Episode 15 of the BYU English Society’s podcast, My Story, features Katie Bowman, a former acting major turned English major who has done well with extracurriculars. Katie shared with us her experience spent working with English professor Dr. Frank Christiansen as an ORCA-funded researcher. She also told us about her time in Stratford-Upon-Avon in England where she worked as an intern for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in the summer of 2016. Play the podcast embedded above, and please check out all our episodes featuring stories of applying one’s English by visiting the BYU English Society SoundCloud page.
Relevant sites
- -Internship Center: https://intern.byu.edu
- -Study abroad center website: http://kennedy.byu.edu/isp/
- -Research (ORCA): https://orca.byu.edu
- -Extra Curricular opportunities websites?: http://www.studentsreview.com/specific_detail.php3?uid=1386&f=ExCuricular
- -The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust: https://www.shakespeare.org.uk
- -E Renaissance: https://leanpub.com/erenaissance
- -Katie’s YouTube debut: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0Gxn64Uumk&sns=em
References
- -Seminars/Talks: https://speeches.byu.edu
- -Get to know professor Frank Christianson: http://humanities.byu.edu/person/frank-christianson-2/