A TOWN HALL MEETING
Students in WRA202 classes collaborate to bring together Michigan policy makers, MSU faculty, and Professional Writers to discuss concerns facing the state of Michigan and jobs in the future for today’s professional writing students.
MODERATOR GUIDE (.pdf)
BACKGROUND REPORTS (.zip)
NOTE: These reports are in printer sheets.
While some read left-to-right (pages 1-4), others,
due to the graphics, read 4, 1, 2, 3.
INDIVIDUAL BACKGROUNDER REPORTS
- The Evolution of PW @ MSU
- Should I Stay or Should I Go:
Why are PW Students Planning to Leave Michigan? - The Professional Writing Arsenal:
Weapons PW Grads Wield in the Workplace - What's So Great About Chicago?
What Creative Cities Have - Where are MSU PW Alumni Now?
- Michigan Cool Cities: Have They Helped
Professional Writing? - Where Do We Go From Here:
The Journey of the Michigan Writer - Building a Creative City: The Potential of Grand Rapids
- Greener Grass: Why Graduates are Leaving Michigan
to Seek Job Opportunities Elsewhere - Consulting the Consultants:
Can PW Grads Make it as Entrepreneuers? - Creating Opportunity for Michigan Writers
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PARTNERS
RECENT NEWS
November 25, 2008
Since the meeting, Write Here; Write Now! has received press in Beyond Words, a blog for Professional Writers, and also a write up in
MSU Career Services' website entitled "Getting a Job in Michigan."
November 18, 2008
Town Hall Meeting
107 S. Kedzie
Michigan State University
- Panel 1: What is the current state of the job market for Professional Writers?
Courtney Chapin
Field Career Service Coordinator for College of Arts & Letters,
MSU Career Services and Placement
Karl Dorshimer
Vice President,
Lansing Economic Development Corporation
Tiffany Wood
Information Development Manager,
TechSmith
Panel 2: What does the future hold?
Jerry Ambrose
Chief of Staff,
City of Lansing
Lindsey Latour
MSU graduate, M.A. in Digital Rhetoric & Professional Writing; Co-authors the Professional Writing Industry blog BeyondWords
John Monberg
MSU Professional Writing Faculty,
Engaged scholar in Community Development and Urban Renewal