November 2004.  Professor David Allen selected as recipient of the Krause Award for outstanding contributions to the life of the college.

February 2005.  Cadet Olivia Perry-Smith chosen as the 2005 winner of The Society of the Cincinnati Citadel Medal.

April 2005.  Publication of Poe, Professor James Hutchisson's biography of American poet, critic, and short story writer Edgar Allan Poe (University Press of Mississippi).

April 2005.  Professor Jennifer Bernstein selected as participant in the National Endowment for the Humanities summer seminar on Ralph Waldo Emerson—to be held in June 2005 at the University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM).

April 2005.  Professor Scott Lucas awarded a one-semester sabbatical leave for Spring 2006.

April 2005.  Cadet John Auer elected President of the Class of 2007; cadet Stanley Quarles elected Vice President of the Class of 2007.

April 2005.  Three  cadets--Robyn Gratic, Kenneth Harshbarger, and Michael Kelly--initiated into Sigma Tau Delta.

May 2005.  Three English majors among those named to top leadership positions in The Citadel Corps of Cadets for 2005-2006:

• Austin Lee Fenwick--Commander of Echo Company
• Richard Simpson Ray--Commander of India Company
• James Douglass Nash--Commander of Kilo Company

May 2005.  Cadet James Douglass Nash named to the President's List, for having simultaneously achieved both the Dean's List and the Commandant's Distinguished Service List for Spring 2005.

June 2005.  Professor David Allen nominated by President John Grinalds as The Citadel’s 2005 candidate for South Carolina Professor of the Year.

June 2005.  Kathryn Hyman, a student in the Citadel/College of Charleston Joint M.A. in English program, awarded a scholarship for the 2005 W. B. Yeats International Summer School in Sligo, Ireland.

June 2005.  Professor Michael Niemczyk (Ph.D., Graduate Center of the City University of New York) reappointed as Visiting Instructor of English for 2005-2006.

June 2005.  Publication of Images of Matter: Essays on British Literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, edited by Prof. Yvonne Bruce (The University of Delaware Press).

December 2005.  Publication of Concise Anthology of American Literature (Sixth Edition), edited by George McMichael (California State University, Hayward) and James S. Leonard (The Citadel).

December 2005. Retirement of Professor James A. W. Rembert; designation of Professor Rembert as Professor Emeritus.

April 2006.  English Major James Douglass Nash named as recipient of The Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States Award.

April 2006.  English Major Richard Simpson Ray named as recipient of Capt. Carl H. Josephson Navy Memorial Award.

April 2006.  Cadet Michael Kelly named winner of the Mikell Award, for the highest grade point average by a graduating English Major.

April 2006.  Cadet Michael Kelly named winner of the English Faculty Award, for the most outstanding research paper by a graduating English Major.

April 2006.  Cadet Michael Kelly named winner of the Bland Mathis English Achievement Award, for the highest score by a graduating English Major on the Educational Testing Service Major Field Test--Literature.

April 2006.  Publication of The Shako, the literary magazine of The Citadel.

May 2006. Retirement of Professor Tony N. Redd; designation of Professor Redd as Professor Emeritus.

Summer 2006.  Professors Jason Solinger and Sean Heuston establish a Study Abroad in London program, in which students take one English core course and one additional course in another discipline.

August 2006.  Publication of Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1 (Ninth Edition), edited by George McMichael (California State University, Hayward), James S. Leonard (The Citadel), et al.

August 2006.  Professors Michael Niemczyk (Ph.D., Graduate Center of the City University of New York), Michael Livingston, (Ph.D., University of Rochester), and Thomas Horan (Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) join the faculty of the Department of English as assistant professors.

August 2006. Professor Christopher Parsons appointed visiting instructor for 2006-2007.

August 2006.  Professors Licia Calloway and Frances Frame promoted to the rank of Associate Professor.

August 2006.  Establishment, within the Department of English, of The Citadel's first Minor in Philosophy.

October 2006.  Professor Michael Livingston named faculty advisor to The Shako, the literary magazine of The Citadel.

November 2006.  Cadets Andrew Harris (Editor-in-Chief), Caleb Adkins (Fiction Editor), Daniel Hervig (Poetry Editor), Benjamin Shotzberger (Photography Editor), Farmer Chaplain (Art Editor), and Emile Ravennah (Art Editor) named as editorial staff for the 2007 issue of The Shako, the literary magazine of The Citadel.

December 2006.  The Pat Conroy Award for Creative Writing established, for the best work (poem or fiction) published in The Shako.

December 2006.  Publication of Anthology of American Literature, Volume 2 (Ninth Edition), edited by George McMichael (California State University, Hayward), James S. Leonard (The Citadel), et al.

January 2007.  The Robert Jordan / James O. Rigney, Jr. Award for Creative Writing established, for the best work (poem or fiction) of speculative fiction (fantasy, science fiction, horror, etc.) published in The Shako.

March 2007. Professor Jennifer Bernstein named recipient of Frederick J. Crosson Fellowship for research during 2007-2008 at the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Philosophy and Religion.

April 2007.  Cadet Caleb Adkins named winner of the William E. Mikell Award, for the highest grade point average by a graduating English Major.

April 2007.  Cadet Charles Neal named winner of the English Faculty Award, for the most outstanding research paper by a graduating English Major.

April 2007.  Cadet Kyle Alexander named winner of the Bland Mathis English Achievement Award, for the highest score by a graduating English Major on the Educational Testing Service Major Field Test--Literature.

April 2007.  Publication of The Shako, the literary magazine of The Citadel.

April 2007.  Cadet Michael Cason named winner of the Pat Conroy Award for Creative Writing, for the best work (poem or fiction) published in The Shako.

April 2007.  Cadet Charles Neal named winner of the Robert Jordan / James O. Rigney, Jr. Award for Creative Writing, for the best work (poem or fiction) of speculative fiction (fantasy, science fiction, horror, etc.) published in The Shako.

Spring 2007. English majors Joshua Allbritton and Brad Robinson named to The Citadel’s Honor Committee for 2007-2008.

May 2007.  Three English majors among those named to top leadership positions in The Citadel Corps of Cadets for 2007-2008:

• Cary L. McNamara--Regimental Academic Officer
• Steven O. Reis--Commander of D Company
• Travis P. Hedges--Regimental Band Commander

June 2007. Retirement of Professor Philip W. Leon; designation of Professor Leon as Professor Emeritus.

August 2007. Retirement of Libby O. Walker, after nineteen years’ service as English Department secretary.

August 2007. Alisa S. Whittle joins the Department of English as departmental secretary.

August 2007. Professor Christopher Parsons reappointed as visiting instructor for 2007-2008.