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Annual Conference & STC Connections
The following is information about STC annual conferences / technical summits, STC election candidates (when available), related professional and student chapters in our region, and links to membership and educational information on the Society's site. See our STC Information: Join STC and the Washington DC, Chapter page for information about why you should join STC and the membership benefits in STC and the Washington, DC Chapter. For information about who STC is for and what the Washington, DC chapter offers you as a member, see our STC Information: Membership page.
STC Annual Conference
Related STC Chapters
STC chapters were once grouped into regions. In 2005, the regions were disbanded and individual chapters and special interest groups (SIGs) now work as communities. The following are chapters in our former region and other nearby chapters. The Washington, DC Chapter collaborates with these chapters and with others on projects of mutual interest. Note: All links going to other Web sites will open in another window if you have Javascript turned on. Otherwise, they will open in the current browser window.
Related STC Professional Chapters
- Belgium
- Carolina
- Charlotte Regional
- Europe SIG
- France
- Israel
- James River
- Metro Baltimore
- Nordic
- Philadelphia Metro
- Pittsburgh
- Susquehanna Valley
- TransAlpine
- United Kingdom
- Washington, DC
Find Other Professional STC Communities
For additional chapters, see http://www.stc.org/membership/chapterSearch01.asp to search by state or country.
For special interest groups, see http://www.stc.org/membership/sigLinks01.asp
Nearby STC Student Chapters
- East Carolina University (ST) [no Web site]
- James Madison University (ST)
- New Jersey Institute of Technology (ST)
- North Carolina State University (ST) [a 2007-2008 STC Community of Distinction]
- University of North Carolina-Charlotte (ST)
Starting a Student Chapter
Contact us if you are interested in starting a student chapter affiliated with the Washington, DC Chapter. Please send e-mail to
Students who are interested in finding local certificate and degree programs
For a list of local educational programs, see http://www.stcwdc.org/scholarships.shtml#WDCED. Watch the blog for announcements about upcoming seminars and workshops.
Related STC Web Sites
- Author's Information for Submitting Articles to STC Publications
- STC Annex – an auxiliary site for STC members and technical communicators by Tom Barnett.
- STC Information Request
- STC Society site
- STC chapter search
- STC Chapter Leaders Resources
- STC Chapter Handbook (1072K .pdf)
- STC Tieline's PDF archives and Knowledge Base newsletter for chapter leaders
Note: While the Society's Web site is being redesigned, Tieline will be temporarily hosted on the Web site of STC's communication department, http://www.stc-cdx.org/tieline
- Ethical Principles for Technical Communicators
- STC scholarship information
- Sigma Tau Chi
STC's honorary society for students of technical communication - Academic Programs Database
- Research Grants
- STC Practical Communication Committee
The PPC works with schools, agencies, and STC chapters to help high school teachers develop and use functional, practical writing curricula - Special Interest Groups (SIGs) for example:
Contacting STC Headquarters
Society for Technical Communication
9401 Lee Highway
Suite 300
Fairfax VA 22031
Phone: 703-522-4114
Fax: 703-522-2075
E-mail:
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