Writing Career Guide

Consider joining the Communication and the Arts Career Community or any other Career Community you are interested in!

Where Alumni Have Landed

Writing Tutor – SMARTHINKING, Inc.
Assistant Preschool Teacher – Childtime Learning Centers
Records Assistant – Grand Valley State University
Writing Consultant – Frederick Meijer Center for Writing and Michigan Authors
Editor – SkipFiction
Proposal Writer – JR Automation
Freelance ESL and Academic Tutor, Writing Consultant, & Writer – Write Minded Language Services
Firm Editor – GrandPR
Freelance Writer and Editor – Upwork
Affiliate Professor – Grand Valley State University

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Spotlights

Karen Kekelik '15

My best GVSU memory is meeting my best friend- Katarina Mannor (now Dean).

Kristina Pepelko '12 & '19

My favorite Grand Valley memories were made by being a part of student organizations, especially the Humane Society of Grand Valley and the Student Environmental Coalition.

Karen Kekelik '15

My favorite GV memory was the graduation toast with T.Haas.

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Student Organizations to Consider Joining

Grand Valley Journal of History
Organization for Professional Writing
Student Reading Series
Writers’ Club
InWriting
fishladder
In the Margins

More student orgs

Study Abroad Programs

Writing Study Abroad Options

Extend your learning beyond the classroom by studying abroad, and gain course credit while traveling to the country of your choice. Study abroad can help you gain confidence in yourself personally and professionally, expanding your cross-cultural communication and problem-solving skills. Meet students from all over the world and take the opportunity to build relationships that may last a lifetime.