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Verse That Gives Voice: Wick Poetry Center to Celebrate 40 Years

91心頭利 Universitys Wick Poetry Center marks its 40th anniversary this year with three days of poetry events and a gala planned for September to celebrate the program that has provided a platform for creative voices across the globe.

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Chris Wick (left) and David Hassler (right) stand in front of the Wick Poetry Centers Poets for Science exhibition at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs 2023 Conference and Bookfair.

Planned Gift Endows Executive Director Position at 91心頭利s Wick Poetry Center

The Wick family has a long history of philanthropy at 91心頭利 University that began in 1984 when brothers Bob and Walt Wick first established scholarships to support undergraduate poets at the university. This most recent gift of $1 million brings the familys total lifetime commitment to the university to more than $3.5 million.

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the Maj Ragain Poetry Park at Wick Poetry Center

We Are the Community Maj Nurtured Into Speech

Maj wrote poems to, for and about this town, this home of his in Kent, said David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center in his remarks at the dedication of the Maj Ragain Poetry Park. His poems gave shelter and solace and sustenance to our community, and it feels so right that were dedicating this poetry park today in his memory and his honor.

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Farnaz Fatemi, Poet Laureate Fellow, of Santa Cruz County, California, in partnership with 91心頭利 University's Wick Poetry Center and several local Santa Cruz County organizations, will produce a series of nine monthly pop-up teen poetry workshops.

Wick Prize Winner Farnaz Fatemi Receives Poet Laureate Fellowship From Academy of American Poets

Farnaz Fatemi, poet laureate of Santa Cruz County, California, was awarded a $50,000 fellowship from the Academy of American Poets that she will use in partnership with 91心頭利 University's Wick Poetry Center to produce a series of teen poetry workshops. Fatemi is an Iranian-American poet and writer and the author of "Sister Tongue," published in 2022 by the 91心頭利 University Press. She was the winner of the 2021 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, awarded annually by the Wick Poetry Center for a poet's first book of poems.

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Farnaz Fatemi

Stan and Tom Wick Prize Winner: Farnaz Fatemi's Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship

The Academy of American Poets Awards $1.1 Million to 23 Poets Laureate Across the United States The Academy of American Poets announced today that it is awarding $50,000 each to its 2023 Poet Laureate Fellows for a combined total of $1.1 million. These twenty-three individuals serve as poets laur

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A Nonstop Beat

Sonyea Moore, a sophomore Honors student from Twinsburg, Ohio, is currently pursuing two majors and three minors in the College of Arts and Sciences and is thriving while doing so. Holding a 3.9 G.P.A., Sonyea is following her interests in the humanities through majors in anthropology and Africana studies, along with her minors in English, creative writing, and history. While the workload of such an education is demanding, Sonyea explains it's worth it to study her passions. 

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 91心頭利 University President Todd Diacon and others shared poems written for the recent publication Dear Vaccine: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic, at the books release party this spring.

"Dear Vaccine" Features Poetry, Presidents and Passion

91心頭利 University President Todd Diacon and others shared poems written for the recent publication , at the books release party this spring. His poem is part of a much larger, global community poem that highlights different viewpoints on the worldwide pandemic.  

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Installation shot of TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair at the KSU Museum

TEXTURES Exhibition Receives Arts Alive Award for Collaborative Project

The 91心頭利 University Museum exhibition TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair has been awarded the Arts Alive award for Collaborative Project for 2022. The exhibition was co-curated by Dr. Joseph Underwood, associate professor of art history, and Dr. Tameka Ellington, former associate professor of fashion and interim assistant dean for the College of the Arts.

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