Internships put English degree to use on education

“So what will you do with an English degree?”

Back in 1969, when I graduated from Creighton University, no one asked me this question. People assumed English majors would teach. And most of us did.

But it’s 1998, and when senior Laura Clinton visited my English-department office at Colorado State University, she didn’t mention teaching. After four years of reading, writing and research, she wondered: Would her skills transfer to the business world?

They certainly did. As an unpaid intern at Creative Career Connections in Fort Collins, Clinton wrote marketing proposals, advertisements and clients’ resumes. She collaborated on project development and…