2. Brainstorm ideas for your proposal for a new student center. Some considerations:

-- How big?

-- What will go into your new student center?

-- Where will it be?

A new construction or take over part of an existing building?

-- Consider costs. Youll need to do real world research to achieve this.

3. Write your proposal. You should include the following sections:

-- An introduction that introduces the problem, forecasts and outlines the body of the proposal, defines terms (if necessary), and stresses the importance of the proposal. It also explains the current situation and identifies problems and their causes and the effect of not doing anything about these problems. Establish the need for your student center and the things in it. You should perform a survey to help with this. Also research whats at other colleges.

-- An action plan that details what goes into your student center and then tells the steps youll take to build it. This should be the meat of your proposal the longest section. You may want to include a schedule here.

-- A costs and benefits section that convinces the client to say yes to your proposal. Remember, you are selling an idea with your proposal. A budget chart should appear here. And youll need to research some real world costing to complete this section.

-- A team section that includes professional biographies of all team members. This is the paragraph we wrote in class when we began our study of resume writing (not the intro paragraph you posted to Blackboard). We called it the one-minute hello or the elevator pitch. Write them in the third person (he/she rather than I). Put the names in bold.

-- A conclusion that ties it all together.

-- A works cited section in APA style to list any resources you researched and used.

-- An appendix, if applicable for extra information or large illustrations.

Double space, paginate, and pretend theres a staple. Give your proposal a great two-part title. Break up sections with subtitles. Consult chapter 16 of your text for example proposals, but remember that those vary in format from what Ive assigned.

Youll have some in-class time to prepare for this, but dont count on it being enough to complete the project; plan on teamwork outside the classroom.