WKU Department of English

08/26/2026

Join us Friday, September 11th, for convocation!❣️ WKU English is happy to meet with students and faculty altogether 🤗 OPEN to all students!

Bring a friend for snacks, activities, and the chance to win a $25 giftcard to the bookstore! 📚💰

📍Meet at 3:30 to 5 pm in classroom 439 in Grise Hall

08/24/2026

📠👉⌨️ Step back in time at the Typewriter Petting Zoo! ✨

Explore the history of writing, from early typewriters to the rise of computers and the Internet, through interactive posters and hands-on experiences. 🤗 Try your hand at typing on manual and electric typewriters and see how writing has evolved!

📍 Grise Hall 433 🕙 Weekdays, 10 AM – 4 PM
📅 OPEN Now through the end of the semester

Presented by Dr. Jane Fife ❣️ Stop by, get curious, and give it a try!

08/21/2026

🇬🇧✈️ Summer Study Abroad Recap ✈️🇬🇧

Crime and Drama in London with Professor Jess Folk and Dr. Dawn Winters 🎭🕵

Students visited local sights based on literature, attended plays, studied in museums, and more 🏛️📚

English student Lacy Hardin shares, "My favorite moment was seeing 'The Mousetrap' by Agatha Christie." 🪤✍️

08/20/2026

Get involved with English! ❣ Keep up with our socials throughout the semester, join clubs, and attend events ✨

📆 Check our living calendar for updates often! Find in our linktree on our page 🔗
👀 Be on the lookout for Ashen Egg, Zephyrus, and Conference details!

We're happy you're here 😊

08/18/2026

📚 Welcome back, Hilltoppers! 🌎
A new semester means new opportunities to learn, connect, and grow. ✨ As you settle into your classes, here are a few friendly reminders from the WKU English:

📧 Check your WKU email regularly.
📆 Click the link to our Living Calendar throughout the Year!
🗣️ Stay in communication with your professors and classmates.
🌍 Get involved by joining clubs, attending events, and taking advantage of opportunities beyond the classroom.

Also check out our writing center for more resources ✍
Here's to a fantastic semester! ❣

08/11/2026

🧛‍♂️📚Spend Winter Break exploring the monsters and mysteries of London! 🇬🇧 Application Deadline September 21st ✨

Ready to take your English studies abroad? This winter, join the Cooperative Center for Study Abroad (CCSA) for Monsters and Mysteries in the Literature of London, an exciting opportunity to explore some of literature’s most iconic tales while experiencing London firsthand. 🕵

Students will dive into classics like:
🧟 Frankenstein
🧪 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
🧛 Dracula
🔎 The Woman in White

Along the way, visit sites including the Old Operating Theatre, Victoria and Albert Museum, Hampstead Heath, and Bedlam while exploring the cultural and moral anxieties that shaped 19th-century literature.

📅 Travel: December 26, 2026–January 7, 2027
🎓 Earn upper-level English or Honors credit
✈️ Eligible WKU students can apply through CCSA and may qualify for scholarship opportunities!

If literature, history, mystery, and international travel sound like your kind of winter break, this is one opportunity you won't want to miss! 🇬🇧📖

CCSA - Cooperative Center for Study Abroad

08/10/2026

Conference Opportunity ✨ Grad-student and Faculty Friendly! 👏
📅 Apply by this Thursday, August 14th
💡 Conference Dates: November 5th-7th

The Watson Conference at the University of Louisville is currently accepting applications! It’s a conference that focuses on writing, writing pedagogy, and rhetoric—so of interest to many of you! 🤩

🔗 https://events.louisville.edu/conferences/watson-conference-rhetoric-and-composition

November 5th-7th, 2026

08/03/2026

NOW LIVE! ❣️ Explore all the links, all in one place 🔗

We now have a linktr.ee with all things English at WKU 💻 Find on our profile!

🖱️ linktr.ee/english.office

07/30/2026

kinda chic to be a part of english at wku 💛

07/22/2026

Helpful workshop for those interested! 💻

Screenwriters - it's been a busy summer, but we're coming back in August, but this month on a TUESDAY EVENING. If you haven't been able to make a weekend session, this is the time to attend :)

Send us your pages or just show up and learn from others' feedback. Open to all female and non-binary writers ages 18+. Learn more and register here: https://www.womeninfilmky.org/events-1/august-writers-group-feedback-session