Monthly Archives: September 2018

The Great American Read Voting

Posted on 09/24/2018 by jmcward

Voting is now underway at JCCC for the best-loved book as part of The Great American Read, a fall series on PBS that is focused on America’s 100 “most-loved” novels. Students, faculty, and staff can review the list of 100 books … Continue reading →

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Common Read Special Speaker

Posted on 09/24/2018 by jmcward

Josh Neufeld, illustrator for this year’s Common Read book, The Influencing Machine, will visit campus on Thursday, Oct. 4. He will speak at 11 am in the Polsky Theater and autograph books afterward. From 1:45 to 3 pm, he will … Continue reading →

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Janice Hodgkin and PEO Reciprocity

Posted on 09/11/2018 by jmcward

This year, Janice Hodgkin is the Vice President of Johnson and Wyandotte counties’ P.E.O. Reciprocity. P.E.O. was founded in 1869 by seven students at Iowa Wesleyan College. Today, according to the website, there are 225,000 women members in chapters all over … Continue reading →

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Beth Gulley at Riverfront Reading Series

Posted on 09/05/2018 by jmcward

At 8pm on Friday, Sept. 14, Beth Gulley, professor of English, will read from her work as part of the Riverfront Reading Series at The Writer’s Place, 3607 Pennsylvania Ave., KC, MO. Gulley has recently published poems in Apeiron Review, The … Continue reading →

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Blue River Road Investigators

Posted on 09/04/2018 by jmcward

Brent Jackson and Trey Hock. Photo from ArtsKCGo. Brent Jackson, adjunct professor of English, is involved in Open Spaces, a Kansas City arts festival that will run through the end of October. Specifically, Jackson is part of the Blue River … Continue reading →