Students who have received inadequate preparation in English but show promise of succeeding as college students begin their study with a preliminary course, English 100 Introduction to College Writing and Literature. Our full-time faculty are fully committed to teaching in the freshman program because we know how important learning to write well is for college success. We provide additional support for students who need it through our writing labs and tutoring programs. Tutoring Program English faculty select exceptional students in the program as tutors for the Academic Resources Center. Here English education majors acquire valuable experience in teaching language arts.
Student receive tutoring free of charge.
The English Department's computerized writing lab is one of two on campus where students may go day or night to word process writing assignments, do research on the Internet, review basic grammar, or complete other projects requiring computer technology. The English Department has been active in the exciting duPont summer research grant program. This program gives financial support to faculty and their student research partners for a 10-week period in the summer so they can do intensive research on specific topics. Dr. Spencer used the latter project to develop a paper which she reach at the Shakespeare Association of America. Shawna presented a paper at the 1996 NCUR and Kim plans to reach hers at the 1998 NCUR meeting.