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Arts Crusader Kevin Staniec ’01 is Named ‘Orange County Arts Leader’

October 20, 2017 by Melissa Hoon | Alumni Spotlight

Kevin Staniec ’01 was honored with the Arts Leader Award at Arts Orange County’s 18th Annual Orange County Arts Awards on Oct. 17, 2017 at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa. Kevin is an author of children’s literature, poetry, essays, fiction, nonfiction and screenplays. He is employed with the City of Irvine, where

Kevin Staniec ’01 Helps Build Story, One Author at a Time 1888 Center's Summer Writing Project Heats Up

June 15, 2016 by Melissa Hoon | Alumni Spotlight

The tagline for 1888 Center , an Orange publishing house founded by Kevin Staniec ’01 , is “Building community, one story at a time.” But during June and July, the organization will build story one author at a time during its third annual Summer Writing Project by hosting panels, workshops and a writing contest that will give authors