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Kent State to Host Former Poet Laureate Rita Dove

Kent State University’s Wick Poetry
Center will host Rita Dove, a former poet
laureate, on April 2 as part of the Fourth
Annual U.S. Poet Laureate Reading.

Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center will host poet Rita Dove as part of the Fourth Annual U.S. Poet Laureate Reading. The event is part of the 2014-2015 reading series and will take place on Thursday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva. The event is free and open to the public.

Earlier in the day, Dove will participate in a question-and-answer session at 1 p.m. in the Quiet Study Area on the first floor of the University Library. This event is free and provides a unique opportunity for anyone from the Kent State community to engage with and learn from a former poet laureate.

Dove served as poet laureate of the United States and consultant to the Library of Congress from 1993 to 1995. She was the youngest poet laureate, as well as the first African-American ever appointed.

“Rita Dove is one of our most cherished American writers,” says David Hassler, director of Kent State’s Wick Poetry Center. “Her work is graceful and lyrical, but isn’t afraid to confront history and politics with an unflinching eye.”

Dove has received numerous literary and academic honors, among them the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and the 1996 National Humanities Medal from President Clinton. In 2011, President Barack Obama presented her with the National Medal of Arts.

Dove has published many poetry collections, including The Yellow House on the Corner, Museum, Thomas and Beulah, Grace Notes, Selected Poems, Mother Love, On the Bus with Rosa Parks and American Smooth. Her latest collection, Sonata Mulattica, was released by W.W. Norton & Co. in 2009, and in 2011, she published The Penguin Anthology of 20th-Century American Poetry.

“We are so fortunate to be able to host Professor Dove at Kent State,” Hassler says. “She is a tremendous advocate for the literary arts in the United States. We hope students, faculty, staff and community members will come to both of her events on campus.”

Dove holds the chair of Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, where she lives with her husband, writer Fred Viebahn.

The U.S. Poet Laureate Reading is co-sponsored by University Libraries with additional support from the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, the Women’s Center, the Honors College and the departments of English, History and Pan-African Studies.

For more information about the Wick Poetry Center, visit www.kent.edu/wick.

Black Squirrel Winds Will Perform at Ludwig Recital Hall on March 30

The Black Squirrel Winds, composed of Kent State School
of Music faculty members, will perform in a concert in a
concert on March 30 at 8 p.m. in Ludwig Recital Hall.

Kent State University’s Hugh A. Glauser School of Music is proud to present the Black Squirrel Winds in a concert on Monday, March 30, at 8 p.m. in Ludwig Recital Hall. Ludwig Recital Hall is located in the Center for the Performing Arts at 1325 Theatre Drive on the Kent Campus.

Audience members will be treated to pieces such as Carl Nielsen’s “Wind Quintet, FS 100 (Op. 43),” Maurice Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin” and Irving Fine’s “Partita for Wind Quintet.”

Members of the Black Squirrel Winds include Kent State faculty members Diane McCloskey, flute; Amitai Vardi, clarinet; Danna Sundet, oboe; Mark DeMio, bassoon and contrabassoon; and Kent Larmee, horn.

The recital is free and open to the public. For more information about School of Music events, visit www.kent.edu/music.

Kent State’s Fashion School Presents Annual Fashion Show, April 24 and 25

A model walks the runway in a design
by Kent State University alumna
Anastasia Iafrate at the 2014 Annual
Fashion Show. This year, the fashion
show will take place on April 24 and 25.

The Fashion School at Kent State University will present the Fashion School’s Annual Fashion Show, “FS2: Visionnaire,” on Friday, April 24, and Saturday, April 25. The show, which showcases the outstanding talents of the Fashion School’s design and merchandising students, will be held in Rockwell Hall, located at 515 Hilltop Drive in Kent. Associate presenting partners Dillard’s and Macy’s will sponsor this year’s event. Click here to watch a short promotional video for the fashion show.

For the Annual Fashion Show, a panel of industry professionals reviews students’ work, which ranges from athletic wear to eveningwear, to decide which collections and looks will be presented on the runway. Merchandising students plan and organize the two-day sequence of events, which includes three runway performances and a VIP reception for donors, which will take place prior to the final awards show.

Tickets are $25 for the matinee at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 24 (cash or check only, paid at the door). Tickets are $50 for Friday’s 7 p.m. Opening Night Show and $75 for the 7 p.m. Awards Show on Saturday. Tickets for both evening shows may be purchased online beginning March 20 at www.fashionschool.kent.edu or in person from the Performing Arts Box Office beginning March 30. Call the box office at 330-672-2787 or visit on weekdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the lobby of the Roe Green Center. The box office accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover, personal checks and cash.

For more information about Kent State’s Fashion School, visit http://www2.kent.edu/artscollege/fashion.

Register for the Spring 2015 Bowman Breakfast

Spring 2015 Bowman Breakfast to discuss local and global impact of Kent businesses

The spring 2015 Bowman Breakfast will take place at Kent State University in the Kent Student Center Ballroom on Wednesday, April 1. Doors open at 7 a.m., breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m., and the program will follow at 8 a.m.

Four speakers will discuss the topic “Kent Businesses – Their Local and Global Impact 2.0” at the event. The featured speakers are Tom Myers, president of Davey Drill; Gary Niehaus, Ph.D., chief scientist at Crystal Diagnostics and professor of physiology and pharmacology at Northeast Ohio Medical University; Bob Oborn, president of Kent Elastomer Products; and Joe Zeno, president and CEO of ACS Industries. David Ruller, Kent's city manager, will serve as facilitator.

The cost to attend is $10 per person, payable by cash or check at the door only. Invoicing is not available for this event. Reservations can be completed online or by contacting Mary Mandalari at 330-672-8664 or mmandala@kent.edu no later than Thursday, March 26. No shows will be billed. If you find you cannot attend, please contact Mandalari to cancel your reservation by March 26.

Kent State is committed to making its programs and activities accessible to those individuals with disabilities. If you or a member of your family will need an interpreter or any other accessibility accommodation to participate in this event, contact the university’s accessibility liaison, Jacqueline Gee, by phone at 330-672-8667, by video phone at 330-931-4441 or via email at accessKSU@kent.edu.

The Bowman Breakfast, a tradition since 1963, is sponsored by Kent State and the Kent Area Chamber of Commerce.

Kent State Continues RecycleMania With Electronic Waste Recycling, March 17-18

Kent State University’s RecylceMania competition continues with a special electronic waste recycling program. Kent State faculty, staff and members of the public can drop off any personal electronics to be recycled at the Administrative Services Building loading dock on March 17 and 18 from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. as a part of E-Cycle Mania. This electronic waste recycling goes along with the faculty, staff and student competitions for week seven of RecycleMania.

Staff will accept electronic waste at the loading dock off Jackson Drive. Faculty and staff can honk their horn if the dock door is closed. Kent State also will keep track of all university-owned equipment that is recycled for one month during RecycleMania.

Student electronics waste recycling dropoff location is at the Tri-Towers’ front desk from March 17 at 8 a.m. until March 18 at midnight, or students can also use the Administrative Services Building loading dock drop-off.

To view a list of acceptable recyclable electronics, visit www.kent.edu/sustainability/e-cycle-drive. Please note that television sets will not be accepted.

“Any way we continue to divert material from landfills for reuse or recycling is an improvement,” says Leah Graham, Kent State’s outreach and recycling coordinator

Electronics is an important category of RecycleMania that tracks the amount of computers, printers, consumer electronics and other e-waste materials collected. Kent State will collect electronics and report the number collected, and an overall ranking will be presented at the end of the tournament. All e-waste can be counted whether it is sent for recycling, refurbishment or reuse, and all reported materials are based on actual weights.

“Proper recycling of old electronics diverts thousands of pounds of waste from landfills, protects the environment and conserves natural resources,” says Melanie Knowles, sustainability manager at Kent State. “RET3 is a nonprofit operation dedicated to the environmentally friendly disposal of end-of-life electronic equipment. Backed by a no-landfill agreement, RET3’s methods are fully compliant with EPA standards – so you can be sure that your unwanted equipment is disposed securely and responsibly.”

RecycleMania is an eight-week long, friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste-reduction activities to their campus communities. Faculty and staff can enter to win weekly prize drawings. The office with the most participation wins the grand prize and bragging rights. Faculty and staff should let Kent State’s Office of Sustainability know what they are doing for RecyceleMania by sending an email to Graham at lgraha13@kent.edu or by using #KSUrecycles and #OfficeRM on Twitter or Instagram, and mention your department or building.

Last year, Kent State recycled 10,550 pounds of electronics. In 2014, Kent State placed 44 out of 68 participating schools.

For more information about E-Cycle Mania, visit www.kent.edu/sustainability/competitions.