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Tips from a PWR Major on Senior Portfolio

Because registration is this week, please keep in mind how your specific classes can influence your portfolio, including the projects you include, and the PWR skills that you reflect. Because senior portfolios are due this week, I thought this would be a great way to rap up the week. These tips are brought to you by Dannie Cooper. Senior portfolios are … Continue Reading

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Preregistration: What Classes To Take

Beckah Porter ENG: PWR’16 Although registering for classes can be stressful, there are so many PWR classes to look forward to. There is a range of classes that are being offered in the spring that are requirements for all PWR students. In this post I will be going through each of these classes in detail to help students learn what … Continue Reading

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Preregistration: Why Classes & Clients Are Important

Beckah Porter: ENG- PWR,’16 Thanksgiving is so close I can practically taste the turkey, but one of the most important days at Elon is arriving as well: registration day. Previously stated in our post, alumni shared just how important picking classes are. In these classes, students have the opportunity to learn more of the necessary skills that should be developed in … Continue Reading

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Alumni Week: The Advice You’ve Wanted but Never Asked for

Beckah Porter: PWR,’16 We’ve all been there; we become a little hesitant when someone asks what our major is. What is professional writing and rhetoric? Or the question that makes me cringe, what kind of job can you even get with that degree? Yet, even after we describe all the possibilities that professional writing and rhetoric brings, the same people … Continue Reading

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Life After Elon: Alumni Week

Beckah Porter: ENG-PWR,’16 Homecoming week has officially arrived! Which means for some of us that our old friends we said goodbye to at graduation are now knocking on our doors, but for others, it makes us think: what are we going to do after we graduate? Are we even prepared? (Cue the freak out) This week I am going to … Continue Reading

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Internship Insight: Now What?

You have got the internship, but soon after the celebration dance has ended, you begin to slightly panic. Am I even qualified to do this? This is just one of the many questions that race through your brain as you become nervous for your first day. Don’t worry, these thoughts are normal and your worries will slowly disappear throughout your … Continue Reading

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Internship Insight: Why is it Important?

Finally being back at school and settling into our busy routines we are reminded why we are at school: to receive an education. Yet, somehow in many cases having that college degree is not enough anymore to guarantee that you will leave Elon with a job (which can be a little scary to think about, right?) However, this is an … Continue Reading

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Meet the CUPID associates: Rebecca Porter

Hey, there! My name is Rebecca Porter and I am ecstatic to be a CUPID associate for the Fall 2014 semester! I am currently a junior majoring in Professional Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) and Creative Writing. I am also minoring in Theatre Arts. I am excited to begin my work as a CUPID Associate by also by helping many of … Continue Reading

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