Carbon180 Internship

Carbon180 is launching a ​virtual​ summer internship program to build the carbon removal field, and support the next generation of carbon removal researchers, policy makers, thought leaders and doers. Interns will work closely with the Carbon180 team and subject-matter expert mentors to research engineered and nature-based carbon drawdown solutions to scale carbon removal to the gigaton level.

Carbon180 welcomes undergraduate students and recent graduates (class of 2020) from all academic institutions to apply, including 2-year colleges, specialized and mission-driven colleges, and 4-year universities.

You will work with our Chief Scientist to identify specific carbon removal topics of interest and then be connected with a subject matter expert who will mentor you and oversee the specifics of your internship project.

What you’ll do

• Participate in a ​virtually-held ​summer internship cohort and work with policy interns on group projects that bring science and policy together;
• Learn more about nature-based and technological carbon removal pathways;
• Work with a subject-matter expert mentor and a member of the Carbon180 team to carry out secondary research and analysis on a selected carbon removal pathway (for example, direct air capture or soil carbon sequestration);
• Participate in weekly intern cohort check-ins and meet periodic internship milestones;
• Use existing research and analysis to inform policy recommendations on a selected carbon removal pathway
• Submit a final internship project document.

To learn more or to apply, click here!

NWI Assistant Wetlands Coordinator

NWI Assistant Wetlands Coordinator Positions Announcement

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) Program is excited to share our vacancy announcement for two permanent staff! It is part of a general biologist announcement in USAJOBS (see below). The announcement opened on April 27, and will close on May 11. In it, there are general biologist requirements, as well as additional information/duties in a separate spreadsheet listing all 99 biologist positions being advertised across the country. To find information on the NWI positions, search for “ES Headquarters” under the Program column and “Hadley, MA: Fort Collins, CO” under the Duty Station column. Additional information/duties for the Assistant Wetlands Coordinator are listed.  

To learn more, click here!

Sexual Assault and Vulnerable Populations Webinar

What does addressing sexual assault look like for international and undocumented students?

  Sexual Assault & Vulnerable Populations: Protections & Services for International & Undocumented Students  

  Wednesday, May 6
1-2 p.m. on Zoom
RSVP here  
 

A representative from the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA) and a representative from SALI (MCASA's Sexual Assault Legal Institute) will address the concerns and challenges faced by international and undocumented students when seeking services to address sexual assault, as well as available resources for support. All UMD students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend.

RGi Scholarship

AASD Summer Courses

NGA Virtual Information Session

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Virtual Information Session

Thursday, May 14, 2020

4:30 pm  |  (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)  |  1 hr 30 mins

Join meeting

Meeting number (access code): 299 884 837

Meeting password: gaYz3HrYf54 (42993479 from phones and video systems)

NGA is seeking applications for their summer 2021 internship program. If you are graduating August 2021 or after, check out this webinar! Unlike many companies, NGA will take students very early in their college career for internships (as early as the summer after their freshman year) and each subsequent summer if the opportunity is of interest to the student.

NGA is providing internship opportunities to students from a range of majors, including 

- Geography

- GIS

- Environmental Studies

- Global Studies

- Linguistics

- Anthropology

- Political Science

- Economics

- related disciplines. 

The list above is just an example of majors NGA interns have had in the past. If you do not have any of the majors above, don't fret! There are opportunities at NGA for all majors.

Direct link to the summer 2021 internship posting: https://apply.intelligencecareers.gov/job-description/20200119
For additional information about this event, contact Michael Maiden, mmaiden@umd.edu, at the University Career Center. 

IIC GIS Technician

GIS Technician
We are looking for GIS Technicians who have an aptitude or experience in this domain to supplement our growing team. Technicians need to be adaptive within a team environment and dealing with multiple projects and tight deadlines.

• Maintain a national navigational database of vector marine charts to construct, maintain and distribute National Ocean Service (NOS) nautical products and services to the marine public.
• Compile charting databases and develop chart products using ArcGIS Marine Solution.
• Select, compile, exchange, store, catalog, abstract, index, interpret, evaluate and disseminate cartographic and technical information and data.
• Prior work experience and relevant software experience are desirable.
• Successful candidates must be self-motivated, organized and quick learners who excel in a multifaceted work environment.

To learn more or to apply, click here!

NOAA Physical Scientist

NOAA's Office of Coast Survey Hydrographic Survey Division has three Physical Scientist  positions 2 in Norfolk, VA and 1 in Seattle, WA that have been posted on USAJobs. 

The announcement will be open for 14 days; it is set to open on Friday, April 24, 2020, and close on Thursday, May 7, 2020.  

To qualify for a Physical Scientist job series, you must either have a degree in physical science, engineering, or mathematics or have a combination of education and experience in testing of hydrographic systems, industry standard software, research and planning of hydrographic surveys above would also qualify you.  All applicants need to have specialized experience detailed in the announcement.

These positions include a physical requirement that includes being comfortable ascending and descending rope ladders to embark/disembark from small boats for operations, life, wear and perform in equipment that weights up to 50 lbs and perform work on a moving ship. 

These are great jobs!  Coast Survey is the nation’s nautical chart-maker. We are responsible for upgrading charts, surveying the seafloor, responding to maritime emergencies, and searching for underwater obstructions that pose a danger to navigation.  Since what we do is very specialized, we'll teach you what you need to know in your training class and on the job as long as you come in with a strong foundation in physical geography and geographic information systems (and/or any of the related coursework listed above) and are ready to learn.

ARLIS Research Positions

START Summer Courses

Interested in taking an online terrorism studies course? Consider taking one of these 3-credit classes this summer through the University of Maryland's National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)! These courses are completely online and open to students from all majors and universities.

The following courses are offered online this summer:
Summer I: June 1-July 10, 2020

BSST338E/638A: Political Assassinations**
BSST370/638F: Financing Terror and Hate**

Summer II: July 13-August 21, 2020BSST338O: School Shooters and Spree Killers
BSST372/638B: Terrorist Hostage Taking**

Non-Standard Summer: June 1-August 21, 2020

BSST386: Experiential Learning in Terrorism Studies

**Also available at the graduate level

For more information visit this link or contact the Education Team at START: education-start@umd.edu.

MDH Virtual Career Fair and Open House

Maryland Department of Health (MDH) Virtual Fair & Open Houses

Tuesday, April 28, 2020 • 10:00 am - 2:00 pm |  Virtual Event

Brought to you by the University Career Center

The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) is hosting a series of webinars hosted by different units within the Maryland Department of Health (MDH). We will have representation from some of our programs, health departments, facilities, etc. throughout MDH and throughout Maryland. During this event students will learn about different parts of MDH and about various career paths within the Department. At the end of each presentation, there will be opportunity to chat with hiring managers and other employees within the unit. 

Guests must register in advance of each webinar to receive the link to join the webinar. Students can attend as many of the webinars as they are interested in.  

The webinars will take place on the following date:

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

• Behavioral Health Administration, @ 10:00 AM
• PHPA - Cancer and Chronic Disease Bureau,  @ 12 Noon
• Springfield Hospital Center, @ 2:00 PM

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

• PHPA - Environmental Health Bureau,  @ 10:00 AM
• Office of Health Care Quality,  @ 12 Noon
• Harford County Health Department, @ 2:00 PM

Thursday, April 30, 2020

• Office of the Inspector General,  @ 10:00 AM
• Maryland Department of Budget and Management (DBM),  @ 12 Noon
• MDH Overview & Tips for Applying,  @ 2:00 PM

Friday, May 1, 2020

• PHPA - Maternal and Child Health Bureau,  @ 10:00 AM
• PHPA - Infectious Disease Prevention and Health Services Bureau,  @ 2:00 PM

*Please note that MDH has currently reduced its hiring efforts in order to focus on COVID-19 response. This reduction is temporary, however, this virtual platform allows an opportunity for participants to learn about the organization, the various career paths available, and how to apply to open positions when business operations return to normal.

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Virtual Study Space

Come study with other students in the virtual Terrapin Learning Commons (TLC)! This is a 90-minute community work session via Zoom providing an opportunity to work individually alongside other students to stay motivated and focused. Bring an assignment, reading, or notes to review and get ready to get to work.

What to expect: 

• Welcome from Library staff member
• Participant intro and short description of what they are working on
• Heads-down time for individual work in community with others
• Progress check out from participants
• Closing from Library staff member
• A librarian will be on hand for the duration of the session for 1:1 questions via chat.

How to join:

No registration needed. Simply connect a few minutes before the start time HERE.

What other students are saying:

"It helped me focus and it was really nice to feel like you were in a room with others who were studying too."

"A great place with accountability to encourage you to stay focused."

"It's a good way to add some normalcy to your study session by working in a dynamic environment with other people."

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GEOG Summer Courses 2020

Recruiting During Quarantine Panel

Recruiting During Quarantine Panel
Monday, April 27th | 4:00-5:00 pm
Please RSVP to receive a reminder email the day before the event.

Join the University Career Center for a virtual conversation with employers about the realities of recruiting during COVID-19. We'll ask for their tips and how/if recruiting is happening in their organization right now.Panelists include:

• Equinox Fitness
• FDA - Center for Tobacco Products
• ScribeAmerica 
• FDA - Office of the Commissioner, Medical Products and Tobacco
• Association of American Medical Colleges

The event is open to all students and alumni.

USGIF Scholarship Program

Scholarship Deadline Fast Approaching   USGIF's Scholarship Program annually awards students studying geospatial intelligence and related fields with financial assistance. We offer multiple scholarships at various amounts for high school seniors all the way through the Ph.D. level.  Scholarship applications due: May 15

Apply for a Scholarship

Scholarships

Ken Miller Scholarship for Advanced Remote Sensing Applications - $10,000 Created in partnership with Riverside Research, this scholarship is awarded annually to one master's student working in or planning to enter the Defense and/or Intelligence workforce. RGi Scholarship for Geospatial & Engineering - $10,000 This scholarship, in partnership with Reinventing Geospatial Inc. (RGi), will be awarded to one undergraduate student who demonstrates financial need and is interested in or studying both the engineering and geospatial disciplines.  USGIF also awards scholarships at the doctoral, graduate, undergraduate, and graduating high school senior levels. $5,000 is given to doctoral, graduate, and undergraduates, while high school seniors receive $2,000.

GVPT Summer Courses

Pass/Fail Courses

The website to opt-in to receive a letter grade is live: https://app.testudo.umd.edu/main/gradeoptions?termId=202001 You may pick and choose which courses you'd like a letter grade in. 

Your grades this semester will automatically be Pass/Fail, unless you visit the above website by May 12th. Exceptions past this date will not be made so make sure to get your selection in by that date.

As a reminder - taking the default pass/fail is 100% okay, and in fact, I encourage you to use that option. If you know that a letter grade will increase your GPA, by all means take it, but otherwise I would recommend sticking with Pass/Fail. A Pass will suffice to fulfill major requirements and a notation regarding COVID-19 will appear on all student transcripts. 

As a reminder, you are not merely learning online, you are at home, during a crisis, trying to learn.  Have patience and compassion for yourself.

ANTH Summer Courses

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Green & Prosperous Internship

SUMMER INTERNSHIP: GET EXPERIENCE GROWING AN ONLINE, GREEN BUSINESS

ABOUT GREEN & PROSPEROUS AND THE INTERNSHIP

Interested in starting your own business at some point in your career?

Want to learn how to develop an online business? 

Green & Prosperous is a Maryland-based online business that promotes healthy living through smarter shopping and gardening.  Founded and operated by Kelly Pemberton, Ph.D., Green & Prosperous offers online classes, books, blog posts, product reviews and consumer guides to empower consumers.     

  

Dr. Pemberton is now accepting resumes from graduate and undergraduate students interested in interning with Green & Prosperous either in metro D.C., or remotely.  Depending on each student’s interests and skills plus our organizational needs, interns assist with a variety of tasks including research and writing, email, website and social media communications, website design, photo and video recording and/or editing, and more.

The internship tentatively starts Friday, May 15, and ends in mid-August, with some accommodation for later start or earlier end as needed.  During this period, interns must be able to commit a total of about 8 hours/week consisting of:

1.     A weekly 30-60 minute videoconference meeting with Dr. Pemberton to review work completed, and discuss new assignments.   

2.     About 7 hours of independent work completed each week.

The internship is unpaid, but offers substantive, resume-building experience in starting and growing an online business, and a formal reference and/or recommendation letter upon request given satisfactory performance. 

THE INTERNS WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Applicants should be interested in business, communications, health, nutrition and/or the environment.  Applicants should be organized, detail-oriented, motivated and punctual. Demonstrated skill in building online audience, photo and video editing, and/or writing is a plus.

HOW TO APPLY  

Email Dr. Pemberton at kellyp@greenandprosperous.com with your resume and times you are available in the next seven days, including weekends, for a phone interview.  Dr. Pemberton will contact you to schedule a phone interview if your resume matches what she is looking for.  Thank you for your interest!

Learning Life Internship

SUMMER INTERNSHIP: HELP BUILD FAMILY DIPLOMACY IN THE WORLD

ABOUT LEARNING LIFE AND THE INTERNSHIP

Learning Life is a nonprofit education and citizen engagement lab based in Washington D.C.  Our flagship program, the Family Diplomacy Initiative (FDI), connects families in different nations via the internet to nurture a family form of citizen diplomacy.  We also run an International Mentoring Program to help open the world to children from lower-income families, and Democracy Dinners to nurture deeper conversation across specialty silos among democracy sector activists, academics, professionals and elected officials in metro D.C. 

  

Learning Life is now accepting resumes from graduate and undergraduate students interested in interning with us either in D.C., or remotely.  Depending on each student’s interests and skills plus our organizational needs, interns assist with a variety of tasks including research and writing; local to global outreach via social media, email and phone; document translation and/or live language interpreting; website and design; photo and video recording and/or editing; fundraising and more.

The internship tentatively starts Friday, May 22, and ends in mid-August, with some accommodation for later start or earlier end as needed.  During this period, interns must be able to commit a total of 8-10 hours/week.  Assuming the coronavirus pandemic continues in May-August, the internship will consist of 8 hours/week of independent work + a live one-on-one 45-minute meeting online once per week with Learning Life’s Director, Paul Lachelier, to go over work completed and assign new tasks.  If we are able to resume in-person meetings some time during the summer, interns’ work will consist of our usual:   

1.     A five-hour work meeting on Fridays, at 12-5pm or 1-6pm usually at George Washington University’s Marvin Center in DC (2-3 blocks from the Foggy Bottom Station on the Orange/Silver/Blue Lines) with fellow interns and Learning Life’s Director, Paul Lachelier.  

2.     2-3 hours of homework or a weekend world-learning field trip or meeting with lower-income families or children Learning Life works with in DC.

The internship is unpaid, but offers substantive, resume-building experience working on innovative international education and citizen engagement initiatives, and a formal reference and/or recommendation letter upon request given satisfactory performance. 

THE INTERNS WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Applicants should be interested in international affairs, social media (including Facebook), education, and children and families, and also be outgoing, organized, detail-oriented, motivated and punctual.  The ability to read, write and speak French, Spanish or Arabic at an advanced to fluent level is a plus, as are graphic design skills.  For those interning in D.C., having a car is also a plus but not required if the pandemic ends during the summer. 

HOW TO APPLY  

Email Paul Lachelier at paul@learninglife.info with your resume and times you are available in the next seven days, including weekends, for a phone interview. Please indicate in your email whether (a) you would be interning in D.C. or remotely/online, and if in D.C. whether you have a car, and (b) you speak Spanish, Arabic and/or French and at what level (basic, intermediate, advanced, or fluent).  Paul will contact you to schedule a phone interview if your resume matches what we are looking for.  Thank you for your interest!

Earth Day at Maryland Webinar

Join us Wednesday April 22nd from 2 - 3 pm EST for a celebration of our planet, “Earth Day at Maryland: 50 Years of Climate Action and Sustainable Solutions.” Climate activist, author, and founder of 350.org, Bill McKibben will offer the opening remarks to a powerful keynote panel from leaders on the forefront of the climate fight in Maryland and Washington DC. Following, participants will break into small groups for engaged discussion on specific topics--including innovation, climate finance, and environmental justice. Through cross-sector collaboration we aim to understand our next steps in Maryland, a state already leading the charge on sustainable solutions, to actionably address climate change moving forward.

Please RSVP here to attend the event.

Center for Global Sustainability Internship

Virtual Mental Health Workshops

NPS GIS Internship

RESEO GIS Summer Internship

GIS Summer Intern - Description
The Alion Radio Frequency and Electromagnetic Spectrum Engineering Operations (RESEO) GIS Team would like to hire a summer intern to help with the processing, editing, and delivery of LiDAR data and other GIS products. The ideal candidate would be someone who is currently an undergraduate studying GIS or remote sensing and has an interest in LiDAR and other remotely sensed data types, cartography, and computer programming with languages like Python to automate processing workflows. The candidate must have good organizational skills and a willingness to learn.

Requirements
-Current GIS/Geography/Remote Sensing undergraduate student
-Knowledge and interest in remote sensing, GIS, cartography, and computer programming in languages like Python
-Knowledge of GIS data types, processing methods, and coordinate systems.
-Good organization and communication skills
-Ability to multi-task and keep the team updated on status of work
-Examples of course-work and/or personal projects are a plus

Please send resumes and examples of work (if applicable) to Scott Clevenger – Geospatial Design Engineer

More info about The Alion Radio Frequency and Electromagnetic Spectrum Engineering Operations GIS Team found at https://www.alionscience.com/

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Bright Futures Scholarship 2020

 

The Bright Futures Initiative awards students with need-based scholarships ranging from $100-$1,000 to help offset expenses incurred during unpaid internships with non-profit organizations and government agencies.  

The Bright Futures application for summer 2020 is now open!

DEADLINE: Monday, May 18, 2020 at 5 p.m.

Access to the Application: go.umd.edu/BrightFutures

Eligible Candidates 

All registered University of Maryland, College Park undergraduate students returning to campus for the fall 2020 semester, who have an internship for summer 2020, are eligible to apply. Graduating seniors (May 2020 & August 2020) are not eligible. Preference will be given to juniors and seniors graduating in December 2020 and to those who have not previously received an award.  In order for a student's internship to qualify for funding support, it must satisfy the following criteria:

• Unpaid on-campus or off-campus internship with a non-profit organization or government agency
• Offered during the summer and completed by the start of fall semester
• Supervised by a professional in the field

To Apply:  go.umd.edu/BrightFutures

Submission Deadline: Monday, May 18 at 5 p.m.

Questions?

Visit go.umd.edu/BrightFutures