Major Gifts Officer Teachers College, Columbia University Career Field : Communications Graduation Year : 2000 My major was undeclared when I arrived as a first year student at Geneseo in 1996 with no concrete decision regarding a career path. Rather than focusing on my state of indecision, I kept an open mind and took classes
Senior Publishing Coordinator Thomson Reuters Career Field : Publishing Graduation Year : 2001 I majored in English at SUNY Geneseo because I loved literature and language as a way of connecting people and transcending barriers. I considered other majors (those traditionally considered to lead to more lucrative career paths), but my passion and interest–as well
Research Assistant Case Western Reserve University Career Field : Social Impact & Community Service Graduation Year : 2006 Honestly, I can’t remember why I majored in English – I came to campus as a communications major – but I’m pretty certain I stuck with it because of the professors in the English department and the
Graduate Student Career Field : Education Graduation Year : 2011 Reading has always been a passion of mine, yet it never occurred to me to pursue English as a degree until I was well into my sophomore year at Geneseo. I arrived as an undeclared major and explored my options by taking classes in several
Middle School English Teacher Career Field : Education Graduation Year : 2010 I crave adventure. During college, friends scoffed at me when I told them I planned to head west after graduation. Many of them wanted to stick around and enter the fiercely competitive job market. Five years later, several of them are still subbing. More have finally
Rehabilitation Counselor, Psychology Research Assistant Cornell University Career Field : Health & Medicine Graduation Year : 2007 I majored in English to gain insight. Insight into the world, the people around me, and myself. I thought reading and discussing literature would be a good means to do so, and I’m glad I did. I studied
Animation Producer Avalanche Studios Career Field : Arts Graduation Year : 2006 First off, it turns out writing your English department alumni profile is the most self-conscious act of grammar policing you’ll ever experience. Remember this in ten years when a professor reaches out to you on social media to participate. I had the privilege
Financial Assistant Dystel & Goderich Literary Management Career Field : Finance Graduation Year : 2015 I think I always knew I was going to be an English major — even though I deviated for a semester into International Relations. Even beyond my love for reading and writing, studying English gave me the chance to explore
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Playwright Career Field : Arts Graduation Year : 2013 I entered Geneseo in 2009 with the plan to earn an English Literature degree, go on to get my Masters in teaching, and become a high school English teacher. When I graduated in 2013, I had earned a Theatre/English degree and am heading toward a Masters
Executive Assistant/Social Worker Career Field : Social Impact & Community Service Graduation Year : 2008 To be honest, I declared a major in English because I like to read and write, figuring I would probably change majors at some point once I had a more firm career goal. That never happened, in part because I
