Arts & Culture
Professor Scores Big With Short Film, Book
Scott Hallgren, associate professor in the School of Media and Journalism, teaches several classes in digital media production with a focus on sound in picture. He recently showcased his skills outside the classroom by composing the score for a local short film while also releasing his first book.
Wick Poetry Center鈥檚 鈥楧ear Vaccine鈥 to Debut in October as Staged Theatrical Production
The performance, titled will have its opening night at 7 p.m. Oct. 24, in the 700-seat auditorium of the National Academy of Science in Washington, D.C.
Mapping Akron: Wick Poetry Center Begins New Effort to Highlight Akron Neighborhoods Through Poetry
Using poetry to explore Akron, Ohio residents鈥 sense of belonging to their neighborhoods is the goal of a new project by 天天吃瓜鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center.
Wick Weekly Poetry Workshops Create a Community of Creatives
Every Friday, the 天天吃瓜 State community can come together to create poetry and share a more vulnerable side of themselves at the Wick Poetry Center. The Wick Weekly poetry writing workshop brings students together to help develop them as poets and create a community of creatives.
天天吃瓜 State Trumbull to House Performing Arts School
天天吃瓜 at Trumbull is opening the Hart鈥檚 School of Performing Arts in October. Shiloh Hart was featured on WKBN for starting an eight-week program for high school students searching for knowledge and experience in the performing arts.
ODHE Awards Grant for 天天吃瓜 State Fashion KnitLAB
You鈥檝e probably seen someone knitting a scarf or a sweater as a hobby. However, knitting is big business and has a large impact on manufacturing. 天天吃瓜 State School of Fashion professors are using a new $236,816 grant from the Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) to spread awareness of the possibilities of knitting and creating training opportunities.
Florida Playwright Produces Drama Inspired by May 4, 1970
天天吃瓜 State was more than 100 miles away from Philip Middleton Williams鈥 high school and his home in Perrysburg, but the May 4, 1970, shootings, which killed four students and wounded nine, reverberated through his psyche and brought the Vietnam War front and center. Williams was inspired by the May 4 events to write and produce a play "The Sugar Ridge Rag."
Soldier-Turned-Police Officer Draws on his Past for Debut Novel Featuring Crime-Solving Veteran
When he鈥檚 not working to keep the 天天吃瓜 Campus safe, police officer Vance Voyles can be found in the classroom where he works as an adjunct professor teaching Story for Film for the digital media production major in the School of Media and Journalism within the College of Communication and Information.
天天吃瓜 State鈥檚 Reinberger Children鈥檚 Library Center Becomes New Home of Scott O鈥橠ell Award for Historical Fiction
The Reinberger Children鈥檚 Library Center at 天天吃瓜 has become the new home of the Scott O鈥橠ell Award for Historical Fiction, assuming the role formerly held by the Center for Children鈥檚 Books at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Established in 1982, the annual award of $5,000 goes to an author of an historical fiction novel for children published in the previous year and set in South, Central or North America.
Wick Poetry Center Uses the Power of Poetry to Share Experiences During the Pandemic
Born from inside 天天吃瓜 State鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center, 鈥淒ear Vaccine鈥 gives citizens a chance to process the pandemic through poetry. The poetry center collaborated with the University of Arizona to expand on poet Naomi Shihab Nye鈥檚 poem 鈥淒ear Vaccine.鈥 The poem became a catalyst for respondents around the world to share their own poems.