Mark Jarman, a nationally recognized poet and winner of the Lenore Marshall/The Nation Prize of the Academy of American Poets and National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, read from his works during the spring 2011 semester.

The English Department will be launching a national literary journal, Cumberland River Review.

An English graduate from the class of 2011 received a five-year fellowship to the PhD program in English at Baylor University.

An English graduate from the class of 2010 received a full fellowship to the master’s of fine arts (MFA) program in poetry writing at the University of Arkansas, a highly respected and competitive program.