News
Wick Goes to Minneapolis
Dec. 20, 2015
We attended the AWP Conference in April, which was held in Minneapolis, with several staff members and students. Though the conference has grown to over 10,000 participants, Wick had a strong presence at the conference and the book fair where we reconnected with Wick authors,…
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Thank you, Wick interns, student workers, and graduate fellow!
Dec. 18, 2015
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…
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Akron Children's Hospital Workshops Expanded
Dec. 12, 2015
We have expanded our work with Akron Children’s Hospital (ACH). The Emily Cooper Welty Expressive Therapy Center at ACH now funds the following creative writing workshops: one hour group writing session for adolescent psychiatric inpatients; two one hour group writing sessions…
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Wick Poetry Center Receives Ohio Arts Council Grants
Dec. 8, 2015
The Wick Poetry Center, in 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s College of Arts and Sciences, recently received two grants from the Ohio Arts Council. The grants, totaling $28,368, will help support the Wick reading series, student scholarships, poetry publications, outreach workshops and…
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Wick Receives Grant from Akron Community Foundation
Dec. 8, 2015
The Wick Poetry Center, with support from the Howard Atwood Family Fund of the Akron Community Foundation, identified classrooms throughout Akron Public Schools to receive weekly poetry workshops led by WPC teaching artists Alice Cone, Daniel Dorman, and Bo Geisse, and Casey…
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Wick Poetry Center Is One of the Knight Arts Challenge Akron Finalists
Nov. 19, 2015
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!
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World Poetry Reading A Huge Success
Nov. 17, 2015
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…
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Akron Community Foundation Workshops
Nov. 12, 2015
The Wick Poetry Center, with support from the Howard Atwood Family Fund of the Akron Community Foundation, identified classrooms throughout Akron Public Schools to receive weekly poetry workshops led by WPC teaching artists Alice Cone, Daniel Dorman, and Bo Geisse, and Casey…
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Naomi Shihab Nye will speak two nights at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø as part of the Guest of Honor Artist/Lecture Series and the Wick Poetry Center Reading Series
Oct. 19, 2015
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…
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Overcoming Trauma Through Creative Writing
Oct. 15, 2015
David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center, and Mindy Farmer, director of the May 4 Visitors Center lead a writing and discussion workshop on overcoming trauma through creative writing. The workshop took place in the May Prentice House and approximately 20 community…
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