The King's Connection Magazine Volume 23 Number 1//Summer 2012 | Page 24

ALUMNI NEWS

Alumni Profile: Breanna Keeler
by Breanna Keeler

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y name is Breanna Keeler, and I graduated from The King’s
University College in April 2011 with a bachelor of arts in
english. A few months after graduation, I moved to Wolfville,
Nova Scotia in order to pursue a master’s of arts in english at
Acadia University. I am specializing in contemporary Canadian
poetry, and am currently working on my thesis which explores
how Anne Michaels and John Steffler use landscape in their
poetry in order to define the self.
Wolfville is a beautiful town, I have met wonderful people who
have rapidly become friends, and I have been welcomed with
open arms by the english faculty at Acadia. It is wonderful to
be immersed in an academic community, and to be given the
opportunity to research, discuss, and write about topics that
interest me.

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In many ways my time at Acadia feels like an extension of my
time at King’s. One of the wonderful things about King’s is the
community. My professors at King’s were endlessly supportive
of me both academically and personally, and my classmates
were always up for a discussion about a novel or a current event
or something that was happening in one of our lives. I’ve been
fortunate enough to find the same supportive community
at Acadia.
My time at King’s helped to prepare me for life as a graduate
student in many ways. My professors consistently expected
academic excellence, provided me with countless opportunities
to pursue paper topics that were of particular interest to me, and
showed me how to ask important and incisive questions. As a
result, I arrived at Acadia with a desire to ask these important
questions and with practical skills in writing and research. My
professors at King’s not only prepared me for my studies but also
for my current job as a teaching assistant. At King’s I received
high-calibre instruction, and now that I am teaching, I am
modeling my own lectures after those that I received at King’s.
I am not certain where my life is headed once I finish my degree
in August, but I am confident that the skills and values I acquired
at King’s will continue to serve me well wherever I end up.

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Breanna Keeler