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UCF Tech Writing Student Receives STC Pellegrin Scholarship

Melanie Trickey has received a $500 undergraduate scholarship award from the Society for Technical Communication (STC) for excellence in technical communication.

The scholarships, from the Melissa Pellegrin Memorial Scholarship Fund, were presented to the UCF senior at a meeting of the sponsoring STC Orlando Chapter at the Winter Park Civic Center on March 23rd, 2004.

The scholarship fund honors the memory of a 1994 UCF graduate and Orlando STC chapter member. A plaque bearing the scholarship recipients’ names is on permanent display in the UCF English Department.

Melanie Trickey

A senior in the technical writing program at UCF with a perfect 4.0 GPA in her major, Melanie Trickey is a student member of the Orlando chapter of STC as well as a member of the chapter's Education Committee and STC's international AccessAbility Special Interest Group (SIG). She co-coordinated a successful STC fund-raiser earlier this year in support of the chapter's educational outreach initiative to Central Florida high schools as well as to UCF.

Melanie is also a member of UCF's technical writing club, Future Technical Communicators, a student-run organization that hosts and teaches regularly scheduled Saturday tool skills workshops and promotes student attendance at local STC meetings.

After she graduates this spring, Melanie plans to "find a full time job and start saving up for an early retirement."

"It's a great honor to receive the award and to be able to carry on Melissa's tradition."

Asked what the Pellegrin award meant to her, Melanie said, "It's a great honor to receive the award and to be able to carry on Melissa's tradition. I know that only very talented students are selected, and I am proud to be considered one of their number."

Melanie plans to use the scholarship money to "help tide me over until I can find a full-time job."

As for her career plans, she says: "I plan to continue working as a technical writer and try to develop my skills and education. After a few years of working I plan on going back to school for my masters."

A complete listing of all previous scholarship recipients is available at http://www.stc-orlando.org/education/college/allcollawards.asp.

The Society for Technical Communication is the world's largest professional organization in its field with over 20,000 members in 152 chapters worldwide. STC members work as technical writers, editors, illustrators, managers, educators, translators, and other communicators who make technical information understandable and available to those who need it. Information about STC can be found at its website at www.stc.org. Information about the Pellegrin scholarship program can be found at http://www.stc-orlando.org/education/college/schlrs.asp.