From the University Career Center to academic advisers, there are multiple resources on campus for students working toward career goals. Now, there is a group for English majors that seeks to help students attain these goals. The club held its first meeting at the beginning of the month.

Jeffrey Reaser, an English professor, said he had the idea to start the club and will act as its faculty adviser.

“I’m incredibly encouraged by the enthusiasm the students have shown in getting the club organized and off the ground,” Reaser said.

At the first meeting, students discussed their goals as a club and decided on several key points. The club’s goals, according to a flier, include providing students with information about future careers and opportunities related to English studies and finding opportunities for community service related to skills acquired through English.

Mark Daniel, a junior in English, is the chair of the Meeting Organization Committee.

“We want to make the meetings as enjoyable as possible and provide for the members’ futures,” Daniel said.

The next meeting, which is on Monday, will focus on registration. Advisers and professors from CHASS will speak at the meeting about courses offered in the spring. At future meetings, Daniel said he hopes to have speakers that represent all the different concentrations within the major.

The diversity of the English major is one of the reasons Reaser said he wanted to form the club.

“We have outstanding and diverse English majors here at N.C. State, and this club provides a long overdue forum for students to share these skills and talents with each other while having some fun and learning a bit along the way,” Reaser said.

The English major at N.C. State includes everything from a bachelor of arts in film to a bachelor of science in literature, language and science. Therefore, the English club’s events will include everything from poetry readings to community service events.

Danielle Jones, a junior in English, said she is excited about the club because she is still not sure what concentration she wants to pursue within the English major, and this club will give her the chance to explore her options.

Others may be interested in the club because of the leadership opportunity it will provide. The club will be completely student-led, and, according to Reaser, it will provide a way for “English majors to get involved in their major, the University and the community.”

“I’m happy to be associated with such a talented and enthusiastic group of students,” he said. “I think we have the opportunity to improve the profile of the English major, and that’s a positive for current and future students as well as CHASS and N.C. State.”