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Dance, Creative Writing Faculty Members Receive Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards
Amanda Nagy
The awards are peer recognition of an artist's body of work, and support artists' growth and development in Ohio and beyond.
Poet Milena Williamson Receives Eric Gregory Award
Scott Wargo
The accolades continue for poet Milena Williamson ’17, who was recently named the recipient of an Eric Gregory Award, which recognizes writers based in the United Kingdom who are under the age of 30.
Robin Beth Schaer Receives $25,000 Fellowship in Poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts
Amanda Nagy
Schaer will use the award to work on a new collection of poetry.
Winter Term: The Art of the Artist Book
Yvonne Gay
After spending a month researching artist books and creating a book of her own, Marie Romanelli ’21 is officially hooked on the craft, both as an artist and as a short-form poet.
Henry Hicks ’21 Receives Prestigious Truman Scholarship
Amanda Nagy
Hicks’s experiences on and off campus demonstrate his passion for being a changemaker.
A Conversation with Max Cohn ’14, Comedy Writer
Amanda Nagy
As a writer for Comedy Central’s brand creative department, Max Cohn is the mastermind of campaigns and promotional copy for shows like South Park and The Daily Show.
Three Oberlin faculty members receive Ohio Arts Council Excellence Awards
Kyra McConnell ’22
Three Oberlin faculty members have been awarded individual grants from the Ohio Arts Council to continue their creative projects.
A Conversation with Indie Pop-Punk Musician Sarah Gargano ’20
Jane Hobson ’22
A creative writing and sociology double major, Gargano talks about what influences her songwriting.
Writers in the Schools Program is on the Cutting Edge of Poetry Instruction
Communications Staff
Each fall, creative writing instructor Lynn Powell teaches a workshop that gives students the skills to go into the community as visiting artists.
Benjamin Gilvar-Parke Awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Colombia
Amanda Nagy
Gilvar-Parke is interested in learning about the country’s education system.