Sometimes, it can feel like there’s a dissonance between being an English major and deciding what to do with that major. It’s rare that you’ll get to analyze literature for the rest of your career. There are also so many different experiences that the major opens up. So what’s an English major to do? One…
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by Hope Dorman We’ve all probably been asked if we want to be teachers once we tell people that we’re English majors. To those who ask, English is a limited career field, but we know it to be so much more. There are many viable options for English majors, though it might be hard for…
by Hope Dorman On February 9th, the English Department hosted a panel called “Life After the English Major” which featured alumni who majored in English and provided some insight into what their careers look like a few years down the road. We heard from a news reporter, a school psychologist, a marketing manager at Nike,…
by Morgan Mann Writers Magazine is currently accepting applications for our 2016 Editorial Board. For those of you who haven’t heard of Writers: it is an annual publication of current UP students’ creative writing—prose, poetry, nonfiction, etc.—and visual art—photography, sketches, paintings, prints, etc. If you want to check out previous editions, go here. Hey! I’m…
By Erika Murphy The Moreau Center is pretty awesome. We have all these immersions where we get to learn about social justice on the scene with some hands on learning. My own experiences on immersions impacted my entire university experience. I saw how much need there is in the world, and how beautiful the people…
by Danielle Childs This Monday, March 30th at 5:45 PM in Franz 025, is UP English Department’s Alumni Panel where current English majors can come and learn from actual real life human beings about some of the options available to them with a degree in English. In the flesh! I know we’ve all sat in class…
by Hope Dorman Ever since I was a little kid, I always wanted to become an author. I read voraciously and wrote many uncompleted short stories, waiting for the “big idea” to come along which would propel me to being on par with my favorite, J.K. Rowling. As I got older I still had the…
Wondering what to do with your writing and analytical skills after graduation? Check out this great opportunity to earn good money by helping young people develop their reading skills….
by Erika Murphy Despite the fact that I have a reassuring advisor and a relaxed father, I caught the contagious what-am-I-doing-with-my-life anxiety early on last year. Weekly internship updates had started coming. New to the English major, I suddenly felt pressure to determine the path from sophomore year to ultimate career. And so, I did…