The MadCap Software Scholar Program Welcomes
Metropolitan State University Partners with MadCap Software to Enrich Graduate, Undergraduate, and Alumni Expertise in Modern Technical Writing and Foster Lifelong Careers in Technical Communications
La Jolla, CA and Saint Paul, Minn. — November 12, 2013 — Metropolitan State University is joining forces with MadCap Software to ensure that current and former students of its Technical Communication Master of Science (MS) program have clear competitive advantages in the industry workforce. Through the MadCap Scholar licensing program, the school is using MadCap‘s modern future-proof authoring and multi-channel publishing products—supporting print, Web, desktop and mobile—to provide students with the most advanced authoring and publishing solution available today. By using MadCap products, current students and alumni are gaining expertise in the modern techniques and software used by thousands of companies worldwide for when they enter the corporate world.
The Metropolitan State University Technical Communication MS program is one of the largest technical communication programs in the United States, currently teaching more than 100 graduate students and over 100 undergraduate students. Metropolitan State University will provide its extensive network of students—graduate, undergraduate and alumni—the opportunity to take advantage of MadCap software to enrich their understanding of technical communication theory and practice. Additionally, Metropolitan State University plans to incorporate MadCap Flare in its “Online Training and Education” course, a core requirement of its Technical Communication MS program, to enable students to build artifacts and generate statewide documentation for real-world clients, including the school's Registrar's Office.
MadCap has been extremely generous in making its full industrial-level tools available to all of the graduate and undergraduate students in our program, as well as our alumni network. We are dedicated to building a community of technical communication professionals who are committed to learning leading-edge technology in the field. We are thrilled to have an industry leader such as MadCap partner with us in growing this community, utilizing its tools to expand skills, abilities and opportunities.
Trinh “Fred” Carpenter | Technical Communication MS Program Admissions Coordinator, Metropolitan State University
“We are excited to join forces with Metropolitan State University to advance the development of technical communication skills for its current students and alumni. We look forward to having these students think, design and execute real-world products using MadCap tools and approaches, such as Flare‘s intuitive, state-of-the-art approach to topic-based authoring,” says Anthony Olivier, MadCap founder and CEO. “Partnering with Metropolitan State University highlights our MadCap Scholar program‘s dedication to extending the wealth of practical knowledge from the extensive global MadCap user community to keep up with technical writing best practices, changes and solutions; wherever one may be in his or her career cycle.”
About MadCap Scholar Program
The MadCap Scholar Program offers special pricing and discounts on MadCap Software’s state-of-the-art authoring, content development and technical documentation software to help students, educators and universities gain access to industry-standard solutions that support technical communication, learning & development, instructional design and content strategy best practices. They include the ability to outfit labs with MadCap Software applications; training, including the MAD Certification test for teachers and professors; and discounts on software for current students. For more detail, visit https://www.madcapsoftware.com/education/scholar-program.aspx.
About Metropolitan State University
Metropolitan State University, a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, is America‘s premier university for lifelong learning, providing unsurpassed, competitive academic and professional degree programs at the bachelor‘s, master‘s and doctoral levels while maintaining affordability.
About MadCap Software
MadCap Software is a trusted resource for thousands of companies around the globe for single-source, multi-channel authoring and publishing solutions designed to streamline the process of developing and delivering training content, learning and development programs, technical documentation, online Help, knowledge bases, and more. From authoring, publishing and translation, to cloud-based content management system, to contribution and review in the cloud, you can streamline content delivery and manage the entire content development lifecycle with MadCap Software. MadCap Software’s services include product training, consulting services, translation and localization, and an advanced developer certification program. Headquartered in San Diego, California, with offices in Austin, TX, MadCap Software is home to some of the most experienced software architects and product experts in the content development industry.
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