Tommy Lee Jones

Actor

Michael Eisner

Former CEO, The Walt Disney Co.

Sally Ride

First American woman in space

Barbara Walters

Journalist/Media personality

All of these people received their degree in English!

“With your BA in English, you can get an MA in English, then perhaps a PhD in English as well. I'm working on the first option and applying to programs in the second.” – Amy King, Class of 2006

“My English degree served me well in my initial journalism career at newspapers in Vinita, Oklahoma, and Hereford, Texas. I used it when I worked as a secretary, as a PR firm employee, and in the Army as a writer for the post newspaper. The best has been the last 11 years trying to convey the importance of literacy to eighth graders!” – Jeri Curtis Shire, Class of 1976

“The SNU English Department equipped me with every asset required to become a successful English instructor.  The professors' compassion for their students significantly exceeds that of any institution I have ever known.” – Amy Bowles, Class of 2006

“I'm a filmmaker at Ethnographic Media. I'm responsible for all the web content that goes on the EGM.tv site. So I write a script or come up with a good concept, find the actors, shoot it and edit it.” – Ryan Scott, Class of 2005