Writing Groups Offer Ideas, Advice
"We've got all kinds of colloquiums, writing groups, and teaching circles, and bounce ideas off each other. I've gotten so much good advice from professors and others students."
Eliza Albert, MA in Literature '10, PhD in English Literature and Criticism Class of 2016
Explore the many opportunities available to English graduate students
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This gives English majors many out-of-classroom chances to learn and excel, demonstrate their knowledge and skills, and become involved in meaningful projects in the community.
Check out some of these great opportunities:
Student Organizations Offer Support, Professional Networks
The English Graduate Organization
Share your ideas, concerns, and graduate experience with your peers in the IUP English Graduate Organization.
EGO is the way to make friends; participate in social events, workshops, and conferences; and ensure that your voice as an English graduate student is heard.
Every English grad student is automatically a member of EGO. Membership is free. Taking part in EGO is a great way to meet other students who share your passions and interests.
IUP Chapter of National Council Teachers of English
Publications of Interest to Graduate Students
Crimson Quill
Studies in the Humanities
Working Papers in Composition and TESOL
Works and Days
New Growth Arts Review
More Organizations and Opportunities
American Language Institute
Offers full-time, noncredit programs of intensive English for international students and visitors.
Digital Humanities Center
Supports scholarship, proof-of-concept explorations, and project applications of digital technologies in humanistic inquiry.
Frederick Douglass Institute
A resource for information about and advocacy on issues relating to cultural diversity at IUP.
Writing Center
The mission of the IUP Writing Center is to help students succeed with writing assignments in their classes at IUP.