In November 2023, Missouri S&T’s student design team Engineers Without Borders reached out to the Department of English and Technical Communication for training in technical writing. In response to this call, a team of graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) from the department volunteered to provide their services.

The major training needs focused on collaborative authorship of technical documents such as reports and proposals. The efforts of the GTA team exemplify the GTAs’ commitment to undergraduate education and the Missouri S&T campus community so much that the training was expanded to reach more design teams.

The training, which was held on February 15th, covered aspects such as structuring technical writing, collaborative writing, multi-genre technical communication products, and hands-on learning activities. The team members include Felix T. Nyikwagh, Priscilla Owusu-Danquah, Frederick Sunkpal, Jude Enete, and Abigail Boafo.

This team of GTAs is open to offering similar training workshops or other tailored training sessions for campus and community organizations. Please feel free to reach out to the coordinator of the team, Felix T. Nyikwagh, at ftn3db@mst.edu.