by Lauren Moye; BPC Managing Editor
Brewton-Parker College’s English Department will celebrate the hard work of its students on April 24, 2018. Playwrights, southern literature students, and seniors will all be featured at this event. However, the real purpose of the event is to show the wide variety of forms that English can take as well as the effect of English studies on everyday life. The presentations will begin at 3:30pm in Lakeside Grill. The public is invited to attend.
Dr. Andrea Wilson, Assistant Professor of English, stated: “The English Department invites you to join us as we showcase the works of our playwrights, seniors, and Southern Lit students. Participate in our on-site casting as we publicly share 10-minute plays written by English majors, find out more about our senior projects and the mark graduating students are leaving at BPC, and enjoy learning why Southern Literature is in a league of its own.”
While the class of 2018 English majors will leave their own mark at Brewton-Parker, the college has also left a mark on the students. Ruth McMichael, one of the seniors poised to graduate in May, stated: “The English department has helped me develop my writing skills by giving me constructive feedback even when my papers earned an ‘A.’ All of the professors deeply care about their students and want to see them succeed to their potential, not just to a grade.”
McMichael will be presenting on her fiction story. For McMichael, this has been a project in development since her first Creative Writing Class. McMichael stated: “It has been a blessing to have Dr. Wilson encouraging me to continue writing on that same story, even when I felt my skill didn’t line up with my vision for it.”
Wilson added, “Despite popular belief, English is more than reading dated books and writing composition papers. Studying English is at the root of the entertainment mediums we enjoy most, from TV and movies, to plays and comic books. We hope people will spend time with us on the twenty-fourth to learn more about the broad spectrum of influence and opportunities within the English major.”