Congratulations to David Dayton, Ph.D., who won a free registration to the WritersUA Conference for Software User Assistance by registering early for the STC WDC Seminar and Awards Celebration!
David Dayton is an Assistant Professor in Technical Communication at Towson University and is looking forward to attending the conference. He will share his conference impressions [...]
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David Dayton Wins WritersUA conference registration!
March 3rd, 2010by Melissa Brown · No Comments Yet
Tags: chapter awards, Competitions, conference, congratulations, Events
WDC Chapter’s Technical Communication Competitions Winners Announced
February 26th, 2010by Cyn · 2 Comments
The STC Washington, DC Chapter is pleased to present the lists of winners for our local competitions for which we had 36 entries this year. Entry titles, contributors, and the organizations they represent are listed on the following pages.
Online Communication winners: http://www.stcwdc.org/0910owinners.shtml
Technical Publications winners:
"Our Changing Planet: The View from Space" is the 2009-2010 Technical [...]
Tags: "Blogger Bob" Burns, 2009-2010 competitions winners, awards, Best of Show, Best Student Entry, blog, scholarship fund, Social Media, TSA
New Chapter Members Joining April through December 2009
December 31st, 2009by Cyn · Comments Off
The following people joined the STC Washington, DC chapter between April 2009 and December 2009. We welcome you and encourage you to participate in our online communities, which include this blog, twitter/stcwdc, our LinkedIn group, our Facebook page, and our chat list.
Joined, Returned, or Transferred in April 2009
Sadie A. Estrada
Gretchen Hambright
Benjamin T. Hartley
Samuel Joehl
David M. [...]
Tags: Membership, new members
STC WDC in the Spotlight
December 6th, 2009by Carolyn Kelley Klinger · 1 Comment
Did you know all of this about us? It was published on 12/3/09 in STC’s Notebook. Thanks to Lina Scorza for the excellent PR!
When did your chapter originate?
The Washington, DC chapter is one of the oldest chapters in the STC. It was founded in 1955. At the time, its parent organization was the Association of [...]
Tags: chapter awards, chapter history, chapter membership, STC
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