Alumni and Friends
The Department of English and Philosophy has offered the B.A. since 1951 (English) and 1958 (Philosophy) and graduate training in English for over a half century, with the M.A. established in 1960, the D.A. in 1971, and the Ph.D. in 2009. We are proud of our over 1,300 alumni who have gone on to careers in education, government and nonprofits, and business and industry. We welcome, too, friends of the department who have an enduring interest in the humanities.
Here you can link to information about featured alumni, read our newsletter, update your information, and donate to the department. We enjoy hearing about your experiences and achievements and hope you will keep in touch. Your stories are inspiring to our current students, and we want to help you share them.
Donations to the Department of English and Philosophy
Thank you for considering a gift to the department!
We greatly appreciate gifts from our alumni and friends. Your contributions enhance our ability to offer students an outstanding humanities education and further our faculty鈥檚 intellectual engagement.
We use donations to bring scholars and writers to campus for public lectures and readings, classroom presentations, and workshops. We support undergraduate and graduate students鈥� travel to professional conferences. We give awards to best student essays. We provide programs to help students choose and apply to graduate schools and discern their career paths.
Your contributions are very important to us; they help sustain and strengthen our programs. Make your contribution by clicking on 鈥淐ontribute,鈥� below. Please specify 鈥淒epartment of English and Philosophy鈥� when filling out the donation form.
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