Nora Shepard: Poet, Teacher, Advocate

Nora Shepard, a poet and alumna of the college's Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing program, was recently honored at the NC State Alumni Association's eighth annual Evening of Stars gala as the 2011 CHASS Distinguished Alumna.

Nora has given a good bit of her generous life to the arts, both as a remarkable poet and painter, but also as a promoter of the arts in our lives in the Triangle, says John Balaban, director of NC State's creative writing program and the university's poet-in-residence.

Watch for your spring 2012 CHASS Alumni Magazine in late April, where you can read more about Shepard and her contributions to the arts in general and to the college's creative writing program in particular.

Labels: Alumni, Department of English