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Communication Scenario

Option 1:  New Student Success

As part of Iowa State’s continuous improvement effort, President Wendy Wintersteen charged Dr. Toyia Younger (Senior VP Student Affairs), Dr. Ann Marie VanDerZanden (Associate Provost for Academic Programs), and Dr. Sharron Evans, JD (AVP Student Affairs/Dean of Students) with addressing the area of new student success. The offices are now actively seeking recommendation reports from students for how to further improve the experience of new students on campus, including, but not limited to, first-year student academic support, traditional onboarding/orientation improvements, first-generation student support, and transfer student success and confidence.

Thus, your instructor has asked your team to identify, define, and investigate an opportunity for improvement in the area of new student success. Your team will first compose a topic proposal for approval. If your instructor approves your group’s proposal, your group may then compose the recommendation report for Dr. Toyia Younger, Dr. Ann Marie VanDerZanden, and Dr. Sharron Evans, JD.

Compose a proposal for the recommendation report to inform your English 302 instructor of your understanding of the problem your group has identified in the area of new student success and your plan for research and development. You will need to utilize secondary research and prove to your instructor that you will be able to develop viable solutions in the recommendation report.

Option 2: Post-Pandemic Education and Student Life

In March of 2020, Iowa State University, along with the majority of the United States and the world, moved to an entirely virtual environment. Although some sources claim that the push for an online environment in both education and the professional realm was long overdue, that change resulted in extreme and sudden changes for both students and the University.

Now, at the start of the 2021-2022 academic year, with safety precautions in place and a COVID vaccine available, the university is considering how to carry new understandings derived from those changes into the future. President Wendy Wintersteen charged Dr. Toyia Younger (Senior VP Student Affairs), Dr. Ann Marie VanDerZanden (Associate provost for academic programs), and Dr. Sharron Evans, JD (AVP Student Affairs/Dean of Students) with addressing these opportunities for improvement. The offices are now actively seeking recommendation reports from students for how to address the education and campus life of Iowa State students post-pandemic. These improvements include but are not limited to online academic support, community building, and technical support for students and/or staff and faculty.

Thus, your instructor has asked your team to identify, define, and investigate a change or problem brought on by the pandemic and compose a topic proposal for approval. If your instructor approves your group’s proposal, your group may then compose the recommendation report to Dr. Toyia Younger, Dr. Ann Marie VanDerZanden, and Dr. Sharron Evans, JD.

Compose a proposal for the recommendation report to inform your English 302 instructor of your understanding of the problem your group has identified in the area of post-pandemic education or student life and your plan for research and development. You will need to utilize secondary research and prove to your instructor that you will be able to develop viable solutions in the recommendation report.

Audience

• Primary: Your English 302 instructor

Assignment Components & Expectations

The proposal for the recommendation report will:

1. Discuss the problem and opportunity.
2. List authoritative, academic sources to aid the research of this problem and the development of recommendations.
3. Avoid biased language and stereotyping.
4. Demonstrate a clear understanding of the rhetorical setting and audiences.

Your informal proposal should follow memo format and include eight of the major project proposal slots defined by Locker and Kienzler. These slots include:

• Problem/Opportunity
• Feasibility
• Audience
• Topics to Investigate
• Methods/Procedure
• Qualifications (of all group members)
• Work Schedule (including a Gantt chart)
• Plan B and Call to Action (request acceptance of the proposal)