Students: College Success (COLS) Resources
NJCAA Region VII Div. 1 Men's Championship 2020
Here is the link to the 2020 NJCAA Region VII Division 1 Men's Basketball Championship game between Columbia State and Jackson State. This was a VERY exciting game that went to overtime.
Watch below or via direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdhHYY88avE
African American Read In
Established in 1990 by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English, the National African American Read-In (AARI) encourages communities to read together, centering on African American books and authors. Moreover, it is the wish of the NCTE to make literacy a significant part of Black History Month. Columbia State Community College has been an active participant in the Read In for the past 19 years, celebrating with other schools, colleges, and universities during the month of February.
Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) Lecture Series: Spring 2022
A Living Doll?
Feb. 7 4pm
Prof. Stuart Lenig
Western culture has been obsessed with winsome near human figures since pre-history. In the middle ages Punch and Judy manically beat people to death. Young people are taught to nurture using dolls, puppets like Howdy Doody and Charlie McCarthy were the rage at mid-century. But more malevolent versions of proto-people have emerged including Chucky from Child’s Play, Annabelle, the cursed doll from The Conjuring, and the renegade robots from Channel 4’s Humans (and Swedish tv’s Real Humans). There are the proto-people of The Sims and other video games and of course the ubiquitous allure of Barbie, The Cabbage Patch Kids, and the American Girl series of dolls. Wax figures and mannequins still provoke fear when passing a quiet mall window. Join us on a ghastly journey into the dark world of puppets, dolls and the near-human.
Anxiety and the College Student
Feb. 8 4pm
Prof. Sharon Grigsby
Are you feeling overwhelmed and freaked out? Are you having difficulty focusing on your studies? Do you experience a tightness in your chest and sweaty palms? No, this is not an advertisement for some new miracle cure. A vast majority of college students across the nation experience some form of anxiety, to the point of failing grades and dropping out of school. You are not alone! We will discuss in this interactive lecture the commonalities of anxiety and the symptoms you experience. We often think of anxiety as a common feeling in our lives that comes and goes without explanation and doesn’t require a lot of extra thought beyond that. For many, though, anxiety is part of a mental health issue that can seriously disrupt their lives. In any case, anxiety is one of the top challenges of mental health in college students, so finding mental health tips for college students on how to deal with anxiety and other problems is important to know should they become an issue.
March 14, 4pm
C Wright Mills’ Sociological Imagination For Non-Sociologists
Prof. Thomas Moore
March 14, 4pm
C. Wright Mills was a prominent scholar, teacher, and theoretician for a sociological understanding of the world. He wrote, “neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.” For Wright the individual, their biography and their individual fate was inseparable from the society which birthed and nurtured them. For Wright the sociological imagination paired individual dilemmas to societal problems. For example, most Americans feel they are too poor. The sociological imagination suggests that the problem isn’t an individual problem but that it is a larger issue of massive wage disparity. A few people like Jeff Bezos may be worth over 200 billion dollars but the mean annual wage for most Americans in 2019 was around $34,000. It would take you a while to rival Mr. Bezos at that rate. Does that mean you (an individual) did something wrong or is wage disparity a ‘societal problem?’ Learn more about what the Sociological Imagination means with Professor Moore on March 14th.
March 16, 4pm
A Simmering Era: Memphis 1968
Prof. Beverly Mitchell
Professor Mitchell will guide us through the turbulent civil rights history of Memphis. From the era of political boss Crump to the landmark Brown vs. the Board of Education Supreme Court ruling (1954) striking down the policy of separate but equal, through the growth of the civil rights movement in the fifties and sixties, and the protests that rocked Memphis to the Assassination of the Reverend Martin Luther King and beyond. Memphis was a gathering place for the civil rights movement and the often violent and contrasting school systems and individuals that desired to maintain a society of separate and unequal conditions for all people. Join us for Prof. Mitchell’s pungent snapshot of a defining era in our history and political growth. Tennessee’s Memphis was front and center in the Civil Rights Movement. Learn about that time and place and TN’s role in that complex and revolutionary era.
March 21, 4pm
50 YEARS OF FAB MUSIC
Victoria Gay, Stuart Lenig, Anne Reeves, and guests
Many people see 1972 as Rock’s greatest year. Prof Reeves discusses The Rolling Stones and The Allman Brothers Eat a Peach, Southern Rock and Blues, Prof Mewbourn will look at the state of the world in 1972 and the birth of country rock, and Professor Lenig will look at Bowie, Roxie Music and the birth of glam rock. Other artists include Sly and the Family Stone, Jackson Brown and soul artists!
April 5, 4pm
Social Media: Friend or Foe?
Prof. Sharon Grigsby
Social media has a rich history, just by the purest definition. We have been communicating and sharing information since the beginning of time. Times changed historically, and the word /news was spread by horse and rider or a single person announcing pertinent information in the town’s square. Jump to 2022, and we are consumed with media that perpetuates our life styles 24/7. There has been great innovation since the creation of the printing press, radio and television….and the Internet!! But……how has it changed us? Good, bad or indifferent? We will explore this topic including a brief history and cultural reference and devote the majority of time with the good, bad and the ugly of social media. Join me for an INTERACTIVE discussion on Social Media, Friend or Foe?
April 11, 4pm
INFLATION: The Great Thief of Individual Wealth or Fact of Life in Capitalism?
Understanding the Complexities of Inflation. A Rational Approach
Professor Ben Wormer
Professor Wormer, resident economist and economics professor will address the complicated mechanism that creates inflation, explaining the phenomenon and what it means to people in a contemporary capitalist society. So suddenly your money is worth less, or is it? Inflation is a complex issue not really governed by political parties or politics but often by market factors that are deep-seated in society and society’s fundamental economic practices. If you are a saver or a spender or you plan on blaming inflation, tune into Professor Wormer’s pithy analysis of our current economic climate and the factors that have led us to today. Economic factors aren’t always obvious or clear so join Prof Wormer on a study of how we arrived here, after one of the longest sustained periods of wealth building in history. The Pew Research Center reported trends in income and wealth inequality in 2020 saying that, “the U.S. middle class, which once comprised the clear majority of Americans, is shrinking.” What’s Up with that? Join Professor Wormer for an exciting talk about something we all like: MONEY!
April 15, 7pm
A Soldier’s Song
Professor Daniel Johnson and a host of top Nashville musical Talent
Crockett Theatre, Lawrenceburg TN
Hosted by the Lyceum committee, the Theatre program, the Lawrenceburg Campus, The Lawrenceburg Community and others.
Join Professor Johnson for an elegant and memorable cantata chronicling the tragic Events of the American Civil War. Professor Johnson and his colleagues from the Nashville Songwriting community penned this absorbing and truthful account of the eventful experiences of the civil war and its impact on everyday people from all backgrounds. This telling and beautifully rendered song cycle epitomizes the best of how music itself is the ultimate storyteller of our history and our troubled experience of civil conflict. Involving, exciting, and evocative with a cast of professional singers and artists from Nashville’s best talent in the historic Crockett Theatre in downtown Lawrenceburg. Not to be missed. Free to the public and the college community!
April 18, 4pm
BEST OF TREK: TREK through the Decades
Prof. Stuart Lenig and Marla Cartwright
Star Trek has been an American institution for over 50 years. Each person has their favorite trek episodes for each iteration of the series of classic shows. Join us as our guest panel and students celebrate the wide range of episodes that Trek has given us over the history of television. While Trek celebrates space the show also celebrates the history of television and was greenlighted by pioneer Lucille Ball.
Questions? Contact Marla Cartwright at mcartwright1@columbiastate.edu