Students practice social distancing in the Robert Bell building

Our Faculty

English department chair, Patrick Collier

Letter from the Chair

You’re probably wondering what’s it been like in the Ball State English department these last few weeks. And what good are the humanities at a time like this? Department Chair Patrick Collier weighs in.

Read his letter.

Poetry and Pep Talks

What do a bunch of English professors do to keep their students’ spirits up? They use language, of course. Over the last few weeks, our faculty have delivered motivational pep talks and read aloud their favorite poems on our YouTube channel.

Listen.

Our News

One Ball State Day

We raised $1598 for the English department and (we hope) a lot more than that to directly help Ball State students.

Learn more.

And we’re proud that the person behind #OneBallStateDay’s success is a #bsuenglish alum, Lola Mauer, the Associate Vice President of Strategy at the Ball State University Foundation (BA and MA in English 1998).

Learn more.

Good News

Despite everything, we had some really good news to share in:

January
February
March and April
On Ball State media: Sitting at the Feet of our Muncie Elders.
In regional media: Midwestern Stories grant from Indiana Humanities.

(Online) Awards Ceremony

Normally, alums can’t make it to our annual awards ceremony, but this year you can–since the whole event happened online. Listen to speeches from Drs. Collier and Hamada, readings from Broken Plate, the Digital Literature Review, and our newest publication, River Teeth. Plus, find out who won the Trimmer Award for Outstanding Senior!

Watch now.

Thank you, Alumni

For sharing your story

Before Ball State moved to remote learning, the Stars to Steer By alumni career series for the Spring 2020 semester featured alumni who have careers related to marketing and the legal field.

View Facebook album.

English Alumni who visited:

Would you like to share your career journey with our students on the English blog? Get in touch at bsueng@bsu.edu.

For paying it forward

In January, we asked you to register for Cardinals Connect and 150 of you answered the call! This spring in our pilot careers class, students used Cardinals Connect to contact you to do informational interviews.

Thank you to:

Natali Cavanagh, Marketing Coordinator at ABRAMS books
Becca Davila, Content Manager, Pete for American campaign
Ace Howard, Technical Writer
Lauren Lutz, Marketer-turned-School Counselor
Elysia Smith, Owner of Irvington Vinyl and Books
Gretchen Stelter, Freelance Editor

Are you open to sharing your career journey with an English student over a (virtual) cup of coffee or on the phone? Register for Cardinals Connect.

Giving

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