This series began in the fall of 1996, as an outlet for students to share their passion for writing with their peers and teachers. Professor Jenny Brantley is the advisor to the series. Her current goal is to make the series almost entirely student run. An open mike follows the Student Readings, allowing other students to read for a few minutes. Guest poets and writers who have read for us include Lorna Landvick, Bill Holm, Thomas R. Smith, Robert Schuler, UW-Stout Multicultural students, Amy Knox Brown, and John McNally.
Readings have four to five readers, each having up to fifteen minutes of reading time.
Readings are scheduled to meet every three weeks during the fall and spring semesters in the Breezeway of Chalmer Davee Library. The average attendance at these events are between 30-50 people, quite an achievement for a small university of 5000 enrolled students.