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Under the Arch March 21, 2005 Volume VI, Number 28
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ANNUAL ENGLISH AWARDS NIGHT TO FEATURE AWARD-WINNING SPEAKER Award-winning poet, novelist, author, and essayist Nancy Willard will be the featured speaker at Gannon University’s annual English Awards Night. Willard will read a selection of her poetry and also will be available to sign copies of her books. In addition, the winners of the 2004-05 High School and University Writing Contests will be announced during the ceremony. Gannon University students were eligible to submit entries in three categories: poetry, journalism, and research. Entries from undergraduate and graduate students were judged separately. The event will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 21 and is free and open to the public. It will be held in the Yehl Room of Gannon’s Waldron Center, 124 West Seventh Street. For more information on the event, call 814-871-7504.
More about Nancy Willard Willard is the author of 12 books of poetry, including the recently published In the Salt Marsh, as well as four books of stories and essays, two novels, and numerous children’s books. Her most recent books for young people are Cinderella’s Dress and The Tale of Paradise Lost. She has edited one anthology of poems, Step Lightly: Poems for the Journey. Her poetry collection, Water Walker, was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Willard has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts in both fiction and poetry, and one of her books, A Visit to William Blake’s Inn, was chosen for the Newbery Medal. She has been described as “A magician of the simile and stunning metaphor … For Willard, all cosmic matter is magically configured, even angel-struck, not least of all everyday objects, animals, flowers, vegetables, and fruit.” In addition, critics have said, “… words seem inadequate for describing the strange and wonderful worlds that Willard creates in her poetry and prose.” Willard was raised in Ann Arbor, Mich. She currently teaches in the English department at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
OUR EVENTS
THE PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE Friday, March 25 – Civic Coordinating Committee meeting.
CURRENT BIRTHDAYS Susan Sapone. Stephenie Diluzio. Joanne Darling. Al Wojtalik. Robert Sparks. Andrea Pearch. Mary Todd. Marilyn Rositer. Emily Gunter. Susan Heintz. Dolores Corsi. Don Gunter. John Guelcher, Jr. Mary Flamini. Ginny Caldwell. Robert Nelsen. Mary Moodey. James Lamborn. Mary Meabon. Julie Wolfe. Dee Smith. Sister James Francis Mulligan. Renee Huefner. Janice Larrey. Anita Miller. Patricia Zybowski. Maj. Darrell Burger. Lyndia Lee. Jennifer Patsy.
HEARD ON CAMPUS
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