News and Events

What's On Tap?

A listing of English Department courses and section descriptions (including details about various 101 section offerings) for the Fall 2008 semester is available here.

Schmidt Wins Second Newbery Honor Award

Calvin English Professor Gary Schmidt has received a 2008 Newbery Honor Award for The Wednesday Wars, published by Clarion. Schmidt also earned a Newbery Honor Award in 2005 for Lizzie Bright and The Buckminster Boy. Keep 'em coming, Gary!

Going to Grad School?

The Council of Independent Colleges offers two American Graduate Fellowships, designed to promote and support doctoral study in the humanities by accomplished graduates of small and mid-sized private liberal arts colleges. Two fellowships, worth up to $50,000 each and renewable for a second year, will be awarded annually through 2011.

The fellowships will be available to students from eligible institutions, including Calvin College, who enroll in doctoral programs at any of 23 leading independent research universities in the United States, Great Britain, and Ireland.

Deadline for application is October 15, 2008.

Advice on Applying to Graduate School

'Tis the season for applications, writing samples, and letters of recommendation. If you are applying to graduate school—or thinking of applying in the years to come—you might find it helpful to read Applying to Graduate School, a document written by Prof. Jennifer Williams.

Where the Alumni Are

This webpage tracks some of the majors and minors who have graduated from the English Department. Contact Chad Engbers if you have a blurb to add!