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News You Can Use

The News You Can Use newsletter provides information of interest to undergraduate English majors and minors. It is distributed biweekly via email during the Fall and Spring semesters. It typically includes announcements about scholarships and other undergraduate opportunities; writing contests and calls for papers; information about professional and student organizations; as well as announcements about upcoming literary readings and presentations on campus and in the community. 

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Wordplay

Wordplay is a newsletter detailing the various goings on of the many faculty, staff, and students in the Department of English and is published annually.

  • 2025 Newsletter [PDF]
    • Welch Explores the Epic as a Global Art Form
    • Scholarship, Writing, and Career Preparation Grow
    • Public Writing Benefits Nonprofits and Students
    • Moyer Sees a World of Opportunity for Writers
    • Researchers Study Native American, Medieval Writing
    • Wilson Examines New Negro Renaissance Performances
    • Interdisciplinary View Explores Berlin Wall
  • 2024 Newsletter [PDF]
    • Iliana Rocha: Poetic Justice for True Crime
    • Message from Misty Anderson, Department Head
    • Literary Analysis (Taylor’s Version)
    • Alumni Spotlight: Rodney Thompson
    • New Faculty Spotlight: Dionte Harris
    • New Faculty Spotlight: Rima Elabdali
    • Undergraduate Student Spotlight: Pursuing Passion
    • Graduate Student Spotlight: Respectfully Disagreeing
  • 2023 Newsletter [PDF | HTML]
  • 2022 Newsletter [PDF | HTML]
  • 2021 Newsletter [PDF | HTML]
  • 2020 Newsletter [PDF | HTML]

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