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Flashes of Inspiration: Poetry to honor front line workers
May 5, 2020
Kent State University is launching a series of videos showcasing the talents of our faculty and staff aimed at providing an uplifting respite from the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Center for Earth Ethics and Kent State鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center Launch Earth Stanzas, an Interactive Online Earth Day Poetry Project
April 21, 2020
The Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University are launching Earth Stanzas, an interactive poetry project in honor of Earth Day, which is celebrated around the world on April 22.鈥
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Press Release: The Wick Poetry Center teams up with the Center for Earth Ethics to launch Earth Stanzas for Earth Day
April 19, 2020
The Wick Poetry Center and Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary launch Earth Stanzas, an interactive online Earth Day Poetry Project April 19, 2020 Kent, OH / New York, NY
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10 Questions With David Hassler, Director of the Wick Poetry Center
April 14, 2020
David Hassler is the director of the Wick Poetry Center, where he oversees the local and national Wick projects, works with students and collaborates with other programs across campus. We asked him 10 questions about Kent, Kent State, poetry and, of course, how he's keeping鈥
Read More »Armed With Our Voices
March 30, 2020
During Governor Mike DeWine鈥檚 COVID-19 press conference on March 22 announcing an Ohio stay-at-home order, Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton said, 鈥淚 know it feels like life is shutting down, but I feel like life is waking us up.鈥 At the Wick Poetry Center,鈥
Read More »Poetry Prompts and Science Friday
March 24, 2020
During this time of isolation and uncertainty, we are working at the Wick Poetry Center to share our outlets for self-expression and reflection. This is a role poetry has always played in our lives.
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Poets for Science at Vanderbilt University
March 18, 2020
During this time of crisis when we must rely on accurate, science-based information regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, the Wick Poetry Center would like to share news of the 鈥
Read More »Whiteaker 8th grader wins national poetry contest commemorating Kent State massacre
Feb. 3, 2020
Whiteaker Middle School eighth-grader Rachael Lang hadn鈥檛 heard of the Kent State massacre until two of her teachers covered it in class this year. But when the idealistic 14-year-old learned how the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed college students protesting the鈥
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鈥楾raveling Stanzas: Poets for Science鈥 exhibit Feb. 3鈥5
Jan. 23, 2020
The program will host the Wick Poetry Center鈥檚 Traveling Stanzas: Poets for Science exhibit Feb. 3-5 at the Engineering and Science Building atrium/lobby.
Read More »Music and poetry event to commemorate 50th anniversary of May 4
Jan. 16, 2020
As the spring semester begins, it brings with it the 50th anniversary of the May 4 shootings. The Wick Poetry Center issued a national call for poems centered around the themes of peace, conflict transformation and student advocacy to commemorate this event.
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