Student Resources & Opportunities
English Resources
Resources and opportunities for English students.
Current News
Where Writers Meet: Rancho Mirage Writers Festival
December 15, 2024
Four CLA representatives are heading to the sold-out Rancho Mirage Writers Festival, thanks to a generous donor. A transformative experience awaits!
It's Time to Talk about Process: A Multi-Genre Panel
November 19, 2024
49 Writers presents: It's Time to Talk About Process, a Zoom panel exploring creative routines, overcoming blocks, and finding joy in writing.
Kodiak Ideation Studio Session
November 14, 2024
UAF’s Kodiak Ideation Studio united interdisciplinary teams with Kodiak’s mariculture industry to explore real-world solutions in kelp farming and beyond.
Please make your submission a minimum of 2 weeks before you’d like to see published. We will do our best to honor your request but cannot guarantee it if it falls within the 2 week minimum submission period.
Please make your submission a minimum of 2 weeks prior to the event. We will do our best to honor your request but cannot guarantee it if it falls within the 2 week minimum submission period.
Organizations
Student Clubs
The Creative Writing Club (CWC) provides a forum for undergraduate writers to share their creative work. Members lead workshops, discuss craft issues, and distribute opportunities for publication and professional development.
The English Graduate Organization (EGO) advocates for graduate students in the Department of English. Its goals are to promote the local literary community and to provide opportunities for professional development.
Sources
UAF Writing Center
The Writing Center is a student-staffed tutoring service focused on building the writing skills of the UAF learning community. Both in-person and virtual tutoring sessions are offered as well as a wealth of resources. A computer lab is available for students' use and each student can print up to 25 pages free of charge.
Check out their website to book a tutoring appointment or peruse their many helpful resources, such as common mistakes in student writing, citation guidelines, essay writing strategies and more.
801 Gruening Building
907-474-5314 | uaf-writing-center@alaska.edu
CORE
CORE provides access to the world’s largest collection of open access research papers, collecting and indexing research from repositories and journals. It is a not-for-profit service dedicated to the open access mission and one of the signatories of the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructures.
Browse publications by discipline through Elmer E. Rasmuson library's UAF Journals database.
Media
Ice Box is the undergraduate literary journal of the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥. Published
annually in the spring, it features fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, hybrid work,
and artwork from current UAF undergraduate students.
Founded in 1977, Permafrost is housed at the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ MFA program, and run by dedicated creative writing graduate students. We publish a winter online issue as well as a spring print issue, both of which feature compelling poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction by established writers and new voices alike.
The Sun Star is a student run newspaper; by students, for students. It gives students
the opportunity to get published and paid, and has engaged with ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥n news and culture
for over 70 years. The Sun Star is funded directly by the UAF student body.
Funding
There are many scholarship opportunities for English students at UAF. Visit our dedicated scholarship page to learn about the criteria and application processes
for these English department-specific opportunities!
The office of Undergraduate Research & Scholarly Activity (URSA) is UAF's resource for the development and promotion of experiential learning activities that engage undergraduate students to support UAF's goal to become a leading student-focused research university.
Undergraduate research and creative activity at UAF covers all disciplines, from climate sciences to music, engineering, anthropology, life sciences, art and theater.