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Thursday, April 7, 2011

WRTC Poster

“The School of Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication is a community committed to preparing its students—both writers and technical and scientific communicators—for lives of enlightened, global citizenship.” I chose to take a different route with these pictures. We aren't a physically diverse group, and I don't want to use people in the images to pretend that we are. Instead, to incorporate the mission statement, I chose two static pictures. The first I took at the WRTC Meet and Greet at the beginning of this school year.

This shows e-Vision, James Madison's journal of first-year writing. Any first-year student can submit to e-Vision for publication and gives these students a chance to have their work published and understand the importance of having their work available for other readers.

The second image I chose was taken on the quad by undergraduate students for their WRTC 482 course. Their task was to design a website and they chose to incorporate campus into their website.






I liked this picture because it incorporates Harrison Hall and the Quad. WRTC and Harrison Hall are one in the same. Incorporating the "global" aspect of the mission statement, this image shows life outside of Harrison Hall. We are located in Harrison, but aren't contained to Harrison. The sky's the limit.
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  1. Scott LunsfordApril 13, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    I agree that we shouldn't represent ourselves as something that we're not, that is, physically diverse. We, are, however, diverse in other ways--but how do you show that? There's the rub.

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