Mission

The mission of the English Department is to help students develop their God-given gifts of creativity and understanding and to apply those gifts in furthering the Kingdom of God.  Specifically, our aims are to teach students to read, write, and think at a critical and sophisticated level; to prepare our students for graduate or professional school, for teaching, for careers in writing, or for other careers where these skills are required; to help students appreciate the transformative power of the written word and to recognize diverse voices in literature.

What our graduates say about us

Studying English at Eastern is a little like joining a rather eccentric, deeply creative extended family. Imagine your teachers as aunts and uncles, and imagine your fellow students as brothers, sisters and a strange cousin or two from Boise. And then imagine your classes transcending the classroom––Shakespeare follows you to the Eagle's Nest, a creative writing workshop spills out onto Facebook, and everywhere you discover the encouragement to read, write and live with passion.

Josh MacIvor-Andersen, a Journalism major with  Creative Writing and Spanish minors, currently studying in an MFA program.