The MAPC program is home to the Clemson University Student Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. After receiving advice from the local professional STC chapter based in Greenville, SC, the MAPC began its own student chapter in the fall of 2008. The chapter provides MAPC students with networking opportunities and access to helpful webinars and other informative presentations. Clemson's student chapter allows students to learn more about the field while still in school.
On a national level, the STC is an individual membership organization dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of technical communication. It is the largest organization of its type in the world. Its 14,000 members include technical writers and editors, content developers, documentation specialists, technical illustrators, instructional designers, academics, information architects, usability and human factors professionals, visual designers, Web designers and developers, and translators - anyone whose work makes technical information available to those who need it.
The STC student chapter regularly connects with the STC professional chapter based in Greenville, SC. At right, some student members gather with some professional members for a spring dinner in Greenville in May 2009.
The Clemson University STC student chapter elected the following officers for the 2008 - 2009 school year:
President - Heather DunnVP of Membership - Heather Witmer
Secretary/Treasurer - Beth Wilkerson
Director of Public Relations - Rita Howard
To contact any of these STC officers, please e-mail the chapter at softc@clemson.edu.
Five STC chapter members attended the Technical Communication Summit in Atlanta, GA on May 3 - 6, 2009. At this annual STC conference, attendees can network with other STC members, gain valuable insight on current trends in the field, share information on specific areas within technical communication, and much more. The Clemson STC members volunteered at the conference, helping to make sure sessions ran smoothly and had the technology they needed. The members also learned about topics ranging from how to incorporate human forms into technical documents to social media and serious gaming in the workplace.
The minutes of the latest STC meetings are available:
February 2, 2009
March 25, 2009
April 13, 2009
September 29, 2009
October 26, 2009