Category: Volume 1 Issue 2

Starting with the Right Tools

Choosing a word processor is perhaps the most important task for any writer. UAB students are required to use computer word processing throughout their academic careers, but requirements for academic writers are usually centered around a black and white document of a certain file type. Commercial, nonprofit, and government entities outside of academia require professional writers” to compose documents in a number of styles and formats. Professional writers with knowledge of the differences in word processors can be confident that the documents they compose will look and function as intended.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities and expectations of a professional writer are always directly proportionate to and dependent on the desires of the writer’s employer, usually an editor of the publication. The relationship with this employer is the only aspect ensuring the continuation of a writer’s employment assuming that his or her initial hiring was based on the writer’s ability to write. As a student, your continued employment comes in the form of satisfactory grades and eventually sources for positive references. In my time as a student majoring in English and concentrating in professional writing and public discourse the relationships I have had with my professors have similarly affected my grades as in the professional world that relationship would affect the writer’s employment. In the professional world there are deadlines, length specifications, desired voices for particular audiences,etc.. These expectations are just the same for a student.

One of the most upsetting aspects about UAB is trying to find parking. Each day, commuter students and residential students have problems trying to find parking on and near campus. The fact of the matter is there are more students than there are spots. Taking a car off campus in the middle of the day is undesirable and impracticable. UAB has helped rectify this problem by providing the UAB Blazer Express Transit System. This is a series of buses that provide transportation throughout the campus. Students, faculty, and approved visitors are among the riders of this system. All that is needed to access this system is a UAB ID badge.

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Jordan Price

The Leap Into Digital

For those of us still hesitating on the cusp of the tangible world and the digital, ePortfolios may seem like a leap, rather than a step, into the latter. Some may consider ePortfolios to be a glorified Facebook page, and prefer a concisely built résumé or cover letter. However, the age of paper may be coming to a close; giving way to an interactive, stylish and uniquely personalized showcase of achievements for the purpose of finding (and scoring) a fulfilling career. It is more than an about me page – it’s self-marketing. And it’s about time we took advantage.

Continue reading “E-portfolios Through ‘Global’ Lenses”