STC Rochester Chapter

BEST SUMMIT EVER! Well, maybe not the BEST ever, but it certainly was noteworthy for STC Rochester. The Society for Technical Communication recognized us earlier this year as one of four Communities of Distinction. (We achieved Community of Distinction through our participation in the Community Achievement Awards (CAA) program.) In 2011 and 2012 we were recognized [...]

We are proud to announce that Ben Woelk has been named a recipient of the STC Distinguished Chapter Service Award, which recognizes the hard work and commitment of STC’s community leaders. This award honors an individual’s exemplary effort, energy, and dedication to their community and its activities. The Distinguished Community Service Award is the highest [...]

STC Rochester is proud to announce the recipients of our 2013 chapter awards: Rookie of the Year – Wendy Ross Barbara Knight Most Valuable Member – Kelly Schrank Carl E. Klug President’s Award – Jackie Paterson and Marilyn Woelk For more information about these awards, see  the Awards page. Congratulations to all of you, and [...]

Chyna Trible was a student volunteer at the 2013 Spectrum Conference. She’s also helped at previous conferences and is a student volunteer for the 2013 Summit Conference and a member of this year’s mentoring class. Chyna is a graduate student in communications. The following is from Chyna’s recent post on her blog. My 2013 Spectrum [...]

Cheryl Landes was a presenter and first-time attendee at the 2013 Spectrum Conference. Her presentation, Taming the Information Scavenger Hunt, is available on Slideshare.net. While the weather changed from snow to sun to sun-snow (snow falling with the sun out) and back to sun, we were all warm and dry inside the Rochester Institute of [...]

Please click on the photo to see all eight participants. We were thrilled to have our first mentoring class this year. For this first year, our four mentees were all at RIT. We hope to expand the program to other colleges and universities in the Rochester area for 2013-2014. The four mentor/mentee pairs include: Lori [...]

We are proud to announce that STC Rochester has been named an STC Community of Distinction for the year 2012. The Community Achievement Award (CAA) evaluation committee recognized us “for excellence in providing value to members through social media, mentoring, and the Spectrum conference.” The Community Achievement Award honors the accomplishments of a professional chapter, [...]