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DISTINGUISED SPEAKER SERIES
Application
Model
Overview
The Orange Coast College Foundation provides funding for two Distinguished Speaker Series grants annually, worth $7,500 each. Visiting Scholars Grants are designed to contribute to a true teaching and learning community on the Orange Coast College campus. Faculty may submit grant applications to support the costs of creating a day devoted to a topic of interest to the college community. This day will include a keynote speech or activity presented by a Distinguished Speaker with personal or professional interest in the topic.
Grant Goals
·To develop a teaching/learning community on the OCC campus
·To address the learning needs of a changing student body
·To sustain a culture of teaching/learning excellence
Financial Support
·Total amount of support: $15,000 a year
·Two competitive Grants: $7,500 each
Selection Criteria
Faculty submit a proposal for an on-site conference which addresses a topic of interest to the college community. This on-site conference will include minimally:
·A Distinguished Speaker
·Inclusion of both new and seasoned faculty
·Appeal to students, staff, faculty and the larger community
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Previous Distinguished Speakers
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Fall, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
The Democratic Art Form - Prints & their Impression
Phil Sanders, Director/Collaborative Master Printer of the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in New York City |
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Spring, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Voyaging, Adventures, and Discoveries
Dave Grant, History Professor and Orange Coast College President Emeritus
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Fall, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Mayan Calendar: 2012 and the End of the World
Dr. Edwin Barnhart, Renowned Maya Archaeologist
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Spring, 2008
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Louisiana's Story Through Cuisine and Culture
Chef John Folse, Internatinally known chef, speaker, and author |
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Fall, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Plastic Relgion: Religious Creativity in Popular Culture
David Chidester, Professor of Religious Studies,
Head of the Department of Religious Studies and Director of the Institute for Comparative Religion in Southern Africa (ICRSA) at the University of Cape Town in South Africa |
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Fall, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
"Perfect Spy: The OCC Undergraduate who Became the Most Heralded Communist Spy of the Vietnam War"
Larry Berman, Author and Professor of Political Science at the University of Davis, California and Interim Director of the UC Davis Washington Program |
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Spring, 2007
Thursday, April 5, 2007
"It's Greek To Me: The Greek Connection in Science, Art, and the Humanities"
Adonis Georgiadis, Historian and Writer
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Fall, 2006
Thursday, October 5, 2006
"The History that Made us and the History we are Making"
Edward James Olmos, Actor and Latino Activist |
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Spring, 2006
March 13-16, 2006
"Society, Culture and Film"
Tony Huston discussed his oscar nominated screenplay for the film version of James Joyce's, "The Dead", directed by his father, John Huston. |
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Fall, 2005
Thursday, October 20, 2005
"Changing the World One Story at a Time"
Dorothy Allison, prize-winning author
Bastard Out of Carolina, Cavedweller,
Two or Three Things I Know For Sure
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Spring 2005
Wednesday and Thursday, April 27-28, 2005
"Cultural and Political Imperialism"
Dr. Ngugi wa Thiongo, African scholar
and author of "Weep Not Child."
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Spring, 2004
Wdnesday, April 14, 2004
"Community Engagement Day" -
Le Ly Hayslip, writer, social activitist
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Fall 2004
October 14, 2004
Mortality, Artistic Creation, and the Self
Moises Kaufman
Moises Kaufman, playwright, director
"The Laramie Project"
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Spring 2004
"A Celebration of Social Activism"
Peter Camejo, Gubernatorial Candidate
Green Peace Activist
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Fall, 2003
"Anatomy as Art"
Dr. Dean Edell, doctor and radio talk-show host |
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Applications are due every Spring Semester for the following year's
Distinguished Speaker mini-grants
Selection Committee
- Chair: Diane Colvin, Staff Development Coordinator
- Patrick Munoz, Foundation Chair
- Kris Cutting, Student
- Kye Daniels, Staff Development Staff
- Jill Golden, Assistant Professor, Food and Nutrition
- Juani Funez-Gonzalez, Professor, History
- Ann Harmer, Emeritus Professor of Biological Sciences & Foundation Board Member
- Signe Johnson, Graphic Designer
- Marilyn Kennedy, Professor of English/Academic Senate
- Irene Naesse, Professor Geography
- Candy Pettus, Instructor of Sociology/Anthropology
- Vida Shajie, Professor, Counseling Services, EOPS
Contact the Staff Development Office for information about upcoming events: 714/432-5920
This event is free and open to the public
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