SCS Training Classes

For those of you not able to take English 300 but who would like to brush up on some software and/or coding, check out the following:

Need a refresher on HTML, CSS, Audacity, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, and other media applications? Student Computing Services offers affordable professional 2 hour classes on each subject that will bring you up to speed. Register online at http://scs.wsu.edu/training.

These classes cost $15 each for students that live on campus, and $30 for everyone else (off-campus students and faculty).

Spring Internships

Web Designer Internships
Two non-profit groups in Spokane are looking for websites. You can work remotely, but if possible visiting Spokane once during the semester would be a nice bonus.

1. Spokane Tilth. Spokane Tilth's mission is to promote biologically sound, socially equitable, sustainable agriculture. The focus of the organization is on illuminating the relationship between farmer and the larger community.

current site: http://www.thefutureisorganic.net/spotilth.htm

what they want:

• membership and meetings info
• INCSAA (Inland Northwest Community Supported Agriculture Association) link w/ list of farms: a list of local farms that Spokane Tilth endorses, including descriptions of each farm's csa weekly deliveries and links to their sites
• mission, goals, etc
• list of Share the Harvest restaurant fundraiser participants
• Chef's open house info
• workshops info
  

2. Vinegar Flats. Spokane’s Vinegar Flats is operated for St. Margaret’s Shelter, a home for destitute women run by Catholic Charities of Spokane. The food the women at the shelter grow goes to residents at the Cathedral Plaza retirement home and to farmers markets in low-income areas.

• mission, goals, etc.
• location and map
• farmers markets worked and community supported agriculture (csa) info
• list of produce in season
• community involvement events
• volunteer sign-up calendar
• pictures of garden

3. A possible Option #3 (or part of Vinegar Flats), from the client:
"In addition, Vinegar Flats garden has worked hard to improve the South Perry Farmers Market in Spokane because it is located in a low-income neighborhood. By working and improving this market, we are living out our garden's mission of ensuring that everyone has access to healthy food. This farmer's market doesn't have a website, even though it has come a long way in the past few years. So if there is a way to fit in creating a site for the market, we would greatly appreciate it! However, this is not as important as the two other programs above. But, if possible, here is what we would like to see on the farmer's market website:

South Perry Market website, including:

• location and map
• history of market
• list of vendors and their products
• ebt (food stamps) info

If you're interested, please email me, Kristin Arola (arola@wsu.edu) as soon as possible.

Internship for Spring 09: Blood Orange Review

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR SPRING 2010

Students will have the opportunity to assist with the production of a cutting edge online literary journal while developing editing experience and communication skills.

Contact Bryan Fry for more information: bryanfry@wsu.edu

Visit us at www.bloodorangereview.com

Job in Spokane for DTC grad

Contact ericsson@wsu.edu if you're interested in this job.

KHQ has an immediate opening in our sales/marketing department in Spokane that we think may be a good fit for a recent or very soon-to-be graduate of WSU's DTC program. I'm looking for some recommendations of former (or nearly-former) students whom you might feel would be good for this position.

POSITION:
INTERNET SALES SPECIALIST

EDUCATION:
COLLEGE DEGREE REQUIRED - PREFERRED FIELDS OF STUDY: MARKETING/ADVERTISING, DTC, COMMUNICATIONS, BUSINESS

EXPERIENCE:
MUST BE INTERNET SAVVY - INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF KHQ.COM AND SWXRIGHTNOW.COM AND SOCIAL MEDIA SITES. MUST HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WEBSITE ADVERTISING - INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) STANDARD PRACTICES, PRODUCTS (CURRENT AND TRENDS) METRICS, ONLINE CONSUMER TRENDS AND LANGUAGE.

JOB DESCRIPTION/RESPONSIBILITIES:
IDENTIFYING AND CONTACTING NEW ONLINE ADVERTISING PROSPECTS
ACCOMPANYING AND ASSISTING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES WITH AGENCY MEETINGS & REQUESTS, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE IN THE CREATION OF MUTLI-PLATFORM SALES PACKAGES
PROVIDING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES AND AGENCY CONTACTS WITH INDUSTRY RESEARCH/TREND INFORMATION
PROVIDING PERFORMANCE REPORTS TO ONLINE ADVERTISERS

Another Successful Job Hunt

Shelby Teachout, Spring 2009 DTC grad is going to work for McNally Temple Associates in Sacramento as a film editor. The company's clients include government and multinational corporations, business and trade associations, labor unions and elected officials and candidates for public office.

Shelby is looking forward to lots of travel and working for a great company doing work she loves!

DTC Advising Night

Oct. 26, Bundy Reading Room, 7 pm. Free Pizza and Advising Information. All DTC advisors will be present.

Important DTC Dates: Oct. 5, Oct. 9, Oct. 16

Monday Oct. 5 -- Internship meeting with Center for Civic Engagement: 4:00 Bundy Reading Room

Friday Oct. 9 -- Successful Job Hunting with Brenden Martin: 2:30 Bundy Reading Room

Friday Oct. 16 -- Certification applications for DTC major due

Scroll down in Blog entries to find out more about all of the above.

Successful Job Hunting

Successful Job Searching with Brenden Martin

Friday Oct. 9

2:30 pm in the Bundy Reading Room

Spring 2009 DTC graduate Brenden Martin will be on campus Friday, Oct. 9 in the Bundy to present a job search seminar for DTC, Rhetoric and Professional Writing, and other interested majors.

Brenden majored in DTC with a Media Authoring Concentration and a Business Administration Minor. He conducted a successful job search and was offered seven jobs.

Brenden now works on Wunderman’s Team Microsoft as a Media Planner.

Come Friday to listen to Brenden talk about his job strategy and his first few months as a Wunderman employee.

JOBS!

On Friday, Oct. 9 Brenden Martin will be here to talk about the job hunt. I'll post more on time and place soon. Stay tuned! Brenden received seven job offers in May, so he will have pointers on how to make the job search work.

Internship Meeting!

Dr. Arola just emailed this:
DTC Majors,

You will soon be receiving an email inviting you to an informational meeting about possible DTC Internships through the Center for Civic Engagement. For those who don't know or haven't quite conceptualized it yet, in order to graduate with a DTC degree you need at least 3 credits worth of an internship. This needs to be a position related to DTC in some way, can be done locally or remotely, and can be paid or unpaid. In order to receive the 3 credits, you sign up for English 498 and promise to do 150hrs of work over the course of a semester. Ultimately it is your responsibility to find an internship, but we will help as much as we can.

The upcoming meeting with CCE will explain the different types of opportunities available through their office. Additionally, they will want to hear from you about the types of positions you desire, feel comfortable with, etc. In particular, we need to work on making sure the position asks for technical skills that you either have already or can learn on the job.

So, keep an eye out for this email and if you haven't done an internship yet, please try to make it to the meeting on October 5th @ 4pm.

Thanks everyone. I hope your semesters are off to a grand start.

Sincerely,
Professor Arola

ps. for those who don't know about CCE, learn more here: http://cce.wsu.edu/

Certification???

If you aren't yet certified, see details in a post a few back. Don't forget.

Fonts and Ikea

Interesting article for those of you who are into fonts.
Typography Fans Say Ikea Should Stick to Furniture

Internships

All DTC majors must complete a 3 credit hour internship. We have a few internship possibilities available this Fall. Please contact Dr. Ericsson or Dr. Arola for details.

Certification Details

To apply for certification a student must have the following:

1) 24 credit hours;

2) a minimum 2.2 gpa;

3) one credit of ENGL 300 with evidence of projects OR sufficient evidence of facility in web authoring, animation, video production, and/or graphic design;

4) and a written statement of purpose (approximately 500-750 words) explaining how the DTC major supports the student’s career goals.

The certification forms can be found online at the DTC website or can be picked up at the door of Avery 223. They are available now and are due by Oct. 16 at 5:00 pm. No late or incomplete applications will be accepted.

If you have questions contact Dr. Ericsson or Dr. Arola.

It's Certification Time

The Certification Application Forms will be available tomorrow--watch for a link. Please check the last post below for details.

DTC Fall Certification Process

Digital Technology and Culture

Fall 2009 Certification*

Overview

Because of high demand for the major, DTC Pullman has instituted a certification process. The process is detailed below. Please read all information carefully. Incomplete applications will not be considered. There are approximately 30 openings in Fall semester.

Application Process

• Certification Applications are due no later than 5:00 pm on Oct. 16. Late applications will not be considered.

• Certification Forms can be found at the DTC Website or outside the Avery 223 office door. Each application must be accompanied by a signed Certification Form. (These forms will be available starting Sept. 1.)

• Applications can be sent via email to the DTC Director Dr. Ericsson ericsson@wsu.edu or handed in at the English Department main desk (Avery Hall 202).

Via email: label the subject line as “DTC Certification.”

Via English Department.: put application materials in an appropriately sized envelope or binder and clearly label as “DTC Certification.”

Review Process

• Certification applications will be reviewed by a committee that includes the DTC Coordinator, one DTC faculty member, the Director of Undergraduates Studies, and one DTC instructor or a graduate student teaching DTC courses. Students will be placed in rank order and the top students will be certified based on how many spots are available.

• Results of the Certification process will be emailed to students and to their academic advisors. Unsuccessful applicants may reapply the following semester.

* If you are already certified as a DTC major, you do not have to apply. If you are not sure if you are certified, check your DARS or contact your advisor.

New Section of FA 332 Opened

I just got word that the FA Dept has opened a new section of FA 332 Intro to Digital Media 1 – Print/web, Tu-Th 9:10-11:40 for Fall 2009. There are some pre-reqs, but students who feel they are qualified can speak with the instructor, Reza Safavi, in August. Please spread the word!

Another DTC Success Story

May 2009 graduate Nick Winters was recently hired by his internship boss and is now the Webmaster and General Manager for a new web design business,Cascade Web Solutions (CWS), in Wenatchee, Washington. He just finished publishing the base site for CWS. CWS was actually created by Nick's boss while he was interning and now it has become a reality. Nick comments that "Right now our business site is somewhat basic, but we plan to add more content in the near future. We're just too busy with actual business!"

Nick closed his update email with a thank you and a promise to return to WSU. "Thank you for the great experience at WSU and I'm sure I'll see you and all of my fellow DTC friends and faculty once football season starts. "

Jobs for DTC Majors?? A Success Story!

In a tough economic market, we're interested in what jobs DTC grads are finding. Please let Dr. Arola and me know about what you're finding and how you're leveraging your DTC degree in interesting, creative ways.

I just received great news from a May '09 grad who was offered seven (yes, I'm not kidding seven) different jobs! Here's part of what he said,

"The types of jobs out there cater to DTC students tremendously. I think I am going to take the job with ****** because they are offering me a job as a Junior Strategist where I deal with interactive marketing, web 2.0 technologies etc. If it were not for DTC, I would not have been able to discuss these topics and my skills in the interview. So I wanted to say thank you. Thank you for the guidance and encouragement and opening my mind and teaching me skills that will make me successful in life. I start July 1st!"

Americorps/VISTA

See some interesting jobs at AmeriCorps.
Great experience and connections in this kind of job. It's what the
graduation speaker on Sat. did after his graduation.

Jobs?

www.naceweb.org/promail/2009/jw_coll021209.htm

Microsoft Student Partners

Microsoft® Student Partners (MSP) Program

The Microsoft® Student Partners (MSP) Program recognizes top young minds from around the world who are passionate about technology and marketing. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to develop real world skills to help students succeed in their future career, to help others learn about technology & marketing and to connect with other likeminded students, all while having a ton of fun along the way!

MSPs are encouraged to share their passion and knowledge and to undertake a number of fun activities on campus such as hosting Xbox gaming tournaments, planning & marketing events, demoing new technologies, and blogging about their experiences & passions. In return MSPs get access to numerous benefits including Microsoft software, reference materials, and training, as well as privileged information about future opportunities. If you are passionate about technology and marketing, we want to hear from you!

To find out more US students should visit http://www.student-partners.com. The deadline to apply is May 31st, 2009.

Summer 2009 Internships

Still looking for a summer 2009 internship? The Center for Civic Engagement will have a few summer opportunities for DTC students. Interested? Send Dr. Arola an email.

Also, remember to look in the March posts for that great *PAID* internship w/ extension.

Responsible Citizenship in a Technological Democracy

William A. Wulf presents
"Responsible Citizenship in a Technological Democracy"

Thursday, April 16
7:00 p.m. • Smith CUE 203

Reception following in Smith CUE Atrium

learn more here

Rumors about DTC????

Hi,

I was asked twice today about a rumor that DTC is moving to Vancouver. Dr. Arola heard this too.

This is absolutely, positively wrong. DTC is staying in Pullman. Should I repeat that?? DTC is staying in Pullman.

DTC in Pullman is established at 100 majors strong, and we're sticking around. Keep recruiting too. Although majors will now have to certify, we have room for a bunch of new people next fall. We want to keep the program at 100 majors until we can hire another faculty person. That's a good deal because we're committed to keeping classes small and standards high.

P. S. DTC also exists in Vancouver and Tri-Cities. All three campuses have DTC programs. That's one of the many cool things about the major.

See your Advisor!!

Don't put off seeing your advisor until the last minute. All DTC advisors are great at advising, but they're also teachers, administrators, and have other responsibilities. They aren't just available the minute you decide you want to get organized for registration.

Most of us need at least a few days notice to get you booked. So plan ahead. Please. We want to do a great job for you, but can't do that unless you give us some lead time.

And when you email your advisor, make sure to address him/her properly. All of us have PhD's so starting out on a "Dr." basis is a good policy. Then you can move to less formality if the "decorum" calls for that.

Schweitzer Engineering Internship

The Opportunity:

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) seeks a professional, innovative and detailed college student for our Web Designer Intern. If you are looking for an opportunity to work for an industry leader and develop a high profile website, then this position is for you!

SEL’s corporate office is located in Eastern Washington where you'll enjoy an unmatched quality of life. Enjoy the smaller town life: country space, freedom from traffic, easy access to recreational activities in nearby mountains, rivers, and forests, as well as great schools and universities.

Web Designer Intern

Responsibilities:

• Update SEL website(s) content.
  
• Optimize photos and graphics for web pages.
  
• Support website systems and end-user interfaces (e.g., portals, extranets, etc.)
  
• Assist web team with special projects and assignments.
  
• Follow and improve area processes.

Qualifications:

• Two years web design experience
  
• Knowledge of web-based technologies, including browsers, HTML code, and graphics software
  
• Experience with Dreamweaver Studio 8 and Microsoft Office applications
  
• Excellent communications skills
  
• Background check results satisfactory to SEL
  
• Negative drug test result(s)

An Award Winning Company

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) has a reputation for quality, reliability, integrity, and service, which has enabled us to expand both within the electric utility market and into industrial, international, and OEM markets.

In an independent survey conducted by Newton-Evans Research Company, SEL ranks first in seven categories of performance including technology, features, security against hackers, web/internet information ability, technical service and support, price, and relay setting PC software. SEL provides an excellent work environment and is the recipient of several awards, including one of the “100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in Washington State” (Puget Sound Business Journal, 1999 – 2003), “2005 Washington State Manufacturer of the Year” (Association of Washington Businesses, 2005), “Most Innovative Supplier” (Energex, 2002), "Entrepreneur of the Year" (Ernst & Young, 2000), and the Washington State Quality Achievement Award (WSQA).

Apply Your Talent. Make a Difference. Enjoy the Rewards.

Are you ready to be part of a highly motivated and well-equipped team? Are you a quick learner who likes new challenges? If so, then you are ready to join us at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories.

Dr. Edmund O. Schweitzer III delivered the first commercial digital protective relay in 1984. Under his technical, managerial, and fiscal leadership, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories has expanded to over 1800 employees. Ed understands and supports the need for investing in employees. In return, he expects that we hire only the best, most highly motivated team members, and that we deliver simple, reliable, and cost-effective products and solutions.

Our products and solutions must be simple and reliable because they protect the largest, most complicated machine on earth: the electric power grid. Blackouts in the U.S. and Canada remind us that reliable electric power is crucial to our society. SEL provides systems, services, and products for the protection, monitoring, control, automation, and metering of utility and industrial electric systems worldwide.

Our company and our products exist to make electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical. That purpose has made SEL very successful, and the company is managed with sound fiscal judgment and that purpose in mind. Profits are reinvested to fuel the company’s growth.

In addition to offering a variety of challenges in a supportive, stable environment, SEL shares its success with employees by giving them stock in the company. All employees earn stock at the same rate. And because only employees can own SEL stock, the stock price is not subject to market volatility. Even when the stock market value has plunged, SEL stock consistently increased in value.

If you are ready for the challenge and benefits of being part of the SEL team, and you meet the requirements listed above, please apply online at www.selinc.com/careers.

Benefits: SEL has an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, and vision for all regular full-time employees and their entire family; long-term disability and life insurance; education assistance programs; a very generous employee stock ownership plan; 401K; flexible benefit account; and an outstanding work environment.

To Apply For This Position:

We ask all candidates to submit their resume through our website at www.selinc.com/careers. If your qualifications and experience match any of our current openings, please submit your resume for that position so that you may be considered immediately.

SEL is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and a Drug Free Workplace.

https://www1.recruitingcenter.net/Clients/SELinc/PublicJobs/controller.cfm?jbaction=JobProfile&Job_Id=13036&esid=az

DTC Advising Night

DTC Advising Night will be next Wed. April 1 in the Bundy Reading Room at 6:00 pm.

Advising Night is your chance to meet your advisor, find out about what's being offered this summer and fall, find out about any changes in the major, and generally be updated on all thing DTC.

If at all possible, you should come to this Advising Session!!!

Summer 2009 Internship

Position: Web Developer

Location: Prosser, WA/Richland, WA *but* can be done remotely from Pullman

Timeline: June 8 - August 7, 15-20 hrs/week, PAID

Details: Doug Walsh (Coordinator of Integrated Pest Management) and Sally O'Neal (Research and Extension Communication Specialist) are looking for a Web Developer to update the IPM website (http:www.ipm.wsu.edu) to conform with the new WSU web standards (http://www.identity.wsu.edu/web/) and to perform other web design/maintenance tasks as needed and as time permits. The student will be under supervision of Sally O'Neal, but will work primarily on his/her own in order to implement the new template and to add any new content requested by Walsh or O'Neal.

Skills Required:
* Ability to carefully follow written instructions (a necessity for implementing WSU templates)
* Familiarity with CSS/XHTML
* Familiarity with FTP
* Proficiency with Dreamweaver
* Good time management skills
* Self-motivated and deadline driven
* Comfortable with teleconferencing

IF INTERESTED, please email Dr. Arola a resume and a letter of interest explaining why you feel you are a good fit for this position.

DTC Updates

Hi DTC Majors,

News about DTC will start appearing in this blog immediately. You'll see news on internships, course availability, registration, and any other information pertinent to the major.

If you'd like to have something posted to the blog, please contact Dr. Ericsson or Dr. Arola.

Hope this helps all of you keep up with DTC.

Patricia Ericsson