The STC office is sending this email on behalf of Rachel Spilka. If you have any questions, please contact her at spilka@uwm.edu ______________________________________

Dear STC member,

STC has established the Ken Rainey Award for Excellence in Research. This award honors the late Dr. Ken Rainey, professor at Southern Polytechnic University, for the significant contributions he made to research that contributed positively to practice in our field. The aim of the award is to continue Ken’s legacy by encouraging and rewarding high quality research in technical communication.

To qualify for the award, a researcher needs to demonstrate either a lifetime of quality research or a study or set of studies that has made a significant contribution to the field of technical communication. Please consider nominating a researcher for this year’s award (2006-2007), to be given at the STC annual conference in Minneapolis in May 2007. Guidelines can be found on the STC Web site at http://www.stc.org/recog/awards01_kenRainey.asp

The deadline for nominations is Friday, December 15. All you need to send is the name of the person nominated, a sentence or two about why you nominated this person, and the nominee’s e-mail address.

E-mail your nominations directly to Rachel Spilka, Manager of the Ken Rainey Award For Excellence Committee: spilka@uwm.edu