English Internships
Drew Dickerson '17
Internship at Farmville Area Chamber of Commerce
"As an intern, I promoted various businesses around Farmville. Whenever we got a new member, I would write up a press release welcoming them to the Chamber. I was involved in the preparation of a wine-tasting event held at Longwood where business could come and network with people of Farmville. I think my experience as an English major helped me in communicating with these businesses and writing about them. It was a combination of research and writing, something that majoring in English has taught me well."
Campus Jobs
Chris Morales '17
Editor and Chief: The Garnet Literary Magazine
As Editor and Chief of the Hampden-Sydney literary magazine, Chris Morales is responsible for overseeing the staff and the process of creating a magazine. As an English major, Chris has learned important skills that have enabled him to succeed in his work at The Garnet.
"There's more to the job than just putting a magazine together. It's important to reach out to the college community to encourage students to submit their best artistic work. My experience as an English major has assisted me in figuring out and organizing the submissions as well as deciding what order they will go in the magazine. As a leader, you have to know how to communicate with other students. I am in charge of the staff and I oversee and organize staff meetings. "
The Virginia Program at Oxford
Max Dash '18
"The Virginia Program at Oxford taught me how to think on my feet, both in and out of the classroom. The work is hard, but the experience is unforgettable."
At Oxford, the classroom model is set up in a tutorial format: "Different tutorial groups studied different texts depending on the tutor. In my English tutorial, we studied Thomas More's Utopia, Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, and the poetry of Andrew Marvell and John Donne."
Andrew Madison '17
"Studying the Renaissance time period in England is as key to understanding modern society as the English Civil War is to understanding both English and American history. Being in the ancient landscape of England yields wondrous amounts of imaginative fuel and made studying works by Milton, Shakespeare, Johnson, and Sir Philip Sydney more enjoyable. The lecturers at Oxford carry with them knowledge and experience as educators at the most prestigious universities in Great Britain.
"The architecture in Oxford is wonderful. Gothic churches with beautifully decorated interiors adorn the city. History is literally around every corner, and once you see the gigantic beech tree on Trinity College's campus lawn, you realize just how young the United States is as a nation. This trip made me think about how we got to where we are now from the past and what my motivation was as an English major. It inspired me to try my hand at poetry, a decision which I have come to stand behind with immense happiness."
