Reading and Writing Center / Poetry Writing Camp
Reading and Writing Center: Dr. Lori Wilfong, lgkrug@kent.edu
School of Teaching, Learning & Curriculum Studies (TLC) main office: 330-672-2580
Street address: 404 White Hall, 150 Terrace Drive, Kent, OH 44242
Mailing address: PO Box 5190, Kent, OH 44242-0001
For questions about...
- Graduate advising: Office of Graduate Student Services, 330-672-2576 / See OGS website for email addresses
- TLC class scheduling and registration assistance: Katherine Bryk, 330-672-0625 / kmurph15@kent.edu
- TLC graduate assistants: Sherry Ernsberger, 330-672-0622 / sernsber@kent.edu
WICK JUNIORS SUMMER WRITING CAMP
Wick Juniors offers opportunities for young writers, entering 3rd grade to 12th grade, to have a positive experience exercising their own capacities for self-expression.
We achieve this via a combination of a supportive community of peers, our passionate trained teaching artists, and our unique collaboration with the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park which helps us to offer active, hands-on experiences in the Park. Together these elements help your writers ask important questions about their place in the world.
Trained Wick Poetry Center Teaching Artists and CVNP Environmental Education Center staff facilitate the camp activities. Campers get to know each other and explore various aspects of the Kent State University Campus on Wednesday. The next day they join us the Cuyahoga Valley National Park for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning. With the National Park as our laboratory and inspiration, we organize a variety of hands on activities paired with creative reflection. We are housed overnight Thursday-Sunday at the Environmental Education Center. We welcome friends and families to a culminating reading and celebration on Sunday morning.
Please check back in January 2026 for 2026 camp registration.
Please email us at wickjuniors@kent.edu.