The 2025 English Department Hall of Fame celebration is on Friday, October 3 at 5 pm in Gore Hall 104, with reception in Gore Lobby.

This event celebrates the English Department’s distinguished alumni and rising stars. The English Department Hall of Fame is in recognition of the broad range of possibilities available to English Majors and those who realized those possibilities in stellar fashion!

Rising Star current students:

• Cole Bilbrough
• Lauren Boyd
• Francesca Califano
• Michael McShane

Our 2025 Alumni Hall of Fame inductees include:

• Christopher Brett: Vice President, Clinical Trial Strategy & Operations at Bristol Myers Squibb
• Jessica Intihar: EVP Digital Marketing, The Walt Disney Studios
• Karen A. Stout: Ed.D., President and CEO of Achieving the Dream (ATD)
• Joel Worden: Ph.D., Provost / Vice President for Academic Affairs, Goldey Beacom College & Professor of English and Communication

Read the speaker bios

A light reception will follow the ceremony. 

Event is free, registration is strongly encouraged, please REGISTER NOW to join the celebration!  We hope to see you there.