Guye Goodlow graduated in 2006 from MSU with a Bachelor of Arts in English. He is one of very few English majors ever to also play football for MSU, and he took one of the first online courses offered at MSU. He went on to business school after graduation and received an MBA in Marketing Management. Goodlow now works for Ford Motor Company in Marketing, Sales, and … [Read more...] about The Alum Report: Guye Goodlow
Missouri State University’s English Department and Pagination Bookshop are collaborating to host a Virtual Author Event on February 2, 2022, at 7 PM CST. It will feature Margret Sullivan, who recently published her memoir, Fragments from a Mobile Life, and will be reading excerpts from it. Sullivan will be joined by MSU’s very own Dr. Etta Madden and Dr. John … [Read more...] about Virtual Author Event: Margaret Sullivan
Written by Hank Essman Edited by Sabrina Wagganer In this installment of the Alum Report, the English Department is proud to highlight the accomplishments of Aubrey Larimore-Vargas, a two-time MSU Graduate. Having earned a bachelor’s in English/Literature and a master's in Writing, Aubrey Larimore-Vargas is both a 2011 and 2014 graduate of the English … [Read more...] about The Alum Report: Aubrey Larimore-Vargas
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
Is the Internet good for reading? Dr. Jonathan Newman of MSU's English Department thinks so. "We are all walking around with a vast, glorious library available to us at all times. It's kind of a golden age to be a reader!" … [Read more...] about The Great American Read: Dr. Jonathan Newman