Recent Topics in WRIT 465

NOTE: You may NOT choose a topic involving parking on campus, the Bookworm, cultural events, or dining services. These simply turn into bad reports, time after time, no matter how hard the writer works on them. Business plans have had mixed success, and I would recommend that you NOT choose that as a project unless you have some prior experience not only of writing them but of doing the legwork, financial research, and market assessment needed to make them successful.

• Extending Winthrop's "themed residence hall" program
• Extending benefits to part-time employees at a local insurance processor
• Adding a major in culinary arts to the College of Business
• Opening study rooms in Thurmond for all-night access
• Assisting a chain of hair salons in Charlotte to update their training and marketing for stylists
• Adding fruit juice selections to the vending machines in a local bank's break room
• Starting a youth ministry at an area church
• Building an after-school youth center in St. Matthew's, SC
• Expanding the tennis facilities in Tega Cay
• Starting a daycare center in downtown York
• Business plan for starting a children's clothing boutique in Manchester Village
• Implementing transitional housing for participants in the Interfaith Housing Network of York County
• Building a videogame arcade in the old faculty/staff dining room in Dinkins
• Creating a criminology internship
• Offering programming courses for CSCI majors in the summer
• Expanding a horse farm to a second location in Boiling Springs
• Expansion of a custom metalworking business in Lancaster
• Revamping the weight room in a local community center
• Implementing a management training course at a Myrtle Beach theme park
• Starting an after-school program at a local church
• Improving the shoplifting prevention program at a local grocery store
• Proposal for a new point-of-sale system for McAllister's deli
  •Proposal to open a new female-oriented restaurant in Manchester Village
  •Proposal to establish an international studies exchange program with a university in Peru
  •Proposal to revive the church music program at a local church
  •Proposal to improve the employee evaluation process at a business at Carolina Place Mall
  •Proposal to establish a formal mentoring program at a Charlotte insurance company
  •Proposal to add a customer preferences database and e-mail ad service to a local store's website
  •Proposal to add a required internship to the Speech Pathology major
  •Feasibility study of adding a new branch to a mid-Carolinas credit union
  •Proposal to extend the marketing efforts of a specialty veterinary-care hospital in Columbia
  •Creation of a new training manual for servers and cashiers at a local restaurant
  •Feasibility study for changing bar layout and marketing strategies for a local saloon-type restaurant
  •Proposal to increase customer base for local nightclub through club improvements
  •Study of how the Writing Center can better support writing intensive courses
  •Feasibility of outsourcing the tracking document handling for a mortgage company
  •Development of a training manual for Outback Steakhouse
  •Proposal to add a 1-credit course in job-seeking and pilot it for business majors
  •Feasibility of developing a test to place out of the technology requirement for the new GenEd program
  •Development of a training manual for TCBY Yogurt in Greensboro
  •Proposal for a bank to add Saturday hours at two branches
  •Proposal for a church to start a day-care center
  •Proposal for a woman's clothing store to add a customer database to its website
  •Proposal to permit clients to pay their bills to a local accounting firm through bank drafts
  •Identification of sources of patient dissatisfaction at a local rehabilitation facility
  •Proposal for a local community to provide designated walking trails and bike trails
  •Proposal for better marketing strategies for a local night club
  •Proposal to make Cracker Barrel at I-77 and Dave Lyle a smoke-free restaurant
  •Proposal to make 5 Rock Hill McDonalds' restaurants smoke-free
  •Proposal to expand and change the rules for a fantasy baseball league
  •Proposal to add youth baseball to the programs offered by the Rock Hill YMCA
  •Proposal to add student rates for the Rock Hill YMCA
  •Proposal to start a church choir at a new local church
  •Proposal for funding and building a church playground
  •Proposal for developing a women's softball team at a church
  •Proposal to open a branch of a Lake Norman company in Rock Hill
  •Proposal to improve Carowinds' seasonal benefit program
  •Proposal to establish a counseling hotline at Winthrop
  •Proposal for Winthrop to add a ROTC program
  •Employee manual for a local hardware store
  •Recommendations for a new phone system at a Charlotte business
  •Recommended renovations at an apartment complex
  •Recommendation for a new phone system at the York County office complex
  •Proposal to build a mini-mall on the lot next to Dinkins
  •Proposal to improve promotion of Winthrop men's basketball games
  •Proposal to open Withers gym for intramural basketball
  •Proposal for a church to open a day care center
  •Proposal for a church to start a children's church program on Sundays
  •Implementation of a school-based management system for an elementary school
  •Strategy to help managers improve sales reps' performance at a local Belk's
  •Proposal for a local Belk's to add a large sizes department
  •Proposal for a church to use beepers to notifiy parents of problems with their children in the church nursery
  •Changing the new credit card discount program at a local clothing store
  •Proposal for off-site records storage for a local business
  •Proposal that the School of Business develop a new night degree program
  •Proposals to add internships in social work, sociology, psychology, accounting, etc.
  •Proposal to change course content in various departments (SCWK, CSCI, NUTR, etc.)
  •Proposal to change a course into a writing-intensive course
  •Business plans for a day care center, a silver jewelry business, a car detailing business, a financial services marketing business
  •Proposal that a local investment firm develop and market sector mutual funds
  •Proposal that a local insurance company equip agents with digital cameras
  •Recommendation of an accounting software package for a new business
  •Recommendation of a software platform for a video rental store in Greenville
  •Proposal that DSS provide extra rehab equipment for a handicapped student
  •Proposal for Butterball Turkey to sponsor a NASCAR Busch Series car
  •Proposal to add a children's play area to a local townhouse complex
  •Proposal to change the menu at a local restaurant to a vegetarian/health-focused menu
  *Proposal to add more ATM machines for a local bank in high-traffic Rock Hill areas
  *Proposal to change the payroll system at a local bank from monthly to bi-weekly
  *Proposal to implement project management and tracking software for a Chester County manufacturing firm
  *Proposal to reorganize the mortgage processing paperwork tracking system at a local bank
  *Proposal to implement electronic billing and payments for a local accounting firm
  *Business plan to build and market a mobile-home community near Columbia
  *Business plan to open a maternity clothing store in Columbia
  Be creative! Use these as ideas to inspire you; you are not required to repeat the past!