English

SYLVIA MAJOR KRUSEKOPH ENGLISH SCHOLARSHIP 

$500 — awarded annually to a student recognized by his/her professors as gifted in creative writing

To be considered for a scholarship, please follow the link below:

General Scholarships

Writing Center services

• Face-to-Face Tutoring in Writing Center (TC Annex 182)
• Online tutoring through the Writing Center Online Canvas course
• Seminars & Workshops throughout the regular terms on areas of composition
• Special events
• Trained peer, staff, faculty tutors
• Available for students in all course modes: hybrid, Face-to-Face, and Online
• Language Lab
• Printing
• Pizza Party/Meet & Greet at the beginning of each semester

Writing Center

Dual Credit English Courses

Offered at several high schools across West Texas

Dual Credit Enrollment Steps

Rebecca Watson Creative Writing Contest

Fall term only, including monetary/possible publication prizes in the genres of essay, short story, and poetry.

Creative Writing Contest

Nonfiction Writing Contest

Spring term only, including monetary/possible publication prizes in the genres of research essays/reports, feature stories (i.e., profiles of people, places, or businesses), and narrative nonfiction.

Nonfiction Writing Contest

Hilda Simmons Levitt Poetry Contest

Spring term only, including monetary/possible publication prizes in all forms of poetry.

Poetry Contest

Sigma Kappa Delta

Sigma Kappa Delta is the English Honor Society for two-year colleges.

Sigma Kappa Delta at MC

LitFlix

Campus and dual-credit free showings of literary-based films.

Spooky Lecture

A lecture/film program, presented by Professor Andrew Latham. Spooky Lecture is held every October, focusing upon and showing an iconic horror motion picture.

Midland College has articulation agreements with a variety of schools and programs to assist our students with transferring to a university. Our curriculum maps, located in the catalog, provide a guided path for general transfer to our top five receiving institutions; however, your Pathways Advisor can assist you with a personalized plan for your specific transfer based on university and program. It is strongly recommended and encouraged that you contact your Pathways Advisor for assistance with course selection if you plan to transfer.

MAJORing IN ENGLISH opens doors in many careers

• Editing
• Publishing
• Technical writing
• Teaching (all levels)
• Law or medicine (the third highest major of applicants entering these professional schools)
• Creative writing (all levels and all genres)
• Acting
• Journalism
• Business and Management
• Research
• as well as other careers by being proficient — no matter the ultimate career(s) — where writing, reading, and comprehension clearly and well are a must.

Famous English Majors

• Mitt Romney, CEO of Bain Capital, was an English major (Brigham Young University)
• Mario Cuomo, former New York governor majored in English (St. John’s University)
• Angelo Bartlett Giamatti, former president of Yale University and seventh Commissioner of Major League Baseball, received his English degree from Yale
• Sting, singer, was an English major (Northern Counties College of Education)
• Michael Eisner, former Disney CEO, was a double major in English and theatre (Denison University)
• Barbara Walters was an English Major (Sarah Lawrence College)
• Steven Spielberg, award-winning film director was an English major (California State University, Long Beach)