English

Guest Speaker Ariana Ruiz and other graduate students

English Graduate Organization (EGO)

About

EGO represents all English graduate students, providing a space for dialogue among graduate students and the graduate and writing committees, advocating for graduate curriculum in the English Department, networking with other English graduate organizations nationally and regionally, furthering the work and interests of graduate students in this organization by providing assistance in areas of academic and professional development, and critiquing ideas important to the discipline of English.

The English Graduate Organization is, as the name indicates, an organization whose focus is on English graduate students. The organization meets throughout the school year to plan and discuss upcoming events, including the English Graduate Colloquium. The EGO Colloquium is planned every spring semester during which students have the opportunity to present papers they have been working on and gain experience in the conference setting. Students are highly encouraged to take part in the colloquium.

All English graduate students should get involved with EGO in some capacity; if not from a sense of institutional or communal pride, then because EGO offers graduate students the opportunity to build their Curriculum Vitae.

Members of EGO also typically have more intimate relationships with faculty--which can open the proverbial door for other, perhaps more prestigious opportunities!--than do non-members, and are also better acquainted with second-year graduate students.

Contact

If you would like to become involved with EGO, we need volunteers to help with each year's conference, please contact us at ego@wiu.edu.

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EGO Officers 2026-2027

Events 2026-2027

October 30, 2026

Spooky Simpkins: Simpkins Hall 025, 5:00pm

November 12, 2026

Dips-Giving: Simpkins Hall 025, 3:15pm

December 7, 2026

Holiday Movie Night: Simpkins Hall 220, 5:00pm

January 29, 2027

Alumni Roundtable: Zoom, 4:00 - 5:00 pm. Join us and WIU English alumni in a Q&A session to discover more about the graduate program and what you can do with your degree after graduation.

February 11, 2027

Board Game Night: Simpkins Hall 025, 3:00pm

March 5, 2027

Ice Cream Social: Simpkins Hal 025, 3:00pm

April 3, 2027

English Graduate Colloquium: Simpkins Hall 025, 9:30am-1:30pm

Additional EGO Resources