Information For Students

Labs and Lounges

The English student lounge is located in Wiekamp Hall, room DW 3103. 

Student Lounge

Student amenities include:

  • 1 mini conference table
  • 1 desk
  • 1 oversized arm chair
  • 1 whiteboard

Careers

A few related careers English majors go on to pursue

  • Author
  • Book Critic
  • College Professor
  • Copywriter
  • Editor
  • High School Teacher
  • Journalist
  • Manager
  • Lawyer
  • Literary Agent
  • Marketing Specialist
  • Public Speaker
  • Politician

A few famous English majors

  • William Bernbach (legendary advertising executive)
  • Gwendolyn Brooks (poet and Pulitzer Prize-winner)
  • Andrea Jung (former Avon CEO)
  • Stephen King (writer)
  • Toni Morrison (writer)
  • Conan O’Brien (writer, TV host)
  • Sally Ride (astronaut and physicist)
  • Diane Sawyer (broadcast journalist)
  • Martin Scorcese (film director)
  • John Paul Stevens & Clarence Thomas (Supreme Court Justices)
  • Amy Tan (writer)
  • Grant Tinker (former chairman of NBC)
  • Harold Varmus (Nobel laureate in medicine)
  • Susan Wojcicki (CEO of YouTube)
  • Bob Woodward (journalist)