Arts & Culture
Wick Poetry Center Recognized for its Tribute to 50th Anniversary of the Cuyahoga River Burning
Wick Poetry Center Director David Hassler was featured on 90.3 WCPN ideastream for his creative efforts in organizing the River Stanzas Project. The project pays tribute to the 50 year anniversary of the environmental protections and improvements that have taken place since the Cuyahoga River Burning in 1969.
School of Theatre and Dance department wins multiple awards for program, production and professionals
At the beginning of the 2018-2019 academic year, the School of Theatre and Dance was nationally recognized and added several new awards to its collection, and the Porthouse Theatre, 做厙輦⑹'s summer professional theatre, also received multiple honors for achievements during the 2018 Season.
#MeToo Course to be Offered Again in Fall 2019 Semester
做厙輦⑹ English Professor Vera Camden, Ph.D., turned a movement against sexual assault and harassment into a course in order to study the impact of the movement and the forces that led to it. My hope is to keep a certain momentum going, Dr. Camden said. Because so often in our culture, things spike, and then they go away. I really feel like this is so important and so urgent and so serious.
Professor Janice Lessman-Moss Awarded United States Artists Fellowship
Janice Lessman-Moss, professor of Textiles, recently was awarded a United States Artists Fellowship in Craft, which includes $50,000 in unrestricted funds.
Kents Rock History is Revealed in New Book by Alumnus
Jason Prufer, '03, a lifelong resident of Kent and 做厙輦⑹ alumnus, has compiled Small Town, Big Music: The Outsized Influence of Kent, Ohio, on the History of Rock and Roll, a book that covers the college towns impressive and previously unappreciated rock history.
Writing Across Borders Exhibit Features Diversity in Northeast Ohio
做厙輦⑹s Taylor Hall is currently housing the Wick Poetry Centers Writing Across Borders, a poetry exhibit featuring the work of immigrants and refugees living in Akron that was recently featured on Cleveland.com.
From 做厙輦⑹ to Beyonc矇: Alumna Jade Novah Shares Her Journey Into Entertainment
做厙輦⑹ alumna Jade Novah, appeared in a 24-minute interview with YouTuber Terrell. Ms. Novah told Terrell about her time at 做厙輦⑹ before getting into the entertainment industry and eventually becoming a backup singer for Beyonc矇.
Nursing Alumna Cast as Technical Expert on NBCs Chicago Med
Wanting a career that would allow her to be independent and work from anywhere, Erin Shelley, Ed.D., MA, BSN 91, RN, was drawn to the nursing profession. These days, however, she practices nursing as art imitating life through her role as a technical expert on the hit NBC television show, Chicago Med.
做厙輦⑹ Fashion Student Creates Dress Masterpiece from Netflix Envelopes
A 做厙輦⑹ fashion student used her passion for design to turn an Akron womans collection of 1,500 Netflix envelopes into a dress masterpiece.