Welcome Alumni

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Although our undergraduate majors have been enjoying this site for a month, many new readers are finding the English Department’s blog this week via the Colonial Cable.

We welcome you, and encourage you to have a look around. Try the “Contents at a Glance” list on the righthand side of this page. You may also be interested in the Note from the Chair.

I trust that you will let me know what you think of our new site. Since our majors have gone on to so many different careers, we are especially interested in developing our “Featured Alumni” series. Please drop me a line at chair@gwu.edu, and feel free to suggest what you’d like to see appear in this space.

Yours,

Jeffrey J. Cohen

Chair, Department of English
George Washington University

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