Endowed English Scholarships
Each year, the English department provides a $1,500 scholarship to one incoming freshman English major and a continuing English major. Details for incoming freshman applicants can be found here.
Writing Contests and Prizes
- Student grants "for any project that supports or furthers the mission, vision, or current theme of the Gerber Institute" – up to $500
- Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society (see Newman University English Honor Society and english.org.)
- Norton Writer's Prize (annual; requires sponsorship)
- Transitions Abroad Student Writing Contest (annual)
Articles of Interest
- “In Defense of the English Major” (Book Riot, March 2017)
- "In Praise of (Offline) Slow Reading" (January 2014)
- "Why English Majors are the Hot New Hires" (July 2013)
Professional English Organizations
- Kansas Association of Teachers of English (KATE)
- Modern Language Association
- National Council of Teachers of English
- Conference on College Composition and Communication
- Poetry Society of America
- International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts
- American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies
- Medieval Academy of America