Distinguished Lecture Series
supported by an MCCC Foundation designated fund
All lectures -- free and open to the public -- are at 12 noon in the
CM Building on the West Windsor campus.
For additional information, call (609) 570-3324 or e-mail
munnr@mccc.edu.
Spring 2023
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Tuesday, March 7, 2023 - 12 noon, CM108
A Vocal Village: Building Pathways for Academic Partnerships in Title IX Reporting
The life force of every institution is the students and the employees who support it. As many join the
institution’s collective body, unfortunate opportunities for bias and discrimination present themselves as barriers
to success and safety. Building strategic partnerships, as well as reporting systems, are keys to ensuring safety
and equity. As we become more vocal collectively we can reap the benefits in kind. Please join
Chelsea Jacoby, Ed.D., Director of Title IX Compliance and Sexual Misconduct from The College of New Jersey, for this discussion.
Recommended by: Marvin Carter, Ed.S, MCCC Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 - 12 noon, CM108
From Rhetoric to Reality: The Green Amendment Movement for Environmental Protection and Justice
Please join author
Maya van Rossum, Delaware River keeper and founder of the national Green Amendment
movement, for her talk about her new book,
The Green Amendment, The People’s Fight for a Clean, Safe and
Healthy Environment. The talk will focus on the National Green Amendment movement and what is happening
right here in New Jersey to secure a constitutional right in the state constitution for clean water and air, a stable
climate, and healthy environments.
Recommended by: Professor Laura Blinderman, Department of Biology
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Wednesday, April 19, 2023 - 12 noon, CM108
Energy and Climate Change
In 2020, fossil fuels contributed 80% of the world’s energy and renewables 20%. By 2050, fossil fuels are
projected by the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to fall to 70%, but the absolute amount, as well as
carbon dioxide emissions, will increase by 25% due to growth in overall energy demand. In this talk,
Dr. Andrew Jackson, member of the National Academy of Engineering and fellow of The American Society of
Mechanical Engineers, will discuss zero carbon energy sources and their potential for growth and for the
displacement of fossil fuels.
Recommended by: Associate Professor Ellen Genovesi, Department of Biology