One of the most powerful tools that Professional Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) majors can develop as they prepare for graduation is a portfolio. At Elon, PWR students must produce a senior portfolio as a part of their senior assessment process. These portfolios go to outside readers for evaluation and are intended: to sum up a stage of your academic career, to provide an image of both your development over time and your current level of accomplishment, and to engage you in a reflective process on your own academic achievements as well as your future aspirations—a looking forward and backward simultaneously.
Portfolios also enable you to showcase your PWR strategies for potential employers. Several alumni have told us that their portfolio was instrumental in their job search and helped them stand out from other candidates.
PWR faculty encourage you to keep copies of all your projects, both drafts and final revisions, in a file or notebook so that you are better prepared to meet portfolio deadlines during your senior year.
All PWR students must be able to share a draft section of their portfolios with their advisors during pre-registration for WT and Spring before they will be cleared to register for courses.
Seniors: A completed draft of your portfolio, shared with Dr. Moore through Digication, is due the second Monday in January. Your Revised and Edited Portfolio is due February 28th.
For more information, download the Portfolio Requirements handout.
Anna Becker, 2012, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and International Studies
Erin Blackwell, 2011, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and Philosophy
Henry Clougherty, 2011, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and English: Creative Writing
Jack Dodson, 2012, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Victoria Doose, 2012, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and Art History
Thomas Duncan, 2011, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Morgan Ferretti, 2012, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Mary Kate Hinshaw, 2012, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and English: Literature
Marie Jarvis, 2011, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Katie Kenney, 2012, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and Environmental Studies
Michael McFarland, 2012, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and English: Creative Writing
Kristin Pinder, 2012, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Jenny Schnaak, 2011, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
James Shaver, 2012, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and English: Creative Writing
Sarah Talbott, 2011, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Kevin Thompson, 2012, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Kasey Thornton, 2012: English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and English: Creative Writing
elon}