Department of English

April moves quickly! Much to report below:  Please mark your calendars for the UPDATED time and place of the English Awards Ceremony: Tuesday, April 25⋅ 4:30 – 5:30pm at UMaine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation, 123 Long Rd We will celebrate our students’ achievements AND thank our retiring faculty members. We have good news from […]

Snow is melting, spring is coming, and break is over! Please read on for an update on the English Department’s doings: Faculty meeting Scheduled for this Wednesday at 2:10 pm in the Writing Center. Morgan Talty published “What makes me happy now: dimples” a work of short creative-nonfiction[1]  in the Guardian to honor the birth of his[2]  and his wife Jorden[3] ’s first son, […]

March has come in like a white, fluffy, brilliant lion! We are all in the middle of the last push before spring break, and people are traveling for conferences. Many graduate students and faculty presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication in Chicago, and others are attending the Association of Writers and Writing […]

Neville is alive again after the Winter Break—though some instructors taught classes online over the months of December and January. Interns in ENG and WGS are reaching out into the community to get their projects in place, classes are digging into the subject matter after a snowy first week, and we are all gearing up for […]

Neville is buzzing as we move toward our last week of class for the semester. In classes, students prepare presentations, papers, and exams. Outside class, 101 portfolios and paperwork stream into the English office, instructors haul in treats and snacks for their last classes, and we all turn our minds towards that last week of […]

Here’s wishing all and sundry a very happy Thanksgiving; we hope you travel safely if you are, and enjoy time with friends and loved ones. There’s not much happening outside the classroom at this time of the semester, but lots happening in classes as presentations, papers, and exams are prepared. Nevertheless, here’s a little news for our community:   […]