This competency addresses student's thorough and productive knowledge of Professional Communication processes, procedures, and practices in both workplace and academic contexts.
Professional Communication
Pearce Center for Professional Communication Internship Development Plan: A Client Project
Overview: This client project fulfilled one of the larger requirements set for MAPC students. As a graduating student with plans to enter industry upon completing the program, I selected the project option over the publishable article. For this project, I created a deliverable (a development plan) for a professional client (Ashley C. Fisk, Pearce Center Assistant Director). This section includes my scholarly defense of this work.
Software Used: Microsoft Word
Semester Completed: Fall 2013-Spring 2014 academic year
In addition to the Professional Communication competency, the following were gained:
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Sufficient knowledge of Scholarship and Empirical Research Design methods
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Outstanding writing and editing skills
View the client project proposal and approval letter.
These supplemental materials were created to assist the graduate assistant in his/her personal development and facilitation of the Pearce Center Internship Program.
To view a discussion of the rhetorical situation and goals, the design and development process, and the critical reflection of this project, view the following pages:
Click the image to download a full copy of the development plan.
ABSTRACT:
The Pearce Center for Professional Communication promotes effective communication as an integral part of the learning process. In an effort to promote Writing Across the Curriculum and Writing Across the Disciplines, the Pearce Center Internship Program offers semester-long internships for Clemson University students of all majors. The program seeks students who aim to learn, engage, and collaborate in an interactive and professional environment. This client project serves as a curriculum development plan for the Internship Program that will guide future Pearce Center graduate assistant(s) during their facilitation of the program. This user guide or standard operating procedure will allow the Pearce Center graduate assistant(s) to administer the program, answer frequently asked questions of the program, and facilitate the weekly internship meetings without the routine supervision and/or guidance from Pearce Center Assistant Director Ashley Cowden Fisk.