What are you doing next Monday at 4pm? We hope you’ve got our yearly alumni panel on your schedule. The event features four English major alumni (with experience in law, education, finance, non-profit, writing, the arts) who will tell their stories of post-graduate life. Students will be able to hear these UP grads talk about…
See Your Name in Print! Submit to UP’s Writers Magazine
A guest post by Hannah Robinson, Senior Editor of Writers What do Apricot Pineapple Jam, Spring 2009, and Idleness have in common? Writers Magazine!* For those of you who don’t know, Writers is UP’s annual publication of student creative works. Since 1977, Writers has been a creative outlet for students across campus, publishing a collection…
The Nature of Words’ Rising Star Creative Writing Competition
The Nature of Words issued a call for submissions for its 2014 Rising Star Creative Writing Competition to writers in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The deadline is June 1, 2014. The competition is open to commercially unpublished writers in three genres, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction and Poetry, and three age categories, 15-18, 19-25 and 25+. Winners receive…
STD: Swarming the Bluff
While adults typically tell you to watch out for STDs when you go to college, you may actually want to catch this one. We’re the Sigma Tau Delta English Honors Society chapter at UP, and we’re a group of hard-working English majors whose love of literature inspires our social life. Although…
Commonweal Editorial Internships Available for Summer 2014
Each summer, Commonweal offers internships to one or two promising young Catholic writers, journalists, theologians, and critics. The application for summer 2014 interns in now open. Interns participate in the day-to-day work of the magazine and assist editors with proofreading, manuscript review, editorial administration, and other projects; they may also have the opportunity to contribute writing to the Commonweal website.The…
Focus on Internships: Spring Events
This semester, Career Services will be holding weekly events focusing on building career skills such as writing resumes, networking, and using LinkedIn on Thursdays at 4:15 in Orrico Hall. There are several opportunities for you to display your new professional skills gained at these events: the UP Internship Fair is taking place on Wednesday, January 29th…
Interested in Teaching This Summer?
The Institute of Reading Development is seeking recently graduated undergraduate students or current graduate students interested in teaching summer 2014. Teachers will be provided with a paid training program and comprehensive on-going support. They will also earn more than $6,000 during the summer and gain over 500 hours of teacher training and experience. Requirements to…
2014-15 Junior Fellowship
First Things is a conservative Christian magazine based in New York who is offering a fellowship for recently graduated students interested in writing and editing content centered about religion, spirituality, and politics. First Things is looking for graduating seniors with some sense of calling to writing, editing, or public intellectualizing, even if they plan to go…
Volunteer and Internship Opportunities at Roosevelt This Spring
Roosevelt High School is offering two opportunities to either intern or volunteer this semester. The first is a volunteer opportunity as a SUN after school tutor. Volunteers will need to work 2-10 hours per week after school, from 3:00-5:30pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, and 1:45-4:30pm on Wednesdays. Volunteers will: • Provide a safe, encouraging, and…
Featuring First-Years
The English department blog features lots of news of seniors and juniors and alumni—about their internship experiences, life after college, etc. English major Ana Fonseca figured it might be interesting to hear from some of the “newer” among us…here’s her spotlight on a few first-year majors. I had the opportunity to sit down and chat…