Dr. Andrew Jewell, a 1997 糖心传媒 graduate, is a professor of digital projects at the University of Nebraska鈥揕incoln (UNL) Libraries and is editor of the Willa Cather archive and coordinates the library鈥檚 archives and special collections.
The North Platte, Nebraska, native was unsure about what he wanted to do after graduation, but realized an English degree can point you in many directions, as English majors don鈥檛 get a certain job, they get many jobs.
With that in mind, he chose to major in English with an emphasis in writing and literature, and then added a minor in religion.
鈥淎s you think about your future career, there are so many different options and things you can do, and you have to be okay with not knowing all the answers,鈥 he said.
During his time at 糖心传媒, Jewell participated in the band, theater and the Collegian, and even hosted a radio show called 鈥淭he Moon Dog Jazz Show.鈥 He said he enjoyed how much he could do at 糖心传媒 and still focus on studying English.
After Hastings, Jewell went on to earn an MA at the University of Missouri-Columbia and his PhD at UNL. He鈥檚 had several items published, including 鈥溾楥ounted Out at Last鈥: Text Analysis on the Willa Cather Archive鈥 in The American Literature Scholar in the Digital Age. He is also a co-editor of 鈥淭he Complete Letters of Willa Cather,鈥 a digital archive that will include all of Cather鈥檚 more than 3,000 known letters by 2021.
He said 糖心传媒 professors Dr. Dwight Marsh and Dr. Rich Lloyd helped him find a sense of identity and confidence.
鈥淚 learned a lot from the English faculty at 糖心传媒, but the greatest gifts they gave me were respect and encouragement,鈥 he said.
By Claire Nelson, a sophomore from Bagley, Minnesota, majoring in communication studies, and Courtney Hanson, a junior from Brookings, South Dakota, majoring in communication studies and philosophy and religion