Teaching communication to engineers looks a lot like conducting an orchestra.
On Monday, November 26th, we started a new academic term here at Rose-Hulman, my home institution. That means I met with students in the two sections of the Technical and Professional Communication course that I …
There is still time to cast your vote in the 2012 PCS elections for AdCom members.
The presidential election in the United States is over now, but you can still keep the election spirit alive by voting in the 2012 IEEE PCS election for members of …
Normally, watching a segment of 60 Minutes is a bit of mind candy for me. There are some interesting facts, a little nice storytelling, and perhaps I’m made to think a little bit more about something that I had not pondered before.
But on the November …
You can turn each of these nouns into a verb, but do so at your own peril!
I thought I would recommend Helen Sword’s recent posting in the NYT Draft column on the topic of mutant verbs. Be warned–the creation of verb forms from nouns doesn’t make our …
In this case, it stands for ABET!
My blogging has been severely curtailed in the past several weeks because of the imminent arrival of program evaluators from the Engineering Accreditation Commission and the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET. Yes, every six years (or more frequently if …
Ben Yagoda has provided more information on the m-dash in today’s New York Times. I am pleased that my own ramblings on the subject in a previous blog inspired others to explore this dainty bit of punctuation goodness!
The perfect blend of Old World style and New World bravado!
It’s Friday, and what better time to reflect on a recent item that made news on both sides of the pond: Americans are barmy about Britishisms!
According to University of Delaware professor Ben Yagoda, who curates the Not One-Off Britishisms …
The final day of IPCC, and we started with a morning keynote. Jon Leydens, winner of the Lufkin Award for Best Paper in the 2012 Conference Proceedings, argued for the role of social justice in professional communication. Part of the presentation included a memorable illustration …
Suguru delivers the afternoon keynote
When I think about the best way to finish the day, I naturally think: Keynote! Suguru Ishizaki completed a full Day 2 with the afternoon keynote on his development of assessments for measuring student learning in information design.
From the last session …
Wow, yesterday was a full and fun day! We wrapped up Day 1 with a keynote by Kirk St. Amant, who will be receiving the Blicq Award for Distinction in Technical Communication at tonight’s Award Reception. Ron Blicq is here and will be giving the …
