Potter College News

Nov 19th, 2021

On Friday, Nov. 12, the English Department hosted the annual Undergraduate Conference on Literature, Language, and Culture, which featured presentations of academic papers from undergraduate students that were preselected for their distinct perspectives

Nov 9th, 2021

On Sunday, October 31, the WKU Department of English hosted the 25th annual Mary Ellen & Jim Wayne Miller Celebration of Writing at the Kentucky Museum. This event was made to honor the legacies of the distinguished writers and cherished WKU professors Ma

Aug 20th, 2021

Gilman Scholarship winner Catherine Sheffield, a Clarksville, Tennessee senior and Creative Writing major studied abroad in the UK this summer. She shares her experience with studying abroad during a pandemic.

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 28th, 2021

WKU MFA alumna Erin Slaughter recently announced that her debut story collection A Manual for How to Love Us will be published by Harper Perennial in summer 2022.

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 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.

Apr 20th, 2021

WKU’s 2020-2021 Midnight on the Hill campaign raised $80,608 for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Professional Writing major Hanna Van Winkle served as the co-executive director for this year’s committee.

Apr 19th, 2021

Read about this year's festival, the guest poet/judge and the winners!