The Department of English celebrates and highlights the achievements of alumni as they find careers with their degrees. This week, Taylor Pitts, Assistant Production Editor at Penguin Random House, discusses how her degree in Literature has prepared her for her job. What is your current job? What does that job entail? Currently, I work as an Assistant Production Editor for … [Read more...] about Alumni Spotlight: Taylor Pitts
The Department of English celebrates and highlights the achievements of alumni as they find careers with their degrees. This week, Courtney Peck, attorney at Perkins Coie in Portland, Oregon, discusses how her degree in Literature has prepared her for her job. What is your current job? What does that job entail? I am a corporate litigation attorney at Perkins Coie LLP’s … [Read more...] about Alumni Spotlight: Courtney Peck
The 16th Annual STC Regional Student Conference will be held at the Kentwood Hall Crystal Ballroom on Saturday, April 21st, 2018. Early registration ends today, April 16th; the student cost is $25.00 and faculty/professional cost is $30.00. Rates will go up to $30.00 and $35.00 respectively after April 16th. Registration includes a continental breakfast and lunch. The … [Read more...] about The 16th Annual STC Regional Conference is this Saturday, April 21st
The 4th Annual Undergraduate Literature Conference (ULC) is April 13th and 14th in PSU 317. The ULC will feature a variety of undergraduate speakers and a keynote address by Dr. Rich Schur, Professor of English and Director of the Honors Program at Drury University. Interested in attending? The conference is free and open to the public, alumni, current students, faculty, and … [Read more...] about The Undergraduate Literature Conference is this Friday and Saturday, April 13-14
Poet Walter Bargen will be reading this Friday at the PSU as part of the Missouri Author Series. Bargen was appointed Missouri's first poet laureate in 2008 and received a BA in philosophy and an MA in English Education from the University of Missouri, Columbia. Bargen is the author of more than a dozen collections of poetry, including Days Like This Are Necessary: New and … [Read more...] about Poet Walter Bargen reading for Missouri Author Series