Guest Blogger Steff Milovic ’19 When you arrive for an interview, you are expected to be dressed in professional attire, and you are expected to maintain good composure, good attitude, and good posture. You are expected to arrive with two copies of your resume on hand, and you are expected to have a business card or two in your pocket. … Continue Reading →

Guest Blogger Jordan Stanley ’17 This Spring semester, the CUPID studio class embarked on revitalizing the English Department newsletter. In doing so, we translated the ideas behind the Back Cover (the old newsletter) to The Scroll, the new multimodal newsletter that shares the happenings of the English department across the mediums of Facebook and Instagram accounts and a blog. In … Continue Reading →

Guest Blogger Hope Kase ’18 This week I want to discuss the importance of an online presence. We have been learning a lot about this topic in my CUPID Studio class recently, and it got me thinking about what I’m putting out there for the world, and future employers, to see. One thing I’ve learned is that more and more … Continue Reading →

Guest Blogger Miceala Soucy ’18 Part of standing out to future employers is creating a personal brand early on in your professional life. A personal brand only works however, if it is memorable, consistent, differentiated and adds value. Of those characteristics, consistency is a key approach to creating a memorable brand. One way we learned to achieve consistency is through … Continue Reading →

Guest Blogger Christian Kowalski In every creative process, there needs to be a level of organization involved. Not everyone is capable of threading together thoughts in a stream-of-consciousness way. Fortunately, this CUPID Studio class had the structures in place to effectively express many ideas but also keep the brainstorming process organized so as to avoid confusion. Our class project was … Continue Reading →

Guest Blogger Hannah Wolfe As the CUPID class transitions into creating professional portfolios, one of the most important aspects of doing so is creating a personal brand. A personal brand is important in establishing oneself online. Potential employers will follow this online presence and use it to learn more about you, your skills, and your experiences. It is critical that … Continue Reading →

Guest Blogger Hannah Silvers Brainstorming seems simple in theory. Any ideas go! Throw them all on the page — don’t worry if they make sense now, we’ll sift through them later! But when it comes time to actually brainstorm, especially in a group, sometimes we can hit stumbling blocks. How do we know what to say, how do we keep … Continue Reading →

Guest Blogger Hope Kase This week I wanted to discuss the process I went through in designing the logo for the new online English department newsletter, The Scroll, in my spring term ENG 282 CUPID Writing and Publishing Studio class. Our first group assignment was to completely renovate the newsletter, as in the past it had been a yearly paper … Continue Reading →

Guest Blogger Hannah Wolfe Ideas come in all shapes and sizes.  More importantly, they come to us in all sorts of ways.  An important aspect of the CUPID Writing and Publishing Studio class is brainstorming.  The objective of the class is to figure out how to implement a creative plan, in the case of our class: a revamped English Department … Continue Reading →

Guest Blogger Emily Roper I’m a junior university student at a fairly elite university.  I have a great GPA and experiences in Division I varsity athletics, volunteering, working, study abroad, and research.  Thirty years ago, this alone would have probably guaranteed me my choice of job in a career field with a good salary, benefits, a retirement plan, and a … Continue Reading →