Graduates from the English/language department have used their studies in a wide range of careers. What follows is a sampling of our graduates' living out their answers to the perennial question, "What do you do with an English—or Spanish—or writing major?"
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Larry Milan '73 Received the Bluffton alumni 2011 Professional Achievement Award. He is senior vice president, human resources, for ING U.S. Insurance. more... |
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Rita (Muether) Oakleaf '06 has become the "Most Intriguing Yahoo/AC Writer for 2010" and her writing is really giving people something to smile about. more... |
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Angie Huston '10 |
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Kellie Kenney '09 |
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Tobias Buckell '00 |
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Aaron Darlington '08 |
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Karen (Miller) Mareco '73 |
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Tami Cupples '99 |
Jenna Patty '08 is teaching English at Wauseon High School while Katie Wrabel '08 is an English teacher at Cory-Rawson High School, both in Ohio.
Along with working as a copy editor for the Alternative Press Magazine in Cleveland, Jen (Grathwol '07) Stutzman is working on a low residency MFA program with John Carroll University.
Ryan Radabaugh '08 is taking classes toward a master's in TESOL at the University of Findlay. He is also working on a grant to improve literacy among undocumented workers.
Jenna (Grunden) Missler ('06) is teaching Spanish at Kalida High School. She is also working on her master's of education through Liberty University.
Erin Wahl '05 taught English for three years in China. Erin says, "My education at Bluffton provided me not only with the training and foundation that I needed to do my job each day, but also with the spirit and curiosity to go out into the world and test the limits of what I know and what I can do every day. If there was ever a school that teaches its students to instigate good changes in the world around them and inspire passion for life and learning in others, it's Bluffton."
Mary "Molly" F. Snyder '92 owns her own private law practice in Upper Sandusky, specializing in criminal defense and family law. She emphasizes the importance of her English degree to her current success: "The training I had in critical reading and extensive writing as an English major form an essential basis for my work as a lawyer. These skills are not taught in law school—and without them, I would be at a loss."
