English Major Fall Accolades

By Zoë Roos Scheuerman ’24

English majors rock! As the semester (and the year) wraps up, The Words staff wanted to take stock of the department communitie’s many achievements. I reached out to English majors about what they were proud of this semester, whether that meant writing a capstone, scoring an internship or award, going to a conference, getting a creative or critical piece published, or something else they wanted to see acknowledged. Here are their responses:

Reagan Kimzey ‘24 (she/her) was accepted to the Midwest Modern Language Association’s conference and got to present on Shakespeare.

Sydney Jones ‘23 (she/her) spent this semester interning at ISG (an environmental urban planning firm), where she recently was noted as one of the key-contributors to the Mayo Clinic La Crosse Campus redevelopment plan. Specifically, she highlighted personal narratives within the surrounding neighborhoods to create a sense of community identity and share these stories with the project manager to integrate into the final plan. This was an amazing opportunity to mix both of her backgrounds in Environmental Studies and English Lit!

Anna Šverclová ‘23 (they/them) was published in Passages North and Birdcoat Quarterly. Their poetry chapbook was also a finalist for the Button Poetry chapbook contest as well as the Poetry Online chapbook contest!

Chloë Moore ‘24 (she/they) presented their paper, “The Orientalist Parallelogram,” as part of the Gender, Language, and Identity panel at the undergraduate research symposium at the Midwest Modern Language Association conference. Her poem, “The Hunger,” was published by the Water~Stone Review; they read the poem at their launch party on December 2nd. Another of Chloë’s poems, “These Are The Things That Matter To Us Now,” also appears in this semester’s Chanter issue.

I, Zoë Roos Scheuerman ‘24 (she/her), wrote and presented my International Studies capstone, “Beyond the Horizons: Postnational Frontiers in Migration Literature.” One of my poems, “The Way Home,” was also published in the Fall 2022 issue of Chanter, and I worked on a project for publication about W.E.B. Du Bois’ connections to the Somali independence movement. I also found an advisor for my English honors thesis and began the first steps in the honors process! 

Thanks to everyone who shared their experiences, and congratulations on your accomplishments!