Our department chair!

This week the SWC will be open on Monday and Tuesday during normal hours! We will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday for OBU's Fall Break. Be sure to book your appointments ASAP. If not, we'll see you next week!

Thinking about applying to grad school? Come hear Dr. Ben Utter discuss "The Perils, Pleasures, and Practicalities of Applying to Graduate School" TODAY at 4 PM in Lile 210! All are welcome!

Our award-winning bilingual literary journal is now taking submissions! Send those submissions and/or questions to [email protected]!

Thanksgiving Break is next week! We will be closed Monday-Thursday. We are observing normal hours this week. We'd love to have you in the Writing Center! #makingbetterwriters

The Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society at OBU will be hosting a book sale this Tuesday and Thursday! Stop by to grab a book (and even get it wrapped) for an incredibly low price! This event will be held in the Student Center. Come get some last minute gifts!

This is the last week that the Writing Center will be open before the new year! Come see us this week while you can! Appointments are going fast and we know those final papers are piling up. Email [email protected] to make an appointment.

In case you missed it, the Speer Writing Center is open for business! We even have appointments available this week, so be sure to email [email protected] if you want an appointment! #makingbetterwriters

Be sure to check out Sigma Tau Delta's Valentine's Day fundraiser! Fill out the form, pay, and receive a gift (or send a gift) through campus mail. Henderson students are able to participate in this fundraiser as well! Books will be dropped off on campus pending pickup.

The Speer Writing Center is CLOSED tonight due to winter weather. Stay tuned for more updates regarding the next few days!

We’re on a Faulkner literary tourism trip to Oxford, MS and an Eli Cranor book sighting at Square Books! Come hear Eli read from Broiler on campus April 10 at 7 PM in Young Auditorium (more details forthcoming!)

We love when alum visit (and bring homemade chocolate chip cookies with them!) The Bugtruck was thrilled to catch up with Emily Koonce (‘21) and learn about her adventures in teaching 10th grade English. We are proud of our intelligent, kind, and empathetic alumni!

Join us for a reading from award-winning departmental alum, Eli Cranor, next Thursday, April 10 at 7 PM in Young Auditorium! Eli is a phenomenal reader, and we guarantee that you'll leave inspired!

Congratulations to our newest members of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society: Cameron Self, Madeline King, and Avery Walker! They were inducted in a formal ceremony last week and are pictured here with ink pens, a gift from faculty sponsor Dr. Ben Utter.

Past and present English Program faculty recently celebrated the retirements of Johnny Wink and Jay Russell Curlin! We walked down memory lane and heard all the stories!

We are so proud of Bugtruck alum, Eli Cranor, and are honored to have hosted a Mark Twain literary award nominee for a reading this past April! 🙌🏼 tinyurl.com/58n4rf87

We're open for the semester! Email us for an appointment, and let us help with those upcoming papers!