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English Major Profile: Holly Hanna (M.A. 2011)
Holly Hanna, a high school English teacher, joined the English M.A. program in 2005. She earned her M.A. while teaching full-time. After…
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English Major Profile: Rachel Troyer (B.A. 2017)
Rachal Troyer, an English major and film minor, says that she “discovered a welcoming place at Western and within the English department.…
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English Major Profile: Kristin Stradt (B. A. 2012)
Kristin Stradt is a professional academic advisor at Scott Community College in the Quad Cities. She majored in English and then went…
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English Major Profile: Ethan Knight (B. A. 2013)
M&L: Why did you choose to major in English at Western? I chose to major in English at WIU for a few…
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University Writing Center Supports Writers Remotely During COVID-19
In January the University Writing Center (UWC) added asynchronous (e-tutoring) appointments to complement its face-to-face and online (real-time) appointment options. Little did…
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Helwig Publishes Major Book
Timothy Helwig is a Professor in the Department of English at Western Illinois University. He specializes in nineteenth-century American literature and…
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New Reading Room Series
Graduate Student Katya Kozhukhova Reads a Short Story The Reading Room Series, spearheaded by undergraduate student Grayson Stoik, is an effort to…
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What Teaching College Night Classes Taught Me About Teaching High School English
“The job is yours if you want it!” This sentence was music to my ears after hours of background checks, tax forms,…
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English Department Scholar of the Year
English Department Scholar of the Year Erica Parrigin The department of English is delighted to celebrate this year’s Scholar of the Year,…
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2018-2019 Awards and Announcements
Award Winning Students Each spring, the English Department awards $20,000 in scholarships and fellowships for our graduate and undergraduate students. We are…
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