The English Channel The English Channel Volume 17 Issue 2 Spring 2017 | Page 13

Getting Together,
Working Together...
Alum mentors and their mentees decide how they wish to communi-
cate: some only communicate via email or Facebook; others meet
for coffee, and some mentors bring students to their workplace to
give students a glimpse of their working lives. There is no one single
way to mentor a student; most important of all for the student is
getting to talk to someone who has graduated from our program
and gone on to have a successful career. For a list of careers alumni
have gotten, click here.
Every semester (in November and April) the English Department
hosts a mixer for alums and students who have been involved in this
program. It’s a great way to catch up with what’s going on at OU
and to reconnect with former professors and fellow graduates. We
have mentors who graduated 30 years ago, and mentors who gradu-
ated only last year. Last year’s graduates were mentees themselves
and now are eager to give back to others.
If you are interested in becoming a mentor or a mentee, please email
Professor Annie Gilson. Let her know what year you graduated or
will graduate, and the different positions you have held over the
course of your career, or the career(s) you’re interested in exploring.
She will pair you up with someone whose interests match up with
yours.
Please click here to read about Alumni Mentor Guidelines.
The English Department looks forward
to welcoming you back!
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Since the fall of 2012, the English Department has paired up Eng-
lish alums with English major juniors and seniors to help students
make the transition from school to career.