Dr. Jane Piirto
March 13, 2013 * 6:30 p.m. * The Ahuja Auditorium
Her presentation, "Discovering, Developing, and Nurturing Talent" is free and open to the public. Please share this information with anyone who may be interested in attending.
Scheduled to take place in The Ahuja Auditorium at Hathaway Brown, 19600 North Park Blvd. in Shaker Heights, the presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m. Space is limited and registration is required. Click here to sign up now.
A Trustees' Distinguished Professor at Ashland University, Dr. Jane Piirto's literary books are A Location in the Upper Peninsula (collected works), The Three-Week Trance Diet (award-winning novel), Saunas (poetry), The Arrest (novel), Labyrinth (novella), as well as eight chapbooks. Her scholarship is in the area of the psychology of creativity and in the study of gifted children. Among her books are Talented Children and Adults, Understanding Creativity, My Teeming Brain: Understanding Creative Writers, and Creativity for 21st Century Skills. Many of these works are available as e-books on Kindle and Nook.
She received Individual Artist Fellowships in poetry and fiction from the Ohio Arts Council. Garrison Keillor read her work on “The Writer’s Almanac.” She is one of 1,400 American writers listed in the Directory of American Poets and Writers as both a poet and a writer. She has received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Association for Gifted Children, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Mensa Education and Research Foundation, and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Northern Michigan University.
Visit www.hb.edu/learningforlife to register for Dr. Piirto's presentation today.