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English
General Information
This major can take you anywhere!
Mission Statement
The English Department produces graduates who understand and communicate a Christian perspective in a society increasingly closed to hearing it.
Vision Statement
To become a leading center for Christian English scholars and writers.
Sigma Tau Delta
Sigma Tau Delta is the international English honor society, which strives to confer distinction for high achievement in English language and literature. One of the largest members of the Association of College Honor Societies, Sigma Tau Delta has over 750 active chapters, more than 1,000 faculty sponsors, and inducts approximately 8,500 members annually. Our members have the opportunity to be recognized for their outstanding achievements, enrich their education, help them make career choices, and advance their careers.
North Central's chapter of Sigma Tau Delta participates in scholarship opportunities, community readings, writing workshops, the national convention and other local activities. We whole-heartedly support the Sigma Tau Delta motto: Truth, Sincerity, & Design.
President: Tony Johns, anthony.johns@mail.northcentral.edu
Faculty Sponsor: Gary Dop, grdop@northcentral.edu
Senior Class Poet
Each year a graduating senior is chosen as the Senior Class Poet. This is a life-long honor that many universities bestow. Students submit poems, which are then judged by an established poet. The Senior Class Poet reads his/her poetry at various university functions.
2011-2012 Joy Tuveson
2010-2011 Patrick Abubo
2009-2010 Joseph Madsen
2008-2009 Autumn Perkins
2007-2008 Tiffany Brenneman
2006-2007 Aly (Cole) Shannon
Member of ADE
Contact
910 Elliot Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55404Kingsriter Center
Monday - Friday, 7:30 - 4:00
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612.343.4140
612.343.8066
Diane Shirk
Programs
| Title | Credits |
|---|---|
| English | 124 |
| English: General | 18 |
| English: Literature | 18 |
| English: Writing | 18 |
| Title | 4 Year Plan | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| English | View | 124 |
| Title | Credits |
|---|---|
| English: General | 18 |
| English: Literature | 18 |
| English: Writing | 18 |
| Title | Credits |
|---|---|
| English: General | 24 |
| English: Literature | 24 |
| English: Writing | 24 |
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Contests/Opportunities
Essays and artlces that express opinions on literary issues and questions, or profile interesting events or personalities. Pieces should be written from firsthand knowledge of seminal events, programs or personalities.
Deadline: 15th of the month before publication.
Book reviews should be of recently published literary books and should be 150 words; payment is $15.
Essays and Articles should be up to 900 words; payment up to $50.
Send to:
Minnesota Literature
3723 Glendale Terrace
Minneapolis, MN 55410
editor@minnesotaliterature.org
Check out their list of writing contests and awards in their Tools for Writers section.
General Information
Follow the link above to learn more about the honor society. (This link will remove you from NCU's website. This link does not assume a relationship between North Central and the link's company/organization.)
Grammar Quizzes
This site has grammar quizzes. Also contains links to MLA and APA styles. Is also a great online writing lab. Lots of information, exercises, and quizzes.
Literary Resources
This is a great online writing lab. Lots of information, exercises, and quizzes. Also contains links to MLA and APA styles.
Founded in 1974 in a loft above a Minneapolis bookstore, the Loft is now the nation's largest and most comprehensive literary center, offering programs and services for readers and writers. Whatever forms of reading and writing you are drawn to, there's something for you at the Loft. Take a creative writing class. Attend a special presentation by a favorite Minnesota writer. Enter a writing competition or attend a reading. You are invited to become involved in the Loft's unique community and to join others who engage in a reading and writing life.
(The Loft is not associated with North Central University and the link to its page does not assume a relationship between the two.)
Publishing Resources
Local Minneapolis publisher.
Local Minneapolis publisher.
"Milkweed Editions is one of the nation’s leading independent, nonprofit literary publishers. Our mission is to identify, nurture and publish transformative literature, and build an engaged community around it. In addition to our dynamic, international publishing program, Milkweed plays an important role in our region’s cultural life, providing programs for readers of many ages and helping establish the Twin Cities as one of the nation’s foremost centers for the literary arts."
The nation's largest nonprofit organization serving creative writers. In addition to features from the award-winning print edition, the magazine online offers daily news items, advice from writers, and our popular blog about writing contests. If you’re looking for writing competitions, MFA creative writing programs, or literary magazines and small presses that welcome both new and established writers, look here.
Twin Cities Literary Calendar
Readings. Book Clubs. Literary Events. All happening in the Twin Cities!
Writing Conferences / Schools
Writing Conferences and Schools
