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April 2016

Memorializing Our Vietnam Veterans through Art

4/18/2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

The USS LST 393 Veterans’ Museum and the Center for Experiential learning present this seminar that focuses on the memorializing process in Muskegon recognizing our Vietnam Veterans. Featured monuments will include: the “Final Approach” Vietnam War Memorial in Hidden Cove Park and the new “Vietnam Benches” at Memorial Park along Muskegon’s Causeway. The featured speaker, Art Historian Tim Norris, will provide an interpretative pictorial of Muskegon area monuments, culminating with an explanatory discussion of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington,…

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July 2016

USS LST 393 Summer Seminar Part I: US Experience in Vietnam 1947-1964

7/11/2016 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Join us for a hearty discussion and exploration of the U.S. experience in Vietnam from 1947-1964 at the USS LST 393 Museum, 560 Mart St., Muskegon, MI. Topics tonight include Prelude-French Indochina, 1954 United Nations Partition, Domino Theory, U.S. National Building, 1964 Tonkin Gulf Resolution. Cost is free for students. Adults are asked to make a donation. For more information, contact: Dan Weikel, SS LST 393 Museum, (231) 722-4730 or info@lst393.org

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USS LST 393 Summer Seminar Part II – U.S. Experience in Vietnam 1964-75

7/18/2016 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Join us for a hearty discussion and exploration of the U.S. experience in Vietnam from 1964-1975 at the USS LST 393 Museum, 560 Mart St., Muskegon, MI. Topics tonight include: LBJ’s Full War Escalation, Operation Rolling Thunder, Tet Offensive, Nixon Doctrine, Cambodia/Laos, Paris Peace Accords, Peace with Honor, Fall of Saigon. Cost is free for students. Adults are asked to make a donation.For more information, contact: Dan Weikel, SS LST 393 Museum, (231) 722-4730 or info@lst393.org

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October 2016

Trip to Oriental Institute, Museum of Science and Industry and Chicago’s Chinatown

10/8/2016 @ 6:45 am - 10:30 pm

On Saturday, October 8, the Western Civilization Courses (HIST 101) will travel along with community members to two select historical institutions in Chicago.The first institution is the Oriental Institute, the premier museum with artifacts from the Mesopotamian cultures and a prime training ground for students in archaeology and museum studies, The Oriental Institute was the backdrop for two Harrison Ford film role in the Indiana Jones films – “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “Raiders of the Lost…

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February 2017

Free

Global Awareness Festival Film: “The Glass Ceiling”

2/13/2017 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Film: “The Glass Ceiling” (2004). The French documentary presents a series of sometimes very emotional first-hand accounts of discrimination against full-fledged French citizens who mostly black and North African Arab and are trying to find jobs. Film and discussion. Blue and Gold Room

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Free

Global Awareness Festival Global Topic: “Living and Working in Europe”

2/13/2017 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

“Living and Working in Europe.” Jennifer Jones, Instructor and German Exchange Coordinator at MCC, and Robyn DeYoung, former MCC Student who spent a semester in Sweden. Blue and Gold Room

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Free

Global Awareness Festival Film: “Terror in Europe”

2/13/2017 @ 2:30 pm - 3:25 pm

Film: “Terror in Europe” (2016). This film tells the inside story of the missteps and systemic breakdowns that allowed known terrorists to strike in the heart of Europe, the problems that persist today, and the unprecedented threat the continent now faces. Film and discussion. Blue and Gold Room

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Free

Global Awareness Festival Film: “No Colors: Racism and Prejudice in Modern Europe”

2/13/2017 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Film: “No Colors: Racism and Prejudice in Modern Europe” (2007) part of the Crossroads: Inside the European Union series. This program looks at the racism and xenophobia brought to the surface by a massive influx of foreign workers and job-seekers into Western Europe and describes the search for equitable solutions by moderate EU leaders and citizens. Film and discussion. Blue and Gold Room

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Global Awareness Festival Global Topic: “Vanishing Countries of Eastern Europe: USSR, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia”

2/13/2017 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Global Topic: “Vanishing Countries of Eastern Europe: USSR, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia.” Nicholas Budimir, MCC Social Sciences instructor. Blue and Gold Room

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October 2017

Free

An Evening with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. featuring Rev. Stephon Ferguson

10/5/2017 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Muskegon Community College’s Center for Experiential Learning is proud to present Rev. Stephon Ferguson. From the pulpit of historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia to Madrid, Spain, Rev. Ferguson has traveled the globe performing as one of the greatest leaders in the history of the world. He breathes life into the words of Dr. King, captivating people of all ages. Rev. Ferguson will bring the spirit of Dr. King when he joins us in Muskegon for one enchanted evening.…

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