October 21, 2005
On Campus

Sharing a Lifetime of Passion

Wittenberg University Welcomes Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished Poet John Koethe

Award-winning poet John Koethe, professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will give a reading of his work at 4 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 27, in Ness Family Auditorium, Hollenbeck Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Koethe is the author of six books of poems, including Falling Water (1997), which won the Kingsely Tufts Award; The Constructor (1999), which was a finalist for the New Yorker Book Award and the Lenore Marshall Award, and North Point North: New and Selected Poems (2002), which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He is also the author of Poetry At One Remove: Essays (2001). During his distinguished career, Koethe has received Guggenheim and National Endowment of the Arts fellowships.

Koethe’s appearance is part of a bi-annual Ohio Poet Circuit Series, which was established more than 20 years ago and includes such Ohio colleges and universities as Kenyon, Muskingum, Ohio State, Otterbein, Ohio Wesleyan, Denison, Wittenberg, Miami and Cincinnati. These schools work together to select two poets to visit each year.

Question and answer and book-signing sessions follow each reading on the Ohio Poet Circuit Series. Both students and the community are encouraged to attend and participate.

Ryan Maurer
Ryan Maurer
Associate Director of Athletics for Communications, Web Strategy & Content

About Wittenberg

Wittenberg's curriculum has centered on the liberal arts as an education that develops the individual's capacity to think, read, and communicate with precision, understanding, and imagination. We are dedicated to active, engaged learning in the core disciplines of the arts and sciences and in pre-professional education grounded in the liberal arts. Known for the quality of our faculty and their teaching, Wittenberg has more Ohio Professors of the Year than any four-year institution in the state. The university has also been recognized nationally for excellence in community service, sustainability, and intercollegiate athletics. Located among the beautiful rolling hills and hollows of Springfield, Ohio, Wittenberg offers more than 100 majors, minors and special programs, enviable student-faculty research opportunities, a unique student success center, service and study options close to home and abroad, a stellar athletics tradition, and successful career preparation.

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