Speaker: Lilly Chu on “Life After School”
The Houston Job Market: Scary or for the Savvy?
Wednesday, Sept. 30th 12:30 p.m. Katy Campus CyberLounge
Podcast:
We read about the layoffs yet are told that Houston’s job market is better than most other city’s. What prospects do our students have? What jobs are out there? Pandora’s Box presents Lilly Chu of the Houston Better Business Bureau to discuss “Life after School” on Wednesday, September 30. The director of programming for the HBBB will appraise students of the job landscape and give them a practical look at the prospects and possibilities facing them after graduation. Criminal Justice professor Rudy Hardy will introduce the speaker.
HCC students, faculty, staff, and the public are invited. The free event, a Continuing Ed course with on site registration, begins at 12:30 p.m. in the Katy Cyber Lounge at 1550 Foxlake Drive, 77084. For more information please call 713-718-5750, contact michael.ronan@hccs.edu.
Film: Ten Trillion and Counting
Pandora’s Box Counts National Debt: Ten Trillion!
Tuesday, September 29th at 12:30 p.m. in the Katy Campus Cyber Lounge
Remember, in 2000, presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore debated what to do with the national surplus!?! What happened? On Tuesday, September 29, Pandora’s Box presents the documentary Ten Trillion and Counting, which traces the politics behind the staggering U.S. national debt and investigates a looming crisis that makes our current national financial situation pale in comparison. Associate Dean Mark Tiller will introduce the film and lead discussions afterwards.
HCC students, faculty, staff, and the public are invited. The free event, a Continuing Ed course with on site registration, begins at 12:30 p.m. in the Katy Cyber Lounge at 1550 Foxlake Drive, 77084. For more information please call 713-718-5750, contact michael.ronan@hccs.edu.
Film: Pray the devil back to hell
What happens to families during civil wars? Can women do anything to stop the carnage? On Wednesday, September 23, Pandora’s Box Continuing education class presents a film about what finally ended the civil war in Liberia: Pray the Devil Back to Hell. The film chronicles how thousands of Liberian women, both Muslim and Christian, came together to end a bloody, decade long civil war and brought peace to their shattered country. Sociology professor Michael Fonge will introduce the film and lead discussions afterwards.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 12:30 pm Katy Campus Cyber Lounge
More information:
Information on the country of Liberia
Speaker: Walter Kase
Podcast:
“Survivors like myself won’t be around here five or ten years from now.“
Hear the riveting story of Walter Kase, who was held in five concentration camps before being liberated at age fifteen and weighing 64 pounds. He will discuss his boyhood experiences before, during, and after living in the camps, his family, his immigration to America, and the mystery behind his emotional reaction to chocolate.
Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 12:30pm Katy Campus Cyber Lounge