Missing a Textbook?

Missing a Textbook?

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 07:33 AM PDT

If you need a textbook, the Bookstore is offering many of its etextbooks for free and major publishers are offering similar things through their website.  So, check with the bookstore: https://umcp.bncollege.com/shop/umcp/home , & check with the publisher's website.

Student Summer Employment Opportunity - Security at Camp Weequahic

Student Summer Employment Opportunity - Security at Camp Weequahic

Camp Weequahic is looking for students to fill their support security staff this summer from June 17- August 11. Contracts includes room and board and a travel stipend along with a seasonal salary.

Feel free to watch the camp's short video and visit their website, where the online application can be found. For questions, please feel free to call 877.899.9695, email James at james@weequahic.com, or check the Facebook page dedicated to the camp's 2020 staff. 

Fall 2020 Internship: Homeland Security Investigations

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Fall 2020 Internship: Homeland Security Investigations Homeland Security Investigations is seeking Fall 2020 interns. This is a great opportunity for students seeking a career in law enforcement.  All applicants must send a cover letter, resume, academic transcript, and enrollment verification to HSIBaltimore.Recruitment@ice.dhs.gov by Friday, April 24, 2020.

Spring 2020 Undergraduate Classes to Be Graded Pass/Fail

Spring 2020 Undergraduate Classes to Be Graded Pass/Fail All undergraduate courses in Spring 2020 will be graded pass/fail unless the student elects to receive an earned grade for the course. Students will have the opportunity to choose to receive an earned letter grade in each class and may make that choice until the last day of spring semester classes. A new website is being created for this purpose. The limit on pass/fail credits for the semester will be waived. Spring 2020 pass/fail courses will not count against the 12-credit pass/fail limit in a student’s overall record. The requirement for a C-minus or better in major, concentration and Academic Writing courses will be waived for the semester. The requirement that General Education courses be graded will also be waived. Students on academic probation who do not elect to accept course grades will be continued to the next semester, since they cannot bring up their GPA with P grades. The university moving to P/F grades will not jeopardize a student’s financial aid eligibility. Read the remainder of the message here: https://today.umd.edu/articles/spring-2020-undergraduate-classes-be-graded-passfail-8dfb31c9-eeb6-44d6-9f1e-0dcf98f92bba

Spring 2020 Grading Policy-PLEASE READ

March 26, 2020

Dear Students,

I hope this message finds you safe and well as you prepare to begin online instruction next week. Due to the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on our academic calendar and ability to hold in-person classes, I'm writing to provide you with an update on the university?s spring 2020 grading policy for undergraduate courses.

These decisions were made in consultation with academic and student leaders across campus. Please review the following policies for spring 2020 carefully:

All undergraduate courses in spring 2020 will be graded pass/fail unless the student elects to receive an earned grade for the course. Students will have the opportunity to choose to receive an earned letter grade in each class and may make that choice until the last day of spring semester classes. A new website is being created for this purpose. The limit on pass/fail credits for the semester will be waived. Spring 2020 pass/fail courses will not count against the 12-credit pass/fail limit in a student?s overall record. The requirement for a C-minus or better in major, concentration, and Academic Writing courses will be waived for the semester. The requirement that General Education courses be graded will also be waived. Students on academic probation who do not elect to accept course grades will be continued to the next semester, since they cannot bring up their GPA with P grades. The university moving to P/F grades will not jeopardize a student?s financial aid eligibility. At the University of Maryland, a P includes any grade above an F. Students who barely pass a class should be aware that they may not be adequately prepared for subsequent courses that rely on prior knowledge of a subject. A P does not contribute to a student?s GPA but an F does. Courses passed with a P do not count for GPA-based recognition, such as deans' lists or Latin Honors (cum laude, magna cum laude, summa cum laude) at graduation. Students should consult with their academic advisors about any possible consequences for graduate school admission, employment, scholarships, athletic eligibility, or other opportunities that might be affected by a decision to choose pass/fail vs a letter grade. The last day of classes, May 12, 2020, is also the last day to drop a course with a "W". A note will be included on student transcripts indicating the unusual circumstances prevailing in spring 2020.

I encourage students to visit keeplearning.umd.edu for guidance and resources to help you make the shift to learning online. Answers to frequently asked questions are available here.

Please continue to check umd.edu/virusinfo and all University communications for updates about COVID-19. Email healthconcerns@umd.edu for any non-medical coronavirus-related questions.

Sincerely,

Mary Ann Rankin Senior Vice President and Provost

Virtual Career Meetings with the UMD Career Center

Options for students seeking career/internship guidance: go.umd.edu/careerappt

Paid Summer Women's Rights Internship with Human Rights Watch

Paid Summer Women's Rights Internship with Human Rights Watch

Position description

The Women’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch (HRW) is seeking an undergraduate or graduate student intern for summer 2020 in the Washington, D.C. office. Ideally, the candidate will be available for at least 15 hours a week and for ten weeks (dates and hours are flexible). The student will intern closely with staff in the Women’s Rights Division, assisting with research and advocacy on public health issues in the U.S., including exposure to extreme heat and pregnancy outcomes. The intern will build skills in research methodology and advocacy in relation to key climate change and women’s rights issues in the U.S. and will also gain experience working with an international non-profit organization.

Responsibilities: The internship will focus on assisting with research and advocacy projects surrounding public health issues related to women’s rights in the U.S, including climate change impacts on public health and reproductive justice. The intern will learn and build skills in: conducting desk research; collecting and analyzing data; and drafting documents. Other projects may be assigned as they arise to match the intern’s interests and abilities. 

Students will also have opportunities to attend lectures, trainings, professional development workshops, and/or special events relating to human rights, as well as network with other HRW interns, volunteers, and employees. As an HRW intern, students will take skills acquired in school and apply them in a professional setting.

Qualifications:  Applicants must be enrolled undergraduate (senior standing preferred) or graduate students for the duration of the internship term. Applicants should be well-organized, self-motivated, and reliable with a strong interest in human rights. Relevant coursework and previous experience in public health, women’s rights, and human rights is desirable. Public health background and epidemiology expertise or climate change adaptation expertise or background are also desirable. Computer skills (i.e., Microsoft Office and internet applications) are required.

Salary: Interns will be paid an hourly wage of USD 15.00 per hour. Human Rights Watch offers twenty (20) days of vacation prorated per year pursuant to the work schedule. Students may be able to arrange academic credit, as Human Rights Watch internships often offer direct exposure to the workings of an international human rights organization, close supervision by HRW staff, and interaction with other US and international organizations and foreign and domestic government officials. Students should check with their individual academic institutions for requirements. 

Apply by April 10 on the HRW page on Greenhouse: https://boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightswatch/jobs/4691238002

Applications Open for START Summer Internships

Applications Open for START Summer Internships

SUMMER 2020 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS Final Application Deadline: March 29, 2020 Program Begins: June 1, 2020

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

• Communications or Multimedia • Cultural Assessment of Nuclear Intentions of Over-the-Horizon Countries • Geo-profiling Risk Assessment in the United States • Global Terrorism Database (GTD) • International Communication and Negotiation Simulations Project (ICONS)     • Sociopolitical Narratives and Emotions in Eastern European Social Media • State Department/START • Unconventional Weapons and Technology (UWT) Advanced Research • Understanding Domestic Radicalization

Click here for more information and application forms

May 2020 Commencement - update

May 2020 Commencement - update

The University of Maryland's goal is for students to complete their spring 2020 courses on time and to graduate on time.   As of today, March 19, the campus has still not announced the status of the Commencement Ceremonies scheduled for May 20-22, 2020. Any information will be shared with you as soon as there are updates.

In the meantime, all questions and inquiries regarding commencement can be emailed to bsosdeanevents@umd.edu. 

IRC Silver Spring recruiting for Summer 2020 Internships: Apply Now

 The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Silver Spring has begun recruitment for our summer 2020 internships. Despite the COVID-19 outbreak, we are hoping to host summer internships. Our office is currently closed, and we are working remotely (including interns). I’ve listed the titles and a brief description of each internship below. You can find the full description by going to https://rescue.csod.com/ats/careersite/search.aspx?site=1&c=rescue and searching by Job Location (USA-Silver Spring, MD). Prospective interns will use that link to apply.

If you want professional, hands-on experience working with refugees, asylees, & trafficking victims, apply to be an intern with the IRC in Silver Spring!

The IRC was founded at the behest of Albert Einstein in 1933 to assist people fleeing from persecution. Since then, the IRC has grown and works all over the world providing humanitarian support. In the United States, the IRC is one of 9 US refugee resettlement agencies given permission from the federal government to resettle refugees in the United States. In Silver Spring, the IRC works with refugees the moment they step off the plane to help them get situated and become self-sufficient members of their new community. Our interns are a major part of our work. Most internships give them the opportunity to work directly with refugees to teach them or help them accomplish tasks needed to live successfully in the US.

International Rescue Committee, Silver Spring, MD (located conveniently in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area). Each semester (fall, spring, and summer) we work to recruit 25-30 interns to get hands-on experience in refugee resettlement. We offer 14 unique internships that offer a wide variety of opportunities to develop different skills and gain experience including:

• Anti-Trafficking/Intensive Case Management: This program provides case management services to the IRC’s most vulnerable clients including international survivors of trafficking living locally. Clients are referred to Intensive Case Management when they have extra barriers to self-sufficiency (typically medical conditions and pre-literacy). The ICM program helps them to overcome these challenges. Depending on number of active clients, internship may be heavier sided on case management work or community outreach:

• Asylee Casework: The Asylee Casework team is the first point of contact for asylee clients. Caseworkers provide 8 months of case management to asylees. The services include providing monthly cash assistance, ensuring that clients apply for public benefits such medicaid, food stamps, ensuring that clients apply for social security and enroll in health insurance and ESL classes.

• Career Development: Refugees are often required to accept the first available job they get offered. This means that many refugees with professional experience take jobs outside of their previous field of work. The Career Development Program helps them re-enter their previous field of work. Since these are more advanced positions, staff and interns provide advanced job readiness trainings and teach skills geared towards acquiring positions in mid-level and up jobs.

• Community Interpreter Program: The Community Interpretation Program Intern will assist the Interpretation Services Manager in scheduling appointments with appropriate interpreters and identify and recruit potential candidates for community interpreter training.

• Cultural Orientation: Teach classes to refugees on topics including, US Laws and customs, geography, healthcare, currency, history, etc. Classes are catered to discuss issues relevant to those attending.

• Economic Empowerment: The Economic Empowerment program assists refugees to become economically self-sufficient by providing workforce development. We assist recently arrived refugees to acquire their first job. Through this position you will be teaching our refugee and asylee clients skills and cultural practices that will help them to obtain and hold employment as well as budgeting and US laws.

• Family Mentor: The Family Mentor Program focuses on helping newly arrived refugees feel more at home by connecting them to mentors from the local community. Mentors help refugees practice English, socialize with others, and integrate into the community through weekly visits. The Family Mentor team provides support for mentors during their six month commitment and monitors the refugee family’s improvement throughout the program.

• Immigration: This program’s primary responsibilities include helping immigrants obtain Permanent Residence Status, Citizenship, and family reunification. Many IRC immigration interns go on to pursue law school citing the internship as inspiration and good experience.  

• Logistics: The logistics department is responsible for finding and setting up all apartments prior to a refugee family’s arrival. They work with community partners, US ties, and IRC staff to set up apartments and schedule the airport pickup schedule.

• Logistics and Casework: Internship includes responsibilities of the Logistics internship and the casework internship.

• Refugee Casework: This department oversees the core programing of refugee resettlement. Casework interns teach refugees how to use the bus, take clients to social security, help enroll children in school, and meet with refugees in the office to talk about the challenges they are facing. 

• Refugee TANF Program: This program gives you the chance to work in a job skills training program. It is a good opportunity for those interested in more of an adult classroom setting. 

• Youth Academy: This program runs a Summer Academy program for our high school aged clients to help them with English, Math, career planning, and recreation.

Most internships require a minimum of 15 to 20 hours per week. However, interns who can dedicate more time (~35 hours a week) will get the most out of their experience as it will give them the opportunity to take on more responsibilities and projects. All internships are unpaid. All selected interns will need to undergo and clear a background check and reference check to intern. The IRC is not able to sponsor visas. Students who hold a US visa will need to coordinate with the Volunteer Coordinator to determine if they are eligible to intern. A common visa type that we host are F1 visas with OPT or CPT. Internships take place in Silver Spring, MD. The office is accessible via metro as well as many bus routes.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you,

Kyle Monsees | Volunteer & Family Mentor Coordinator
International Rescue Committee

Silver Spring Office: 8719 Colesville Road 3^rd floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910

T + 1 301 562 8633 ext. 218

SLAO Fall 2020 Intern and Student Advocate Application Available

SLAO Fall 2020 Intern and Student Advocate Application Available

The Undergraduate Student Legal Aid Office's Internship and paid Student Advocate applications are now available online. Students can apply at legalaid.umd.edu. 

"How to Scrub and Build Your Social Presence Before Searching for a Job" from Vault

"How to Scrub and Build Your Social Presence Before Searching for a Job" from Vault

Posted: 18 Mar 2020 10:29 AM PDT

by Hannah Vicarage | February 25, 2020

It’s common knowledge that employers check your social media presence before considering you for a job. So if you’re thinking about looking for a new position, here are the four key steps you need to take to ensure that you’re properly maintaining and creating your personal brand across your social accounts.

1. Ask yourself what you want your brand to be.

Before you start editing your social media profile, you need to know what kind of “you” you want to present. This “image” is what people talk about when they use the term “personal brand.” And just like creating a business brand, building a personal brand begins with thinking about who you are, what you want to achieve, and how you can get that message across to your audience.

This means asking yourself these important questions:

• What do I want to achieve?
• What are my passions and interests?
• What are my personality traits?
• Who do I want to attract?
• What are my talents?
• What is my niche?
• How do I want to sound in conversation?
• What do I have to offer?

To answer these questions, make notes, draw up a word cloud, or make a spreadsheet to organize your thoughts. However you want to organize your ideas, once you’ve worked through this process, you’ll have a much better idea of the brand you want to put across. When you give yourself some guidelines, you’ll find it much easier to maintain an effective brand image.

2. Clean up your social media accounts.

Now that you’ve mapped out your personal brand, it's time to clean up your current social media accounts. You need to remove any content that doesn’t “fit” with your image. Start by searching for yourself online. What do you see? Do the results fit with your brand? Or is it all a bit of a mess? 

To help you select which content to delete, it’s a good idea to know the most common social media mistakes. These include: postings about job offers from other companies, complaints about your bosses, gossip about coworkers, cyberbullying, and anything that might be illegal. And to get rid of unwanted content, you’ll need to either delete or untag; the way you do this differs by platform.

3. Create content that’s true to your personal brand.

Once you’ve cleared out the rubbish, it’s time to start creating new, brand-worthy content. If you want to be seen as an authority in your field, you’ll need to take an active role in contributing to the conversation. There are a few different ways to do this:

Guest blogging

Find a site with high authority in your field and pitch them an article idea. Most sites will be happy to link to one of your personal brand assets (such as your website, LinkedIn, or online portfolio). And some will even add your URL in your author bio. 

Create your own blog

If you enjoy guest blogging, then why not start your own blog. A personal blog doesn’t have to be full of long and time-consuming posts. You can create instructional pieces, reviews, critiques, or just talk about things that you find inspirational. Just make sure your blogs always focus on your niche. 

Answer questions online

You have a lot of knowledge, so share it. Quora, Answer.com, Yahoo Answers, and other question-and-answer platforms can help you demonstrate your knowledge in your field. Search for questions you might know the answer to, set up alerts for certain topics, and start helping people.

Create a Facebook Group

When you create or join a Facebook Group, you don’t just open up discussions but also opportunities to network and connect. You’ll get to “meet” other people in your industry and show off your expertise. Just remember to give more than you take. If you treat a Group like your personal soap box, you’ll do more damage than good.

Make a video 

People love video content, and there are so many ways you can use this medium to inspire and create. You could shoot a vlog, product review, webinar, or tutorial. Not only will your audience (hopefully your new boss) be inspired by what you have to say but they’ll also be impressed with who is saying it.

4. Create your own online portfolio/website.

If you’re already considering setting up your own blog, why not go the whole hog and create a full website with a blog on the side? A personal website can act like a high-end resume. Websites are more fluid, interesting, and interactive than resumes. Plus, any snooping potential employers will feel they can trust you if you make it incredibly easy to take a full view of your online presence.

Note that the website doesn’t need to be fancy or expensive. It just has to contain your biography, examples your work, and your achievements. Some reviews and references can also be helpful.

Hannah Vicarage is a creative B2B content writer for ukwebhostreview.com. Her mission is ‘to unjumble the jargon’ and help businesses make marketing work for them. 

Fall 2020 Schedule as of 3/17/20

CCJS students, please check your email for instructions on how to complete your advising before April 15 (registration day).  Also don't forget to check Testudo to deal with other blocks. You can sign up and complete advising even if you have other blocks! 

Kendall Awards Due Date Change

Dear Students, Staff & Faculty,

Considering the significant impact the COVID-19 planning, preparation, and response initiatives have had in recent weeks, the Awards Committee has decided to extend the nomination submission deadline for the 2020 USG Board of Advisors Kendall Service Awards to Friday, March 27, 2020.

Cliff and Camille Kendall, philanthropists and long-time supporters of The Universities at Shady Grove, generously established three annual awards that recognize faculty and staff who have performed exceptionally in supporting student success at the Universities at Shady Grove. The Kendall Awards committee, on behalf of the USG Board of Advisors, invites you to submit your nomination(s) for any individuals that you feel have had a profound impact in the following areas:

·         Excellence in Teaching

·         Program Director of the Year

·         Outstanding Service to Students

Each award recipient will receive a substantial cash award, and their names and pictures prominently displayed at the Priddy Library. The award will be officially presented at an upcoming campus-wide event.

Please take a moment to consider nominating a deserving faculty member, USG or partner staff member, or program director for one of these awards.  Nominee eligibility and criteria information and the link for submission can be found on the web at https://shadygrove.umd.edu/faculty-and-staff/kendall-service-awards  Nominations close Friday, March 27th.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Police Officer Opening

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Police Officer Opening

The Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH) is gearing up to fill several Police Officer roles in their Bethesda, Maryland and Hamilton, Montana locations. The Police Officer announcement will go live on Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 and will close on Monday, March 23, 2020. Those who are interested are encouraged to apply on the same day. 

The announcements will be available through USAJobs, the Federal Government's official source for federal job listings and employment opportunity information. To apply, you must complete the following: 

1. Create a profile in USAjobs.gov
2.  Upload a current resume and an unofficial transcript in USAJobs or use the resume builder option available in the USAJobs system
3.  Not a Federal Employee? Apply Here
4. Federal Employee? Apply Here