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April 17, 2024
The English and Film Studies Major for a Day program was featured on Channel 8 KLKN-TV's Excellence in Education Segment. The week-long series of events is coordinated by Major Advisor Kelly Payne, the English Advising Office's student interns and members of the English Student Advisory Board. Channel 8 News Anchors Rod Fowler and Megan Conway have the story.
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ROD FOWLER: A group of high school students spent the day on UNL's campus.
MEGAN CONWAY: It gave them a chance to explore potential majors. It's tonight's Excellence in Education report provided by Liberty Bank and Trust.
MOLLY JENKINS: I want this kind of insight, because I'm a junior in high school, and I still have a year to decide what colleges to go to.
MEGAN CONWAY: It's hoping to make choosing a college and declaring a major a little easier for incoming students. Today, interested high schoolers could explore majors in English and Film Studies. Students attended real college classes, met with current students, and toured the campus.
KELLY PAYNE: We really try to expose young students early on, through senior year of high school, to the humanities and to our majors in English and Film Studies. And today most of the students are primarily interested in creative writing and film studies.
MEGAN CONWAY: Students, freshmen through senior year in high school, were invited to attend today. This is the fourth year of the event.
