Editing Ted Kooser (section)

=== Education ===
Kooser graduated from Ames High School with a class of 175 students and enrolled at [[Iowa State University]], the alma mater of his uncles. He began writing short nonfiction stories for the Iowa State student literary magazine. He also joined the Iowa State Writer's Round Table, which he credits for fine-tuning his writing skills; Iowa Senator [[Tom Harkin]] was also a part of the group. In 1961, Kooser moved to [[Marshalltown, Iowa]], to student teach English classes. The following year he graduated with a BS in English education from Iowa State University and moved to [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]], to live with his parents.<ref name=":0" /> He was offered a graduate readership opportunity at the [[University of Nebraska-Lincoln]] and in 1963, he and his wife moved to [[Lincoln, Nebraska]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nebraskaauthors.org/authors/ted-kooser|title=Ted Kooser |publisher=Nebraska Authors}}</ref> After winning the Vreeland Award for poetry in 1964, he soon after lost his graduate readership from the University for his poor GPA. In 1967, he received his MA from Nebraska.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Life and Poetry Of Ted Kooser|last=Stillwell|first=Mary|publisher=Bison Books|year=2013|location=Lincoln|pages=1–60}}</ref>