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05/17/2026

✨🎓 All English majors and minors are invited to celebrate our graduating seniors and the end of the academic year tomorrow from 1–2:30 PM in JRC 301. Join us for a warm send‑off as we honor our seniors and wrap up the semester together. As in previous years, a Tex‑Mex buffet and beverages will be served.

05/15/2026

Express your creativity and build your writing skills with a 16-credit Creative Writing minor! After completing your English core, choose from courses in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and more. Learn additional details online at the UST Department on English.

🌟 Highlights include:

✍️ ENGL 255: Intro to Creative Writing (also a Fine Arts core!)

📚 Advanced workshops in multiple genres

📖 Hands-on experience with the Summit Avenue Review literary magazine

🔍 Choose an extra English course at the 200 level or above to round out your minor

05/14/2026

✨🎓 All English majors and minors are invited to celebrate our graduating seniors and the end of the academic year on Monday, May 18, from 1–2:30 PM in JRC 301. Join us for a warm send‑off as we honor our seniors and wrap up the semester together. As in previous years, a Tex‑Mex buffet and beverages will be served. Please RSVP TODAY by emailing [email protected] so we can ensure there’s enough food for everyone.

05/13/2026

🍕 Creative Writing Club - May Meeting 🍕✍️

Join us Wednesday, May 13 from 6:30–7:45 PM in the OSF Library, Room 108 for an evening of creative writing, community, and inspiration.

✅ All majors welcome

✅ Pizza provided

Come write, share, and connect--we’d love to see you there!

05/11/2026

Join us today for the Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society Induction Ceremony from 5:30-6:30p.m. in ASC 341. This special ceremony celebrates English students as they are officially inducted into Sigma Tau Delta and receive their commencement honors cords and pin. We invite students, friends, and family to attend and honor the achievements of our newest members!

05/10/2026

Dreaming of teaching and traveling abroad? 🌍✈️ Start your journey in beautiful Barcelona with TEFL Iberia! TEFL Iberia offers monthly TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) courses designed for aspiring educators ready to explore the world while building valuable classroom skills 📚✨ Externally validated by Trinity College London and rated as one of the top TEFL schools in Spain, this program provides hands-on training, international certification, and the opportunity to launch your teaching career abroad. Ready to take the leap?

05/09/2026

Interested in storytelling and video games? ENGL 294: Writing Video Games will be offered during Summer Session Two (July 13–August 20) as a fully asynchronous online course with Prof. Sal Pane. In this class, you’ll explore how professional writers and narrative designers create stories for video games and apply those techniques to design your own. No prior gaming or coding experience is required—just an interest in storytelling and creativity. By the end of the course, you’ll have two finished games to include in a professional portfolio and learned more about navigating careers in the gaming industry. The course also fulfills WAC Writing Intensive requirement, an Integrations in the Humanities requirement, and an elective for the Digital Media Arts major, the Game Design minor, and several English major and minor tracks. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

05/08/2026

Celebrate five decades of creativity as we mark the 50th Anniversary of the St. Thomas Literary Arts Magazine, tracing its journey from Personea to Summit Avenue Review. Join us today at 3 PM in the O’Shaughnessy‑Frey Library, O’Shaughnessy Room (108) for the release of our 2026 edition and an afternoon honoring the voices, vision, and literary legacy that have shaped the magazine over the past fifty years. 📖🎉

05/07/2026

Celebrate fifty years of creativity with the St. Thomas Literary Arts Magazine as we honor its legacy, from Personea to Summit Avenue Review. Join us tomorrow at 3 PM in the O’Shaughnessy‑Frey Library, O’Shaughnessy Room (108), for the launch of our 2026 edition and an afternoon celebrating the voices, vision, and literary tradition that have defined the magazine for five decades. 📖🎉

05/06/2026

✨🎓 All English majors and minors are invited to celebrate our graduating seniors and the end of the academic year on Monday, May 18, from 1–2:30 PM in JRC 301. Join us for a warm send‑off as we honor our seniors and wrap up the semester together. As in previous years, a Tex‑Mex buffet and beverages will be served. Please RSVP by Thursday, May 14 by emailing [email protected] so we can ensure there’s enough food for everyone.

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2115 Summit Avenue
Saint Paul, MN
55105

Website

http://www.stthomas.edu/english/undergraduate

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