Graduate School

With my first semester of graduate school , I am able to reflect on how my undergrad degree is serving me in my program. For those who don't know, I am pursuing my masters in Training and Development.

Graduate school at Stout is not much different than undergraduate, with the exceptions being more reading and writing. It comes to no surprise that technical communication would improve my writing skills, but I was surprised at how much more prepared I was than some of my peers. This reinforces, to me, that technical communication does a fantastic job of preparing us for whatever writing we might do. Additionally, I have to mention that the project management and group skills that technical communication gave me is proving to be a huge asset. While some students fear group projects, I would not want it any other way. When speaking with another grad student from the Twin Cities, she asked me if I had any group projects during the semester. I replied with, "I have three group projects at the moment," and she about fell out of her chair! During her first semester of grad school, she had one group project and feared it to death.

Also, I am happy to say that I landed a part time LTE position on campus during the spring semester. I will be the " LTE Graduate School Web Converstion Project Coordinator," which basically means I'll be updating the grad school website both with new content and templates.

Happy Holidays!