University lecture series to feature poet

WAYNESBURG – Waynesburg University’s b.f. maiz Center will hold a lecture 7 p.m. Jan. 22 in Alumni Hall and will feature Marilyn Chandler McEntyre. Admission is free and the public is invited.
McEntyre is a poet and strong advocate of the well-being of language. She has a profound interest in the relationship between words and painting and is a spokesperson for the idea of medicine and poetry.
McEntyre teaches at the University of California Berkeley and the University of California at San Francisco Joint Medical Program. She has won numerous teaching awards, including an Outstanding Teaching Award from Princeton University, a Phi Beta Kappa of Northern California Outstanding Teaching Award and a Whiting Fellowship.
She has published numerous chapters in books and is contributing editor of Literature and Medicine from Johns Hopkins University. She holds a doctorate in comparative literature from Princeton University, a master of arts degree in English from the University of California, Davis, and a bachelor of arts degree in French from Pamona College.
The b.f. maiz Center, named after the late poet b.f. maiz, exists to continue and to amplify his lifelong concerns with poetry, peace and poetic justice. This speaker is invited to campus as part of the b.f. maiz Center’s activities.