Lectures at Edmonds CC
The Lecture series, sponsored by the Office of Student Life, brings thought-provoking and inspirational speakers to campus. A committee of students, faculty, and staff select influential scholars, artists, activists, and community leaders with promise for sparking discussion and reflection in our community.
The views and opinions expressed in this series do not necessarily represent the opinions of Edmonds Community College, its administration, faculty, staff, or students or the Office of Student Life.
2010-11 Lectures
Poet Sarah Zale
October 6, 2010 • 12:30
Edmonds Community College English instructor Sarah Zale reads from her poetry collection. Zale, faculty advisor for the student Peace and Justice Club, is an advocate of discussion, storytelling, and poetry of witness about war and conflict. Her new collection of poems, The Art of Folding (Plain View Press, 2010), was inspired by her travels to Israel and the West Bank with the Compassionate Listening Project.
Zale was a 2009 Fellow to the United States Institute of Peace and earned her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing/Poetry from Goddard College. Her work also appears in the anthology Come Together, Imagine Peace (Bottom Dog Press), a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award 2009 (along with works by fellow English instructors Holly Hughes and Martha Silano). The lecture takes places in the Black Box Theatre, Mukilteo Hall.
Postcard Poems And Puppy Prose
October 20, 2010 • 12:30
Lifelong residents of the Edmonds area, Amanda Laughtland and Marcia Woodard hold MFA degrees in Creative Writing from the University of Washington and have taught English at Edmonds Community College for a combined total of 15 years. They will be reading from their newly published collections of poetry and nonfiction. Amanda's book, Postcards to Box 464, has been described by one reviewer as "a dreamy, friendly collection of poems that somehow manages to be carefree and deep at the same time." Marcia's book, Collected Kona, brings together a series of funny and touching stories of her dog Kona which originally appeared in the American Kennel Club's AKC Gazette magazine. The lecture takes place in the Black Box Theatre, Mukilteo Hall.
Wolf Conservation And Citizen Science In Washington State
November 3, 2010 • 12:30
Professional wildlife tracker David Moskowitz talks about the historical presence and ecological role of wolves in Washington State, the reestablishment of the species in the region, and how citizen scientists (including Edmonds Community College service-learning students) have helped document the presence and distribution of wolves and other rare carnivores across the state.
Moskowitz, a wildlife tracker, photographer, and outdoor educator, has contributed to wildlife studies regionally and in the Canadian and U.S. Rocky mountains. He helped establish the Cascade Citizens Wildlife Monitoring Project, a citizen science effort that monitors rare and sensitive wildlife in the Northwest wildlands. He has also trained mountaineering instructors for Outward Bound and is the lead instructor for wildlife tracking programs at Wilderness Awareness School in Duvall, Washington. The lecture takes places in Woodway Hall 202.
"East Eats West," Author Andrew Lam
November 10, 2010 • 11:30 AM
Andrew Lam, Vietnam-born author of "East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres" and "Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora," will discuss the cultural consequences of immigration from Asia to the West including the effects of Asian taste, cuisine and martial arts on the American imagination and issues of religion, identity, and family in the new world where East and West overlap. Lam is also cofounder and editor of New American Media, the largest ethnic media association in the United States. The lecture takes place in Woodway Hall 202.
"American Junkie" Author Tom Hansen
November 18, 2010 • 12:30
Tom Hansen is the author of the memoir "American Junkie," published by Emergency Press. He attended Edmonds Community College from 2000 to 2002 and graduated with an MFA from The University of British Columbia in 2008. He lives in Seattle and is working on a novel. The lecture takes place in Snohomish Hall 304.
All lectures are open to the public and selected lectures are broadcast on the local college television station channel 21/26. The broadcast schedule is available at http://civic.edcc.edu.
Selected Brown Bag Lectures are video recorded and should be available at the Edmonds Community College Library approximately two weeks after the lecture.
To request disability accommodations or the presentation of materials in an alternate format, notify Services for Students with Disabilities at least 10 working days prior to the date of the event. (425) 640-1320
Register for HUMANITIES 160 or DIVERSITY STUDIES 165
Students have the opportunity to earn 1-5 transferable credits in an open enrollment class providing them with a structured learning environment for attending selected extra and co-curricular programs. Email instructor Charles Cox for class requirements. (425) 640-1579.
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