The BYU English Society presents its weekly video digest, featuring host Davis Blount and guest hosts Jacquelyn Dunn and Maddison Driggs.
Poetry Slam Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSr9JlIIuEY
My Story Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/byu-english-society/05-my-story-episode-005-kathy-cowley
The BYU English Society presents its weekly video digest. This week, host Davis Blount deals with hate mail and he and Chalene Riser give the skinny on events this week.
Poetry Slam Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSr9JlIIuEY&feature=youtu.be
My Story Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/byu-english-society\
Three-Minute Student Reading Series: Come listen to invited readers read anything from flash fiction to tweets. Open mic to follow. Friday, Sept. 25, 3322 HBLL, 6:30 p.m.
The BYU English Society presents its weekly news show, featuring updates on the English Society’s opening social, the internship fair, Involvapalooza, this week’s Reading Series, and opportunities with campus journal, Criterion.
The BYU English Society presents the first two episodes of its weekly video news show, Major English News.
Episode 001: Introducing Major English News and BYU’s English Society. Find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Episode: 002: Mourning Learning Suite, discussing the opening social, future poetry slam, new English major advisement (http://english.byu.edu/academics/undergraduate-advisors?ticket=ST-1231958-xbGOIiCiy3ViaGMkKoDi-smaug3) and info about this week’s audio podcast, featuring Jenny Poffenbarger talking about her internship at the church (https://soundcloud.com/byu-english-society).
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There are many ways you can volunteer in the English Society. It could be a one-time thing, or an ongoing role, or an officer position. We are recruiting in the areas listed below. Look them over, then go to our volunteer sign-up page to indicate your interests:
That’s right, we’re claiming a hashtag, one that allows us to express the angst of the literary life when tagging photos or posts on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. But there’s more! #englishmajorprobz is the title of our comic strip, penned by English major Adam Burton, which will be appearing regularly on our blog.
Watch for more comics to come, and start using #englishmajorprobz!
The BYU English Society now has an official YouTube channel!
Watch for reviews, interviews, how-to’s and other great stuff –including videos you create and submit!
Starring in our first video are the incoming Freshmen and transfer students who attended new student orientation last Friday, August 29. They were greeted by English professors Brian Jackson and Jamie Horrocks, and then by English Society officers Emma Jarvis and Shane Peterson. They learned about our club, our blog, our play this semester, and about our YouTube channel. There was a lot of interest shown, as you can sense from the short video. “I was on the fence about the English major,” one attendee confessed afterwards, “but after today’s presentation I’m all in.” You can sense the crowd’s enthusiasm from the cheer they gave, coached by Averill Corkin, the director of our semester play:
Yes, English Society! We hope you’ll keep visiting this blog and also our YouTube channel!