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What Can You Do With an
English Major?
If you think that teaching is the only career for an English
major, you will be surprised to know that most English
majors choose other careers. Many employers are looking
for the kinds of articulate and thoughtful job candidates
who come out of English programs.
Interested in … ?
- ministry
- counseling
- public health
- law enforcement
- journalism and telecommunications
- public relations
- advertising
- marketing
- sales
Then
BPC’s English program is the place for you!
Just look at what some of our recent graduates have accomplished:
Julie Gregory '94: After taking a second BA degree--and
then an MA degree--in Spanish from the U of Mississippi,
Ms. Gregory became a Baptist missionary in Latin America.
Brandi J. Walker '94: Ms. Walker obtained an MA degree
in English from Appalachian State U, Boone, NC. After teaching
at a women's school in Japan for two years, she moved to
Istanbul, Turkey, to teach at a university there. An enthusiastic
world traveler, Brandi spent part of this past autumn in
the high altitudes of the Himalayas, where she visited
with Buddhist monks. Her life-long dream to live in Africa
will come true later this year, when she begins a Peace
Corps tour of duty in Namibia. (She has promised to visit
in March.)
Tammy D. Harvey '95: After completing her MA in English
at Clemson U, Ms. Harvey entered the doctoral program at
Georgia State U. Currently she is on the faculty at the
State U of West Georgia, Carrollton.
Doy W. Cave III '95: Mr. Cave taught for a year at Robert
Toombs Christian Academy in Lyons before taking a position
at the Vidalia Advance-Progress, rising finally to the
rank of news editor. In 1998, he resigned, moved to New
Orleans, and began serving in the public relations office
at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is
also a part-time seminary student.
Thomas Kenneth "Kenny" Fountain
'95: After earning an MA degree in English at the University
of Memphis, Mr.
Fountain moved to Turkey, securing a TESOL post at a university
in Ankara. He later headed that institution's writing-across-the-curriculum
program. Last summer he began teaching at Yeshiva U in
New York. Currently he is contemplating further graduate
study. He lives in Brooklyn.
Janean Gray '95: Ms. Gray wasted no time in returning
to her beautiful native Bermuda. There she edits a visually
dazzling tourist magazine, Island.
Tamee Bowers Livingston
'95: Mrs. Livingston took her
MA degree in English at Georgia Southern U. After a short
stint as copy editor at the Advance-Progress, she was a
Brewton-Parker adjunct, teaching English classes in Hazlehurst.
Now serving in the U.S. military, Mrs. Livingston lives
in Alaska with her husband, Jimmy '96, also a graduate
in English.
Michael Harrison '96: An Oklahoma native, Mr. Harrison
was associate pastor at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Vidalia.
He subsequently moved back to the Midwest.
Jeffery L. Dickerson
'98: Since earning his JD degree
from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer U, Mr.
Dickerson has become an assistant district attorney in
Macon.
Steven Hurwitz '98: Mr. Hurwitz, an honor graduate of
the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer U, is a member
of a law firm in Macon. (It is interesting to note that
Mr. Hurwitz had obtained an AA degree in General Studies
at Brewton-Parker in the 1970s. Thereafter he worked in
journalism, becoming editor-in-chief of the Advance-Progress.
In the early 1990s he returned to BPC to take a degree
in English.)
Rachel Beigh Jones
'98: Mrs. Jones has worked in Brewton-Parker's
Office of Financial Aid for five years. Her long-term plans
include graduate study in English.
Michael G. Morris
'98: Mr. Morris is self-employed, serving
as manager of a family-owned business, Video Land, in Mount
Vernon.
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