Wick Poetry Center
Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Professor, Wick Poetry Center Earn University’s Diversity Awards
Molly Merryman, Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University associate professor of sociology and founding director of the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Women’s Center, has been awarded the university’s 2016 Diversity Trailblazer Award. The annual Diversity Trailblazer Award recognizes diversity pioneers associated with Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ who have …
Kent Campus
Thank you, Wick interns, student workers, and graduate fellow!
As the Fall 2015 semester comes to a close, we have to give the warmest of thanks to our incredible student interns, workers, and graduate fellow. This year was extra special, as we were able to start the semester with two days in Millersburg, Ohio at the Young's Artist Residency. We had a wonderful…
Wick Poetry Center
Wick Poetry Center Is One of the Knight Arts Challenge Akron Finalists
We are thrilled to be a finalist for the Knight Arts Challenge and to have our Traveling Stanzas project promote the voices of students, immigrants, and refugees in the city of Akron! ANNOUNCING THE FINALISTS IN THE KNIGHT ARTS CHALLENGE AKRONon Twitter Posted by Bahia Ramos and Kyle Kutu…
Wick Poetry Center
World Poetry Reading A Huge Success
The World Poetry Reading was the best medicine for all of the terrible news lately. Over 100 students and community members came out to hear 11 international students read poems in their native languages. People in the audience were literally cheering. Poetry is one of the best ways to share our hum…
Wick Poetry Center
Naomi Shihab Nye will speak two nights at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University as part of the Guest of Honor Artist/Lecture Series and the Wick Poetry Center Reading Series
Nye will deliver a guest lecture at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 28 and give a poetry reading at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 29 co-sponsored by the Honors College and May 4 Visitors Center. Both events will be held in the Kent Student Center Kiva, and are free and open to the public. The two evening events will celeb…
Wick Poetry Center
Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ to Host Former Poet Laureate Rita Dove
Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University’s Wick Poetry Center will host poet Rita Dove as part of the Fourth Annual U.S. Poet Laureate Reading. The event is part of the 2014-2015 reading series and will take place on Thursday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva. The event is free and open to the pub…
Kent Campus
Á½ÐÔÉ«Îçҹ’s May 4 Visitors Center to Host Discussion of Social Impact of Marvin Gaye’s Album and the Vietnam War
The Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University May 4 Visitors Center kicks off the 45th Annual May 4 Commemoration by hosting a multimedia presentation by Lauren Onkey, Ph.D., vice president of education and public programs for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, on March 30 at 7 p.m. in the Kent Student Center K…
Kent Campus
Two Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Collaborators Win Oral History Association Award for Work on May 4, 1970, Voices Documentary
The documentary film May 4th Voices: Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹, 1970, created by two Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University collaborators, is a recipient of the 2014 Oral History Association’s Oral History in a Nonprint Format Award. The Oral History Association is an organization that seeks to bring together all people interested…
Kent Campus
Two Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Collaborators Win Oral History Association Award for Work on May 4th Voices Documentary
The documentary film May 4th Voices: Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹, 1970, created by Kenneth Bindas, Ph.D., professor and chair of the history department, and David Hassler, the director of the Wick Poetry Center, is a recipient of the 2014 Oral History Association’s Oral History in a Nonprint Format Award. The Oral History Association is an organization that seeks to bring together all people interested in oral history as a way of collecting and interpreting human memories to foster knowledge and human dignity.
College of Arts & Sciences
National Poetry Day!
October 15 is National Poetry Day! Please join us at the May Prentice House to celebrate. "Celebrating Our Own" is an annual poetry reading hosted by the Wick Poetry Center featuring our high school and undergraduate scholarship winners. May Prentice House Tuesday, October 15, 20…
College of Arts & Sciences