Board Amends Student Member Category

At its September 2004 meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the STC board of directors voted to amend the new student member category to provide more benefits to students. 

Benefits of Student Membership

The student membership now entitles students to join one student chapter, one professional chapter, and an unlimited number of STC special interest groups. Student membership dues are $50; students can join additional chapters at a cost of $10 per chapter.

Definition of Student

The board also adopted a more stringent definition of student membership. To be eligible for student membership, a member must now be a full-time student. Previously, professional technical communicators enrolled in part-time continuing education classes could qualify for student membership. The new definition ensures that the benefits of student membership are available, as intended, only to students.

The new definition amends Article III, Section 2B of the STC Bylaws and reads as follows:

Student Member. To be eligible for student membership, an applicant must be (1) enrolled in an accredited university, college, community college, or technical school; and (2) be considered a full-time student according to the criteria of the school he or she is attending; and (3) preparing for a career in technical communication.

Editor's Note: 
One of our student members also has feedback about what she thinks are the benefits of being a student member.