The organization sponsors several activities throughout the school year. Members are encouraged to submit their work for publication in The Rectangle, the national Sigma Tau Delta publication. For further information, contact Dr. Doris Walters . Live Poets Society Created in 1995, this college-wide study group consists of students and faculty who meet monthly to discover, read, discuss, and otherwise promote contemporary poetry beyond the confines of the formal classroom. Occasionally, members will suggest a specific theme or interest as the context for a given meeting.
Members also attend and seek to initiate local readings by published poets.
For more information, contact Dr. Joy Dworkin or Dr. Art Saltzman . Return to Top of Page Student Awards Faculty of the Department of English give recognition to outstanding English majors at an annual spring awards banquet and ceremony. English majors also may engage in writing competitions for the following awards, some of which contain a cash award. Because of the beneficence of the Dunham family, the department has an endowed scholarship fund. Click here to read information about the Larry Dunham Memorial Scholarship fund.