Announcements

CFP: Discourses of Health and Medicine

Building on the momentum of the 2013 Symposium, the University of Cincinnati will again host Discourses of Health and Medicine, September 3-4, 2015. Our keynote speakers will be Judy Segal, University of British Columbia, and Teri Thompson, University of Dayton. Featured speakers are still being …

ProComm 2015 Call for Participation

It’s been a decade since the IEEE Professional Communication Society has held its conference in Limerick, Ireland. In 2015, ProComm is headed back to the University of Limerick!
In preparation, proposals are now being accepted for full papers, brief papers, extended abstracts, workshops, and panels. For …

Nominations for the 2015 STC Ken Rainey Award for Excellence in Research

Please help the Society for Technical Communication honor the distinguished research contributions of Dr. Ken Rainey by nominating yourself or a colleague for the prestigious 2015 STC Ken Rainey Award for Excellence in Research. The Ken Rainey award celebrates Ken Rainey’s passion for research that results in …

IEEE USA Webinar: Difficult Conversations

IEEE USA will be presenting a webinar, led by Dr. Julia Williams, on “Difficult Conversations — Strategies that can help make you a better listener, a better speaker, and a better person!”
Date: 30 October 2014, Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT
URL: http://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/webinars/2014/webinar-10-30-14.html
Engineers need to take leadership roles: …

Nominations for the Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching

The Jay R. Gould Award for excellence in teaching technical communication honors the distinguished teaching career of Professor Gould. Professor Gould’s academic mentorship of technical communication students guided many men and women into the profession.

The award honors excellence in teaching that becomes true academic mentorship: …

Assistant/Associate Professor, Technical Communication, Mercer University

The Technical Communication Department (TCO) announces openings for two tenure-track positions for Fall 2015 at the Associate or Assistant Professor level. Applicant’s areas of emphasis should include (1) either digital/social media and expertise in current industry standard tools or (2) technical writing/ editing and usability. …

Awards, awards, awards!

Thanks to everyone who came to IEEE ProComm 2014, especially those who attended the wonderful reception in the College of Fine Arts building at Carnegie Mellon University, where we celebrated the 2014 award winners.