WKU News

Jan 19th, 2021

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Jan 4th, 2021

Do you struggle with remembering details of all the books you've read over winter break? English Department intern Joseph Shoulders provides insight and help with keeping track of impressions, author intent, characters, and taking notes as you read!

Dec 11th, 2020

Introducing the WKU Department of English fall 2020 graduates! What a semester it has been! Please take a moment to meet each of our graduates! We are proud of their accomplishments, and we know they will make WKU proud!

Dec 10th, 2020

The WKU Department of English hosted the 2020 Undergraduate Conference on Literature, Language, and Culture on November 13. After the event, the moderating WKU English MA and MFA students voted on three winning presentations.

Dec 8th, 2020

Hanna Van Winkle is a Senior double major in English Professional Writing and Communication Studies from Slaughters, KY.

Nov 19th, 2020

The Undergraduate Conference is an opportunity for students to share papers they have written in WKU English classes. MFA and English MA graduate students chose the presenters, moderated the event, and determined the "Best in Conference" presentations.

Nov 17th, 2020

Mac Williams is a senior Professional Writing major with a minor in Creative Writing from Rineyville, KY. Last Spring, Williams received the Critical Language Scholarship which he had hoped to use to study Japanese language abroad.

Nov 16th, 2020

Five students in the Department of English have received the Benjamin A. Gilman scholarship which offers grants of up to $5,000 for undergraduate students to pursue academic study abroad opportunities.

Nov 16th, 2020

Spring '21 internship applications are due Tuesday, November 17, 2020. Junior English major Olivia Alsup offers insight into the importance of internships for English majors and how internships help students apply classroom knowledge in the workplace.

Nov 10th, 2020

Read about the event, its purpose, and why you should attend it.

Oct 27th, 2020

The WKU Department of English and the African American Studies Program hosted the 24th Annual Mary Ellen & Jim Wayne Miller Celebration of Writing via Zoom.

Oct 27th, 2020

WKU English Department Intern Joseph Shoulders sheds a spotlight on climate change in literature. Does climate fiction produce practical consequences, encouraging us to think about the Earth?s sustainability?

Oct 26th, 2020

On Wednesday, October 21, 2020, the English Salon held a virtual meeting where attendees were invited to talk about any piece of media or art that had made them happy during quarantine.

Oct 22nd, 2020

Mary Ellen Miller & Jim Wayne Miller Celebration of Writing To Be Held October 25th

Oct 20th, 2020

In his blog, Shoulders encourages us to reconsider the pursuit of knowledge as only a means to lucrative employment. He also asks us to evaluate the real purpose of education and argues that “to devalue language and art is to devalue the human condition."

Oct 14th, 2020

Visit the WKU English Department's PCAL Fall Festival Booth and have your fortune told in the form of a poem! The PCAL Fall Festival will be held Wednesday, October 28 from 1-4 pm!

Oct 8th, 2020

English major Hannah Van Winkle integrates her love of WKU and her skills as a PW major to create an internship which allows her to dedicate her talents to community service.

Sep 29th, 2020

Dillon Miller graduated from WKU in 2020 with a degree in Professional Writing and a minor in Entrepreneurship. With determination and goals in mind, he worked to create a position for himself with a Kentucky distillery.

Sep 23rd, 2020

Learn more about our annual poetry contest that honors the late Professor Mary Ellen and Dr. Jim Wayne Miller, in addition to eligibility, guidelines, and deadlines.