Welcome to NC State's Department of English!
A mastery of English is often the key to success in every profession that requires communication, compassion, and understanding among human beings.
NC State English majors have gone on to successful careers in public relations, technical and corporate communication, law, teaching, editing, creative writing, sales and marketing, journalism, and more.
Engage in an education that will excite your senses to many possibilities in the Department of English at North Carolina State University.
"As an English major at NC State, I learned to engage fully the object--to circle it and consider it from all angles, from all levels, with all my senses excited to the possibilities."
Pam Gabriel ('95 English major and researcher/writer)
"I use the skills I gained from the writing and editing program at State every day . . . I am surprised at how often and how well the topics I studied serve me in conversation as well as in the marketplace . . . I can talk about kerning with the best of them, and I can keep up my end of a literary discussion, too."
Sera Lewis ('91 English major and IBM production editor)
"Reading Shakespeare, often by candlelight, during those long nervous nights in Kosovo and Angola was one of the only things that kept me sane on those trips."
Chris Hondros ('93 English major and war journalist)
"The English Department gave me the opportunity to grow in an intellectual environment that valued diversity. I entered the department as a single mother, out of high school for thirteen years. Though I expected to enter the work force right after graduation, I had mentors within the department, professors who encouraged me to seek a graduate degree. Their advice and encouragement shaped my life. They saw the scholar in me."
Dr. Sheila Smith-McKoy ('89 English major and Professor of English, North Carolina State University)
Contact Information
- Department of English
- Tompkins Hall, Box 8105
- North Carolina State University
- Raleigh, NC 27695-8105
- (919) 515-3866
- Fax: (919) 515-1836
