The Value of a Liberal Arts Degree

The value of a liberal arts degree is often questioned as a degree that offers real job and career paths. The links below are articles showing the value of a humanities degree through real-world experience and evidence.

Humanities Majors Will Be Fine
by Daniel Luzer in his College Guide blog

IT Jobs for Non-Techies
by Elizabeth Murphy in Inside Higher Education

Technical Writer Job Opening

GeoComm in St. Cloud, Minnesota, wants to hire a technical writer. The position has been posted for awhile. For more details about the job, please visit: http://geo-comm.com/employment.html

Logo Contest

The Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) will be holding a Logo Contest for its journal, Programmatic Perspectives which publishes articles about programs in technical and scientific communication. The PWC major at SMSU is an example of just one of the kinds of programs that falls under this Council. To learn more about the Council and the contest visit: www.cptsc.org/pp/

The winner will receive $100. There is also the possibility for two honorable mentions to win $50 each. Logos should be submitted to Tracy Bridgeford (tbbridge2@cox.net) in JPG, GIF, and PNG formats. The best submissions will be posted on the cptsc.org/pp website. Winners will need to submit logos again in their raw format. The executive committee will review and vote on the logos.

The deadline for submitting logos is April 1, 2012. Winners will be announced by the end of January. Questions? Contact Tracy Bridgeford (tbbridge2@cox.net).

Summer Internship Opportunity

SMSU graduate and editor for Black Rabbit Books, Ms. Wendy Dieker, reports that the publishing house often needs summer interns.

Black Rabbit Books is located in Mankato and focuses on non-fiction books for children. To learn more about the company, be sure to visit their web site at: http://www.blackrabbitbooks.com/our-story.html

To request information about the internship, be sure to contact Ms. Dieker at: wdieker@blackrabbitbooks.com

New Journal On Undergraduate Research Is A Good Publishing Opportunity For PWC Majors

The new online journal Perspectives on Undergraduate Research and Mentoring (PURM) is now live and can be viewed at: http://www.elon.edu/purm/issue-1-1/

This journal is unique in that it publishes articles that discuss faculty, adminstrator, and student perspectives on undergraduate research. SMSU students who have been involved with the SMSU Undergraduate Research Conference should take a look at this journal and consider crafting an article for publication.

American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) Internships Available

Senior PWC majors at SMSU are eligible to apply for a 10-week paid summer internship offered by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME). Interns will have the opportunity to work in the editorial offices of a magazine in New York City or Washington, D.C. The application deadline is December 1, 2011. For details about the internship, go to: www.magazine.org/asmeinternship

PWC Graduate's Blog

Janice Robinson, one of the first two PWC graduates, is now doing animal activist work. Check out her blog at the link below!

http://muddypawstrial.blogspot.com/