Earth Month at JJC

For the month of April, the Joliet Junior College is hosting lectures, film screenings, a community clean-up, and tours for Earth Month – a national effort to draw attention to and address issues related to our global environment, including  food sustainability, water conservation, and climate change.

How can you get involved?

Join in and participate in any of JJC’s Earth Month activities, including a lecture on Thursday, April 18 in the Library at 12 noon by Professor Andy Neill from the Natural Sciences Department. For more information about Earth Month programming at JJC, please contact Maria Rafac at mrafac@jjc.edu. 

You can also visit the Environmental Protection Agency website for more information on steps you can take to protect the environment. Sign up for their email list with a different green tip for the month of April, listen to their Earth Month podcasts, and hear about what other people are doing.

Brown Bag Lecture: Getting Published

Interested in having your research published in an academic journal? Or perhaps do you dream of writing a book? Come to our next Brown Bag TOMORROW April 4 at 12 noon to hear Professor Bill Yarrow share inside tips on publishing your work. Light refreshments will be provided.

Two lectures in the Library tomorrow!

The Library will be hosting two lectures tomorrow March 7th. One will be a Brown Bag lecture at 12:30 pm by Dr. Roya Falahi – Kharaghani about gender and education. She will be covering the impacts of hidden and formal curricula, the experiences of women and men in higher education, and the impact of education attainment and achievement of women and men after graduation. Light refreshments will be served.

 

The second lecture will be given by Professor Roxanne Munch and is entitled, “Transformation and the Evanescent World of Japanese Theatre and Ukiyo-e Art.” Learn about the connections between Kabuki theatre, the Edo pleasure district, Frank Lloyd Wright, the Art Institute of Chicago, and anime! Lecture will be from 12 noon to 1:30 in Library Room A-2003.

Brown Bag Lecture: Arab Spring

Join us for another Brown Bag Lecture tomorrow as instructor Kimberly Turner from Behavioral and Social Sciences talks about the political uprisings in the Arab World that began two years ago. Wednesday Feb 27 12 noon. Bring your lunch – light refreshments will be served. Hope to see you there!

Free popcorn, free films

Happy Friday, folks! The Library is wrapping up Random Acts of Kindness Week by giving away a free bag of popcorn to everyone who checks out a DVD. While you’re at it, film buffs might appreciate that Hulu is making the entire Criterion Collection of films  – a series of important classic and contemporary films – available for FREE this weekend. If you have the time, make your way over to Hulu this weekend to watch.

Enjoy your weekend!

Free chili in the Library!

Happy Valentine’s Day! Stop by the Library and enjoy a free bowl of chili!

Random Acts of Kindness in the Library

Yes, Valentine’s Day is tomorrow. But we at the Library want to show some extra appreciation for our students, staff, and faculty for an entire week. Each day this week, the Library is doing a random act of kindness. If you stopped by the Library this week you may have seen the bowls of candy we had at the reference and circulation desks. Today, we are offering a free print card to patrons who come to the reference desk (while supplies last)!

Brown Bag Lecture: America in the British Imagination

 

“America in the British Imagination,  examines the American influences on postwar Britain and how Britons imagined the United States. My talk examines famous Americans who have shaped the lives of Britons such as Henry Ford, Elvis Presley and Bill Clinton and those less famous ones who also played a part in bringing American influences to Britain. I will then discuss how Britons viewed the US in 1945 and how this has changed in the last 68 years.”  Dr. Lyons.

Join us for another Brown Bag lecture in the Library, hosted by Dr. John Lyons on Tuesday Jan. 29 at 12:30p. Brown Bag Seminars are open to the entire college campus community.  Faculty are encouraged to bring their classes or encourage students to attend for extra credit purposes.  If you intend to bring your class, please contact Catherine Suchy for reserved seating at csuchy [at] jjc.edu.

Eating is allowed in the Library Event Area for the Brown Bag Sessions and light refreshments will be served.

World AIDS Day

December 1st is World AIDS Day – a day when people around the world unite in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Check out our display highlighting books from our collection about the virus and people living with it. Grab a red ribbon from the display to wear and bring awareness to others.

Read more about World AIDS Day and how you can get involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS at www.worldaidsday.org.

Brown Bag Lecture: Diet, Disease, and Digestion

Join us for another brown bag lecture tomorrow by Professor Eva Murdoch from the Natural Sciences Department. Thursday Nov. 8 at 12 noon.