Anna DeBoer '16
Building the Blocks to a Great Future
As Anna DeBoer ’16 has learned, studying English at Trinity opens up a world of possibilities. DeBoer has found that her studies have been interdisciplinary. “I knew that I wanted to study English, and it’s been a fun process learning how my skills can transfer over into so many other fields,” she said. Her current internship at the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce through Chicago Semester exemplifies this interconnectedness.
As a communications and membership intern, DeBoer leverages her education across different areas every day. “But even more than that, it’s been a great way to learn how an actual company operates and how different departments work together to succeed.”
Before her internship at the chamber, DeBoer had several on-campus jobs in the Marketing & Communications Department and the Writing Center. “The student worker positions I had at Trinity have been invaluable to me as I have been looking ahead to my career. Each step requires a little more experience, and those first jobs were great building blocks,” she said.
A recipient of the Mary Beth Bootsma Memorial Scholarship, DeBoer pointed to Dr. Mark Jones’s Shakespeare course as one of her favorites. As she has found out, an English major not only allows her to earn a degree in a field she loves, it can also pay off in the job market. “I would encourage everyone who is thinking about English to go for it,” she said. “It is definitely worth it.”