Friends of the Trible Library To Host Lecture
By Poet Laureate Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda
News Release - August 28, 2009
Media Contacts:
Lori Jacobs,
Director of Public Relations
lori.jacobs@cnu.edu
(757) 594-7961
(NEWPORT NEWS, VA) - Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Virginia’s poet laureate from 2006-2008, will speak about the exchange of arts information and perspectives at the Friends of the Trible Library event on Thursday, September 17 at 4 p.m. The lecture will take place in the Paul & Rosemary Trible Library’s Blechman Room. The event is free and open to the public. No reservation is required.
Kreiter-Foronda is a poet, painter, sculptor and lifelong educator. She has published four books of verse, articles on writing, and book chapters on poetry and thinking skills. Her works have appeared in such publications as Nimrod International Journal, The Ledge, Blood to Remember: American Poets on the Holocaust, Dominion Review and Hispanic Culture Review, among countless others.
In addition, Kreiter-Foronda’s poetry has received several Pushcart Prize nominations, an Edgar Allan Poe first-place award, and three Artist-in-Education grants and one Arts-on-the-Road grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts. For her contributions to American literature, she was named a Virginia cultural laureate in 1992. She holds two master’s degrees and a Ph.D. from George Mason University, where she received the school’s first doctorate.
A not-for-profit organization, Friends of the Trible Library promotes the academic success of CNU students, enriching the library through various initiatives and activities. For more information, please contact the University Librarian Office at (757) 594-7130, or visit the Friends of the Trible Library online at library.cnu.edu/friends.html.
A four-year public university in Newport News, Virginia, Christopher Newport University enrolls 5,000 students in rigorous academic programs through the College of Arts and Humanities, the College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences, and the College of Social Sciences including the Luter School of Business. CNU offers great teaching and small classes as well as an emphasis on leadership, civic engagement and honor. For more information about CNU and its programs,
please visit www.cnu.edu.