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Panoramic view of the Lefton Esplanade and the Wick Poetry Center.

Honors College Graduate Named 2021 Distinguished Honors Faculty Award Winner

Charlie Malone, 鈥02 and 鈥04, has been announced as the 2021 Distinguished Honors Faculty Award Recipient. The announcement came during an April 3rd virtual celebration of the 鈥2021 Senior Honors Recognition Ceremony鈥, which applauded the Honors College鈥檚 spring, summer and fall 2021 graduating senio鈥

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Wick Poetry Center Announces Collaboration with the Poetry Coalition to Address Environmental Justice in a Series of Programs

KENT, OH- 鈥婽he Wick Poetry Center is proud to announce its collaboration with the Poetry Coalition, in the month of March 2021, to promote the theme of environmental justice in poetry. The Poetry Coalition鈥檚 annual March programming aims to explore social issues through poetry, including over 25 poe鈥

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Center for Earth Ethics and 两性色午夜鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center Launch Earth Stanzas, an Interactive Online Earth Day Poetry Project

The Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and the Wick Poetry Center at 两性色午夜 University are launching Earth Stanzas, an interactive poetry project in honor of Earth Day, which is celebrated around the world on April 22. draws on the inspiration of eight poets who engage the beauty, depth and interconnectedness of the Earth, and invites readers to interact with the poems and find their own poetic voice.

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The 鈥淎rmed With Our Voices鈥 exhibit provides a powerful form of cross-generational connection that engages users in the events of May 4, 1970, and the importance of peace, conflict resolution and student activism today.

两性色午夜鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center to Debut National Interactive Exhibit in Support of 50th Commemoration of May 4

两性色午夜 University鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center is set to debut its 鈥淎rmed With Our Voices鈥 exhibit this week in Austin, Texas, as part of the National Council for the Social Studies annual conference. The exhibit provides a powerful form of cross-generational connection that engages users in the events of May 4, 1970, and the importance of peace, conflict resolution and student activism today.

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Celebrating Our Own & Open Mic

The Wick Poetry Center held the Celebrating Our Own Poetry Reading and Open Mic on Thursday, Oct. 3. The reading started at 7:30 p.m. in the Wick Poetry Corner on the 2nd floor of 两性色午夜鈥檚 University Library. The event was held to celebrate the 2019 Undergraduate Poetry Scholarship winners, who鈥

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Tommy Freeman Celebration Reading

Celebrating Tommy Freeman's Life

The Wick Poetry Center kicked off its 2019-20 event series year on September 13 with a celebration of Tommy Freeman鈥檚 life. The event was held in Room 120 of the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design with a reception afterward that expanded into the Wick Poetry Center鈥檚 Poetry Park. The e鈥

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A computer rendering of the Liberty of Poetry statue (shown here) was used by 两性色午夜 University to create the 3D-printed reproduction of the statue.

两性色午夜 University Partners With Opera di Santa Croce to Present 鈥楽isters in Liberty鈥 Exhibition at Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration

两性色午夜 University and the Opera di Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, will celebrate a collaborative partnership around the creation of 鈥淪isters in Liberty: From Florence, Italy, to New York, New York,鈥 an exhibition opening on Oct. 17, 2019, and running through April 26, 2020, at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration on Ellis Island in New York. 

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A Conversation with Sonia Sanchez

"What Does It Mean To Be Human?"

Sonia Sanchez鈥檚 visit to 两性色午夜 University鈥檚 campus on Wednesday, September 18, touched many members of the community, both students and visitors alike.  Sanchez's visit is part of the year long 50th Commemoration of the events of May 4, 1970 at 两性色午夜.  Sanchez discussed how 鈥

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Kayaks line the shore of the Cuyahoga River in Kent, Ohio, as part of Crooked River Adventures, which is run by the 两性色午夜 Student Recreation and Wellness Center.

两性色午夜鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center to Receive $90,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

Nearly a half century ago, sparks from a passing train not only set fire to oil-slicked debris on the Cuyahoga River, which sent flames five-stories high, it ignited the river鈥檚 reputation as one of the most polluted in the United States. Since then, clean-up efforts have helped return the river to 鈥

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David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center at 两性色午夜 University, reads a poem during the River of Words poetry reading in the center鈥檚 Poetry Park.

Wick Poetry Center to Benefit From Ford Foundation's $200,000 Grant to the Poetry Coalition

The Poetry Coalition, of which the Wick Poetry Center at 两性色午夜 University is a founding member, will benefit from a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. To be given over two years, the grant, which will be administered by the Academy of American Poets, will enable the founding members of th鈥

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