Contributions to the Department of English provide critical support for our students’ academic pursuits and our faculty’s research activities. Some areas of particular need are:
1. Scholarship support
- for the Adrian-Salomon Fund, which provides vital support to graduate students working on their dissertations
- for the newly established Frederica Ward Memorial Scholarship Fund for undergraduate African-American students
2. Funds for the dissertation seminar
- Instructor stipends (two instructors)
- Tuition reimbursement for students (eight students)
- Public lecture costs (publicity, AV, refreshments)
3. Support for our two minors (film and creative writing)
- A DVD library located in the department
- A film-related speaker such as screenwriter Danny Rubin, who wrote Groundhog Day
- Tickets for students to special area film events
- Funds to support a twice yearly master class conducted by visiting writers in one of the genres offered in creative writing
- A prose reading series dedicated to fiction and non-fiction writers