STC WDC-MB Blog

TranslationFrom Rachel Wimer: I am renewing my STC membership at the basic level, which costs $215, and then am paying $25 extra for the chapter and $10 extra for three SIGs: Process & Procedures, Technical Editing, and Process Improvement. I am not paying for printed subscriptions to STC publications either. I am waiting to find [...]

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TranslationFrom Carolyn Kelley Klinger: I am renewing my STC membership at the basic level, which costs $215, and then am paying $25 extra for the chapter, $10 for the AccessAbility SIG, and $10 for the Consulting and Independent Contracting SIG. I am not paying for printed subscriptions to STC publications. The reason I am renewing [...]

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TranslationThanks to Gabe Goldberg for sharing this article about Senator Charles Grassley’s efforts to eradicate medical ghostwriting. The following paragraph summarizes the point of this article: “Students are disciplined for not acknowledging that a paper they turned in was written by somebody else,” Mr. Grassley wrote. “But what happens when researchers at the same university [...]

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Translation Show your friends and family that you belong to the STC Washington, DC Chapter by wearing a nice t-shirt, jacket, or apron with the WDC logo; or drink your coffee, tea, Ovaltine, or hot chocolate from a WDC Chapter mug. Hug a teddy bear sporting his own chapter t-shirt, frame your license plate, comfort [...]

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Translation Consider participating this year by being an entrant, a judge, or both! Entry deadline is this Friday, November 13, 7 p.m. Proceeds from the competitions will go to our scholarship fund. If you are a student, you can win scholarship funds for your education! See the blog post about this for details. By participating [...]

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TranslationWe are now offering STC WDC member pricing to members of the American Independent Writers at next Tuesday’s event, Law and Order: STC WDC. The American Independent Writers is the new name for the Washington Independent Writers, an organization that has been supporting independent writers since 1975. Register for this event! We have also improved [...]

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