November 12 Reading Is the Final Event in the Fall Visiting Writers Program
(Long Island, NY) Poet Sherry Hanson will read from her collected works at Farmingdale State College on Thursday, November 12. The reading will be held in the Great Room in Ward Hall, at 11 a.m. The public is invited and the event is free.
The reading is the final event in Farmingdale’s fall Visiting Writers Program. For more information and directions visit Farmingdale.edu/vwp or call 631-420-2000.
Poet Sherry Hanson will read from her collected works at Farmingdale State College on Thursday, November 12. Photo Credit: Farmingdale State College.
Hanson, a 2014 Paumanok Award winner, has published hundreds of poems, articles, and essays, and for decades has taught aspiring writers how to get their own work into print. In 2006 she published A Cab to Stonehenge, a collection of her poetry.
Her readings are numerous, and include the Longfellow Days in Brunswick, Maine, and the annual poetry day at the Governor’s Mansion in Augusta, Georgia. She has worked on special projects for State FarmInsurance Company, the Maine Tourism Bureau, and Fodor’s Maine Coast and New England travel guides. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
Farmingdale’s Visiting Writers Program has featured readings by more than 150 American and international authors. The program highlights the importance of literature to education and culture. The annual Paumanok Award is an international award judged by faculty in Farmingdale’s English/Humanities department.
Farmingdale State College continues to prepare students with the education, skills, and critical thinking needed to meet the challenges of tomorrow. As the largest of SUNY’s colleges of technology (with over 8,400 students), Farmingdale equips students with the resources and knowledge sought by today’s emerging industries. Offering bachelor and associate programs, Farmingdale will soon offer its first graduate degree. At Farmingdale, students also have abundant opportunities in experiential learning—internships, clinical training, and guided research—that provide practical instruction and personal growth. Small, personalized classes, a residence hall with suite-style living, a lush 380-acre campus undergoing major renovation, and a highly successful NCAA Division III athletics program with modern facilities make Farmingdale State College one of the fastest-growing colleges in the region.In addition, in 2014 U.S. News & World Report ranks Farmingdale #27 among regional colleges in the north (up from #31) and in 2013 Farmingdale was the only SUNY school (and the only LI school) listed in the LEAST debt category in the section titled Student Debt Load at Graduation for regional colleges in the north. UniversityPrimeTime.com lists FSC the fifth safest college in the nation. For more information, contact Kathryn Coley at 631-420-2400 or kathryn.coley@farmingdale.edu. Look on our website www.farmingdale.edu. Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/farmingdale.
