Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Job Openings and IPUMS Award Call for Submissions
Job Openings
The MPC is hiring. We are currently recruiting candidates who are enthusiastic about creating the data that fuels social science and health research around the world. We are seeking smart, technically-minded people to join our growing team of researchers and technical staff.
We have several open research positions at different professional levels (BA/BS, MA/MS, PhD). Our researchers are involved in all stages of data and metadata production, including the web dissemination system and outreach. We are constantly pushing the boundaries of data processing and dissemination methods, and we are looking for people who will approach these methods with initiative and creativity.
We have several open research positions at different professional levels (BA/BS, MA/MS, PhD). Our researchers are involved in all stages of data and metadata production, including the web dissemination system and outreach. We are constantly pushing the boundaries of data processing and dissemination methods, and we are looking for people who will approach these methods with initiative and creativity.
IPUMS Research Award
We are seeking submissions for the IPUMS Research Award. Candidates for this award used IPUMS microdata in a paper that was published in 2015. Papers or publications submitted should utilize IPUMS-USA, IPUMS-CPS, IPUMS-International or IHIS data to study social, economic, and/or demographic processes. Cash prizes will be awarded for best published work and for best work by a graduate student (published or unpublished).
Deadline for submissions is February 15, 2016. Visit the IPUMS Award page for full submission information.
Graduate Student Training Program
The MPC recently launched a new Graduate Training Program in Population Studies. Students admitted to a variety of University of Minnesota Ph.D. programs can apply for a three-year fully-funded traineeship. MPC Trainees will gain hands-on experience as part of substantive and data infrastructure research projects in a vibrant and growing interdisciplinary population center. Visit our website to learn more about this new program.
Thursday, December 10, 2015
University Career Center- News & Employer Opportunities for UMD Students
Job and Internship Resources for BSOS students: www.ter.ps/UCCBSOS
Friday, December 11, 2015 • 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
Location: University Career Center & The President's Promise- 3100 Hornbake Library, S. Wing
Location: Hyatt Arlington Hotel, 1325 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA 22209
Schedule an appointment with the University Career Center
WE ARE OPEN ALL WINTER TERM! www.ter.ps/CareerAppts
During these appointments the University Career Center & The President’s Promise staff help current, graduating, and alumni students plan solutions for career-related concerns while identifying appropriate Center resources, programs and services. Schedule a career assistance appointment today. Call 301.314.7225 with questions.
Schedule an appointment to…
• Identify and explore educational/career interests
• Search for internships/jobs
• Make career decisions
• Network/Conduct informational interviews
• Write effective resumes and cover letter
• Prepare for interviews
• Use social media tools in job searches
• Use online career tools
• Apply to graduate school
Have you always wanted to build a LinkedIn profile? Are you looking for ways to make your profile stand out from the rest? Whether you are new to LinkedIn or not, come join us to learn how to best utilize this powerful media platform. We’ll show you how to jump-start your engagement with this networking community to explore internship and job opportunities. We can also assist you in building your LinkedIn presence or provide feedback on your existing profile.
*Note: bring your laptop or tablet to use when developing your profile. No prior familiarity with LinkedIn is required. Click here to RSVP
Thursday, December 17, 2015 • 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
The U.S. Department of State will accept on-site applications for the Pathways Internship Program (IEP and ITEP) at the following hiring event on Thursday, December 17, 2015. The Pathways Internship Program targets students accepted for enrollment or currently enrolled in a qualifying educational program in an accredited institution, on a full or halftime basis with paid opportunities to work in agencies and explore Federal careers while still in school. Applicants must meet the definition of "student" in order to be considered for this opportunity.
SAVE THE DATE: Spring Career & Internship Fair 2016
Wednesday, February 24th – Friday, February 26th • 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
The annual 3-day Spring Career and Internship Fair provides all UMD students and alumni with an opportunity to meet face-to-face with employers to discuss internship, full-time and part-time employment opportunities. Each day of the fair has different employers in attendance, so be sure to view the list of attendees and plan ahead. More details:http://www.careers.umd.edu/
Job and Internships for BSOS students!
Log into Careers4Terps to read more about the positions below (use the ID number to search for them) as well as locate many more internship and job positions!
Social Science Research Analyst (Full-time position)- ID 130579
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Woodlawn, Baltimore, Maryland
Working in the Governance Management Group (GMG) at our Headquarters located in Baltimore, Maryland you will develop and use market research, surveys, and statistical methodologies and techniques to conduct studies of assigned Department of Health and Human Services Programs.
Application Deadline: December 18, 2015
EARLY INTERVENTION INSTRUCTIONAL THERAPIST- ID 130372
CSAAC, College Park, Maryland; Gaithersburg, Maryland; Germantown, Maryland; Rockville, Maryland; Silver Spring, Maryland
Internship (Fall or Spring Part-Time), Winter/January Term Internship, Off-Campus Part-Time
CSAAC is a private, non-profit agency, dedicated to serving individuals living with autism by helping them succeed in day-to-day activities and become active members of the community. Gain Experience: Learn how to conduct one-to-one positive ... more
Summer Internship: Environmental Studies- ID 130409
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's (SERC) Internship Program offers undergraduate and beginning graduate students a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the fields of environmental research and education. This program enables students to work on specific projects under the direction of SERC's professional staff and is tailored to provide the maximum educational benefit to each participant.
Economics & Research Intern- ID 130220
American Road & Transportation Builders Association, Washington, District of Columbia
Internship (Fall or Spring Part-Time)
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), a premier trade association located in Washington, D.C., is seeking a paid intern to assist the Economics & Research team with primary research, writing and data work ... more
Application Deadline: December 31, 2015
Work for Education Abroad!
Education Abroad is looking for qualified applicants for the following positions--descriptions below:
Education Abroad seeks a creative and self‐motivated Design and Marketing Assistant to help with the creation and updates of all printed and online promotional material. The Design & Marketing Assistant must demonstrate strong graphic design and writing skills. Familiarity with the Adobe Creative suite and experience using In Design and Illustrator a must. This position is for the spring 2016 semester and may be extended through the summer. The start date is flexible with a preferred start in early January.
Education Abroad seeks a creative and self‐motivated Online Communications Intern to assist with developing an engaging and dynamic office personality and voice through various online channels. The Online Initiatives Intern must demonstrate strong writing skills and creativity and be familiar with using social media platforms in a professional manner.
Monday, December 7, 2015
December Advising Office Hours
December 14 –18
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The office will reopen on
January 4th, 2016
Call: 301-405-4073
Please
email before you visit us since the schedule can change day to day. We can
always be reached via email at geog-advise@umd.edu or voice mail at 301-405-4073
Friday, December 4, 2015
December Alumni of the Month: Michael Fileta
Name:
Michael Fileta
Year
of graduation: December 2004
Major:
Geography
Current
employment status:
· Employer:
Marymount California University
· Position:
Director of Advising, Oceanview Campus
Graduate
school:
Completed
in 2014
· School:
Azusa Pacific University, Azusa California
· Program:
College Counseling and Student Development
· Degree:
Masters of Science
In
progress:
· School:
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont California
· Program:
Higher Education/Student Affairs
· Degree:
Ph.D.
Current
Research (if any):
The
effects of mattering and marginality on first-year college student academic
performance and psychological well being.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Diverse Terps Abroad Event
Join Education Abroad and other #TerpsAbroad like YOU at a student panel and discussion about identity and study abroad. Study Abroad alumni will share how their unique experiences around race, first generation status, sexual orientation and ability influenced their time abroad. Light refreshments will be served. No RSVP required.
Diverse Terps Abroad: Student Panel & DiscussionThursday, December 3rd
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Grand Ballroom Lounge, STAMP
U.S. Census Bureau hiring GIS Interns
U.S. Census Bureau is hiring GIS-specialized interns for intermittent work during the current school year and beyond. Specialization in GIS, remote sensing, & programming/scripting are all highly desired. Experience with curriculum development, web mapping, and database administration would also be welcome.
Here is the job announcement, closing on December 9: https://www.usajobs.gov/
The work may be domestic or internationally-focused on population geographic studies. We have a number of very interesting new/ongoing projects that would be excellent experience and the interns would have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to our mission. Check out the websites below for more info about what we do:
- International Programs: http://www.census.gov/
- Global Population Mapping & Spatial Analysis: http://www.census.gov/
Our office is Metro-accessible on the Green Line in Suitland, MD (here, to be exact:https://goo.gl/maps/
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Brown Bag Event with BSOS Dean Ball
Hey BSOS Students!Our last Brown Bag Event for the semester will be happening on Wednesday, December 2 - lunch with the Dean of BSOS, Dr. Gregory Ball! If you are interested in getting to know our Dean better, learning about research opportunities in BSOS, or want to hear about some of the new ideas Dean Ball has for BSOS then this is the event for you!BSOS - Dean BallWednesday, December 2, 201512:00PM - 1:00PM (Lunch will be provided)2141K Tydings Hall (Dean’s Conference Room)Before becoming the Dean of BSOS, Dr. Ball served as Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Vice Dean for Science and Research Infrastructure in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Ball’s past research has covered brain and social behaviors, with his most recent focus on interrelationships among steroid hormones. Dean Ball has earned a B.A. in Psychology from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in psychobiology from the Institute of Animal Behavior at Rutgers University.
Monday, November 30, 2015
December Undergraduate of the Month: Shannon Corrigan
Full Name: Shannon Corrigan
Background:
1)
What major(s), minors, and/or certificates you are working on at UMD?
I am working on an undergraduate
degree in Geography with a track in development and sustainability.
2)
What are your interests within your program(s)?
Through my program track I have
mainly focused on international development and foreign aid in my studies.
3)
What previous jobs, internships, and volunteer experience have you had?
During my college career I have kept
up with numerous volunteer organizations to continue giving back to my
community and also participated in three internships to round out my learning.
Volunteering has always been something I enjoyed and this year I have the
opportunity to sit on the executive board for Colleges Against Cancer and help
plan our campuses’ Relay for Life event this spring. While volunteering helped
me get to know the UMD community and the surrounding area my internships have
rounded out my studies and aided in understanding the path I can take with my
degree. I had an internship with NOAA, where I worked to update maps to their
new software system, Bentley V8i. Next, I took a brand ambassador marketing
internship with Bobby’s Burger Palace to better understand the media and public
image of a business. Currently, I am participating in an internship through a
Department of Defense grant with the Center for International Development and
Conflict Management.
4)
Where you are from?
I am from Frederick, MD
Internship:
1)
Where you are interning?
I am interning at the University of
Maryland with the Center for International Development and Conflict Management
and remotely with AidData at the College of William & Mary.
2)
What are your internship responsibilities?
I started the internship in June and
my responsibilities have progressed to take on more of a leadership role.
During the summer we had two research assistants from AidData come up from
William & Mary to oversee our work. The research assistants were split into
different teams to work on georeferencing aid projects in different sets of
countries. My team worked on Libya, Sudan, South Sudan, Liberia, and Chad. Due
to my georeferencing quality I became an arbitrator for our group, which meant
that when the two research assistants coded it (double blind code) they
assigned a different precision code to the aid project. As the summer
progressed we began to learn the history, politics, geography, and
administrative divisions of the countries to provide the best precision codes.
Once the semester started the senior research assistants had to head back and
another arbitrator and I worked to fill their roles with our teams. The
datasets for the countries we have worked on are in their final stages.
3)
What project(s) are you working on or contributing to?
From the data coded in the
internship I have been working on analytical blog posts for Nepal and most of
the countries on the Northern Africa boundary and a country profile of Burundi.
The grant project is about aid resilience in conflict, so we have utilized
conflict datasets from SCAD, ACLED, and UCDPGED and worked with the aid
datasets we coded to look at them individually and then compare temporally.
4)
How is the internship experience relevant to your studies in Geographical
Sciences?
To best understand the relationship
between the aid projects and conflict events in the country we create maps from
the datasets to display the data together. Most of the students in the program
are not geography students, so I have worked with them and pulled in volunteers
from Geography Club to aid in the map making. The geography students and I have
also worked to explain the geography of the country to aid in the analysis of
the events and projects disbursement.
5)
What are your career goals after your graduate?
After I graduate I hope to pursue my
master’s degree and then work for USAID, the U.S. State Department, or the
United Nations.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Monday, November 23, 2015
Friday, November 20, 2015
Study Abroad Summer and Fall 2016
Study Abroad 101 - remaining dates, 11/19, 12/3 and 12/7
An event made possible by a Rise Above grant from the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the Diverse Terps Abroad student panel & discussion will center around the conversation about how identity impacts a study abroad experience. Study Abroad alumni will share how their unique experiences around race, first generation status, sexual orientation, and disability influenced their time abroad. There will also be an interactive discussion following the panel to allow attendees the chance to reflect on their own identities in an international context.
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Summer 2016 Internships at the Department of Homeland Security
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Summer Research Opportunities
Now accepting applications for TWO 2016 Summer Programs
U.S. citizenship required
Summer Research Team Program for Minority Serving Institutions
This 10-week program offers the opportunity to enhance the scientific leadership at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) in research areas that support the mission and goals of DHS. Faculty, along with undergraduate and graduate students, will engage in research that provides opportunities to help advance the DHS Areas of Research and strengthen the talent pool of scientists and engineers. Selected participants will conduct collaborative research of mutual interest to the Team, the DHS Centers of Excellence and DHS.
Benefits Include:
Faculty: $1,200 stipend per week plus travel expenses
Graduate Students: $700 stipend per week plus travel expenses
Undergraduate Students: $600 stipend per week plus travel expenses
Some participants may be eligible for a housing allowance. Faculty are encouraged to apply for up to $50,000 in follow-on funding at the end of their appointment.
How to Apply: Applications and supporting materials must be submitted at
Detailed information can be found at
DHS HS-STEM 2016 Summer Internship Program
The Department of Homeland Security sponsors a 10-week summer internship program for undergraduate and graduate students majoring in homeland security related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (HS-STEM) disciplines. The program provides students with quality research experiences at federal research facilities located across the country and allows students the opportunity to establish connections with DHS professionals.
Graduate Students receive a $700 stipend per week plus travel expenses
Undergraduate Students receive a $600 stipend per week plus travel expenses
Areas of research: Engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological / life sciences, environmental science, emergency and incident management, social sciences, and many more.
10-week research experiences are offered at: Coast Guard Research and Development Center ● Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute ● Customs and Borders Protection ● Engineer Research and Development Center ● Federal Emergency Management Agency ● National Security Technologies ● National Urban Security Technology Laboratory ● Naval Research Laboratory ● Transportation Security Laboratory ● DOE National Laboratories: Argonne, Berkeley, Livermore, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Pacific Northwest, and Sandia
How to Apply: Applications and supporting materials must be submitted at
Detailed information about the internships can be found at
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Geography Club Meeting tonight at 4PM!
Message from the Geography Club:
Don't forget that we're meeting at
4pm TONIGHT in LeFrak 1136 to contribute to the Missing Maps
project in honor of GIS Day 2015!
Here's some more information about the project:
Also, as a reminder: Please RSVP
for hiking this weekend! We're going to Great Falls on Saturday, and we need an
accurate headcount for transportation purposes :)
GOEG Seminar Series: Dr. Miguel Roman (NASA)
THE
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Department of Geographical Sciences’
Seminar Series, Fall 2015
Thursday, November 19, 2015
3:30 — 5:00
p.m., 1124 LeFrak Hall
A new generation of satellite instruments, represented by the Suomi
National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (Suomi-NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging
Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), offer global measurements of nocturnal visible and
near-infrared light suitable for urban science research. While many promising urban-focused applications have been developed using nighttime satellite
imagery, most studies have been limited by the quality of the captured imagery
and the retrieval methods used in heritage
products. Instead, science- quality
products that are both global in extent and local in resolution were needed to
dynamically monitor human settlements
worldwide. Since the first-light images from the VIIRS were received in January 2012, our
team has worked on maximizing the capabilities of these low-light measurements
to generate a wealth of new information
useful for understanding urbanization processes, urban functions and the vulnerabil- ity of urban areas to climate hazards. Our team has demonstrated
that tracking VIIRS nighttime measure- ments can provide
valuable information about the character of the human
activities and behaviors that shape energy consumption and vulnerability. VIIRS measurements provide
insight into the social, eco- nomic, and cultural activities that shape energy
and infrastructure use.
Road Trips to the Real World-Winter Break Employers site visits!
SITE VISIT REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! TICKETS ARE LIMITED AND AVAILABLE ON
A FIRST-COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS. REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS DEC 4, 2015.
CLICK ON THE SITE VISITS LISTED BELOW FOR DETAILS AND REGISTRATION.
Who: Students with an interest in exploring career field opportunities. This is a great opportunity for UMD
undergraduate students to learn firsthand about a career field, network with employees, and explore internship
and job opportunities. At each site you will get an in depth look at how the business operates and see firsthand
the potential jobs that are out there.
What:
What*******There is a $10 fee per site visit, with a maximum of 5 site visits per student.Students are responsible for their own travel arrangements.**
Click on the company below for site visit information. Registration deadline is Dec 4, 2015.
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Important Information:
· Be sure to review How to Make the Most of Your Trip in the drop down menu at the top of the page for program policies and tips.
· Refunds of the $10 attendance fee will only be offered if the sponsoring organization cancels the visit. There will be no refunds for transportation expenses.
· Once a deadline has been established, registrations will no longer be considered for the program.
· Only students of member schools allowed- all UMD undergraduate students are encouraged to RSVP early as spots will fill up