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Golden Bear Softball Plays for National Title
Riding an unprecedented 14-game winning streak, the Golden Bears softball team made a postseason run all the way to the
Division II National Championship Game last spring. Led by seven All-PSAC East players, including divisional athlete of the
year Brianna Knipe ’14, the Golden Bears began their streak with a pair of wins to close out the regular season. The run included
the school’s first ever PSAC championship under head coach Judy Lawes and ended with an extra-inning loss in the national
championship. KU now owns back-to-back appearances in the Division II National Softball Championships.
Internationally renowned poet Sharon Olds vis-
ited Kutztown University and read from her
work on Oct. 24. Olds also held a master class
with students to discuss the current state of liter-
ature in America.
Olds is the author of eight volumes of poetry,
most recently “Stag’s
Leap,” for which she
won the Pulitzer
Prize for Poetry and
became the first
American to win
Britain’s T.S. Eliot
Prize for Poetry.
Often credited as
one of contemporary
poetry’s leading
voices, Olds was the
New York State poet laureate from 1998 to
2000 and teaches creative writing at New York
University, where she holds the Erich Maria
Remarque professorship.
Steinway artist Sandra Rivers held a three-day residency at Kutztown
University in early November. Her visit included a lecture on racism
and sexism in classical music, a piano master class, and a special con-
cert with the Kutztown University Orchestra, under the direction of
Dr. Timothy Schwarz.
One of the first African-American students at the Juilliard School of
Music, Rivers taught in the New York City public school system for three
years. During this time she was held at gunpoint twice and was put
under “protection” by a gang who escorted her from the subway to
the school. While teaching, she won Best Collaborative Artist at
the Tchaikovsky Competition, making her one of the most sought
after pianists of her generation.
Renowned Pianist Sandra Rivers
Holds Residency at KU
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet
Sharon Olds Visits KU
