The department hosts writers each year to share their expertise and experience with our students.
The department regularly conducts trips for students to engage in a variety of literary and cultural experiences. Recent trips include visits to The Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee; William Faulkner’s home and museum in Oxford, Mississippi; The Arkansas Literary Festival in Little Rock, Arkansas; The Southern Literary Festival at the University of Mississippi; and the cross-departmental trip to New York and Washington D.C.
Several organizations — such as the Film Studies Association, Kolbitars, Scribblers writing club and Souvenirs poetry club — are available for students to participate based on their interests.
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