Student organizations and publications

English and technical communication students are encouraged to join a student organization such as Sigma Tau Delta, an honor society for English majors and minors and those interested in English language and literature, or the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication, which is the only chapter of its kind in the Eastern half of Missouri.

Sigma Tau Delta

S&T's Alpha Gamma Mu chapter of Sigma Tau Delta sponsors several on-campus events each semester.  Members are invited to share their scholarly or creative work annually at a national conference.

Please contact Dr. Kathryn Dolan for more information.

Follow the chapter on Facebook.

Society for Technical Communication

Like the national organization to which it belonged, the Missouri S&T student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication is no longer active. From 2011 to 2025, the chapter served S&T students and technical communication majors. Alternative national organizations are the IEEE Professional Communication Society, the ACM Special Interest Group for Design of Communication, the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, and the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication.

Southwinds

Students in the department are also encouraged to join the writing staffs of campus publications such as Southwinds, the university’s literary and arts magazine, which is published annually in the spring semester and is distributed throughout campus, and the Missouri Miner, the university’s student-run newspaper.

Southwinds is an organization that publishes S&T’s literary and arts magazine, which is published annually in the spring semester to showcase the creative work of students, faculty, staff and alumni.

The Missouri Miner is S&T’s independent student newspaper, located at 205 West Elm Street; serving the community since 1918.