PWR Portfolios
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.
PWR Portfolio Requirements
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.
A completed draft of your portfolio, shared with Dr. Pope-Ruark through Digication, is due the first Monday in October. Your Revised and Edited Portfolio is due November 30st.
For more information, download the Portfolio Requirements handout.
Sample Senior Portfolios
Maggie Achey, 2014, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Miranda Allan, 2015, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Anna Becker, 2012, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and International Studies
Emily Bishop, 2014, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Mia Brady, 2013, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Erin Blackwell, 2011, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and Philosophy
Mags Bryant, 2016, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and English: Creative Writing
Kelley Dodge, 2016, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Jack Dodson, 2012, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Hillary Dooley, 2014, Englsh Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Victoria Doose, 2012, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and Art History
Thomas Duncan, 2011, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Alexa Dysch, 2015, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and English: Literature
Morgan Ferretti, 2012, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Rachel Fishman, 2015, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Ellen Fraser, 2014, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and Art History
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
Kim Lillienthal, 2012, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and Literature
Michael McFarland, 2012, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and English: Creative Writing
Gabby Melillo, 2015, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Maggie Miller, 2016, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and English: Creative Writing
Kelsey O’Connell, 2014, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and English: Creative Writing
Sarah Paterson, 2015, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and English: Creative Writing
Kristin Pinder, 2012, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Rebecca Porter, 2016, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and English: Creative Writing
Julia Realmuto, 2013, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Miranda Romano, 2016, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and English: Creative Writing
Jenny Schnaak, 2011, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
James Shaver, 2012, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and English: Creative Writing
Kaitlyn Stahl, 2015, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and English: Creative Writing
Katie Stewart, 2016, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Will Stiefel, 2013, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Dustin Swope, 2015, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and Philosophy
Sarah Talbott, 2011, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Kevin Thompson, 2012, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Jessica Trinidad, 2016, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Chelsea Vollrath, 2013, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Rachel Weeks, 2016, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and English: Literature
Brittany Wheatley, 2013, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Caroline Zybala, 2016, English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric and Strategic Communication