Back in 2014, Jeremy Hirst, Chief of Risk and Emergency Management at DuPage County Health Department held a discussion on public health preparedness for pandemics (such as SARS, H1N1, influenza ), widespread drug addiction, bioterrorism, etc., & how preparations involve the entire community. This discussion was part of our One Book, One College programming on… Continue reading Revisit “Public Health Preparedness: Whole Community Involvement” – One Book, One College Programming on World War Z
Category: One Book: World War Z
Revisit “How Plagues, Disease, and Outbreaks Have Changed History”: One Book, One College Programming on World War Z
Back in 2014, MVCC’s History faculty members Merri Fefles, Josh Fulton, Jim McIntyre, & Kristine VanBaren held a panel discussion on how plagues, disease, & outbreaks have changed history. This discussion was part of our One Book, One College programming on World War Z. The various diseases they discussed were polio, the 1918 Spanish flu,… Continue reading Revisit “How Plagues, Disease, and Outbreaks Have Changed History”: One Book, One College Programming on World War Z
Max Brooks on Nerdist Podcast
In 2013/14, our One Book, One College program focused on World War Z by Max Brooks, so I was excited to stumble upon this interview with Brooks on the Nerdist Podcast. Thought I’d share it. Brooks is a master at utilizing science fiction and horror to comment on current society. He is inventive, thoughtful, and… Continue reading Max Brooks on Nerdist Podcast
Emergency Responses at Moraine Valley Featuring MVCC Police Chief Patrick O’Connor
After yesterday’s horrific shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon (see Gunman kills at least 9 at Oregon campus before dying in shootout), I thought it may be worthwhile to post this video of MVCC’s Police Chief talking about campus safety at Moraine Valley. MVCC Chief O’Connor discussed emergency preparedness at MVCC. This includes a… Continue reading Emergency Responses at Moraine Valley Featuring MVCC Police Chief Patrick O’Connor
Psychology of Zombies: A Faculty Panel
AMC just announced that the new season of the Walking Dead will begin October 11th. We are getting excited about this, so I thought I’d post this video from our One Book programming on World War Z (2013-2014 academic year). Psychology of Zombies: A Faculty Panel
The next outbreak? We’re not ready.
The 2014 ebola outbreak in West Africa was a major outbreak that exposed our global strengths and weaknesses in terms of managing and stopping a major outbreak. (For more info on the 2014 ebola outbreak visit this CDC site.) We discussed major outbreaks as part of our One Book programming last year when we studied… Continue reading The next outbreak? We’re not ready.
The Truth about Vaccinations
The debate over vaccines has popped up again in the headlines. This time the debate has been in Congress. It has come about from a measles outbreak at Disneyland. The vaccine debate is familiar to us, because we discussed it several times during our One Book programming on World War Z. Here is a… Continue reading The Truth about Vaccinations
Zombies, creepy old ladies and Swedish witches……OH MY!
Halloween is just around the corner, and we have just what you need if you want to get your spook on! I’m sure you know that books are available for check out in the library, but did you know we have a large and varied DVD collection as well? This Halloween skip the RedBox and… Continue reading Zombies, creepy old ladies and Swedish witches……OH MY!
Vaccines–Calling the Shots (video)
This week NOVA released a new special on the spread of preventable diseases due to vaccines. This is one of the topics we discussed in last year’s One Book program on World War Z. Public health was one of our themes, so I thought I’d share this along with one of the panel discussions from… Continue reading Vaccines–Calling the Shots (video)
Robin Williams, Suicide, and the Human Condition
Like the rest of the world, we are in shock after hearing the news of Robin Williams’ apparent suicide. This is difficult news and a great loss. Suicide is a topic that we discussed in our public programming last year during our One Book program on World War Z. We welcomed psychiatrist, Jason Burns, M.D.,… Continue reading Robin Williams, Suicide, and the Human Condition