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Elections 2009 Results

Our election turned out to be a combination nomination and acceptance/negotiation process that has resulted in a great slate of managers for the next year.

• Manager:  Tommy Barker (staying on)

• Assistant Manager:  Pam Brewer (new)

• Membership Manager:  Mak Pandit (new)

• Website Manager:  Lynne Cooke (new)

• List Manager:  Beth Bailey (staying on)

I would like to thank the following members of the nomination committee for their excellent work in helping us find such willing and capable managers:  Nancy Coppola, George Hayhoe, David Dayton, and Barry Maid.

I look forward to a year of renewed activity in the SIG and to hearing from the members about initiatives they would like to see. 

Conference Activities

Sunday

Welcome reception for SIG Members. Sunday evening will be in the exhibit hall.

Monday

1:30–2:30 PM Academic Community Progression: A Potpourri, , Part I, Room: Regency VII, Format: Progression

This two-part progression contains vetted session topics from the Academic SIG. Part I focuses on intercultural communication, distance learning, web content development, online collaborative writing, the virtual workplace, new media, and bridging industry and academia. One additional rotation of the Part I topics will
take place during the first half hour of Part II, in the same venue. Daniel Voss, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Moderator

3:00–4:30 PM Academic Community Progression: A Potpourri, Part II Room: Regency VII, Format: Progression

The second session of this two-part progression contains vetted session topics from the Academic SIG. Part II focuses on organizational performance, teaching risk communication, technical communication in engineering schools, project management, usability, assessing TC programs, and web content development. One additional rotation of the Part I topics will take place during the first half hour of Part II, in the same venue. (At this time, from 3:00–3:30 PM, all 17 topics will be available. The topics from Part II will be rotated twice more from 3:30–4:30 PM.)

Tuesday

The Academic's SIG Business meeting. Scheduled for Tuesday morning, 5 May at 7:30 AM. in the Techworld meeting room.

12:00–1:15 PM Academic SIG Networking Luncheon  Tuesday, 5 May–Lunch

Ken Rainey Award for Excellence in Research  Read the Guidelines. Link Here are the STC Guidelines: Link  

Initiatives.  The Academic Community would like to pursue a number of initiatives in conjunction with other organizations and communities both inside and outside STC.

STC-AC-L Our email list is now underway with Beth Bailey as the Manager. To sign up for the list write Beth at: bethbailey6@gmail.com.

Statement of Mission

The intended mission of the STC Academic Community will be the following:

To support the professional responsibilities of STC members worldwide who work as educators and researchers in colleges and universities. Those responsibilities involve areas of curriculum design, current practices in technical communication, research and research funding, and academic workplace and professional issues.

The goals of the STC Academic Community are as follows:

• To provide a voice for academics in STC

• To maintain productive contact with practitioners of technical communication

• To disseminate information about other programs in technical communication at the secondary, post-secondary, and graduate levels

• To maintain a high level of quality in academic research in technical communication

• To help make current research on technical communication available to, and in appropriate language and media, for practitioners

The professional responsibilities of members of this group include the following:

1. To design curriculum for students wishing to enter the field of technical communication
2. To keep up with current practices (tools, processes, employment) in technical communication
3. To recognize contributions to theoretical and practical education and research in technical communication
4. To learn about research trends and opportunities for funding
5. To identify leadership roles in professional organizations
6. To know about employment issues (tenure, hiring practices) in the academic workplace

Poster Presentation Evaluation

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