The Department of English and Modern Languages shares the University's commitment to the integration of Christian faith with scholarship. Its mission is to teach students to communicate effectively, to recognize and appreciate the interplay between language and culture, to interact critically with a wide range of texts, and to apply these skills in their lives of service to God and humanity.
We embrace all parts of language arts: reading, writing, speaking, listening, linguistics and visual literacy.
Our department is small enough for faculty to know our students on a first name basis. Faculty members often have majors in their homes or take them to various cultural and literary events to broaden their experiences.
We have two active honor societies: English honor society, Sigma Tau Delta society, Tau Theta chapter and Spanish honor society, Sigma Delta Pi society, Chi Omega chapter.
We also co-sponsor the Tygr magazine, a literary and art magazine of student work. It is truly an interdisciplinary endeavor with the Department of Art. It is produced by students for students. In conjunction with staff at Benner Library, the Tygr staff present the new issue at a campus wide literary and art celebration in Benner.
Alumni include: teachers, librarians, missionaries, ministers, teachers of English or Spanish in other countries, lawyers, paralegals, editors, journalists, freelance writers, interpreters, workers in state departments and for various nonprofit organizations, communications directors and college professors.
Highlights
- Study abroad opportunities
- Cultural visits to Chicago