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Applications for Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Semester-Long Paid Internships

Applications for Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Semester-Long Paid Internships

CHCI is inviting full-time undergraduate students who want to learn and experience the ins and outs of our nation’s federal legislative process while working in a congressional office. This opportunity is open to all majors including STEM, health, business, journalism, and others. Now more than ever, we need the knowledge and drive of our passionate leaders. Apply today for CHCI's Congressional Internship Program! Interns receive a stipend, travel to and from D.C.*, housing, a metro stipend, health insurance, and extensive professional development training. *Subject to pandemic conditions.   CHCI Interns will gain: Hands-on professional development training to enhance your skills; Access to tools and resources to uplift your communities; A jump start to pursue your career aspirations; and Peer networking and contacts that last throughout your educational journey and career path   The deadlines to apply:   SPRING 2021 APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 1, 2020 SUMMER 2021 APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 1, 2020 FALL 2021 APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 15, 2021

APPLY TODAY!

Career Events for BSOS Majors: July/August

Career Events for BSOS Majors: July/August 

Click Here to view details for all of the events below.

Interview Techniques Workshop, USAJobs
Monday, July 27, 2020 • 2 - 3:30 pm |  Virtual Event
During this information session, participants will be provided with specific information that will prepare them for Federal interviews. Information during this session will include interview preparation, coverage, delivery methods, types of questions and how to respond, as well as other considerations.

ADHD & Career Development
Thursday, August 6, 2020 • 4 - 5 pm |  Virtual Event
Our webinar will explore how ADHD and career development impact one another. For many students, preparing for a career during the COVID pandemic is highly stressful. For students managing ADHD concerns, the impact may be greater.

LinkedIn Workshop
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 • 12 - 1:30 pm |  Virtual Event
Join this workshop to get your LinkedIn page ready for virtual recruitment and virtual job/intern search.

Autism & Career Development
Thursday, August 13, 2020 • 4 - 5 pm |  Virtual Event
Our webinar will explore how autism and career development impact one another.

How I Got My First Job After Graduation: Advice from Alumni

Tuesday, August 18 • 2-3 pm | Hear from experienced alumni on how they got their first job and what you can do right now to set yourself up for success. All students are welcome to attend, but ECON majors will find this particularly helpful. 

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Fairs:

Intelligence Community 2020 Virtual Career Fair
Thursday, August 13, 2020 • 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm |  Virtual Event (RSVP required, register today!)

The U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) is hosting a virtual career fair showcasing hundreds of career choices. You'll have the opportunity to connect with recruiters from some of the nation's largest intelligence agencies and explore promising career opportunities in fields specific to your interests. From your computer, tablet or mobile phone, sit back, login and chat with a recruiter. Who: Students, entry-level and experienced professionals in STEM, business, foreign language, human resources and more.

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Highlighted Resources offered by the BSOS Career Planning Team:

• Using LinkedIn to connect with employers and alumni 
• Federal application tips 
• Job/Internship Search Strategies During COVID-19, BSOS Majors
• Where to Expect Job Market Growth in a Post-COVID-19 Economy
• Openings for BSOS majors: Careers4Terps@BSOS
• Schedule an appointment, submit a resume to be reviewed, or email us your career/internship questions at BSOScareers@umd.edu. 

Fall 2020 Schedule - Updated July 20th

This schedule is as up to date as we have as of July 20, 2020. Courses marked "TBD" do not have a confirmed teaching method decided yet. We will keep you up to date with any new information we receive. 

Here is some helpful information as you navigate a variety of course formats and teaching methods:

Online — This course will meet fully online

Synchronous — This course will meet online during it's designated class time

Asynchronous — This course will be completed online with no specific meeting time

Apply today for BSOS Fall 2020 Undergraduate Experience Funds!

Apply today for BSOS Fall 2020 Undergraduate Experience Funds! Apply today for BSOS Fall 2020 Undergraduate Experience Funds! These funds assist undergraduate BSOS majors engaged in experiential learning outside the classroom, such as unpaid internships, research, service learning, and professional or academic conferences. The funds are intended to help offset expenses related to activities like travel/transportation expenses, professional attire, and other opportunity costs (for example: the need to give up a part-time paid job in order to take an unpaid internship). If you are a BSOS student with financial need that is preventing you from taking advantage of an unpaid opportunity, it is strongly encouraged you to apply for BSOS Undergraduate Experience Funds. Applications for Fall 2020 experiences are due no later than August 14 at 5:00 PM.  Click here to apply. Before submitting your application, make sure to review the eligibility criteria. Questions regarding the scholarships or the application process can be e-mailed to bsos-scholarships@umd.edu.

Fall 2020 Course Delivery

Fall 2020 Course Delivery

Although we are still waiting on information for three classes (CCJS310 ESG1, BSST338C, and GVPT319L) the remainder of the CCJS@USG schedule is updated on Testudo.  Please use these resources to review your schedule. 

Fall 2020 course offerings were updated in the Testudo Schedule of Classes on July 15, 2020 to accommodate physical distancing guidelines due to the COVID pandemic.

• Course Delivery Options

• Your Schedule: How to View the Delivery Method of Courses on Your Schedule

• Schedule of Classes: How to View Course Delivery Method in the Schedule of Classes

• Changing Your Schedule: How to Search for Courses Based on Delivery Method

• Additional Resources

Testudo.umd.edu

Registrar’s Office - Resources for Students

Keep Learning website https://ugst.umd.edu/keeplearning/

CCJS@USG Advising - wstickle@umd.edu

Fall 2020 Internships with the International Rescue Committee: Apply Now

My name is Kyle Monsees. I am the Volunteer Coordinator at the International Rescue Committee in Silver Spring, Maryland. I’d like to inform you that the IRC in Silver Spring has begun recruitment for our fall 2020 internships. IRC Silver Spring is operating remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All Fall interns will start remotely, and the situation will be reevaluated as things evolve.

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. IRC internships give interns the opportunity to work directly with refugees to teach them or help them accomplish tasks needed to live successfully in the US. Each semester (fall, spring, and summer) we work to recruit 25-30 interns to get hands-on experience in refugee resettlement. We offer 13 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.

• Cultural Orientation and Casework: 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.

• Intake-Outreach/Q&A: The Intake-Outreach Q&A program is the first point of contact to all “walk-in” clients that visit the IRC in Silver Spring. We provide fast track enrollment in public benefits and referrals to internal and/or external resources and programs as needed. We are part of the casework team and ensure “No visitor will walk out empty handed”.

• 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. 

• Youth Casework: The Youth Casework Team enrolls students in IRC Youth Programs and into the school system, provides school aged students with individual case management support and works to address challenges identified by our clients and help them towards self-sufficiency. 

• Youth Development: The IRC’s Youth Development Program works to support the integration of recently-arrived refugees and asylees who are middle and high school aged students. Students participate in IRC’s after school programs, Saturday Learning Series, Career and College Discovery, Leadership Council, community service projects, field trips, employment workshops, and a Summer Academy, each designed to address challenges identified by our clients.

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.

Fall 2020 Paid Internship w/ Protect Our Defenders

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Fall 2020 Paid Internship w/ Protect Our Defenders Protect Our Defenders is currently accepting applications for a part-time, paid remote internship for the Fall 2020 semester. Interns will primarily support the Protect Our Defenders’ Law Center through the Legal Services Program (LSP). More information about the internship can be found on the full posting. Interested applicants should send a brief cover letter, resume, short writing sample, and two references to Gillian Chandler, Programs and Services Manager, at gchandler@protectourdefenders.com with the subject line “[NAME] – 2020 FALL INTERNSHIP.” Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Job Opportunity

PLCY100 Course Available

PLCY100 Course Available

Guidance on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Student and Exchange Visitor Program for Fall 2020

Guidance on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Student and Exchange Visitor Program for Fall 2020

Dear University Community,

On Monday, July 6, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) issued new guidance (www.ice.gov/news/releases/sevp-modifies-temporary-exemptions-nonimmigrant-students-taking-online-courses-during#wcm-survey-target-id) that restricts online course enrollment for international students on F-1 visas during the Fall 2020 semester. We are acutely aware that this surprise announcement is creating inordinate stress and frustration among members of our community. The University is committed to advocating against the new guidance. The Office of International Affairs’ International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) is providing updates and answering any questions from faculty, staff and students.

The Office of International Affairs and other relevant units at the University are reviewing the new guidance to better understand its ramifications for the upcoming fall semester. At this point, we can provide you with the following information:

1. The University of Maryland has decided to offer a hybrid model of instruction for Fall 2020 to maintain the health and safety of our community.
2. Because the University of Maryland will offer hybrid instruction, continuing international students (F-1) in the United States can take more than one three-credit course online, but must take at least one hybrid course or one in-person course to maintain their immigration status.
3. The University is committed to ensuring international students have in-person instructional opportunities in order to stay in the United States, and is currently exploring various options.
4. Continuing F-1 visa students who will be outside the U.S. for Fall 2020 can also take online courses and retain their F-1 status as long as they are enrolled full time.
5. ISSS will update all I-20 documents to make sure students are in compliance with the new regulations.

ISSS will send out an email to academic units, as well as all international students and scholars to clarify some of the details associated with this new guidance. You may find these details and ongoing updates on its website.

Our international community is vital to the University of Maryland’s teaching and research missions. The surprise ICE SEVP guidance hinders the University’s core mission and harms our international students’ ability to achieve their academic goals. We remain committed to working toward reasonable immigration policies that welcome international students and scholars to our campus.

Sincerely,

Ross Lewin, PhD

Associate Vice President for International Affairs

CARES Act Funding available

CARES Act Funding available

The University of Maryland is encouraging eligible students facing financial distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption of university operations to apply for assistance through the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Students who wish to apply must fill out the application and provide a statement about how the COVID-19 situation and the disruption of campus operations resulted in financial hardship.  

To complete the application, log in to the financial aid portal. Eligible students may use the funds for expenses such as food, housing, course materials, technology, health care, and child care. Detailed eligibility requirements can be found on the Financial Aid Office website.

Eligible students who already received the UMD CARES Act Emergency Financial Aid Grant based on their 2019-2020 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and are still experiencing financial distress caused by the COVID-19 campus disruption can also complete the application for additional emergency financial aid grant consideration.  

If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Student Financial Aid at umdfinaid@umd.edu or call (301) 314-TERP. Stay safe and healthy.

Fall Internship with Manna Project International

See internship in link below:

http://www.mannaproject.org/virtual-internship

Credit and scholarship options available!

UM-ICPSR Job Opportunity with the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data

UM-ICPSR Job Opportunity with the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), a research center at the Institute of Social Research at the University of Michigan that maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction, is seeking to fill the position of Data Project Manager for the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data. Established in 1978, NACJD disseminates data from approximately 3,000 studies related to crime, victimization, corrections, court case processing, policing, and other topics, and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice.

The Data Project Manager will have primary managerial responsibility for data acquisition, user support and outreach, and reporting.

For more information on the position and to apply, please visit the Data Project Manager job posting. Applications are due by July 15th.

OCPD Offers Special Summer Testing Dates!

OCPD Offers Special Summer Testing Dates!

Ocean City Police Department is holding Special Early Testing Dates! Testing dates are for Full Time and Seasonal Police Officers, Public Safety Aides, and Communications Operators.

July 28 & 29, 2020
Roland E. Powell Convention Center
4001 Coastal Highway 

More information can be found on JoinOCPD.

Survey of LGBTQ College Students’ Mental Health During COVID-19

Survey of LGBTQ College Students’ Mental Health During COVID-19

Researchers at the University of Maryland (LGBTQ+ Students and Allies in Public Health) are studying the effects of COVID-19 on LGBTQ college students. Please participate if you are an LGBTQ college student by completing an anonymous survey at https://umdlgbtq.live/survey. Please share this post if you are LGBTQ or an ally! :)

After analyzing the data, we plan to disseminate a series of infographics about LGBTQ college students' mental health and their needs in the context of the pandemic, as well as best practices for serving these students.

One Final Terrapin Pin

One Final Terrapin Pin Dear University of Maryland community, Today is my final day as president of the University of Maryland. It has been the honor of my lifetime to serve in this role for the past ten years. My wife Barbara and I are most grateful for your welcoming of us as members of the UMD family. We will be proud Terps forever. Over the past decade, I have given out thousands of turtle pins to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of UMD, as a token of appreciation for your dedication to, and support of, our University. And so, as I bid you farewell, I have one more Terrapin pin to give. From the bottom of our hearts, Barbara and I thank you, and we wish you all the best in the years ahead. With appreciation, Wallace D. Loh "Member" of the Class of 2020

BSOS Student Experience Scholarships - Opens July 1

BSOS Student Experience Scholarships - Opens July 1

Apply today for BSOS Fall 2020 Undergraduate Experience Funds!

These funds assist undergraduate BSOS majors engaged in experiential learning outside the classroom, such as unpaid internships, research, service learning, and professional or academic conferences. The funds are intended to help offset expenses related to activities like travel/transportation expenses, professional attire, and other opportunity costs (for example: the need to give up a part-time paid job in order to take an unpaid internship).
 
If you are a BSOS student with financial need that is preventing you from taking advantage of an unpaid opportunity, I encourage you to apply for BSOS Undergraduate Experience Funds.

Applications for Fall 2020 experiences are due no later than August 14.  Click here to apply. Before submitting your application, make sure to review the eligibility criteria.

Questions regarding the scholarships or the application process can be e-mailed to bsos-scholarships@umd.edu.