Nyack College Writing Center_Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events with Nyack College Writing Center

You are therefore invited to all our events below. So come get inspiration to stir up the creativity in any of your artistic writing processes.

















For Manhattan Writing Center

(See below for Rockland Writing Center details for this event.)

Manhattan Writing Center I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

For Rockland Writing Center

Rockland Writing Center I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Nyack College Writing Center_Grand Slam on December 7, 2017

What is Poetry Slam?

“Poetry Slam is the competitive art of performance poetry. It puts a dual emphasis on writing and perform, encouraging poets to focus on what they’re saying and how they’re saying it. In competition, the poets are judged by members of the audience. Typically, the host (the Writing Center) selects the judges, who are instructed to give numerical scores (on a zero to 10 or one to 10 scale) based on the poet’s content and performance.”

What are the rules?

1 Each poem must be of the poet’s own construction
2.Each poet gets three-five minutes(plus a ten second grace period) to read one poem. If the poet goes over time, points will be deducted from the total score.
3.Of the scores the poet received from the five judges, the high and low scores are dropped and the middle three are added together, giving the poet a total scores of 0-30
4. All poems are to be free of offensive and obscene language

Who gets to participate?

Opened to everyone (Faculty, staff, students) who wishes to sign up. (Participants can pair up with another poet to perform). Though everyone who signs up has the opportunity to read in the first round, the lineup for subsequent rounds is determine is determined by the judges scores. In other words, the judges vote for which poets they want to see more work from.

Information taken from https://poetryslam.com/faq


The Writing Center’s next Get Creative event will feature various talented, gifted students, who are poetry artists, ready to share their inspiration and art. All further details are below.

Nyack College Writing Center's next Get Creative Event is called the Platform, which will take place on Thursday, November 9th, 2017.

Isaiah Velez is our feature presenter at our next Get Creative event at
Nyack College, NYC Campus.
All further details are below.

Nyack College Writing Center's next Get Creative Event is featuring Isaiah Velez at the NYC Campus on Wednesday, October 11th, 2017.

Fashion Speaks is a creative event that will be hosted by the Writing Center, Rockland Campus on
Thursday October 5th, 2017.
All further details are below.


Get to Know Our Presenters!


Presenters' Bios for Fashion Speaks Event with Nyack College Writing Center

The Writing Center Rockland will be hosting our next event
with Rebecca Przywara on
Thursday, April 6th.

Admission is free, everyone is invited, and light refreshments will be served.
So check it out below!
You can also read Deborah Walker’s post on this event.

Rebecca Przywara Photography event at Nyack College Writing Center, Rockland campus, on Thursday April 6th, 2017
Rebecca's Bio.png

Our First Annual
Get Creative! Collaborative Event
Presenting …

What is Love? 
We seek the answer to this in every spectrum of life. Yet, if we take a step back and focus on the ultimate source of love, what answers will we find?

Our presenters will enter a conversation examining love through the lens of John 15:13 and John 13:5, exploring love as an act of surrender, a facet of friendship, and a monument to commitment.

So come join The Writing Center Rockland in collaboration with five creative minds from the Nyack College Community on Thursday, March 16th. Admission is free, and everyone is invited! See below for further details.

For links to each presenter’s page and more, check out Deborah Walker’s post on this event.

Get Creative collaboration at Nyack College Writing Center, Rockland Campus, on Thursday, March 16th. Our presenters are Dr. Brad McDuffie, Emmanuel Jean-Pierre, Sarah Dunlap, and Loud Mouths featuring Isaiah Velez and Stephen Locke.

The Writing Center Rockland will be hosting our next event
with Dr. and Mrs. Gates on
Thursday, February 16th.

Light refreshments will be served. So check it out below!
Read Deborah Walker’s post on this event here

Our next Get Creative event at Nyack College Writing Center, Rockland Campus, will be featuring Dr. & Mrs. Jonathan Gates as the presenters. It is on Thursday, February 16th, 2017.
Nyack College Writing Center, Rockland Campus_Dr. & Mrs. Gates Bio

The Writing Center Rockland will be hosting our next event with Rachel Lee on
Thursday, December 1st.

Light refreshments will be served.  So check it out below!

Our next Get Creative event at Nyack College Writing Center, Rockland Campus, will be featuring Rachel Lee as the presenter. It will be held on Thursday, December 1st, 2016.
Nyack College Writing Center, Rockland Campus_Rachel Lee's Bio

The Writing Center Rockland will be hosting our next event with
Emmanuel Jean-Pierre on
Thursday, November 17th.

Light refreshments will be served. So check it out below!

Our next Get Creative event at Nyack College Writing Center, Rockland Campus, will be featuring Emmanuel Jean-Pierre as the presenter. It will be held on Thursday, November 17th, 2016.
Nyack College Writing Center, Rockland Campus_Emmanuel Jean-Pierre's Bio

The Writing Center Rockland is having our next event with Dr. Brad. McDuffie on
Thursday, October 27th.

Light refreshments will be served.  So check it out below!

Our next Get Creative event at Nyack College Writing Center, Rockland Campus, will be featuring Dr. Brad McDuffie as the presenter. It will be held on Thursday, October 27th, 2016.
Nyack College Writing Center, Rockland Campus_Dr. Brad McDuffie's Bio

The Writing Center Rockland will be hosting our first Get Creative event
with Loud Mouths on
Thursday, October 6th.

Light refreshments will be served.  So check it out below!

Our next Get Creative event at Nyack College Writing Center, Rockland Campus, will be featuring Loud Mouths with Isaiah Velez and Stephen Locke as the presenters. It will be held on Thursday, October 6th, 2016.
Nyack College Writing Center, Rockland Campus_Loud Mouths featuring Isaiah Velez and Stephen Locke's Bios