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Reflecting on My Experience as an Associate: Hillary

It is hard to believe my time as a CUPID Associate has come to an end. It was a great learning experience, and I am thankful to have worked with such wonderful Associates (Taylor Hill and Immanuel Bryant) and RPR. I admit that I started off a little hesitant, but through projects and collaboration, I gained valuable rhetorical knowledge that … Continue Reading

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What I Learned from Updating the Student Projects Page

One of my major projects this semester as a CUPID Associate was updating the Student Projects page on the CUPID website. I know that I have been apart of interesting projects and my fellow classmates have completed impressive projects, and I think that its important to showcase this work on the website. I started by emailing the PWR professors, asking … Continue Reading

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Webinar: “Succeed Like an Executive: Insights from an IBM Research Study”

On Wednesday, November 13th at 7pm, the MAPC program will host a webinar presented by alumna Kim Stephens. This is their fourth webinar as part of the Alumni Webinar Speaker Series. The webinar is available to anyone who is interested, and it will “detail Kim’s research of over 630 women executives from IBM from a recent executive study on how … Continue Reading

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LinkedIn Workshop Thursday

Have you ever wondered how to effectively present yourself on LinkedIn? CUPID Associates will be presenting a LinkedIn Workshop on Thursday, November 7th. The workshop will be held in Alamance 318 from 6:00-7:00 pm. At this workshop, you will learn how to create a professional and effective LinkedIn profile, connect your coursework with your profile, develop your professional summary statement, … Continue Reading

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Using PWR to Market the Association for Business Communication

Last spring, my Introduction to Professional Writing and Rhetoric class collaborated to complete a marketing project for the Association for Business Communication. For the first phase of the project, each student researched a professional writing organization and compiled a fact sheet detailing the organization’s mission, specific goals, member benefits, audiences, publications, conferences, history, social media, and contact information. Overall, the … Continue Reading

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CUPID Rack Card

My main goal this semester is to focus on marketing CUPID. The first phase of this plan was to create a rack card, and I wanted to take the time in this post to explain some of the rhetorical decisions I made while designing and putting together the rack card. I started by brainstorming the main information that would need … Continue Reading

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Careers for English Majors

When I tell someone I am an English major, the first question I get is “What do you want to do with that,” usually followed by “Oh, do you want to be a teacher?” I then go on to explain that English majors, specifically PWR majors, learn how to communicate an intended message to a specific audience using effective rhetorical … Continue Reading

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I’m a Cambria girl. What about you?

I cannot tell you how much it bothers me when I open a Word document, and the default font is Calibri. Before I do anything, I change the font to Cambria and breathe easy as I begin my writing. I lean towards the serif fonts, but in some cases, such as on the Internet, sans serif fonts are easier to … Continue Reading

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Meet the CUPID Associates: Hillary Dooley

Hello everyone! My name is Hillary Dooley, and I am a senior, majoring in Professional Writing and Rhetoric. I am very excited for this opportunity as a CUPID Associate, and I hope you all take advantage of everything the CUPID Studio has to offer. I will be holding hours from 5:15-7:15pm on Mondays, so please stop by! I decided I … Continue Reading

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Writing Center Open at New Location!

The Writing Center has officially been open for two weeks! Many faculty, staff, and students attended the open house for the Center for Writing Excellence to speak with consultants and see the new space in Belk Library. President Lambert, Dr. Jackson, and Dr. House were among the many in attendance. With new improvements along with the dedication and help of … Continue Reading

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