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Congratulations to our newest MTSU English PhDs: Dr Ashley Quinn with dissertation director Dr Christopher Weedman, Dr H...
05/28/2026

Congratulations to our newest MTSU English PhDs: Dr Ashley Quinn with dissertation director Dr Christopher Weedman, Dr Hayley Mercadal with dissertation director Dr Mischa Renfroe, and Dr Tamara Jones with dissertation director Dr Will Brantley!

Our Awards Cerermony on April 17 was amazing!
05/28/2026

Our Awards Cerermony on April 17 was amazing!

Just like that, the semester comes to an end! You have all worked so hard and we hope you have a great summer because yo...
05/07/2026

Just like that, the semester comes to an end! You have all worked so hard and we hope you have a great summer because you've earned it 🌞 And, a special congrats to all out graduating English students!!! 🎉

A great time was had by all at the end of term faculty get-together. Shown in picture (from L) are retiring professor an...
05/07/2026

A great time was had by all at the end of term faculty get-together. Shown in picture (from L) are retiring professor and graduate English director Dr. Bill Levine, retired professor Dr. Marion Hollings, and chair Dr. Stephen Severn, who will return to faculty status in the fall. (In the background is retired professor Dr. Martha Hixon.)

05/06/2026

We can't wait to celebrate our amazing graduates this weekend! If you can't join us at Murphy Center, we have several ways for you to watch live, including right here on Facebook! You can also watch at mtsu.edu/live or via MTSU True Blue TV.

Friday, May 8 at 3 p.m.: MTSU College of Basic & Applied Sciences, MTSU Adult Degree Completion
Saturday, May 9 at 9 a.m.: MTSU College of Behavioral and Health Sciences, MTSU College of Liberal Arts
Saturday, May 9 at 2 p.m.: MTSU College of Education, Jones College of Business, MTSU, MTSU Scott Borchetta College of Media and Entertainment

Here is some inspiration from Oscar Wilde to help us through this final stretch of the semester! "You can never be overd...
05/06/2026

Here is some inspiration from Oscar Wilde to help us through this final stretch of the semester! "You can never be overdressed or overeducated." 🎀

05/04/2026

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee State University’s Philip Phillips, an English professor and the Honors College associate dean, has been appointed to the prestigious Fulbright Specialist Ros…

We hope everyone's finals week is going smoothly! And if you've been stressed and procrastinating, you are not alone 💙
05/04/2026

We hope everyone's finals week is going smoothly! And if you've been stressed and procrastinating, you are not alone 💙

Who else has "reading rage," "reading fever," and "reading mania"? 😄
04/28/2026

Who else has "reading rage," "reading fever," and "reading mania"? 😄

They genuinely believed young people were being corrupted by too many books. Doctors linked it to nervous disorders and moral collapse. It was the original “kids these days” panic… over literature.

Are you really an English student if you don't aspire to have your own home library?
04/28/2026

Are you really an English student if you don't aspire to have your own home library?

Don't forget to read an obscure book today!
04/24/2026

Don't forget to read an obscure book today!

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37132

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