By Oluseyi Segun Imagine. You are graduating from college in three weeks. You have no idea what you want to do, but you have been trying to think of something to say as people, especially your family, incessantly ask you what you want to do now that you’re about to graduate. The scenario described above...
By Christyn Enser In case you missed it, the Class of 2012 set a new school record for internships with 88 percent of respondents completing one or more internships before graduation. By the time you graduate from American University, it’s likely that you will have interned. It’s even more likely that it will have been...
By Amanda Ludden When I graduate in December, the most distant extension of my education will have taken place in Pittsburgh. Meanwhile, my friends and classmates have logged semesters abroad across Europe, through the Middle East and a score of places in South America. Heck, I haven’t even set foot in an embassy. Luckily, I...
On Monday, Oct. 15, AmWord officially launched our first issue of the semester and hosted a party in MGC 203/205. AmWord writers, editors and friends gathered to take a look at the new issue and discuss the articles. Unfortunately, the actual printed versions of AmWord were delayed in arriving so at the last minute we...
By Elaina Hundley Have you ever seen the students in bright red t-shirts around campus boarding buses and auto vans, brandishing children’s books and art supplies? Did you wonder who they are? What they are doing to contribute to the D.C. community? Are they a sorority? A club? The red shirts represent Jumpstart Early Literacy...
