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FALL 2004
Volume 14, Issue 2

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FALL 2004
Volume 14, Issue 2

Announcements ATTW Conference Coordinator Appointed The Executive Committee has agreed to establish the position of ATTW Conference Coordinator and has asked Jerry Savage (Illinois State University), a former conference chair, to serve in this role. Utah State Announces New Doctoral Program Utah State University is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for its new doctoral program, Theory & Practice of Professional Communication. Textbook and Software Reviews Begin in This Issue of the ATTW Bulletin With this issue, the editors of the ATTW Bulletin announce the beginning of a new feature – reviews of textbooks and software for technical communication courses. CFPs ATTW Annual Conference: “The Public Face of Technical Communication” ATTW invites proposals for papers, panels, and poster presentations to be given at its annual conference immediately preceding the CCCC. Special Issue on Accessibility and Technical Communication To ensure accessible communication, we must incorporate the findings of other disciplines into our own teaching, research, and practice, and we must bring our audience expertise to bear on research and legislation. "Making Connections" The IEEE Professional Communication Society is requesting proposals for papers to be delivered at their IPCC gathering in July 2005. Special Issues of Technical Communication Quarterly The Association of Teachers of Technical Writing is seeking proposals for special issues of its journal, Technical Communication Quarterly (TCQ). Reviews Rude and Tarutz Reviewed by Becky Jo McShane Since I started teaching a junior-level technical editing class, I have struggled to find a suitable combination of teaching materials. Articles

The ATTW Bulletin (ISSN #1052-6250) is published semi-annually by the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing. The purpose of the Bulletin is to foster a community of teachers of technical writing by sharing pedagogical and professional resources. We print national and international news related to our members, association, and profession as well as bibliographic resources, teaching techniques, software and Internet information, suggested assignments, implications of research for our classrooms, opinions on professional issues, notices and highlights of conferences, calls for papers and proposals, and other information that will interest both new and experienced teachers. You are invited to submit news items, teaching techniques, commentaries, and other short articles. Submissions are published at the discretion of the editors. Please send correspondence regarding the Bulletin to: Marj Rush Hovde & Ed Nagelhout Co-editors, ATTW Bulletin 799 W. Michigan St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 mhovde@iupui.edu or ed.nagelhout@ccmail.nevada.edu Send other inquiries about ATTW to the Association offices: Department of Rhetoric University of Minnesota 64 Classroom Office Building 1994 Buford Avenue St. Paul, MN 55108

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