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Virginia Tech to honor literary icon Nikki Giovanni with celebration of life event in June

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This summer, Virginia Tech will celebrate the life and legacy of the renowned poet and former Virginia Tech professor, the late Nikki Giovanni.

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Nikki Giovanni receives a posthumous honor, the Frost Medal for lifetime achievement

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Two months after her death, poet Nikki Giovanni has been awarded one of the top honors for her art form, the Frost Medal for lifetime achievement.

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Virginia Tech students participate in day of service for MLK week

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A group of Virginia Tech students wrapped up the university’s MLK week in Roanoke, learning about the city’s black history and performing community service.

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Public visitation set for Nikki Giovanni set for Saturday night

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Community members have an opportunity to honor the legacy of Nikki Giovanni, the acclaimed poet, activist and distinguished Virginia Tech professor, who passed away on Monday after battling cancer for the third time.

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Virginia Tech community mourns Nikki Giovanni

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Nikki Giovanni's death leaves her beloved Virginia Tech community in mourning

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Remembering an icon: How did Nikki Giovanni, renowned poet and VT professor, impact you?

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The community is shaken after the passing of Nikki Giovanni, an acclaimed poet, Black Arts Movement icon and esteemed Virginia Tech professor.

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Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, has died at 81

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The poet, author, educator and public speaker Nikki Giovanni has died at 81.

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Nikki Giovanni, poet and well-known Virginia Tech Professor, dies at 81

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Nikki Giovanni, the acclaimed poet, Virginia Tech Professor and Black Arts movement Icon passed away at the age of 81 on Monday, she passed away peacefully with her lifelong partner, Virginia Fowler by her side.

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Nikki Giovanni to receive honorary degree from Roanoke College

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Literary icon Nikki Giovanni is set to receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Roanoke College.

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Nikki Giovanni honored with emerita status

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Nikki Giovanni, who recently retired from her role as a professor of English at Virginia Tech, has been honored with the title of University Distinguished Professor Emerita by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.

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The end of an era: World-renowned poet, Virginia Tech professor retires

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Nikki Giovanni is hanging her hat up after 35 years. The world renowned poet and activist has been an icon in the Virginia Tech community as both a professor and inspiration.

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Fisk Jubilee Singers celebrate 150 years since first tour

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The Fisk Jubilee Singers first started performing 150 years ago to raise money for their university.

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Famous, local poet Nikki Giovanni reacts to Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Day poem

Read full article: Famous, local poet Nikki Giovanni reacts to Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Day poem

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Amanda Gorman, the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, delivered a moving message on Wednesday during the Inauguration of President Joe Biden. “It really just choked me up,” said Nikki Giovanni about the young woman’s words. Giovanni, a world-renowned poet and a university distinguished professor at Virginia Tech, said that Gorman’s poem is what the nation needed to hear. With the world’s eyes watching, Giovanni said that Gorman delivered the poem with grace. She did wish that the late poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize in 1950, could have been around to hear Gorman’s poem.

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