Sep 17th, 2021

The WKU Department of English held its 5th annual English Majors Convocation on September 10th. This year's event replaced speeches with a more interactive structure; a change that several at the event noted enhanced their experience.

Sep 13th, 2021

Mark McAndrews earned his Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from Northern Arizona University in 2020 and has been studying and teaching languages for the past decade.His research has been published in several international peer-reviewed journals.

Sep 9th, 2021

This Friday, September 10, come join the WKU English Department for the 5th Annual English Majors Convocation! The event will be held at 3 PM at WKU's Honors College in the multipurpose room and on the lawn.

Aug 30th, 2021

Applications for the Alan Miller Memorial Scholarship are now being accepted. Deadline for submission is Wednesday, September 15, 2021.

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.

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.