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09/04/2026

The semester is moving along already, but we don’t want to get too far into it without welcoming our new English and Creative Writing Undergraduate students. We can't wait to read the stories they'll write, discuss ideas they'll challenge, and be involved with the voices they'll discover over the next few years. Here's to a great semester ahead!

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Image of 16 students standing on the stairs of East Hall (English Department). Text reads “Our New English and Creative Writing Undergraduate Students” and “Words Change Worlds.”

08/17/2026

We are so excited to welcome our newest cohort of students to the Department of English—where Words Change Worlds!

We can’t wait to meet you, get to know you, and see where your words take you. Here’s to a wonderful year of learning, creating, connecting, and making an impact!

Welcome to the English family!
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07/13/2026

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05/04/2026

Big congratulations to Kim Coates on her promotion to Full Professor, and to Chad Van Buskirk on his promotion to Full Teaching Professor!

Your hard work, dedication, and impact on students and the academic community truly stand out. Wishing you both continued success in this exciting next chapter!

05/02/2026

Congrats to the Department of English Undergraduates! Your hard work and dedication continue to make a difference—keep going strong! 📚✨

05/01/2026

Congratulations to all BGSU Department of English Graduate Students! Your dedication to language, literature, and critical thought has brought you to this milestone—wishing you continued success in all that comes next. 🎓✨

04/28/2026

It is with deepest sympathies that we share that Charles Fort has passed.

Charles Fort was an alumnus of the BGSU Creative Writing Program. He also read at the program's 50th Anniversary Celebration at the AWP Conference in Philadelphia in 2022 (see second picture). In 2023, Fort visited BGSU and read at the Prout Chapel Reading Series. Additionally, he donated his work to BGSU's Archival collection.

Charles Fort's contributions to BGSU were immeasurable. He will be deeply missed. Our condolences go out to his family and friends.

04/28/2026

Congratulations to Creative Writing BFA Student Isabella Folio on being a 2026 AWP Intro Journals Project Winner!

The AWP Intro Journals Project is a national competition featuring students at all participating member programs from the Association of Writers & Writing Programs, of which BGSU is a longtime member. Her poem "Buried Golden Shovel for Our Father Who Art in Heaven", which she wrote during an independent study in the fall semester, was one of three BGSU poems to be nominated (chosen by BG creative writing faculty), and it ended up being one of nine winners at the national level. It will be published in the literary journal Hayden's Ferry Review.

Buried Golden Shovel for "Our Father Who Art in Heaven" is a golden shovel poem that takes text from the Catholic "Our Father" Prayer. This is a political protest poem inspired by Isabella's own frustration at America's rising violence and subsequent desensitization, as well as how people (Isabella was especially concerned with the current political climate when she wrote this piece) twist religions that stand for peace, charity, and empathy into something destructive, harmful, and self-serving."

AWP Project Winners - https://awpwriter.org/AWP/Contests/Intro-Journals-Project/2026-Winners.aspx

04/28/2026

Thank you to all who participated in the English Department Undergraduate Internship Panel! Our four undergraduate panelists shared experiences and insights from their internship experiences, and attendees learned strategies for obtaining an internship from Allie Dane, a Career Design Coach with the Kuhlin Hub for Career Design and Connections.