Catching Up with Alumni
Former SOU student and PSU alumni Peyton Humphries McGovern is putting her English major to work in her current position with AmeriCorps. She has also published work with The Immigrant Story advocating for women and immigrants.
Where in the world?
After graduating from SOU in 2019, Kelley Lusk began their journey of teaching abroad in Vietnam. They worked in Phu Ly, Ha Nam, Vietnam for nearly a year, and now they work as a Print Book Editor for Blackstone Publishing.
With the approach of this holiday season, we’d like to take a megabyte to feature our amazing makers! Why not set aside a little bit of your gift budget this season to support EMDA students who share their creativity through product design?
Where in the world?
English Alum Laura Payne is currently working as a Special Commissioned Instructor at Shimane University in Japan. Before the pandemic, she had been in the Shimane Prefecture for three years as an Assistant Language Teacher through the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program. Read more to learn about her teaching-abroad journey.
What Can You Do with an English Major?
Have you ever thought about going into the publishing industry? SOU alumni Reilly Nycum and Ciera Leanne Cox both work at Blackstone Publishing. They share their passion for their careers and experiences of getting where they are now.
We invite you, regardless of your major, to join us for an exciting 11-day journey to Ecuador! The course will focus on the impacts of tourism and development on the culture and environment of Ecuador.
Ebo Barton won 5th in the world at Individual World Poetry Slam in 2016 and since then, their career has flourished. This is an interview-style post that shares their journey of slam poetry and includes advice for aspiring writers here at SOU! Photo by Cameron Thomsen.
English Major Spotlight
The English Program at SOU provides students with a wide variety of classes and assignments. Alma Rosa Alvarez discusses the reasoning behind the podcasting final for her ENG 447 class. Featuring student perspectives from Jewel Blanchard, Katherine Dion, and alumni Jaz Waters.
O’Shea received notification last week that she has completed all requirements for her online MBA degree from the SOU School of Business, after earning her bachelor’s degree in business administration from SOU in 2019. She has reached those academic milestones while working – first with a local nonprofit and for the past year in her “dream job” as a project manager at the Dutch Bros. headquarters in Grants Pass.
Catching Up with Alumni
SOU alumni, Jesse Williamson, graduated in 1999 with an interdisciplinary B.S. in English and Computer Science, and then again in 2018 with an M.S. in Mathematical and Computer Sciences.