'Operation Butterfly' and Other Adventures in Cooperation Between Industry and Academe: When Rip Van Winkle and Shirley Temple Join Forces, the Sky's the Limit!

摘要

This article, as well as our conference presentation, catalogues a year in the symbiotic relationship between the Orlando Chapter ofSTC, the University of Central Florida's technical writing program, and the student-run technical communication club, Future Technical Communicators (FTC)-and the ways in which this powerful partnership has helped sustain many of the chapter's varied and successful initiatives that led to its designation as a Chapter of Distinction in 2003. In this article, authors Bonnie Spivey and Dan Voss report on the UCF-STC legacy, the development of the chapter's new mentoring program, their contribution to educational outreach/fundraising, and the numerous ways in which these institutions are working together. Note: While well underway, some of the projects mentioned in this article were still in-flight as the deadline for the Proceedings approached. The authors will provide updates at the conference presentation (PD SU, Tuesday, May 11,11 a.m.)