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Thank you Sally Henschel for working on this project. |
DEADLINE EXTENDED to
February 15, 2008. Student Poster
Sessions Click
here
to find out more, including deadlines and submission information,
Ken
Rainey Award for Excellence in Research Read the Guidelines.
Link
Here are the
STC Guidelines: Link
Thank you Hillary Hart for helping with this this year.
Initiatives. The Academic Community is actively pursuing a number of initiatives in conjunction with other organizations and communities both inside and outside STC.
| Initiative | Status | Contact |
| Community Elections |
working |
Thomas Barker, current manager |
| The need doing, but are on the back burner for now. | ||
| Updating the STC Dabase of PhD Dissertations. | ||
| Mentoring program. The AC is linking up with Mike Murray to support a mentoring program based on the successful program at the University of Central Florida. |
STC-AC-L Our email list is now underway with Beth Bailey as the Manager. To sign up for the list write Beth at: ebaileyL@verizon.net.
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:
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To provide a voice for academics in STC
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To maintain productive contact with practitioners of technical communication
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To disseminate information about other programs in technical communication at the secondary, post-secondary, and graduate levels
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To maintain a high level of quality in academic research in technical communication
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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:
- To design curriculum for students wishing to enter the field of technical communication
- To keep up with current practices (tools, processes, employment) in technical communication
- To recognize contributions to theoretical and practical education and research in technical communication
- To learn about research trends and opportunities for funding
- To identify leadership roles in professional organizations
- To know about employment issues (tenure, hiring practices) in the academic workplace