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SUMMARY:Viet Thanh Nguyen
DESCRIPTION:  \nBuy Tickets \nMain Stage\nTickets Free\,\nAdvanced Registration Required \n \nSchedule\nThe 11:00 am event is open to the public. The 11:00 am event will also be livestreamed. \nAt 12:30 pm\, an informal Q&A will be held for OCC Students\, Faculty\, and staff. Registration with an OCC email address is required for this session. \nAbout Viet Thanh Nguyen\nViet Thanh Nguyen’s writing is bold\, elegant\, and fiercely honest. His remarkable debut novel\, The Sympathizer\, won the Pulitzer Prize\, was a Dayton Literary Peace Prize winner\, and made the finalist list for the PEN/Faulkner award. \nViet and his family came to the United States as refugees during the Vietnam War in 1975. As he grew up in America\, he began to notice that most movies and books about  the war focused on Americans while the Vietnamese were silenced and erased. He was inspired by this lack of representation to write about the war from a Vietnamese perspective\, globally reimagining what we thought we knew about the conflict. The New York Times says that his novel\, The Sympathizer\, “fills a void…giving voice to the previously voiceless while it compels the rest of us to look at the events of forty years ago in a new light.” His voice is refreshing and powerful as he urges readers to examine the legacy of that tumultuous time and its aftermath from a new perspective. The audacious novel has also been described by The Guardian as having a “Whitman- like multiplicity” as it “reads like the absolute opposite of Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried.” The Committed\, the long-awaited follow-up to The Sympathizer\, was published in 2021 and has been called “a masterwork” and “revelatory.” \nViet’s book Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War was a finalist for the National Book Award. Author Ari Kelman praises Nothing Ever Dies saying it\, “provides the fullest and best explanation of how the Vietnam War has become so deeply inscribed into national memory.” His collection of short stories\, The Refugees\, explores questions of immigration\, identity\, love\, and family. In 2018\, Viet called on 17 fellow refugee writers from across the globe to shed light on their experiences\, and the result is The Displaced\, a powerful dispatch from the individual lives behind current headlines\, with proceeds to support the International Rescue Committee. \nViet was the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Grant. The MacArthur foundation noted that Viet’s work “not only offers insight into the experiences of refugees past and present\, but also poses profound questions about how we might more accurately and conscientiously portray victims and adversaries of other wars.” Along with teaching at the University of Southern California\, he works as a cultural critic-at-large for The Los Angeles Times. Viet lives in LA with his wife and two children. \nThis event is in collaboration with the Visiting Writers Reading Series. \nThe cost of tickets for this program has been generously underwritten by the sponsors of the Blauvelt Speaker Series.  \nThe Blauvelt Speaker Series is funded in part by the generosity of the late Bradford Thomas & Eleanor G. Blauvelt and the Wintrode Family Foundation. This year’s 2024-2025 additional sponsors include Carluccio\, Leone\, Dimon\, Doyle & Sacks\, LLC\, Arlene and Frank Dupignac\, Jr.\, Georgian Court University\, Kean Ocean\, Stella and Marshall Kern\, Kiwanis of Greater Toms River\, Leone & Daughters\, New Jersey Natural Gas\, and OCVTS. \nShare This:
URL:https://www.grunincenter.org/event/viet-thanh-nguyen/
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SUMMARY:Inspiring Change: Voices in Our Community
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nOcean County College\nGateway Lecture Hall\nBuilding 101\nFree\n \nAbout This Event\nIn celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month\, join us for an uplifting panel discussion featuring Hispanic and Latinx leaders positively impacting their communities and on our campus. This event highlights dedicated campus and community members who embody and spread joy through their work\, activism\, and creativity. \nOur panelists will share their journeys\, revealing the challenges they’ve faced and their triumphs. These changemakers will share inspiring stories of perseverance\, dedication\, and love of community. \nPanelists: Dr. Tara Chalakani\, CEO of Preferred Behavioral Health Group\,\nLaura Garzon\, OCC Community Ambassadors Club\,\nMary Guarin\, Community Ambassadors \nModerator: Veronica Guevara-Lovgren\, Executive Director\, Student Services \nHosted By: The OCC Cultural Diversity/ Heritage Committee & The Grunin Center for the Arts \nShare This:
URL:https://www.grunincenter.org/event/inspiring-change/
CATEGORIES:Free Shows,OCC Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T110000
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SUMMARY:Emiliana Simon-Thomas
DESCRIPTION:  \nBuy Tickets \nMain Stage\nTickets Free\,\nAdvanced Registration Required \n \nSchedule\nThe 11:00 am event is open to the public. The 11:00 am event will also be livestreamed. \nAt 12:30 pm\, an informal Q&A will be held for OCC Students\, Faculty\, and staff. Registration with an OCC email address is required for this session. \nAbout Emiliana Simon-Thomas\nEmiliana Simon-Thomas\, PhD is the Science Director at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center (GGSC). She runs the GGSC’s campus research fellowship programs and directs key initiatives like Expanding the Science and Practice of Gratitude and Person-Activity Fit for Online Happiness Practices. She also co-teaches both the Science of Happiness and the Science of Happiness at Work Professional Certificate Series courses. \nAlongside her academic and popular publications Emiliana co-edited the transdisciplinary Oxford Handbook of Compassion Science\, and serves as the executive director of the UC Berkeley-UCSF-Harvard branch of the NIH funded Science of Emotional Well-being Network. Emiliana also advises organizations – from a climate\, product\, and policy perspective – on why and how to promote well-being. Sharing practical strategies that can be implemented across multiple contexts and settings\, Emiliana offers actionable insights that can measurably improve three key drivers of happiness: social connection\, positive emotion\, and resilience to stress. \nAn international expert voice on the foundations and advantages of prosocial states and behaviors and research-backed approaches to strengthening emotional well-being\, Emiliana’s work leverages scientific insights to help people live better lives individually\, in relationships with others\, within organizations and communities\, and society-wide. \nThe cost of tickets for this program has been generously underwritten by the sponsors of the Blauvelt Speaker Series.  \nThe Blauvelt Speaker Series is funded in part by the generosity of the late Bradford Thomas & Eleanor G. Blauvelt and the Wintrode Family Foundation. This year’s 2024-2025 additional sponsors include Carluccio\, Leone\, Dimon\, Doyle & Sacks\, LLC\, Arlene and Frank Dupignac\, Jr.\, Georgian Court University\, Kean Ocean\, Stella and Marshall Kern\, Kiwanis of Greater Toms River\, Leone & Daughters\, New Jersey Natural Gas\, and OCVTS. \nShare This:
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SUMMARY:A Conversation with Stephanie Ramos
DESCRIPTION:  \nBuy Tickets \nMain Stage\nTickets Free\,\nAdvanced Registration Required \n \nSchedule\nThe 6:00 pm event is open to the public. The 6:00 pm event will also be livestreamed. Registration for the free livestream is open online until 4:00pm the day of the event. For Livestream details and support\, please visit our Virtual Events Information Page. \nAbout Stephanie Ramos\nStephanie Ramos is a correspondent for ABC News based in NYC. She has been front and center on every major news story and has covered everything from the White House\, the COVID pandemic\, the contentious Alabama Senate race\, the tragic Parkland shooting\, Hurricane Irma\, the 2016 election\, and the Charlottesville protests. She reports across all ABC News platforms\, including GMA\, World News Tonight\, ABC News Live\, Nightline\, and 20/20. She also regularly fills in as an anchor for Weekend GMA\, ABC News Live\, and Nightline. Ramos started with ABC as a multi-platform reporter based in Washington\, D.C.\, and served as a Pentagon reporter as well. \nPrior to ABC\, Ramos reported for local stations in Kansas City\, MO; Topeka\, KS; and Columbia\, SC where she established herself as a tenacious reporter covering important issues such as immigration\, politics\, and crime. \nRamos is a U.S. Army Reserve Major with years of service experience that has been valuable to ABC’s reporting and understanding of conflicts around the world. In 2008 she was a 1st Lieutenant in Iraq\, receiving multiple medals for her honorable service including the Meritorious Service Medal. When she returned\, she and her husband produced the award-winning special\, To Baghdad & Back\, using footage she captured on a small handheld camcorder throughout her tour. \nThe cost of tickets for this program has been generously underwritten by the sponsors of the Blauvelt Speaker Series.  \nThe Blauvelt Speaker Series is funded in part by the generosity of the late Bradford Thomas & Eleanor G. Blauvelt and the Wintrode Family Foundation. This year’s 2024-2025 additional sponsors include Carluccio\, Leone\, Dimon\, Doyle & Sacks\, LLC\, Arlene and Frank Dupignac\, Jr.\, Georgian Court University\, Kean Ocean\, Stella and Marshall Kern\, Kiwanis of Greater Toms River\, Leone & Daughters\, New Jersey Natural Gas\, and OCVTS. \nShare This:
URL:https://www.grunincenter.org/event/stephanie-ramos/
CATEGORIES:Blauvelt Speaker Series,Free Shows
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SUMMARY:New Jersey Symphony at Ocean County College
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nThis event has passed. \nOCC Campus Mall\nPlease bring your own blanket or chairs for seating \nAbout The Show\nEstimated Concert Duration: 2 hours \nJoshua Gersen conductor\nNew Jersey Symphony \nEnjoy the sounds of your New Jersey Symphony under the stars! This free program features a medley of timeless classics\, Broadway themes and patriotic favorites. The program also celebrates the Garden State with pieces like John Williams’ Liberty Fanfare\, John Philip Sousa’s Atlantic City Pageant March and other Jersey treasures. \nThe Symphony returns to Toms River to perform at Ocean County College. Fans can enjoy a summer evening of symphonic music close to home. \nJohn Stafford Smith/Damrosch The Star Spangled Banner\nPytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky Polonaise from Eugene Onegin\nGiuseppe Verdi Overture to Nabucco\nPeter Mascagni Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana\nGeorges Bizet Selections from Carmen\nJohn Williams Liberty Fanfare\nValerie Coleman Seven O’Clock Shout\nAaron Copland “Saturday Night Waltz” and “Hoe Down” from Rodeo\nGeorge Gershwin / arr. Bennett Selections from Porgy and Bess\nVarious Composers / arr. Moss Salute to Ol’ Blue Eyes\nJohn Philip Sousa Atlantic City Pageant March\nVarious Composers / arr. Lowden Armed Forces Salute\nJohn Philip Sousa Stars and Stripes Forever \n \nThis concert is sponsored by the Ocean County College Foundation and supported by the Ocean County Cultural and Heritage Commission and Ocean County Board of Commissioners. \nPrograms and artists are subject to change. \nShare This:
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