What I've learned this semester

I initially thought all this class would require would be writing short, technical-related documents. I had no idea that at the conclusion, I would have done so much. Not only did I learn how to make a website (thanks, weebly!), but I also learned a huge amount about ethics. I feel very prepared now to create a resume, and also confident to present my skills to a possible employer. I have always been terrified of speaking in front of people, but the presentations every class period have erased by apprehensions of being in front of people. I can now convey my ideas and opinions without being nervous. I am proud of all that I have accomplished, and cannot believe that I learned how to upload videos, create slideshows, and combine it all into a useful website.

Dombrowski, 152-233

Tobacco and Death- When is a Cause not a cause?

• no public drama from deaths from smoking, unlike in the challenger incident
• connection between cause and effect is spread out over time
• statistical connection between smoking and lung cancer
• sophists were noted for arguing for the sake of arguing- every topic has two sides worthy of an argument
• 1950s-several medical reports linked smoking with lung cancer, tobacco executives decided to launch a public relations campaign that was pro-cigarette
• organized a research group to study tobacco's effects, but in reality was to divert attention from smoking as a cause of cancer and to oppose medical findings
• documents tried to pretend that there was no direct link between smoking and cancer
• tobacco companies declared that there was controversy regarding whether or not there was a scientific link
• 1960s- industry could find few scientists to support their position
• tried to hide the fact that nicotine was addictive
• 1970s-marketed filtered cigarettes as a way to respond to the health concerns
• they defended this because they said the public had a perception that smoking was problematic, not because they acknowledged it actually was
• euphemism of "biological activity" for tumors
• memorandums are full of euphemisms and confusing language
• 1980s- information is controlled in unethical ways
• fund certain research but not other
• lawyers watered down reports to obscure information
• further research is needed=effort to make findings appear inconclusive
• 1990s-lawsuits begin
• Controversy of "believe"
• tobacco execs did not "believe" nicotine was addictive
• they "knew" it was addictive, but did not believe it - perjury charges couldn't apply
• graphical images- attractive images/people advertised on cigarettes
• charm of diversions
• used to entice children to smoke
• make bad things appear to be good
• Aristotle- debates allow for the genuine truth of the matter to assert itself naturally, virtue involves honesty, so tobacco companies are unethical
• Kant-companies not treating the public as they would want to be treated
• Utilitarian- costs vastly outweigh the benefits
• Star Wars- Hope vs. Reality
• Strategic Defense Initiative- motivated to develop a defense against nuclear weapons
• Reagan challenged American scientific and technical communities to develop ways to intercept and nullify any nuclear weapons aimed at America
• values of "human spirit" make goal seem ethical
• software was the key
• identification/destruction of missiles would be coordinated by software
• very complex
• assertation that such software would be a monumental task
• seemingly impossible
• always be questions regarding the dependablility of the software
• serious concerns were acknowledged by government authorities
• senate hearing- technology not available yet to do what the President was proposing
• Parnas' critique of SDI software-accomodates audience so it is understandable to any educated person, clear and precise, his stand is obvious
• system could never be trustworthy
• Star Wars Boycott Pledge- university of Illinois and Cornell University
• they believed that it was not technically feasible or reliable
• SDI reports were full of vague language and inconclusive statements
• they had made unrealistic claims and misled the public

Challenger, Ethics, Statistics

Harty's Ethics:

• Dorothy A. Winsor
• there is a general difficulty of either sending or receiving bad news, particularly when it must be passed to superiors or outsiders. 
• the Challenger accident
• managers and engineers viewed the same facts from different perspectives- knowledge is not simply seeing facts but rather interpreting them
• bad news is not often passed upwards in organizations
• the three organizations surrounding the Challenger viewed each other as outsiders
• communication failed
• the physical cause of the explosion was the failure of a rubber seal in the solid rocket booster
• bad news is often not believed
• the engineers were sufficiently worried about the O-ring problem
• memo voiced concern
• the second memo was more dismissive of engineers fears
• managers and engineers did not communicate well
• DARRELL HUFF
• how to lie with statistics
• statistics are often used to sensationalize, inflate, confuse, and oversimplify
• sample with the built-in bias-you can prove anything you want to by letting your sample bias itself
• the truncated graph-chopping off the bottom
• the souped-up graph-changing the proportion between the ordinate and the abscissa
• the well-chosen average-means versus median
• the insignificant difference or the elusive error-errors in sampling studies
• the one-dimensional picture
• the ever-impressive decimal- makes it sound more certain, less like an approximation
• the semiattached figure-no connection really between the data and the point
• the unwarranted assumption- making assumptions about casual relationships between 2 things, like college cigarette smokers making lower grades
• Dan Jones
• are you doing your best to document a product accurately?
• are you knowingly omitting essential information?
• are you exaggerating features to a point of lying?
• Carolyn D. Rude
• legal and ethical issues in editing
• intellectual property: copyright, trademarks, patents, trade secrets 
• copyright- protects authors of original works
• product safety- legally obligated to warn of risks of products on labels
• sued for libel

Cover letters and Online Resumes

Cover Letters-

• effective cover letters attract an employer's attention by highlighting the most attractive features of the product, like an advertisement
• Format- arrangement comes across as credibility
• 2 styles- business or personal
• In a business style cover letter, all the elements begin at the left margin
• Include: return address, write out date, inside address, salutation , 3 or 4 paragraphs are ideal, enclosure line is unnecessary
• use standard paper size
• use matching paper and envelopes for resume and cover letter
• handwritten letters are not acceptable
• Personalize each letter, know the name of the head of the department that you are interested in
• be sure its clear you know something about the company you are applying to
• keep the writing style clear and persuasive
• sound confident 
• use concrete examples of your achievements
• avoid catchphrases 
• if applying to an out-of-state firm, indicate a willingness to relocate
• DON'T include cliches, unrelated career goals, wasted space, innappropriate stationery, amusing anecdotes, desperation, photos
• don't misrepresent yourself
• using the first person is preferable
• don't forget to sign your name
• RESPONDING TO A BLIND ADVERTISEMENT- they do not list employer information, your cover letter should define your knowledge of the industry; tailor your letter to any information given
• Resume on the internet:
• have a scannable version
• a plain-text version to keep on disk
• an email version- formatted
• send resume in body of email message, not as an attachment- the recruiter would have to find it and open it before he could read it
• use the advertised job title in the subject line
• when formatting, delete page numbers, use all capital letters for special emphasis, replace bullet points with a standard keyboard symbol
• limit line lengths
• protect yourself on line

Harty- Resumes

• Don't confuse customers by flaunting things that do not speak to their needs
• It is important to know what the job is about
• resumes are very useful when employers advertise and list the qualifications they seek
• Application letters are very important- they make an employer interested in you
• application letters should look buisnesslike, have no spelling, and be to the point
• the more words you use, the less they are worth
• write and rewrite letters
• the value of a resume is frequently more in its preparation than in its use
• make it attractive to read
• you want your resume to reflect an orderly mind
• do not overemphasize less important items
• spacing is important, it can either emphasize good things or unemphasize bad things
• use headings to attract readers 
• in a functional resume, you can develop a different message for each job or type of job you wish to apply for
• there is no reason why each resume can't be slanted to appeal to the particular employer
• C.V.- curriculum vitae- a resume for academic positions and as such does not need a statement of goals or interest
• a career interest leads to a simple way of stating the purpose of the resume
• keep a resume to one page if possible

Multimedia part of presentation

For the multimedia part of my presentation, I am designing a webpage covering various aspects of the study abroad process. I hope to include both pictures, as well as video clips of someone going about the different steps of the process.

Nazi Records- the origin and use of information

Technical communication involves people connecting with other people about matters of mutual human concern.

• some values embedded in the scientific frame of mind can be carried to extremes
• of particular concern is the emotional disengagement of the researcher from the human research subject
• under Nazi power, science was not science for its own sake, rather it belonged to another value system, that of racial supremacy
• scandals have arisen over the use of human anatomical samples in medical education that came from prison and death camps
• someone wanted to publish information from Nazi hypothermia experiments--two points of view: could be put to use in our own times to improve survival equipment, but this information was gotten through terrible suffering
• some people believe that we should use such information because that would give some sort of purpose to the victims' suffering

• Masked language allowed Nazis to avoid expressing their full meaning clearly so as to avoid public outcries and to avoid taking ethical responsibility
• Euthanasia is thought of as mercy killing where it is the wish of the person, the Nazis however used the term for putting people to death in a way that was humane because the person was unworthy to live
• the primary purpose of law in society is to protect those who cannot protect themselves; the law during the Nazi time did exactly the opposite
• "special treatment" in Nazi opinion meant medical killing
• objectivization means treating people as objects rather than as persons equivalent to the researcher
• inadmissability principle- information obtained illegally is considered not to exist
• in US, African Americans diagnosed with syphilis were prescribed treatment, but in a number of cases, the patients were only given placebos to see the unimpeded progress of the disease -- Tuskegee experiment
• some of us will be involved in situations where the means and ends could ethically taint technical information we are dealing with
• influence of technology on society is so widespread that technology has become a goal in itself instead of a means to pursue other social goals

• memorandum from Willy Just to SS Lieutenant Colonel Walter Rauff who was in charge of motorized equipment for the SS
• "the load", "ninety-seven thousand have been processed"
• discussion of Jews as objects/cattle
• uses impersonal language rather than personal
• tobacco industry today
• memorandum is technical objectivity taken to an extreme
• report of Prof Hirt of plans for securing skulls of Jews for racial study purposes
• people murdered for the sake of science
• flat, unemotional tone simply reporting the facts
• Viktor Brack's report for mass, unwitting castration using X-rays as a form of racial hygiene to prevent the reproduction of various people 
• Nazi race laws- Nuremberg Laws- aimed at ensuring the racial purity of the Aryan race
• science was made to serve politics
• seemingly concrete, exact technical information was derived in order to support race assumptions

• Chart of the Nuremberg Race law- racial categories/intermixing
• measuring facial features to establish racial qualities
• Aristotle would ethically condemn the Nazi regime, urge information to be used
• Kant assumes equivalence of all people
• Utilitarianism would favor using information

webpage

www.studyabroadclemson.weebly.com

Dombrowski, 38-81

Ethics...

Aristotle: virtue and personal character; defines and explains basic notions such as goodness, truth, justice, and rightness as principles for guiding our conduct.

Kant: duty to do what is right, regardless of its costs

Utilitarianism: weighs the consequences of costs of an action against benefits to calculate the most socially desirable course of action.

• Ethics, Aristotle says, is the study of what is involved in good actions.
• Ethics is what is sought for its own sake, goodness itself
• Ethical behavior must be reasoned behavior
• For Aristotle "the object of our inquiry is not to know what virtue is, but to become good men"
• Ethics often requires facing difficulties
• We must be ethical even if it means not necessarily pleasing an employer, whistle-blowing, like the Challenger

• According to Kant, all humans are endowed with a sense of moral reason.
• Categorical imperative- act as if the maxim of your action were to become by your will a universally binding law that everyone must act in accordance with, applying to everyone, everywhere, and always, without exception.
• Conscious recognition of one's obligation
• do what is right, regardless of competing interests or eventual outcomes
• ethics is both an individual and social matter
• whether a merchant should take advantage of an inexperienced customer
• every person must be taken as an end in itself and never as a means to an end

• Utilitarianism- ethical theories that emphasize usefulness
• do benefits outweigh cost?
• Any new drug for FDA approval must prove itself safe and effective. All drugs have side effects. The FDA has to decide if the benefits of the drug outweighs the cost.

Feminist perspectives...

• avoid sex-related terminology
• avoid stereotyping
• avoid discrimination
• complain that women's voices have been silenced
• ethics of care- focus on women's unique way of knowing and making moral judgements

Confucian ethics-- grounded in immediate realities rather than immutable, timeless absolutes

• human responsibilities are constituted in relationships, not in the isolation of a radical individual
• one's behavior in relation to immediate circumstances is valued more than adherence to abstract absolute principles
• study particular cases/examples that exemplify virtue
• each member of society has many duties and obligations defined by his or her relationships

Levinas- root of ethics is in the particularity and uniqueness of our encounters with other people, which he refers to as "the other"

makes us aware that some other thinking and feeling human exists, whose wants, values, feelings, thoughts, and responses are radically unknown to us and can never be fully anticipated

Vietnam memorial-- see one's own reflection amidst the names of the dead; person feels both attached to and ethically responsible to that other person and for that death

Gert- Morality is a public system applying to all rational persons governing behavior which affects others and which has the minimization of evil as its end, and which includes what are commonly known as the moral rules at its core.

action rather than feelings, social relations with others rather than absolute relations with god or to abstract principles

5 primary moral rules:

don't kill

don't cause pain

don't disable

don't deprive of freedom

don't deprive of pleasure

don't lie

keep your promises

don't cheat

don't commit adultery

don't steal

updated project plan

• probably would be a better idea to outline the most popular study abroad programs for various majors; after visiting the office, there are about a million different ones available
• based on brochures, there are several companies that specialize in study abroad; each company offers programs in many different countries
• when time to interview a study abroad office employee, need to ask about: CREDITS, MAJORS, South Carolina based scholarships- do they carry over (palmetto fellows, sc life)
• include a section on internships; popular and students would probably be interested
• website?

Harty 207-275

VISUALS.....

• Tables are useful for showing large numbers of specific, related data in brief space.
• When you reprint a preexisting image, you must acknowledge who you're borrowing from
• Line graphs show the relationship between two or more sets of figures
• Bar graphs show different types of information during different periods of time
• Picture graphs are popular in presentations because they add an element of entertainment to the data
• Drawings are good when you need to focus on details or relationships that a photograph cannot capture
• Flowcharts show the stages of a process from beginning to end
• Maps can be used to show the specific geographic features of an area or to show geographical distribution

PERSUASION....

• Consider whether your views will make problems for readers-- if your views are bad news for readers, report them with tact and put yourself in the readers' shoes
• Don't offer new ideas for change until your readers are prepared for them
• Your credibility with readers affects your strategy- given credibility can result from your position in an organization, acquired credibility is earned by thoughts and facts in the written message
• if your audience disagrees or is uncertain about your ideas, present both sides of the argument
• make your recommendation or opinion clear
• Put strongest points last if audience is very interested, first if not so much
• Don't count on changing attitudes by offering information alone
• testimonials are most persuasive when drawn from people with whom readers associate with
• be wary of using extreme claims and facts
• tailor your presentation to the reasons for readers attitudes if you know them
• never mention other people without considering their possible effect on the reader

PROPOSALS....

• approach writing a proposal as a problem-solving activity
• regard your audience as skeptical readers
• research your proposal carefully
• prove that your proposal is workable
• be sure it is financially realistic
• package your proposal attractively 

STYLE.....

• style illustrates your clear-headedness, your emphasis on quality, and your willingness to communicate and work with your readers
• write plain sentences to instruct the readers about a situation or process
• plain sentence- the subject should be what the sentence is about, make the doer the subject, state the action in the verb, put subject early in sentence
• given/new method- every sentence should contain something the readers already know and something new that the readers do not know

HARTY READING

Report- generic term for a variety of documents that vary in form and purpose

Audiences for Reports- 

the layperson

the executive

the expert

the technician

the operator

Every communication situation involves 3 fundamental components: a writer, a message, and an audience

Writers are often preoccupied with their own problems and ignore their readers.

• Don't assume the person addressed is the audience
• Don't assume that the audience is familiar with the assignment
• Don't assume the audience has time to read the report

3 types of report audiences: horizontal, vertical, and external

horizontal audiences exist on each level

vertical audiences exist between levels

external audiences exist when any unit interacts with a separate organization

• Keep in mind that educational backgrounds can be entirely different.

Method for systematic audience analysis:

Prepare an egocentric organizational chart; it identifies specific individuals rather than complex organizational units, categorizes people in terms of their proximity to the report writer rather than in terms of their hierarchical relationship to the report writer

4 different degrees of distance: audiences outside the organization, audiences elsewhere in the organization, audiences in close proximity to your group, audiences in own group.

Characterizes the Individual Report Readers: analyze operational, objective, and personal characteristics. Operational (what will he need from your report), Objective (relevant background data about the person), Personal (age, name)

Classify audiences in terms of how they will use your report

Primary audiences: those who make decisions or act on the basis of the information a report contains

Secondary: who are affected by the decisions and actions

Immediate audiences: who route the report or transmit the information it contains

Every manager interviewed said he read the summary of the report, a bare majority said they read the introduction and background sections as well as conclusions, few said they read the body.

Pitfalls of Report Writing--

• Ignoring your audience- keep in mind who, why, and how
• writing to impress- nothing turns a reader off faster
• having more than one aim
• being inconsistent
• overqualifying
• not defining terms
• misintroducing
• dazzling with data
• not highlighting
• not rewriting

Harty readings, p115-167

• Many writers write in such a way that their benefit is mentioned, but not their readers. Letters should be reader-oriented, not writer-oriented. 
• To deliver bad news, use the Thanks, Sorry, Because, Sorry format. Begin with a positive statement, continue with the reasons for the bad news, present the bad news but state it in a positive fashion, end on a positive note, like an expression of appreciation.
• Memos should be short and understandable, but not brusque.
• We should write the way we talk. Use conversational phrases like later instead of "at a later date," or We'll let you know instead of "We shall advise you accordingly."
• In corporate communications, use bottom-line reporting. Its more efficient for people to spend less time reading, therefore less money wasted.
• To present a professional image, use active not passive voice. Active language is energetic and clear, while passive language weakens your writing and can confuse readers.
• Use plain English, people skip over e-mails that are hard to read
• Use pronouns correctly to avoid looking sloppy
• Make sure your writing is grammatically correct

Problem Statements

1. Clemson University students know that the university offers the study abroad option, but they do not know how to go about taking advantage of this option. The university encourages students to study abroad, citing it to be a good experience for young people. There is a large amount of seemingly perplexing information that students need to be familiar with in order to make an informed decision regarding studying abroad. I will inform them about all aspects of the study abroad process by writing a pamphlet explaining the program in an easy-to-understand format. The pamphlet attempt to answer the majority of the students' questions regarding studying abroad.

2. Many Clemson students would like the study abroad program to be easily accessible and easy to understand. Students are busy, and do not have a large bracket of time to spend learning about the study abroad program. Currently, the study abroad program is not entirely successful at informing students of the many study abroad options. In order to make it more likely for students to take advantage of the program, I will better the situation by condensing all the information students need to consider in an easy to understand, to the point pamphlet discussing all aspects of the study abroad program.

3. Clemson students considering studying abroad are facing a somewhat overwhelming process. The current brochures and webpage do not answer all of their questions regarding the program. Students do not have enough free time to research all aspects of the program, leaving them wondering about such items such as financial aid and fulfilling their major's requirements. This situation results in many students who would love to study abroad not attempting and considering the option. I will make the decision to study abroad easier to understand by writing an easy to read pamphlet condensing vital information and necessary elements in a format that will help students choose how to take advantage of this option.

proposal---rough draft

Executive summary: It seems as if everyone these days is encouraging students to study abroad, especially Clemson. Studying in an unfamiliar place has great benefits for a student. He or she gets to see the world and immerse himself in a new culture while continuing to study. Clemson University offers multiple options for a student to study abroad. Taking advantage of such opportunities can be confusing, however, considering the seemingly endless amount of information. I hope to make the process of considering a study abroad program to be a less daunting task. By making the information more accessible and less complex, I can help more students take advantage of Clemson's study abroad program. As  a student considering the study abroad option at Clemson, I personally have an investment in the success of my proposal.

Introduction: If a university goes to the trouble of formulating a program for its students to participate in, would it not want the students to take advantage of it? Clemson provides many opportunities in many different locations for students to learn in a new environment. Nearly every adult I have spoken with declares that he/she thinks all students should at least spend some amount of time overseas. Students also have voiced their opinion about how important spending a semester studying abroad can be. With the complexity and somewhat time-consuming task of planning to spend a semester abroad, many students feel as though they have neither the time nor energy to experience it. I have heard multiple complaints about the the difficulty in navigating the Study Abroad website, as well as unanswered questions regarding the whole process. By interviewing both employees of the study abroad office as well as students who have participated in the program, I will do my best to answer some of the issues perplexing prospective study abroad participants. By researching the various programs and brochures, I will also provide the information in a more easily understood format.

Body: After visiting the study abroad fair, I found myself to be more than a little overwhelmed. There are so many available programs and different locations, deciding where and when to go is a difficult question to answer. My fellow students have complained of how the study abroad office is not very helpful, and that their website is hard to navigate. Many students have questions as to how a semester abroad would affect their major, as well as if their financial aid will carry over to studying abroad. There are various scholarships available to those who wish to study abroad, but how to go about getting them is confusing. I have several friends who have participated in the study abroad program, and I am considering the program myself, making me a credible source for making this proposal. I plan on interviewing both students who have participated in the program, as well as those considering it in order to get a good idea of the types of questions students have.  I also plan on talking to the employees of Clemson who specialize in the study abroad program. Talking with academic advisors is also key as to answer questions of how majors will be affected. After researching some of the programs and getting questions answered by reliable sources, I plan on condensing this information in an easy to access format, such as a pamphlet or a webpage.

Conclusion: If Clemson wants students to participate in its Study abroad program, there needs to be better ways to access information, as well as having the said information easier to understand. Through my investigation, I hope to make the study abroad program something within every student's reach if they wish to take the opportunity to experience something new in an entirely different environment.

Nature of Ethics Reading

• We study ethics so that we are able to answer questions regarding why we decide do certain things a certain way; without a clear understanding of why we acted the way we did, it would be difficult to persuade someone else to act in the same way we did, and we would not be able to justify our action.
• ethics can refer to the value system that anyone might hold
• Ethics involves making a choice among options in real situations
• Ethics has both individual and social components; it should be discussed with others, but ultimately comes down to one's own responsibility
• Ethics is neither entirely absolute or entirely relative-depending on situation
• We must look at various theories and consider them, we should not automatically accept or reject certain views
• Different actions are appropriate in different situations; no choice will be correct for every instance

Values: the intentions or ends that guide an action

Absolute: definite, inflexible, applies to all situations in the same way

Relative: changes according to circumstances

Rhetoric: using reasoned arguments based on socially accepted values and presenting them to inform or persuade to accomplish something

Socrates: considered ethics to be more important than life itself; considered ethics also to be an absolute matter

Aristotle: considered ethics to be the same as virtue

Sophists: there are no absolutes; communication shapes minds and values and decisions---relativist view

Hegel: Values derive from society, not absolutes

Recent philosophers believe that language use itself entails ethical values

Writing Proposal

The study abroad program is a popular topic at Clemson. Inboxes become full with different options offered for the student who wishes to study in a foreign environment. Though the university encourages students to study abroad as part of their college experience, lack of easily accessible resources as well as difficult to understand information and requirements poses a challenging task for students considering this program. The study abroad fair provides a good deal of brochures, but the atmosphere is slightly hectic and the fair takes place during the day when students are either in or hurrying to class. Many complaints have been made as to the helpfulness of the study abroad office, as well as difficulty navigating the website. As a student considering the study abroad option at Clemson, I am representative of the typical young person to whom the study abroad program caters too. Details are very vague, and leave myself as well as other with multiple unanswered questions regarding the program. My plan is to research all aspects of the program, and to condense them into an easy-to-understand format that students would be eager to read. By perusing the website and reading brochures and pamphlets, I can garner information put out their by the study abroad office and hopefully organize it into a more brief form. I also want to discuss with students who have already studied abroad their opinions about the various programs, such as the pros and cons of a particular location or time to visit. I plan to interview someone from the Clemson study abroad program in an effort to learn exactly what they believe students should know, such as how taking such time to travel will affect completing a student's major's requirements, as well as financial questions: is financial aid applicable and what scholarships are offered? After researching all aspects of the program, I plan on formulating and updated brochure and/or a webpage with easy to follow links for answers to questions. 

Reading Talking Points

• "In another kind of academic talk the author may display his learning to conceal a lack of ideas." I've definitely done this before, like in the case of writing a paper you are totally not prepared for; people can probably see right through.
• "mistakenly assume their goal is to impress rather than inform the readers" a lot of newspapers are like this, and people are often deterred from even bothering with trying to understand it
• "confuse simplicity with simple-mindedness" people think if they use small words they will sound less educated, so they try to use bigger words to sound smarter

PAFEO brainstorming

Study Abroad Programs at Clemson

P- to provide students with a concise, total guide to the study abroad programs offered at Clemson, easy to understand and easy to reference

A- Clemson students, Clemson students' parents, prospective students who are looking for a school with a good international study program

F- Short, easy to understand paragraphs, basic points, possible bullet lists

E- Cite managers of study abroad program, previously created documents, people in authority positions who basically run program, tuition numbers, comparison to study at Clemson, testimonials of students who have participated in such programs

O- organize by main topics, like available places, majors, cost, times offered, perhaps a brochure type document or a pamphlet 

Considerations:

-how it will affect potential majors

-summertime, internships

- scholarships/funding

-study abroad fair, what needs extra information

-possible client-study abroad office

Class List

Possible projects

Resume- learning how to make a useful resume would be a good how to idea, considering that all students will be needing to make one at some point in the near future; show how to make a resume that stands out from competitors; what to include, what not to include; language that makes person seem more appealing on paper

Legal Documents- legal briefs, wills, contracts; entering the workforce, especially considering a career in law, knowing how to construct legal documents would prove highly useful; perhaps discuss with a local lawyer as to whether they would like assistance or could offer instruction on how to create legal documents; what goes into constructing a will; talk to relatives in legal profession about what types of instances they need to write technical documents

Study Abroad- a research document on the different types of study abroad programs offered at Clemson; costs, time frame, destination place, Clemson-affiliated university or independent, different programs; discuss with Study Abroad department if they need help constructing a student-friendly brochure