophy instructor
Jim Franz, Economics instructor
David Benson, Political science instructor
Don Derkacht, Computer Science instructor
Mike Strayer, Psychology instructor
Speakers will include regional experts on economic development, transportation, global competitiveness, intercultural endeavors, and globalization. Join the conversation on Twitter at #talkglobal
LCC lecture series to focus on Cowlitz County's growing international ties
The Daily News | March 28, 2013
Suzanne Cusick, Superintendent, Longview School District
Chris Bailey, President, Lower Columbia College
Eric Shinfeld, President, World Trade Council, and Chief of Staff, Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Ted Sprague, Director, Cowlitz Economic Development Council
Margit Brumbaugh, Director, Lower Columbia College International Programs
Paul Laufman, retired CEO, United Paradyne (Administration Building, Heritage Room)
Peter Bennett, Vice President of Business Development, Millennium Bulk Terminals
Eileen Bergeson, Business Faculty, Lower Columbia College; Tom Hutchinson, Longview City Council
Geir-Eilif Kalhagen, CEO, Port of Longview; and other port representatives
James DeMay, Department of Ecology; Josh Wilund, ALCOA, Teresa Purcell, Community Advisory Board Member
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.
LCC lecture series to focus on jobs
The Daily News | January 15, 2013
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.
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
Jim Franz, LCC Economics Instructor
Dan Schabot, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Randy Querin, Public Affairs and Governance Specialist, PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center
David Benson, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
John Markon, Editor, The Daily News
George Raiter, Commissioner, Cowlitz County
Roy Maier, Lower Columbia WEA Uniserv
Chris Bailey, President, Lower Columbia College
Cary Rhode, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
LCC spring lecture series to explore technology's role in education
The Daily News | April 4, 2012
Connie Broughton, SBCTC Director of eLearning & Open Education
Brad Benjamin, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Tom Caswell, Open Education, Policy Association
Chris Bailey, President, Lower Columbia College
Nadine Lemmons, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Lisa Matye Edwards, Vice President of Student Success, Lower Columbia College
Scott Dennis, MPA, eLearning Professional Development Manager, SBCTC
Katrina Fuller, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Michael Strayer, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
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
Klint Hull, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Dennis Shaw, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Alexis Franz, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Adam Wolfer, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
JoAnne Booth, Staff, Lower Columbia College
Joan Herman, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Courtney Shah, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Joe Green, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Hiedi Bauer, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
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
Corie Dow, Executive Director, CASA
Eric Yakovich, Executive Director, LCMHC
Bill Reade, Executive Director, Ethnic Support Council
Alan Rose, Community Relations Director
Suzanne Johnson, Assistant Director, Lower Columbia Head Start/ECEAP
Melissa Taylor, Senior Managing Planner, Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of Governments (CWCOG)
Marti Johnson, Executive Director, Life Works
Diane Craft, Marketing Director, Canterbury Inn, Koelsch Senior Communities
Sherrie Tinoco, Executive Director, Emergency Support Shelter
Louis LaPierre, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Courtney Shah, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Dennis Shaw, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Jim Franz, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Jeff Lucas, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
David Benson, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Adam Wolfer, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Armando Herbelin, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Jeff Lucas, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
LCC lecture series to highlight law enforcement
The Daily News | January 10, 2011
Mark Nelson, Cowlitz County Sheriff
Andrew O. Hamilton, Kelso Chief of Police
Terry L. Mulligan, Director, Cowlitz County Office of Public Defense
Hon. James J. Stonier, Cowlitz County Superior Court Judge
Alex Perez, Police Chief, City of Longview
Marin Fox Hight, Director, Cowlitz County Corrections
Chad Connors, Administrator, Cowlitz County Juvenile Court
Susan I. Baur, Prosecuting Attorney, Cowlitz County
Michael H. Evans, Judge, Cowlitz County District Court
Grover Laseke, Director, Cowlitz County Department of Emergency Management
Nena Baker, Author
Louis LaPierre, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Andy Rovelstad, Leavengood Architects
Josh Johnson, Stormwater Manager, City of Longview; Van McKay, Senior Engineer, City of Kelso
Scott Black, Executive Directo,The Xerces Society
Gregg Hannon, Solid Waste/Recycling/Code Compliance Manager, City of Longview
Laurie Hulse-Moyer, Air Quality Specialist, Southwest Clean Air Agency
Axel Swanson, Commissioner, Cowlitz County
LCC lecture series to highlight visual and performing arts
The Daily News | April 2, 2010
Gian Paul Morelli, Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts
Bob Farr, photographer, Kelso
Gary Nyberg, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Daniela Ivanova-Nyberg, dance researcher and anthropologist
Don Correll, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Megan Jasurda, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Kurt Beattie, A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle
Joseph Green, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Dale Groff and Dennis Shaw, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
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
Jim Franz, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
George Raiter, Commissioner, Cowlitz County; Alex Perez, Police Chief, City of Longview
David Benson, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Dennis Shaw, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Mike Dugaw, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Representatives from PeaceHealth and Kaiser Permanente, moderated by healthcare consultant Jim Meskew
Representatives from PeaceHealth and Kaiser Permanente, moderated by healthcare consultant Jim Meskew
Michael Strayer and Jerry Zimmerman Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Laura Brener, Vice President of Instruction, Lower Columbia College
Barbara Vining, Attorney, Prosecutor’s Office Child Support Division
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
Dennis Shaw, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Richard Kelley, S.T.L.
Jim Franz, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Courtney Shah, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Judge Stephen M. Warning
John Crook, Architect
Carol Pahlke, Ph.D.
Peteris Livins, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Hazar Jaber
Jeff Lucas, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
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
Anik St. Martin, D.C.
Dr. Sheila Lynam
Louis LaPierre, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Marie Magnuson, MS, ARNP; Brian Mahon, PA; Deanne Ochitwa, Personal Trainer
Harry Krulewitch. M.D., Northwest Geriatrics
Blaine Tolby, M.D.
Michael Strayer and Jerry Zimmerman, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Joan LeMieux and Laura and Jim Works
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
Courtney Shah, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Klint Hull and Louis La Pierre, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Dane Moseson, M.D.
Robert Sandstrom, M.D.
Jerry Zimmerman, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Richard Kirkpatrick, M.D.
Cable Green
Geary Greenleaf and Kyle Hammon, Deans, Lower Columbia College
Adam Wolfer, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Jerry Zimmerman, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Courtney Shah, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Jim Franz, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Dave Cordero and Louis La Pierre, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Jim Meskew, Independent Consultant; Alicia Thompson, Deputy Director, Community Health & Communicable Diseases
Dennis Shaw, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
Bob Gaston, Former Managing Editor, Longview Daily News; Bob Martinson, Former Local News Editor, Pittsburg Post-Gazette; Cal FitzSimmons, Editor, Longview Daily News
Jerry Zimmerman, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
David Benson, Faculty, Lower Columbia College
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