Potter College News

Jul 19th, 2021

When people find texting natural, they may not realize that text messages have accepted linguistic rules. 2021 graduate Fallon Russell conducted research to identify and explain those rules and presented her findings at the Student Research Conference.

Jul 1st, 2021

Brandon Colvin’s feature film, "A Dim Valley," will premiere in New York City on July 2, 2021. Colvin is a 2010 alum who majored in English with a concentration in creative writing.

Jun 30th, 2021

Throughout June, the English Department has celebrated Pride Month by sharing LGBTQ+-centric literature on Facebook and Instagram. For the last day of Pride Month, Joseph is discussing his thoughts on the power that literature has for the queer community.

Jun 2nd, 2021

For a project in the spring 2021 Survey of British Literature I course, senior Aliza Norman wrote and performed a song rendition of 12th Century Marie de France’s “Lanval.”

Jun 1st, 2021

Alumna Adrianna Waters from Florence, Ky., will attend the Columbia Publishing Course in fall 2021. To help fund the opportunity, Waters received a $2,500 Continuing Education Scholarship from Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society.

May 4th, 2021

Sarah Grace Clayton, a junior Professional Writing major from Hartford, KY, has recently applied her English skills to her cousin’s candle making business.

May 4th, 2021

Three students in the WKU English Department were awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship this past semester. Western Kentucky English major Bobbi Coffee is one of those students.

Apr 27th, 2021

Graduating senior and Elizabethtown native Max Chambers has secured a job at Synchrogenix as a Technical Editor 1. To secure the position and negotiate for a higher salary, Chambers took advantage of many WKU opportunities and resources.

Apr 22nd, 2021

Joan Romano Shifflett, winner of 2020 Warren-Brooks Award for her book Warren, Jarrell, and Lowell: Collaboration in the Reshaping of American Poetry, will give a lecture at the annual meeting of the Robert Penn Warren Circle. The virtual lecture will tak

Apr 20th, 2021

Lauren Haynes, from Madison, Va., graduated from WKU’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program in August 2020. She recently received the impressive results of her applications to law schools.