Upcoming Events

Learn How to Write in Cursive: A Human Skill, An Antidote to AI

Wednesdays, All Semester
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Willard-DiLoreto Hall, W 401-14

Drop-in; bring your lunch!
Contact: Dr. Matt Ciscel, ciscelm@ccsu.edu

Advising Social

October 13
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Willard Hall Suite 401

Pizza, conversation and advising. Chat with your professors and peers!
 

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Graduate Programs Showcase

October 22
3 PM - 5 PM
Bassett Hall, First Floor

Explore Graduate-level programs in CLASS and speak with our faculty about your future academic options.

Visit at least 5 programs in your Passport to be entered to win a raffle prize!

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Contact Information

Nancy Bracket
Department Secretary
English
Willard-DiLoreto Hall
401-09
Careen Szarmach
Administrative Support Coordinator
English
Willard-DiLoreto Hall
W401
Matthew Ciscel
Professor & Department Chair
English
Willard-DiLoreto Hall
W401-08

Student Opportunities

Awards

Dr. Barry Leeds had a distinguished career in Central's English department for 47 years. Read more about essay award here -- Barry Leeds Essay Award.

In coordination with the Global Engagement at Central, English department faculty may lead opportunities to travel abroad during Spring Break. Trips abroad are created to complement courses that are offered. Read more about Courses Abroad for Spring 2022.

The English Department is pleased to announce the Leeds Poetry Prize. Former English professor Barry Leeds created the prize to celebrate the memory of his daughter Leslie. Read more here -- Leslie Leeds Poetry Prize.

Rules for membership are set by the International English Honor Society Sigma Tau Delta. The annual membership induction takes place in November. Read more about eligibility requirements and what we're all about -- Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society.

Central Connecticut State University's Writing Minors have launched this statewide high school prose writing contest for fiction and narrative nonfiction to honor the memory of Taylor A. Greene, Central class of 2017. Read more about the contest here -- Taylor Greene Writing Contest.

The CSU Undergraduate English Conference gives students an opportunity to share with other students and faculty the literary analyses, essays, and creative works they wrote for English, Writing, Linguistics, and Journalism classes.

Fall 2021 Program