Industry mentors in a technical communications program

Author

Sageev, Pneena ; Ortiz, Bennett ; Grunert, William ; Smaczniak, Anthony

Author_Institution

Eng. Sch., State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

28 Sep-1 Oct 1994

Firstpage

418

Lastpage

423

Abstract

The Engineering School at SUNY in the US developed and has been implementing a technical communications (TC) program since 1988. A major element of this TC program is an elective course which affords the students an opportunity to develop proposal preparation and presentation skills in a workshop-oriented atmosphere. Over the past three years (1991-94) a mentoring program has been included, involving representatives from Western New York industries. The structure and evolution of the mentoring program is discussed, as well as its impact on student performance. Faculty, student, and industry perspectives are offered. Potential directions for the mentoring program are discussed

Keywords

professional aspects; technical presentation; Engineering School; SUNY; US; Western New York industries; elective course; industry mentors; industry perspectives; mentoring program; presentation skills; proposal preparation; student performance; technical communications program; workshop-oriented atmosphere; Atmosphere; Business communication; Communication industry; Continuous improvement; Employee welfare; Employment; Modems; Professional communication; Proposals; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Professional Communication Conference, 1994. IPCC '94 Proceedings. Scaling New Heights in Technical Communication., International

Conference_Location

Banff, Alta.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1936-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPCC.1994.347487

Filename

347487