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Where are our Graduates?

Here are some of the jobs our graduates have found:

• Personal Assistant to the Artistic Director of FoolsFury Production Company, San Francisco, CA
• Associate Developmental Editor, Elsevier (publisher of scientific, technical and health information products and services)
• Project Manager, Awards, Maritz Rewards
• Advertising and Marketing Coordinator (and contributing writer), In These Times
• Homeowner Relations Coordinator East Bay Habitat for Humanity in Oakland, CA (through Americorps)
• Sales Representative, Bedford/St. Martin's (college publisher specializing in the humanities)
• Marketing copywriter, Optimum Nutrition, Inc.
• Spanish teacher, Pope John XXIII High School in Everett, MA
• Communications Associate, Buck Consultants (human resources consulting)
• Technical writer and editor, Hydrocarbon Publishing Company, a petroleum refining business and technology news publisher
• Production Coordinator, Creative Services, Thomas P. Gohagan & Company (luxury alumni travel)
• Another successful graduate is Jo Hiestand, author of Death of an Ordinary Guy, Sainted Murder, On the Twelfth Night of Christmas,and Pearls Before Swine (the Brenna Taylor mystery series), published by Hilliard & Harris.

A number of our graduates have gone on to attend MFA (Master of Fine Arts) programs in creative writing at institutions such as

• New York University
• Old Dominion University
• Sarah Lawrence College
• Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
• University of Arkansas
• University of Houston
• University of Iowa
• University of Montana
• University of Pittsburg
• University of Wisconsin
• Washington University

Others have pursued graduate programs in the study of literature at institutions including

• Arizona State University
• University of Leeds
• Middlebury College

Still other graduate programs that our students have attended include

• MA in English & Publishing, Rosemont College, Bryn Mawr, PA
• MA in Religious Studies, University of South Carolina
• Master's degree in Library Science, University of Missouri-Columbia

An English degree is also excellent preparation for law school. Our graduates have attended law schools that include

• Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri
• St. Thomas University School of Law, Miami, Florida
  
  
  

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Alumni Spotlight

Travis Mossotti
Class of 2005
BA in French and English with an Emphasis in Creative Writing

Current Position
Teaching at Lindenwood University

"I came to Webster to study poetry under David Clewell, and visiting the Webster Groves campus solidified my decision. The way so many old houses had been converted to classrooms and offices (especially the English Department in Pearson House) made it feel unique and domestic. I must say I was immediately at home." (Read more...) 

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