{"id":305,"date":"2010-11-01T14:09:26","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T18:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bsuenglish.wordpress.com\/?p=305"},"modified":"2022-02-16T16:03:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T21:03:44","slug":"alumni-profile-joe-mchugh-on-blending-the-study-of-english-with-other-disciplines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2010\/11\/01\/alumni-profile-joe-mchugh-on-blending-the-study-of-english-with-other-disciplines\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Profile: Joe McHugh on blending the study of English with other disciplines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bsuenglish.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/11\/joemchugh1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-425\" title=\"joemchugh\" src=\"http:\/\/bsuenglish.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/11\/joemchugh1.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/11\/10100356\/joemchugh1.jpg 604w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2010\/11\/10100356\/joemchugh1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Over the internet, I got a chance to sit down with Joe McHugh, Ball State alumni member times two (he received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees here). McHugh has never been an English major, but minored in Creative Writing. Among our discussion topics was how studying English grants a universal skill that can be applied to any discipline.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>What were your areas of study at Ball State?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>As an undergraduate student, I studied in the departments of Geography and English.\u00a0 I graduated with a double-major in Operational Meteorology and Climatology, and Geographic Information Systems and Mapping.\u00a0 My minor was Creative Writing.\u00a0 I continued school and graduated as a Master of Science in Information and Communication Sciences, which was in the College of Communication, Information, and Media.\u00a0 I also wanted to study music, philosophy, biology and telecommunications, but I didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>What was the experience like going through your quest for the right major?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Picking the right major is a wrong way to think about the experience of college.\u00a0 College is mostly about discovering one&#8217;s strengths and weaknesses, and learning about the formalities that define the careers in which those strengths can be applied.\u00a0 In other words, the secret is understanding that there is more than one right answer.\u00a0 There are many different ways to solve for a, b, and c.\u00a0 There are many different ways to say, &#8220;I love you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>How did your involvement with poetry\/creative writing help with your other areas of study?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Through learning about and writing poetry, I understood the importance of clear communication, specifically word selection and brevity.\u00a0 In my non-English courses, I had to write papers and give presentations.\u00a0\u00a0The English courses helped me\u00a0develop my\u00a0ability to communicate clearly and explain complex concepts in constructive ways, and they\u00a0gave me a simple goal on every paper and presentation.\u00a0 That goal was to communicate well.\u00a0 That&#8217;s it.\u00a0 All communication can be boiled down to &#8220;what you say&#8221; and &#8220;how you say it,&#8221; so I simply knew my topic and explained myself.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>How did your other disciplines influence your writing?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Because my other areas of study were scientific, I had a lot of experience learning about the physical properties of objects in nature.\u00a0 I also have a penchant for patient observation.\u00a0 All I did was fuse those ideas with poetic devices.\u00a0 That is not to say that I became a nature writer, but that I used the scientific ideas of sensible observation and concrete description.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>What are your thoughts in merging different disciplines, like you did, with an English major or minor?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Everyone should do a better job of combining different disciplines.\u00a0 Finding connections between them keeps them alive, keeps them interesting, and keeps them open for possibility.\u00a0 Our desire to do well increases when we are interested in what we are doing.\u00a0 Our brains eat it up.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>How does having multiple areas of study affect the options you have in terms of academics or career?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I can be a lot of things. \u00a0It&#8217;s hard to start a career right now, but it&#8217;s not impossible.\u00a0 I have to recognize the areas in which I have the most specialization and experience, and focus on them.\u00a0\u00a0I also have to recognize that most working people change jobs numerous times, often ending up in places they don&#8217;t expect, and that I&#8217;m no different.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>What is the future of Joe McHugh?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I will make things and maybe people will like them and give me some money for the things.\u00a0 If that doesn&#8217;t work out, and it won&#8217;t, I will probably do something that involves the phrase &#8220;business casual,&#8221; and make things in my free time.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>Any parting advice\/wisdom you would like to offer the students at BSU?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Be honest.\u00a0 Say what you think and feel.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t, life is going to be awful and\u00a0you are going to have horrible diseases.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>Are there any questions you would like to ask me?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>End.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>You can find examples of Joe\u2019s poetry at DOGZPLOT as well as his blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the internet, I got a chance to sit down with Joe McHugh, Ball State alumni member times two (he received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees here). 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