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Center for Earth Ethics and Kent State’s Wick Poetry Center Launch Earth Stanzas, an Interactive Online Earth Day Poetry Project
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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. Earth Stanzas draws on the inspiration of eight poets who engage the beauty, depth and interconnectedness of the Earth, and invites readers to interact with the poems and find their own poetic voice.

Kent State’s Wick Poetry Center to Debut National Interactive Exhibit in Support of 50th Commemoration of May 4
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The “Armed With Our Voices” exhibit provides a powerful form of cross-generational connection that engages users in the events of May 4, 1970, and the importance of peace, conflict resolution and student activism today.

Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center is set to debut its “Armed With Our Voices” exhibit this week in Austin, Texas, as part of the National Council for the Social Studies annual conference. The exhibit provides a powerful form of cross-generational connection that engages users in the events of May 4, 1970, and the importance of peace, conflict resolution and student activism today.

Celebrating Our Own & Open Mic
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Celebrating Tommy Freeman's Life
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Tommy Freeman Celebration Reading

Kent State University Partners With Opera di Santa Croce to Present ‘Sisters in Liberty’ Exhibition at Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
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A computer rendering of the Liberty of Poetry statue (shown here) was used by Kent State University to create the 3D-printed reproduction of the statue.

Kent State University and the Opera di Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, will celebrate a collaborative partnership around the creation of “Sisters in Liberty: From Florence, Italy, to New York, New York,” an exhibition opening on Oct. 17, 2019, and running through April 26, 2020, at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration on Ellis Island in New York. 

"What Does It Mean To Be Human?"
Honors College
A Conversation with Sonia Sanchez

Kent State’s Wick Poetry Center to Receive $90,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
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Kayaks line the shore of the Cuyahoga River in Kent, Ohio, as part of Crooked River Adventures, which is run by the Kent State Student Recreation and Wellness Center.

Wick Poetry Center to Benefit From Ford Foundation's $200,000 Grant to the Poetry Coalition
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David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University, reads a poem during the River of Words poetry reading in the center’s Poetry Park.

The Ford Foundation to Support the Poetry Coalition With $200,000 Grant
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David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University, reads a poem during the River of Words poetry reading in the center’s Poetry Park.

Kent State’s Wick Poetry Center Creates Science Stanzas, Participates in Inaugural March for Science
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David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University, guides a poetry workshop. Hassler and other Wick Poetry Center staff will lead March for Science participants in a poetry-writing exercise.

At the inaugural March for Science, a global demonstration centered in Washington, D.C., a special edition of the Wick Poetry Center's Traveling Stanzas titled Science Stanzas will provide an opportunity for participants to discover the intersection of expressive writing and scientific inquiry.

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