Millikin offers three English majors—writing, literature,
and English Education—each emphasizing an innovative
contemporary approach of learning by reflective action.
We celebrate student performance as writers, readers, and
teachers of English—offering an educational journey
through great works of the past, exploring intriguing writings
of the present, and preparing students to write, edit, publish
or teach in the future. See our Majors page for details.
Each year the Millikin University English Department sponsors a high-school poetry writing contest, with awards announced at the annual Literary Festival. This year's winners are
First Place
Qoc’a Revolorio "The Rain, part II"
Second Place
Haley Stojak "A Star in the Dark"
Third Place
Emily Conklin "Seasons Change"
Honorable Mentions
Ann Abney
Thalia Araujo
Jordan A. Benavides
Hannah Bradshaw
Sabrina DiGiovanni
Emily Glasgow
Casey N. Kennett
Nick Kochetta
Anthony Marvin
Danielle Miller
Marcus Moritz
Andrew Obert
Kelly Pembrick
Carissa Lynne Poplin
Lucy Quagraine
Raven Wall
Congratulations!
2008 Literary Festival
Millikin University's 6th Annual Literary Festival was held November 8-9. Joining our faculty were Lisa Fishman and Will Allison. See the photo archive page for a record of this successful event.
Lisa Fishman signs a book for Dr. O'Conner at the Literary Festival
Dr. Frech discusses poetry with a student attendee at the Literary Festival.
On April 24, 2008, several English students and two faculty members were honored with awards at the 2008 Awards Convocation. See details on the Awards page.
2009 Chicago Humanities Festival
Several English majors were selected to attend this year's Chicago Humanities Festival. English majors Kerry Dueker, Lauren Krage, and Sam Sinkhorn headed to Chicago for a weekend of humanities fun.
English Alum News
Aaron Bynum graduated from Millikin University in 2007 with a major
in writing. At Millikin he was one of the founding editors of Bronze Man Books. Aaron is now
Assistant Editor for Arborist News, a bimonthly (6 times a year) magazine published by the International Society of Arboriculture, located in Champaign, Illinois. He is currently in training to become the Managing Editor.
Maureen Ritter, class of 2006, writes that she has started teaching English at Grayslake Central High School in Grayslake, IL, up by the Wisconsin border. She will teach Freshman Language Arts and Senior British Literature. She also will be coaching a new speech team. Way to go Maureen!
Millikin English and Art majors have joined forces to found a new student publishing company, Bronze Man Books. See the new web site for more details.
Bronze Man Books is open for submissions of chapbooks & book proposals. BMB is also currently open for submissions to the Millikin University Haiku Anthology.
English Faculty News
See the latest faculty news of publications, community service, conference publications and accomplishments by Millikin's English faculty at English Faculty News.
Millikin University’s English department is receiving attention for its innovative curriculum that extends the Millikin’s integration of theory and practice into the English-Writing major.
Millikin University English faculty have been frequent presenters at national and regional conferences sharing the news about its innovative curriculum. Due to the growing reputation of its undergraduate writing major, the Millikin English department was invited to submit a chapter to a forthcoming book, Advance(d) Composition: Undergraduate Majors and the Future of the Discipline, to be published by Utah State University Press in 2008.
