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Highlights:
1990 - First offering of the PhD degree in Language and Literature.
1992 - Dr. Warren Ober receives the Distinguished Teacher Award.
1994 - Dr. Walter Martin becomes a Distinguished Professor Emeritus.
1995 - Dr. Warren Ober becomes a Distinguished Professor Emeritus.
1990
- First offering of the PhD degree in Language and Literature
- Number of faculty: 40
- Number of retired faculty: 4
- Number of faculty on main campus: 27
- Number of faculty at St. Jerome's College: 7
- Number of faculty at Renison College: 1
- Number of faculty at Conrad Grebel College: 1
- Number of lecturers: 1
- Number of professors emeriti: 1
- Number of undergraduate courses available: 98
- Number of graduates: 144
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 119
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 25
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1991
- Number of graduates: 158
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 139
- Number of Master of Philosophy degrees awarded: 1
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 18
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1992
- Dr. Warren Ober receives the Distinguished Teacher Award
- Number of graduates: 189
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 160
- Number of degrees in English Literature: 135
- Number of degrees in Rhetoric and Professional Writing: 25
- Number of Master of Philosophy degrees awarded: 1
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 28
- Number of degrees in English Language and Literature: 18
- Number of degrees in Language and Professional Writing: 10
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1993
- Number of graduates:177
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 142
- Number of degrees in English Literature: 118
- Number of degrees in Rhetoric and Professional Writing: 24
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 35
- Number of degrees in English Language and Literature: 19
- Number of degrees in Language and Professional Writing: 16
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1994
- Dr. Walter Martin becomes a Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Number of faculty: 35
- Number of faculty on main campus: 25
- Number of faculty at St. Jerome's College: 8
- Number of faculty at Renison College: 1
- Number of faculty at Conrad Grebel College: 1
- Number of lecturers: 5
- Number of professors emeriti: 1
- Number of undergraduate courses available: 98
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1995
- Chair of the Department: W.R. Macnaughton
- Dr. Warren Ober becomes a Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Number of faculty: 32
- Number of faculty on main campus: 23
- Number of faculty at St. Jerome's College: 7
- Number of faculty at Renison College: 1
- Number of faculty at Conrad Grebel College: 1
- Number of lecturers: 6
- Number of professors emeriti: 5 (5 hold adjunct appointments)
- Number of distinguished professors emeriti: 3
- Number of undergraduate courses available: 96
- Number of graduates: 214
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 195
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 18
- Number of Doctorate degrees awarded: 1
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1996
- Number of graduates: 178
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 155
- Number of degrees in English Literature: 113
- Number of degrees in Rhetoric and Professional Writing: 42
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 22
- Number of degrees in English Language and Literature: 11
- Number of degrees in Language and Professional Writing: 11
- Number of Doctorate degrees awarded: 1
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1997
- Number of graduates: 154
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 138
- Number of degrees in English Literature: 109
- Number of degrees in Rhetoric and Professional Writing: 29
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 15
- Number of degrees in English Language and Literature: 7
- Number of degrees in Language and Professional Writing: 8
- Number of Doctorate degrees awarded:1
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1998
- Speakers who visited the St. Jerome’s Reader Series: Nino Ricci, Kathy Stinson, Eric McCormack, George Elliott Clarke
- Number of graduates: 148
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 124
- Number of degrees in English Literature: 93
- Number of degrees in Rhetoric and Professional Writing: 31
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 21
- Number of degrees in English Language and Literature: 8
- Number of degrees in Language and Professional Writing: 13
- Number of Doctorate degrees awarded: 3
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1999
- Chair of the Department: M.G. McArthur
- The Department of English is renamed the Department of English Language and Literature
- Speakers who visited the St. Jerome’s Reader Series: Michael Crummey, Kit Pearson, Heather Spears
- Number of faculty: 28
- Number of faculty on main campus: 19
- Number of faculty at St. Jerome's University: 7
- Number of faculty at Renison University College: 1
- Number of faculty at Conrad Grebel University College: 1
- Number of lecturers: 7
- Number of professors emeritus: 5
- Number of distinguished professors emeriti: 3 (2 hold adjunct positions)
- Number of undergraduate courses available: 112
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