elcome to the English Department at Wallace State Community College! This Department supports the College’s mission and goals by offering a variety of courses that focus on both academic knowledge and technical skills. The English Department promotes both a professional and educational environment by providing quality instruction with defined objectives and outcomes. Flexible scheduling and a variety of delivery methods assist us in promoting our “student first” philosophy. We seek to create a student-centered, learning-focused environment where writing, reading, thinking, and sharing abound; where students’ views and voices are valued; and where our instructors are not only knowledgeable, but also genuinely enthusiastic about teaching and working with students.
“The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every man who aspires to reach the top should devote earnest attention to learning to speak well in public and to write well. B. C. Forbes (1946)
“Southerners love a good tale. They are born reciters, great memory retainers, diary keepers, letter exchangers, letter savers, history tracers and debaters, and –outstaying all the rest—great talkers.” Eudora Welty
elcome to the English Department at Wallace State Community College! This Department supports the College’s mission and goals by offering a variety of courses that focus on both academic knowledge and technical skills. The English Department promotes both a professional and educational environment by providing quality instruction with defined objectives and outcomes. Flexible scheduling and a variety of delivery methods assist us in promoting our “student first” philosophy. We seek to create a student-centered, learning-focused environment where writing, reading, thinking, and sharing abound; where students’ views and voices are valued; and where our instructors are not only knowledgeable, but also genuinely enthusiastic about teaching and working with students.