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Sullivan Academic Center
Suite S-303 and S-304
Suite S-303 and S-304
english@worcester.edu
508-929-8154
English Creativity Opportunities at Worcester State
Outside the classroom, you will have many opportunities to indulge your creativity and showcase your work. Whether you prefer to wax poetic in our annual Dr. Barbara Pilon Poetry Contest or enlighten and inform through your submission to The Wormtown Herald, our student-run news and literary publication, you’ll find the right creative outlet for your interests and talents at Worcester State University. If you excel both in and out of the classroom, you’ll have the opportunity to join our chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, an international honor society dedicated to English.
English Creativity at Worcester State
Combatting Addiction in the Latin American Community
For many years, the Latin American community in Central Massachusetts and beyond has been underserved. The Hector Reyes House in Worcester does phenomenal work by assisting Latino men in recovery from substance abuse and addiction. This project reports on work done with the Hector Reyes House to improve the content of its website and produce informative literature. The result is a more vibrant, effective way to expand the impact of this vital organization.
The Benefits of Gaining Writing Experience with Community Organizations
College students provide a unique perspective while writing for organizations. This project reports on the outcomes from a team that produced community-based documents for the women’s shelter organization, Abby's House, including increased community awareness, social well-being, and understanding of community organizations. The result demonstrates the importance for students of engaging with community organizations that benefit both individuals and communities
The Goodbyemoon: A Memoir of Loss
This story is a memoir which covers the last six days of my husband’s life. Ray, my husband, was a Vietnam veteran
who had been exposed to Agent Orange in 1968, which caused him to develop diabetes and then cancer in his fifties.
Introducing Elizabeth Bishop, Poetry, and Writing as a Process
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), born in Worcester, became one of the most influential poets of the 20th century.
Bishop’s writing and life story have the potential to impact local students, especially because her letters of
correspondence, prose, and poetry all aided in her transcendence from material reality and confinement of
place.
The Wormtown Herald
The Wormtown Herald is a dynamic independent student-run news and literary publication. We are dedicated to delivering timely and accurate coverage of campus and local news, issues, and culture. Through our print and digital platforms, we showcase traditional and narrative journalism, arts commentary, poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
The English faculty always encourage you to think critically through the coursework. I'm in a Disability Stories class, where we are learning about how disability affects all aspects of life through an intersectional lens.
— Bellalorraine Carey-Hicks, English
The English Department faculty encourages critical reading by proposing engaging literary analyses–and they always support their students throughout the writing process for assignments within every literary genre, leading to better practice and preparation for a career in the arts.
— Sarah Flynn, English
English News at Worcester State
English Major Presents Paper at Selective Shakespeare Conference
English major Wyatt Roger represented Worcester State University at the 2017 Annual Undergraduate Shakespeare Conference at University of Massachusetts Boston on Saturday, April 29.
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Contact English
Sullivan Academic Center
Suite S-303 and S-304
Suite S-303 and S-304
english@worcester.edu
508-929-8154