STC PSC - Membership

The Scholarship Program

The Puget Sound Chapter of the STC sponsors two scholarships every year, each in the amount of $1500.00. These scholarships are being offered to students to further their education in technical communication.

The scholarship fund was originally (1986) set up to honor two Society Fellows who made significant contributions to STC (at both the chapter and society levels) and to the technical communication community as a whole. Among their many accomplishments, James W. Souther and Myron L. White were instrumental in establishing the Puget Sound Chapter.  More recently, the chapter decided to also award a scholarship, and the two scholarships are awarded at the same time through one application period.

Students who are enrolled in the following approved two-year, four-year, and graduate programs in colleges and universities in the Puget Sound area are eligible to apply for the scholarships:

  • Edmonds Community College: A.T.A., Visual Communications
  • Art Institute of Seattle: B.F.A., Graphic Design
  • Shoreline Community College: A.A.A.S., Graphic Design
  • UW College of Engineering: B.S., M.S.T.C., PhD. in Technical Communication; Certificates in User-Centered Design, Tech Writing & Editing
  • UW College of Education: M.Ed., Educational Communication & Technology
  • UW School of Art: B.A., Visual Communication Design
  • Western Washington University: B.S., Industrial Design

The application period will be announced at this site in early January 2009. We will put the application forms up before that time so that you can get an idea of what is expected as far as putting together a submission.

2008 Scholarship Recipients

Carina Skrobecki is currently in the Visual Communication Design program at the University of Washington.

Natasha Jones is pursuing a PhD from the Department of Technical Communication at the University of Washington.