Visiting poets for the Wick 40th anniversary celebration. From left to right: Padraig Ó Tuama, Naomi Shihab Nye, Jane Hirshfield and Adrian Matejka

More than 40 poets who have won acclaim from Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center are expected to return to the Kent Campus in September to celebrate the center’s 40th anniversary. The group of poets has won either the Ohio Chapbook Prize, sponsored by the Kent State University Press and the Wick Center, or the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize.“This anniversary will be a celebration of the power of poetry and will be a great reunion for the ever-expanding Wick family of poets,” said David Hassler, the Bob and Walt Wick Executive Director of the center.“What’s exciting is we now have 4...

Sunday, Sept. 22

Sweet Wishes and Chocolate Kisses |1st Floor Kent Student Center | 10 - 11 a.m.  

Families will have an opportunity to write their students a sweet note that will be delivered by the Office of Parents and Family Engagement with a Hershey's Kiss attached to it later in the semester.

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