The reward is learning lifelong skills that promote professionalism, as well as giving us the opportunity to share experiences in life. Literature courses teach the skills needed to interpret unpredictable events and unfamiliar observations. The world is rapidly changing while remaining diversified in culture, economic status, personal experiences, needs, desires, and fears. Literature helps us to interpret and appreciate the diversity we live in. People who have majored in English at Central Washington University have found that their ability to communicate and interpret is of value in a wide range of professions.
Many Central graduates teach.
Others work in writing, editing, and publishing in computer documentation, video game design and web page production. Some graduates are speechwriters, political aides, and technical writers working for the government. Central graduates work in the communications world as journalists, editors, and free lance writers, and in one case, as host of a radio show. Others maintain and extend their art as creative writers of poetry, novels, science fiction, and children's books. Some work or teach overseas in Japan, Brazil, Paraguay, and Czechoslovakia.