Written by Sarah Dimick: On Friday, May 13th, the English Department held its annual commencement ceremony. Read on for transcripts of speeches from this ceremony.

Written by Sarah Dimick: Our undergraduate advisor, Dr. Karen Redfield, reached out to DeShawn McKinney (who is currently studying abroad in Japan) and asked him to reflect on winning the Truman Scholarship

Written by Vanessa Lauber: The English Department's Board of Visitors is please to announce that it has selected Shelby Stephenson ('74), Poet Laureate of North Carolina, as the recipient of its 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award. Stephenson will be honored at an annual ceremony for students and their families, to be held in May.

Written by Vanessa Lauber: Attorney Robert Barnett ('68), a partner at the DC law firm Williams and Connelly, has represented major corporations before almost every executive department and administrative agency in Washington. He is also one of the premier authors' representatives in the world, with clients such as Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Tim Russert, Mary Higgins Clark, Khaled Hosseini and many others. But his work with books extends back to his years at Wisconsin, and he took the time to talk with us recently about the value of a UW education.

Written by Nathan Jandl: Wren Singer recently sat down to talk about both her time as an English major at UW-Madison and her current work here as Director of Undergraduate Advising. See what she had to say about the role of a trusted adviser and the value of a major that challenges you.

Written by Emily Madsen: The Department held its annual English Majors Reception and Awards Ceremony on May 4, 2014. Here is a list of the winners!

Written by Karen Knipschild: Join the Department May 16, 2014, as it celebrates its graduating seniors. 3-5:30 p.m. at the Lowell Inn and Conference Center, 610 Langdon Street.

Written by Emily Madsen: The feature from our spring edition of Annotations that received the largest number of responses by far was the piece on Helen C. White. Many alumni wrote in to tell us about their wonderful interactions with Professor White, and to recount memories of her influence in the Department. We've excerpted some of them here.

Written by Emily Madsen: Following our spring edition of Annotations, we received a number of requests that we identify the other members of the faculty in the 1922 photograph of the Department on Bascom Hall's front steps.

Written by Vanessa Lauber: Brontë Mansfield ('15) spent the summer working with Prof. Susan Bernstein, cataloging the images from an original copy of Dickens's Our Mutual Friend. Learn more about her time in Special Collections.