Press Release

March 20, 2012 | By Ohio Wesleyan University

Songwriting Panel

Eric Gnezda

DELAWARE, OHIO – Eric Gnezda, part-time instructor of speech at Ohio Wesleyan University, will participate in a three-person songwriting panel discussion on WOSU radio’s “All Sides with Ann Fisher.” Gnezda is the 2006 recipient of the Ohioana Citation for Music Composition, a regular performer at Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Tennessee, and a featured presenter at the Citizens’ Symposium on Civility in Washington, D.C.

The other panelists are R.J. Cowdery (winner of the Kerrville Festival) and Al Smyth.

“All Sides with Ann Fisher” is a two-hour, daily public-affairs talk show designed cover issues and events that shape life in central Ohio. The program is broadcast on 89.7 FM. After it airs, the show will be archived online for listening on demand.

Ohio Wesleyan University is one of the nation’s premier small, private universities, with more than 90 undergraduate majors, sequences, and courses of study, and 23 NCAA Division III varsity sports. Located in Delaware, Ohio, just minutes north of Ohio’s capital and largest city, Columbus, the university combines a globally focused curriculum with off-campus learning and leadership opportunities that translate classroom theory into real-world practice. OWU’s close-knit community of 1,850 students represents 47 states and 57 countries. Ohio Wesleyan was named to the 2012 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with distinction, is featured in the book “Colleges That Change Lives,” and is included on the “best colleges” lists of U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review. Learn more at www.owu.edu.