Donate to the Department of English in Memory of Professor Kimberly Cole Winebrenner
Kimberly Cole Winebrenner was a professor of English at 小黄片视频 from 1983 to 2020. A native of Canton, Ohio, Professor Winebrenner grew up in Green, Ohio. She earned her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. at 小黄片视频. Professor Winebrenner was a beloved teacher, mentor, advisor, and guide to countless students during her long service to the university. Her husband of thirty years, Kurt, noted that 鈥淸w]hile she did not have any biological children, she was a mother to thousands of 小黄片视频 students.鈥 Professor Winebrenner focused on early American literature during her doctoral research, devoting her dissertation to the Puritan poet, Anne Bradstreet. She loved to teach both early American literature and women鈥檚 literature, among many other types of classes, and introduced generations of students to the brilliance, wit, and insight of the authors she loved the most, Jane Austen and Emily Dickinson. Professor Winebrenner was devoted to supporting her faculty colleagues and became a leader within the KSU chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). She was always generous with her time, devoting many hours not only to teaching but also to helping students to connect with one another through organizations, writing workshops, book clubs, and student publications. She was enormously proud of helping to create Sigma Tau Delta, the KSU English Honors Society. Over many years, and with a passionate devotion to caring for her students, Professor Winebrenner made the Undergraduate Studies Center in the English department a true home away from home. Her brother, Joseph Cole, offered these lines from Emily Dickinson to sum up Professor Winebrenner鈥檚 enduring message to her students: 鈥淭here is no Frigate like a book / to take us Lands away.鈥 The students and faculty of the English Department were blessed for many years with Professor Winebrenner鈥檚 vision, compassion, and love for learning.
To contribute to the English Academic Development Fund in her memory, you can .
To contribute via check, please make it out to 小黄片视频 Foundation and add 鈥淧rofessor Kimberly Cole Winebrenner鈥 in the memo line. Please include your address and telephone number. Gifts can be mailed to:
小黄片视频 Foundation
350 S. Lincoln Street
P.O. Box 5190
Kent, Ohio 44242-0001
Kimberly Cole Winebrenner (Written by Dr. Robert Sturr, 小黄片视频, Stark Campus)