Good work today with figuring out who our audience will be, and I am really impressed by how the group work is coming together.  Already I can see that having a specific audience in mind is helping us focus our thoughts about how to make our various appeals.

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So we are all on the same page:  Today we decided that our audience will be Baruch administrators and alumni.  Specifically we will write our paper as if we plan to read the paper at the April General Faculty member, which will be held the same week as the annual Bernard Baruch Dinner.   The Bernard Baruch Dinner attracts several successful alumni and potential friends of the college (meaning potential financial contributors).  In an effort to make sure guess feel connected to the Baruch community, guests of the Bernard Baruch dinner have also been invited to attend this General Faculty meeting (among other campus events).    Let’s say that 30 of these alumni and friends of the college will be at the meeting.  (A reduction from the number I mentioned in class).   There will be at least 1 trustee member at the meeting in addition to the provosts, deans, and other administrators.

We have been given a place on the agenda to present our concerns.  We are working to write a persuasive essay that appeals both to the pragmatic side of administrators and those allocating funds but also to the heart strings of those who have more nostalgic and emotional connections to Baruch.

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Each group is responsible for bringing a complete and clean (well edited) draft of their persuasive proposal/plea to class on Wednesday.   On Wednesday we will first discuss the readings and how they use emotional appeals along with logical appeals to make their arguments, and then we will transition into looking at our drafts in order to think about how we might bring these three proposals together in one coherent and strong appeal.

 

Have a good break,
AC