The Society for Technical Communication (STC), Missouri S&T Chapter, has constituted a new executive team to pilot the affairs of the group. The new STC team includes Felix T. Nyikwagh (President), Frederick Sunkpal (Vice President), Jude Enete (Public Relations Officer), and Daniel Agbo (Treasurer). The new team will be working with the chapter’s new Faculty Advisor, Dr. David Wright.

Felix Nyikwagh (President): Felix holds degrees in Theatre Arts from Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria, and the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Before starting the MS degree program in technical communication at Missouri S&T, he worked remotely as an SME Outreach and Communication Consultant on USAID/Nigeria Covid19 Food Security Challenge for Resonance Inc., a consulting company based in Washington DC and at the same time, was a Team Lead for Agriwaves Media, a communication company based in Abuja, Nigeria.

Frederick Sunkpal (Vice President): Holds a B.A in Economics and is currently a master’s student in Technical Communication. He previously worked at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) for the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in Ghana. He is the co-founder of Ghana-based agricultural startup company, Influx Groundnuts Products Limited.

Jude Enete (Public Relations Officer): He holds a BSC in Geology from the University of Nigeria Nsukka and is currently an S&T master’s student in both the Technical Communication and Geology and Geophysics programs. He is the co-founder of the tech. startup company Nestuge, building the productivity tool that automates commerce processes for online courses, communities, and events.

Daniel Agbo (Treasurer): Holds a BSC in Statistics/Computer Science from the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria and is currently a master’s student in Technical Communication. Prior to his program at S&T, he was a Data Analyst at Jaiz Bank, Nigeria.

Dr. David Wright (Faculty Advisor): He received a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Psychology in 1992, a Master of Science in Higher Education Administration in 1995, and a Ph.D. in Technical Communication in 2007—all from Oklahoma State University. His dissertation, “Technology Diffusion and the Beef Industry: A Communication Investigation,” is a

study of the effects of communication networks on technology diffusion in the cattle industry and the efforts of the USDA to promote animal identification within the cattle industry. His research interests include technology diffusion, communication networks, and rhetoric of science.

The Society for Technical Communication (STC) is a professional association dedicated to the advancement of technical communication across all fields. Technical communicators research and create information about technical processes or products directed to a targeted audience through various forms of media.

For any further information about their activities or enquiries, please contact Jude Enete (Public Relations Officer) at jjezhn@mst.edu.