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Admissions and College Choice How to pick a college or graduate school -- what to do, what not to do. Ten tips for a successful application process. Art / History Art and the Public Image: How has art been used as propaganda and as polemic in European and American society? Art / Music The Arts and the 20th Century: What was going on?: The arts of the 20th century are a reflection of the fractured nature of the 20th century, and the turn from the collective nature of society to the individual. Auto Financing/Leasing Having more than 10 year's experience as a manager in the automotive business, I know what goes on behind the scenes, as well as what is really in your payments. The key is to be a better educated and informed consumer for your next automobile purchase or lease. Careers: Communication and Presentation Skills Topics included such as organize your speech, body language, eye contact, vocal variety, prepare with the audience in mind, become comfortable with visual aids, persuade with power, inspire your audience, introduce and thank a speaker. Careers: Interest Testing The Strong Vocational Interest Inventory will be administered and interpreted. The Inventory compares a person's interest patterns to those of people employed in a variety of occupations. This information can lead to career options and higher career satisfaction. An additional fee will be charged for the Inventories. Careers: Business Etiquette Includes topics such as first impressions, business attire, power etiquette, dining etiquette, business entertaining and travel, international protocol, dating etiquette, and student programs. Careers: Interviewing Techniques Learn the ins and outs of interviewing skills for today's competitive job market. Topics covered will consist of preparation, types of interviews, dressing for success, practice questions and handling different venues. Children: A Day in the Life of a Civil War Soldier Children: Hands-on Math Exploration for Young People Children: Writing and Solving Lewis Carroll Puzzles Corporate Development: Business Ethics Although the primary goal for most businesses and organizations is to make a profit, ethics must play an important role. It means doing what's right, fair, honest, and of course legal. This informative session will open some eyes. This speaker is on the Board of Directors of the Better Business Bureau of New Jersey. Corporate Development: Achiever or Hero: Assessing your Organizational Personality Corporate Development: Developing a Marketing Plan for Small Organizations Corporate Development: Fund Raising for Community-Based Organizations Corporate Development: Strategic Planning for Non-Profits This session will explore the basic principles of strategic planning for non-profit organizations and provide a sequence of "how-to" processes to develop the plan. Criminal Justice: Officers in Crisis-Police Suicide This is a deeply troubling topic for many police officers, their families and their communities. When it happens the usual reaction is denial. This topic will explore the problems facing police officers and why so many choose to take their lives. It will also offer suggestion on how to reduce the problem. Criminal Justice: To Execute or Not to Execute This lecture will explore the reasons why execution is considered a viable alternative by some persons in the Criminal Justice System and a not so viable alternative for others. The speaker will illustrate and discuss his experience securing the release of two innocent men from life in prison. Criminal Justice: Violence: Cause, Effect and Solution Explores the root causes of violent criminal behavior and how it effects society. Various solutions to this ongoing problem will be explored during the course of the presentation. Development: Corporate and Foundation Relations Session provides an overview of corporate and private foundation development for not-for-profit organizations. Included in the session will be discussions on building relationships and development of an approach that can lead to successful fund-raising for development officers or individuals associated with not-for-profits who are attempting to increase support for their organizations. Education: Holistic Education in a Century of Specialization The 21st century seems to split the learning process into individual, complex segments that are seldom integrated into the overall experience and how this effects our youth. In this workshop, I emphasize the Basic Concepts of Ongoing Learning. Education: CCM Placement Testing Options Description: Learn about the various placement testing options available to you at the County College of Morris. Testing options include basic skills placement, advanced placement, college level examination program, etc. Education: County College of Morris Education: County College of Morris: Serving the Community Education: Critical Issues in Higher Education Education: Cultural Diversity in Education Education: Dealing with Disruptive Students in the Classroom Education: Minority Student Experience at CCM Education: Preparing for College Education: Trends in Higher Education Family: Communication 101 Effective communication is important in all areas of our lives. The way we express ourselves is the way we are known in the world. Learn the most important techniques to become an effective communicator and achieve your goals. Family: Couples Enrichment Workshop Relationships, especially intimate relationships, provide an excellent opportunity for us to learn more about ourselves and to grow as individuals. Learn more about what triggers your most intense reactions and how to deal with these triggers in productive ways. This workshop is intended for individuals, NOT for couples. Family: He's Cute Mommy, But Can We Take Him Back Now? Birth order and sibling rivalry will be discussed as well as how parents can cope with these issues in the family. Family: Nature vs. Nurture in Family Dynamics Understanding the origin of individual differences and how to cope with them. Family: Communicating with Your Teen This workshop helps parents to understand and deal with their teenager's stage of development. Discover effective strategies for listening and disciplining, while building self-esteem and encouraging responsibility. The workshop is intended to reduce parents' frustrations, nagging and yelling, which so often accompany this stage of development. Family: Parenting Skills Being a parent in these stressful times is a difficult job. Our children have many challenges to overcome in their lives. Learn how we can discipline effectively and help our children to grow, be strong, and thrive in spite of the difficulties they will encounter in their lives. Family: Reconnecting Relationships There is a crisis in intimate relationships in our culture. Divorce rates exceed 50 percent. Our culture prepares us to fall in love but we need the skills to stay in love. Learn five core relational skills to improve and enhance your relationship. Family: Separation, Divorce and Beyond Moving through separation and divorce to a life beyond can be difficult. This workshop will explore the emotional, psychological, social, sexual and economic implications of divorce. Topics will include: reasons to divorce and making the decision, telling the children, the emotional stages of divorce, social support, the single lifestyle, and forming new relationships. Special emphasis will be placed upon how the family can be restructured so that it will work well, thereby reducing the trauma for children as well as the adults. Family: What It Means to Have a College Student in the Family: The Transition from High School to College The transition from high school to college can bring a variety of exciting challenges for both students and parents. Learn how to better understand your son or daughter in their new role as a college student. Health: Qigong, Ancient Chinese Art of Health Around 1122 BC, the Chinese developed a system of "Self Care" along the guidelines of prevention and maintenance. In this workshop, I discuss the basic concepts of Traditional Chinese Medicine and guide the participants through breathing and movement posture. Health: Taijiquan (Tai Chi) Ancient Martial Art of Dynamic Meditation In this workshop, I explain, demonstrate and encourage the participants into an active experience of moving meditation. Health: The Mind-Body Connection We know through research that there is a strong connection between the mind and the body. Our thoughts project the messages our bodies hear. Learn how to use your thoughts to create the life you’ve always wanted. History / Religion American Christianity and Politics: The relationship between Religious values and American history: Where does this all come from? The origins of America as the search for the perfect society. History / Religion America and the Search for Catholic Identity: The American search for religious meaning as seen through the eyes of Orestes Brownson, American author, philosopher and controversialist. History, Women's: CCM's Rosie the Riveter Project History, women's: CCM's Rosie the Riveter Project documenting Morris County women's work in the defense industry during World War II. History, Women's: Women in the War Zone History, Women's: Women in the war zone: American civilian and military women's service in Vietnam. Innocent on Death Row--a real life rescue This case involved two men from Columbus Ohio who were falsely convicted of the murder of a bank guard and bank robbery in Columbus in the late 70's. Based upon a review of their case I was able to develop evidence that they were innocent and they were subsequently released from prison after they have served more than 25 years behind bars. They had been sentenced to death, but the sentence was commuted to natural life. Literature/Religion: Tales of Magic, Miracles and Mystics In this dynamic presentation, Dr. Levy reads and discusses a collection of tales drawn from diverse religious traditions. Some are true tales of fascinating figures, others are fictional. All are tales that you will long remember with pleasure. Literature: The New U.S. Poet Laureate Poet and Editor Sander Zulauf discusses the work of the current United States Poet Laureate and some of the outstanding poets who have been honored with the position. Literature: The Top Ten Religious Poems Sander Zulauf, Poet Laureate of the Diocese of Newark, looks at the transcendent spirit present in ten luminous poems. Literature: Walt Whitman in Camden The last 20 years of Whitman's life and how he lived them on Mickle Street in Camden. Literature: A Poetry Reading from Succasunna (Original Poetry by Sander Zulauf) A poetry reading by the author of "Succasunna New Jersey", Editor of the "Journal for New Jersey Poets", and Poet Laureate of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark. Literature: Best American Poets of the Late 20th Century A reading and discussion of some of the finest poems and poets of the last 40 years by Sander Zulauf, the founding editor of the "Index of American Periodical Verse." Literature: Breaking into Blossom: An Introduction to the Poetry of James Wright Wright, who died in 1981 and was a working-class poet from Martins Ferry, Ohio, won the Pulitzer Prize for his remarkable poetry, and had a tremendous influence on his son, Franz, who won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2004. Literature: Elements of Poetry Poet Sander Zulauf on how poetry can make a difference in your life. Literature: Emily Dickinson: A Study of Poetry and the Illness of Agoraphobia Is it possible that poet Emily Dickinson suffered from the illness of agoraphobia, which at the time was unknown? The speaker will take you through the poems and letters that reveal the poet's undiagnosed and untreated illness, helping us to understand and interpret her words better. Literature: Emily Dickinson: Poetry and Contemporary Adults The poetry of Emily Dickinson served as inspiration for many contemporary artists, including Will Barnet, Roni Horn, and Lesley Dill. Read the poems and see the images that resulted from this blend. Literature: Georgia O'Keeffe and American Transcendentalism Although artist Georgia O'Keeffe was a modern figure, her work shares many commonalities with an important 19th century movement called Transcendentalism. See the paintings and compare them to the words of writers like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Literature: More Than Plenty and Never Enough: Why Poetry Matters Poet Sander Zulauf on how poetry can make a difference in your life. Literature: New Jersey's Poets and Poems Poet Sander Zulauf discusses the new anthology from Jersey Shore Publications, "New Jersey Poets: From Colonial to Contemporary." Literature: Penpals - Writers and Their Pets A look at the loving companions of the writer who put up with scratching pens, hammering keys and crumpling sheets of paper. Literature: Philip Freneau of Monmouth, Forgotten Father of American Poetry How this New Jerseyan, famously called a "Rascal" by George Washington, became the poet of the American Revolution and the "father" of American Poetry. Literature: Poetry and Religion Sander Zulauf, Poet Laureate of the Diocese of Newark, examines the eternal connection. Literature: Rembrandt and the Bible Rembrandt is not only noted for his self-portraits, but for his fondness for the subjects of the Bible. See how he brought to life in images the stories of the past. Literature: Remembering Kenneth Burke A personal tribute to one of the 20th century America's original geniuses, the poet-philosopher-rhetorician-critic from Andover by poet Sander Zulauf who was his friend for the last fifteen years of his long life. Literature: The Care and Feeding of Your Poems Tips from the Editor of the "Journal of New Jersey Poets" on getting your poetry published in the 21st century. Literature: The Doc, the Philosopher, and the Modern William Carlos Williams, Kenneth Burke, and American Poetry. A poet looks at the relationship between these two friends from New Jersey who shaped modern American poetry. Literature: The Hudson River School of Art and American Writers Art and Literature, sister arts, are tightly connected in the American past. Join the speaker as she demonstrates the bond between these two. Literature: World's Greatest Love Poems Poet Sander Zulauf invites the audience to join him in reading aloud some of the poems that help define the world. Math: Using Mathematics in the Real World Illustrations of mathematics that occur in the real world will be given. The illustrations will come from topics that include physics, chemistry, business, biology, and engineering. Specific examples cited may include the following; velocity, acceleration, pH, mortgages, credit card debt, annuities, and bacteria growth. The “golden ratio” will be discussed, as well. Psychology: Drugs, The seduction of least resistance In this workshop, I discuss the power of instant gratification and explore possible alternatives. Public Safety: Defensive Driving Six or eight hour training sessions or one hour speeches on the driving task. Point reduction and insurance benefits offered. Public Safety: Gang Violence in New Jersey An overview of gang activity and growth in New Jersey suburbs. Public Safety: New Jersey Work and Community Right-To-Know An overview of state and federal chemical laws and safety in the workplace Public Safety: Occupational Safety and Health Act An overview of OSHA for public employees in New Jersey. Public Safety: Security Training and Education Various Environmental Health and Safety programs that are mandated by law. Recognition and Current Treatment Trends of Concussion in Sports Explain how concussion occurs in sports and other activities. Learn the symptoms of concussion. Provide information on recognition and management of concussion. Learn how to know when it is safe to return to sports after a concussion. Religion: Houdini and Conan Doyle - Two Friends Fighting Over the Afterlife Harry Houdini, the great magician, escape artist, and skeptic about the afterlife, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the immortal detective Sherlock Holmes and firm believer in the afterlife, were good friends until Doyle’s wife led a séance to communicate with Houdini’s deceased mother. Houdini suggested she was a fraud, and the Doyles were deeply offended. In this dynamic presentation, Dr. Levy describes their opposing views, and illuminates a topic that intrigues us all. Religion: The Eternal Quest - Philosophers & Scientists on God Is there a God? All of us, including philosophers and scientists, ponder this question now and again. In this lecture, Dr. Levy explores the answers of major thinkers-- Plato, Aquinas, al Ghazali, Newton, Hume, Darwin, Dawkins, James and Einstein. You will enjoy stepping with these great minds into this heady twilight region--one foot in reason, the other in faith. Religion: Insights into Islam In this presentation, Dr. Levy explains the basic beliefs of Islam; retells many of the fascinating stories of the Prophet Muhammad; reads passages from the Qur'an, the Holy Book of Islam; and shows Islam’s connections with Judaism and Christianity. You will walk away with a deep appreciation of this faith. Second Life: An Introduction Second Life is an immersive 3-D on-line environment now being used in education, politics, and business. More than 1 million U.S. dollars is exchanged each day within this interactive environment. Learn about the positive and negative aspects of Second Life, how everyday people and business are creating their own virtual identities and spaces, and how to become active within the "grid". Self Improvement: Developing Patience Do you desire to be kind and patient with others, but find that you often fall short of your desire? Learn what triggers your patience and what triggers your impatience, so that you may access your patience in difficult situations. Understand the relationship between time and patience, and how making time for yourself improves your capacity to be patient with others. Learn how to develop elasticity in your life in order to respond with patience and compassion to whatever life presents. Self Improvement: Empowerment: Creating a Growing Couple Relationship This workshop will use the empowerment model to help you envision and create a committed long-term couple relationship. It is intended to support individuals already in such a relationship, as well as those seeking such a relationship. It will address the patterns that may have obstructed this in the past. It will also address common relationship fears and transform them into a vision of how you would like your life to be with regard to relationships. Self Improvement: Empowerment: Creating Your Life As You Want It This workshop will serve as an introduction to the empowerment process. It is intended to support you in creating your life as you want it. In order to change your life, you need to envision new possibilities and transform the beliefs that limit these new possibilities from being created. The tools of affirmation and visualization will be used to help you manifest your dreams. Self Improvement: Managing Stress Stress can have value in your life, or can rob you of your energy and enthusiasm. Learn how to deal with stress so that you can reduce it to a manageable level. Stress related to career and family, as well as other aspects of life, will be discussed. Self Improvement: Simplify Your Life In spite of time-saving devices available to us today, life seems more complicated and stressful than ever before. The demands of work and family life, the things we want to do and those we must do, constantly compete for our limited hours and days. Feeling pressured by the lack of time, we often feel like we are constantly running. Learn attitudes and strategies to recapture the joy of life while increasing productivity and efficiency. Self Improvement: Women and Self-Esteem Studies of women have shown a vulnerability to depression, lack of self-esteem, and a tendency to see themselves as less capable than they really are. Participants in this session will explore how self-esteem affects individual women's psychological health, relationships, work performances, and attitudes toward others. Suggestions will be made for what women can do to increase their self-esteem and take more control of their lives, making it happier and more fulfilled. Self Improvement: Assertiveness Training Learn about what assertive behavior is and why it is desirable. Deal more effectively with criticism, decision-making and conflict resolution. Self Improvement: Building Self Esteem Participants in this session will explore how self-esteem affects psychological health, relationships, work performance, and attitudes toward others. Suggestions will be made for what one can do to increase self-esteem and take more control of life, making it happier and more fulfilled. Self Improvement: Communication Skills for Seniors As families mature, new issues arise in dealing with adult children, their spouses, grandchildren, etc. Learn how to cope with these changes diplomatically. Self Improvement: Creative Visualization What we believe is possible for us in our lives is what we can have manifest for us. Learn how to use the techniques of creative visualization and imagery to create a "Life that you love." Self Improvement: Getting Rid of Clutter Do you feel as if you just can't keep up? Do you have stacks of paper everywhere you turn? Do you feel as if your life is so cluttered that you live in a state of perpetual frenzy? Many of us have good intentions, but have not been able to change these patterns. Learn new ways to deal with the clutter in your life to bring order and to remain organized, thereby reducing stress. Self Improvement: Healing the Inner Child All of us have an inner child inside that causes us to act in very specific ways that we learned in childhood. Learn how to honor your inner child and help heal the pain of the past and experience the joy of the present. Self Improvement: Mate Selection: How Not to Make the Same Mistake Twice Many of us choose to fall in love with the same kind of people over and over again. Learn the psychological programming that causes us to do this and how not to do it again. Criteria is taught for choosing healthy new relationships happy lives. Self Improvement: Positive Aspects of Multiple Roles for Women Women assume various combinations of roles in our society (e.g. employee, wife, mother, stepmother, daughter, grandmother, etc.). Although we frequently hear of negatives associated with multiple roles, such as guilt and stress, we do not often hear about the positives. Come hear about the benefits of multiple roles for women. Self Improvement: Self Empowerment This workshop will focus on how we empower or disempower ourselves. Topics will include: the personal meaning we attach to the concept of power, how we communicate with others (verbally and non-verbally), common blocks to personal empowerment, and how these blocks can be overcome. The emphasis will be on living lives which are more fulfilling and satisfying. Self Improvement: Self-Esteem Building Many of us suffer from self-esteem issues and do not hold ourselves in high regard. Learn about the triggers of low self-esteem and techniques to strengthen your self perception in all area of your life. Self Improvement: Stress Management It isn’t the stress we have in our lives but the way that we deal with that stress. Learn coping techniques and effective ways to handle your stress and life’s many challenges. Self Improvement: Successful Living: Creating Balance in Your Life Are you living successfully? What is your idea of successful living? Come to this session to help you define what you want out of life, and how to create a life in balance. Look at your values and how you spend your time to determine if your life is in balance for you. Self Improvement: The Art of Mindful Living: A Meditation Workshop Discover how to treasure daily life and feel fully alive through the philosophy and psychology of mindful living and meditation. Find out how meditation helps to calm emotions and thinking and helps in interactions with others. Explore how meditation is practiced while sitting, walking, and eating. The first session will focus on the concepts and the second will be a meditation practice session. Self Improvement: Timeshifting: Creating More Time to Enjoy Your Life In spite of all the time-saving devices available to us today, life seems more complicated and stressful than ever before. The demands of work and family life, the things we want to do and those we must do, constantly compete for our time. Feeling pressured by the lack of time, we often feel like we are constantly running. Learn attitudes and strategies to do timeshifting in order to lift yourself into a feeling of "time freedom." Women: Women's Leadership Styles |
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