By: Hank Essman The Department of English celebrates and highlights the achievements of alumni as they find careers with their degrees. This week, Ingrid Bohnenkamp, current Kindergarten teacher and former Springfield-Greene County Library manager, discusses how her English degree has prepared her for her job. What is your current job? What does that job entail? Until … [Read more...] about The Alum Report: Ingrid Bohnenkamp
By: Alyssah Morrison Finding a Purpose in Community-Based Journalism Christian Middleton believes that studying English and technical writing is perfect training for the inevitable drudgery of the task at hand, the task of being an attentive and active human in a flawed world. I recently had the opportunity to talk with Christian, an MSU alumnus and freelance writer living … [Read more...] about The Alum Report: Christian Middleton
This fall, the English Department is revitalizing the Alumni Spotlight feature with a new series of interviews conducted and written by current students. These dialogues will investigate how the alumni’s English degrees have helped them along their career paths. Interviewed alumni may give a bit of advice for students, as well.Etta Madden, Assistant Department Head of English, … [Read more...] about Introducing The Alum Report
The Department of English celebrates and highlights the achievements of alumni as they find careers with their degrees. This week, Anna Martin, a current law student, discusses how her degree in Literature has prepared her for her career path. What is your current job? What does that job entail? Currently I am in law school and planning on graduating in December (I missed a … [Read more...] about Alumni Spotlight: Anna Martin
The Department of English celebrates and highlights the achievements of alumni as they find careers with their degrees. This week, Walter Orr, Medical Research Writer for the Department of Anesthesiology at University of Kansas Medical Center, discusses how his degree in Professional Writing has prepared him for his job. What is your current job? What does that job entail? I … [Read more...] about Alumni Spotlight: Walter Orr