April 2, 2009
YORK, Pa. – Calling all polyglots! (That’s someone who speaks, writes, or reads a number of languages.) York College is hosting a polyglot poetry event at 3:30 p.m., April 8, in the 1770s Room of the Iosue Student Union. The event is open to the public free of charge. More information is available by calling Associate Professor of English and Humanities Mary Boldt at 717-815-6542.
Participants are invited to bring their favorite poem in a language other than English and read it aloud, explaining briefly in English what the poem means and why they chose it. International refreshments will be served.
Located in southcentral Pennsylvania, York College offers more than 50 baccalaureate majors in professional programs, the sciences and humanities to its 4,600 undergraduate students. The College also offers master's programs in business, education and nursing. A center of affordable academic excellence, York is dedicated to the intellectual, professional and social growth of its students. The College helps them develop a concrete plan to attain academic growth and career success; encourages them to try in the “real world” what they learn in the classroom; and prepares them to be professionals regardless of the career they pursue.
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