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Student Activities

Poetry, Fiction Readings, and Guest Lectures: Guest authors and poets visit the Whitworth campus to share their writing and to conduct workshops for students. Recent guests have included U.S. Poet Laureates Billy Collins and Donald Hall, as well as Li-Young Lee.

Script: Published for 17 straight years, this student-run literary journal displays the diverse range of creative student voices on the Whitworth campus.

Westminster Round: This English majors' student club organizes a variety of informal community events, such as jazz and poetry coffeehouses, film and museum outings, Christmas at Leonard's, and Manito Park picnics.

The Whistle: Since 1974, the department newsletter has been sent annually to alumni and friends of the Whitworth English Department. It contains personal essays, words of wisdom, and news from Westminster Hall. Although the contents vary from issue to issue, the main purpose of The Whistle is to keep alumni in touch with the faculty and with events in the English department.