BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20140309T100000 RDATE:20140309T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 RDATE:20141102T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140517T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140517T170000 LOCATION:Albany GEO:45.451415;-122.668211 SUMMARY:Vern Rutsala celebration of life DESCRIPTION:A Celebration of Life for Professor Emeritus Vern Rutsala wil l be held on the Lewis &\; Clark campus in Smith Hall on Saturday\, Ma y 17 at 4 p.m. \; A reception will follow. \; Vern died on April 2 at age 80\, just two weeks after the Oregon Book Awards honored him wi th the Charles Erskine Scott Wood Distinguished Writer Award in recogniti on of his "enduring\, substantial literary career." \; He was a proli fic and distinguished poet whose public honors and renown were in stark c ontrast to his quiet demeanor. \; "Writing poetry or practicing any o f the arts is an individualizing process\," he once said. "Those parts of yourself that the larger world has little use for\, your inner life\, th at's where poems come from." As a teacher\, he fostered conditions for s tudents to explore those realms of self. "I can't teach someone to be cre ative. That impulse must come from within\," he explained. "I simply reac t\, point out what's strong\, and help students evolve. \; Born in M cCall\, Idaho\, Vern moved to Portland with his family in the wake of the Depression. He graduated from Milwaukie High School and then went on to earn his bachelor's degree from Reed College in 1956 and an MFA from the University of Iowa in 1960. He came to Lewis &\; Clark in 1961 and con tinued to teach in the English Department until his retirement in 2004.&# 160\; Over his lifetime\, Vern published more than 700 poems in such ven ues as \;Atlantic Monthly\, Times Literary Supplement\, New Yorker\, Midland\, Poetry\, Harper's\, American Poetry Review\, Chicago Review\, M ississippi Review\, Nebraska Review\, Seneca Review\, and \;New Lette rs. He was the author of 16 books of poetry and his work has appeared in many anthologies. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship\, two National End owment for the Arts grants\, the Carolyn Kizer Poetry Prize (which he won twice)\, a Pushcart Prize\, a Masters Fellowship from the Oregon Arts Co mmission\, the Oregon Book Award\, and many other significant honors and recognitions. In 2005\, he was a finalist for the National Book Award for his volume \;The Moment's Equation. Illness prevented Vern from att ending the recent Oregon Book Awards ceremony. In presenting his award at the Gerding Theater\, President Glassner hailed him as "a proud laborer in the fields of literature and academia" and for "his extraordinary body of work\, generosity of heart\, commitment to truth\, and clarity of voi ce." X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
A Celebration of Life for Professor Eme ritus Vern Rutsala will be held on the Lewis &\; Clark campus in Smith Hall on Saturday\, May 17 at 4 p.m. \; A reception will follow.  \;
Vern died on April 2 at age 80\, just two weeks after the Oreg on Book Awards honored him with the Charles Erskine Scott Wood Distinguis hed Writer Award in recognition of his "enduring\, substantial literary c areer." \; He was a prolific and distinguished poet whose public hono rs and renown were in stark contrast to his quiet demeanor. \; "Writi ng poetry or practicing any of the arts is an individualizing process\," he once said. "Those parts of yourself that the larger world has little u se for\, your inner life\, that's where poems come from."
As a te acher\, he fostered conditions for students to explore those realms of se lf. "I can't teach someone to be creative. That impulse must come from wi thin\," he explained. "I simply react\, point out what's strong\, and hel p students evolve. \;
Born in McCall\, Idaho\, Vern moved to Portland with his family in the wake of the Depression. He graduated from Milwaukie High School and then went on to earn his bachelor's degree fro m Reed College in 1956 and an MFA from the University of Iowa in 1960. He came to Lewis &\; Clark in 1961 and continued to teach in the English Department until his retirement in 2004. \;
Over his lifetim e\, Vern published more than 700 poems in such venues as \;Atlant ic Monthly\, Times Literary Supplement\, New Yorker\, Midland\, Poetry\, Harper's\, American Poetry Review\, Chicago Review\, Mississippi Review\, Nebraska Review\, Seneca Review\, and \;New Letters. H e was the author of 16 books of poetry and his work has appeared in many anthologies.
He received a Guggenheim Fellowship\, two National E ndowment for the Arts grants\, the Carolyn Kizer Poetry Prize (which he w on twice)\, a Pushcart Prize\, a Masters Fellowship from the Oregon Arts Commission\, the Oregon Book Award\, and many other significant honors an d recognitions. In 2005\, he was a finalist for the National Book Award f or his volume \;The Moment's Equation.
Illness preve nted Vern from attending the recent Oregon Book Awards ceremony. In prese nting his award at the Gerding Theater\, President Glassner hailed him as "a proud laborer in the fields of literature and academia" and for "his extraordinary body of work\, generosity of heart\, commitment to truth\, and clarity of voice."
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