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By Aubrey L. Hardman, President, Texas Tech University STC Student Chapter
The Texas Tech University STC Student Chapter (TTU STC) is hosting its Annual Technical Communication Job Fair, which will be held in the new English building on the campus of Texas Tech University on Friday, March 7, 2003.
This coming year, the TTU Technical Communication Program has 8 undergraduate students (BA) and 4 graduate students (MA) who will be graduating in May and are looking for employment. Furthermore, other BA and MA students who are not graduating this May are seeking industry experience through internships. They are potential future candidates for positions who will value hearing of company expectations for employees while there is still time for them to adapt their course schedules to meet company goals. All of these students are eager to enter industry and make valuable contributions to organizations.
Since 1976, Texas Tech has offered the most comprehensive technical communication program in Texas and has a long history of student achievement. Our students have established the reputation of making successful contributions to many organizations because of the skills they gain from the TTU Technical Communication Program.
According to Joy Goodreau, Team Lead in Information Development for the Linux Technology Center at IBM, "By practicing my writing skills in different situations while in TTU's program, I was able to make better use of IBM's investment in me by taking on writing projects immediately and with little supervision." As Mrs. Goodreau indicates, the TTU Technical Communication Program goes above and beyond other programs and professions in training its students to become professional, effective, and efficient writers. Scott Sellers, an Information Developer for BMC Software, supports this when he states, "My focused coursework instilled process basics that give me an advantage against writers who earned degrees in journalism or even technical writing degrees from other programs."
The students who graduate from the TTU Technical Communication Program truly shine, and companies will benefit from participating in this year's Annual Job Fair. For registration and more information, please visit our website at http://english.ttu.edu/stc/jf/jf_home.htm.