INNOVATIVE, FANTASTIC, AWESOME, AND DYNAMIC - These are the words used by audiences all over the world to describe the explasive entertainment provided by the group, Serieux.  Serieux is a high impact group of singers and musicians, who has re-serfaced the back-in-the-day Motown sound that once captivated the entire world.

Bill Barkeley is one of 15,000 people in the U.S. and 100,000 in the world with Usher’s Syndrome (Type 2) the leading cause of deaf-blindness in the world.  Bill recently climbed and reached Mount Kilimanjaro the tallest mountain in Africa (19.400 feet).  Bill’s journey to Africa was a project to share an intensely personal and motivational story of inspiration, aspiration, hope and faith with others around the world. Bill is a sought after and dynamic motivational public speaker that travels the world sharing his life experiences as a deaf-blind person with schools, non-profits and corporations.

The collegewide Student LIFE Committee sponsors major speakers. Professor Inglehart’s ongoing research focuses on cultural change and its consequences. To explore this, he is coordinating a world-wide survey of mass values and attitudes, the World Values Survey. This database reveals astonishingly strong linkages between the values and beliefs of mass publics and the presence or
absence of democratic institutions, supporting the thesis that political culture plays a crucial role in the emergence and survival of democracy. The findings indicate that the evolution of industrial society tends to make democratic political institutions more likely, partly because the publics of these societies are becoming increasingly likely to want democratic institutions, and increasingly adept at getting them.

This free two-day festival explores performance, writing and editing issues for performers and writers.  We will explore poetry, drama, oral histories and more.  You are welcome to come for all or part of this engaging event.  Sessions will include chances for you to read your own work, perform a cutting from some literature, join us in an actor's workshop, watch solo & group performances, just join us to talk about writing & performance, and more.  To see our schedule and look at past schedules, visit:

http://www.oaklandcc.edu/studentlife/Forensics.htm

This free two-day festival explores performance, writing and editing issues for performers and writers.  We will explore poetry, drama, oral histories and more.  You are welcome to come for all or part of this engaging event.  Sessions will include chances for you to read your own work, perform a cutting from some literature, join us in an actor's workshop, watch solo & group performances, just join us to talk about writing & performance, and more.  To see our schedule and look at past schedules, visit:

http://www.oaklandcc.edu/studentlife/Forensics.htm

This free two-day festival explores performance, writing and editing issues for performers and writers.  We will explore poetry, drama, oral histories and more.  You are welcome to come for all or part of this engaging event.  Sessions will include chances for you to read your own work, perform a cutting from some literature, join us in an actor's workshop, watch solo & group performances, just join us to talk about writing & performance, and more.  To see our schedule and look at past schedules, visit:

http://www.oaklandcc.edu/studentlife/Forensics.htm