Surveys this spring showed that students' appreciation of writing — and their perception of its power to change themselves and the world — grew after classes went remote. English 110 is a First Year Foundations course and part of the Core Curriculum.

"Pandemic Engaged Teaching and Learning" summer workshops helped prepare English Department faculty to teach disciplinary courses creatively and effectively this fall in hybrid online/in-person environments.

Professor Ann Cahill will serve as faculty director of the office, and follows Professor Janet Myers, who has headed Elon’s fellowships initiative for the past 16 years and served as the office’s founding director.

Associate Professor of English Prudence Layne organized The CoRE: Conversations on Race and Equity to discuss community issues in Burlington and Alamance County

This is the first in a series of virtual forums that runs through Sept. 7 and will focus on race and policing. Associate Professor of English Prudence Layne organized the forums to strengthen conversation among the community, area leaders, and government officials.

Participants in the Center for Engaged Learning’s research seminar on Writing Beyond the University: Fostering Writers’ Lifelong Learning and Agency are working virtually this week, July 12-17, during their second summer meeting.

Elon University saw 21 faculty and staff members retire this academic year.

"Migritude's Progress: Fatou Diome's Twenty-Five Years in Afrique(s)-sur-Rhine," an article by Rosemary Haskell, Professor of English, appeared recently in The Minnesota Review: A Journal of Creative and Critical Writing.

Published in June by the Association of College & Research Libraries, “The Engaged Library: High-Impact Educational Practices in Academic Libraries” features contributions from several Elon librarians and teaching faculty.

During a virtual ceremony on May 19, the Department of English celebrated the accomplishments of English majors in the Class of 2020.