Thursday, May 21, 2020
NOAA Job Opportunities
NOAA's Office of Coast Survey Hydrographic Survey Division has Physical Scientist
- Physical Scientist, Operations Branch = Silver Spring, MD
- Job Announcement # NOS-OCS-2020-0015 https://www.usajobs.gov/
GetJob/ViewDetails/568692000 - Direct Hire Authority - Job Announcement # NOS-OCS-2020-0017 https://www.usajobs.gov/
GetJob/ViewDetails/568697000
- Direct Hire Authority - Job Announcement # NOS-OCS-2020-0016 https://
www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ ViewDetails/568694500
The announcement will be open for 13 days; from Wednesday, May 20, 2020, and close on Monday, June 1, 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.
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
Virtual Career Fair
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
11:00am - 3:00pm
Event Details
Our virtual career fair offers the opportunity for current students and alumni to connect with diverse employers seeking to hire for full-time, internship and part-time opportunities across a variety of industries. The event will take place using the CareerEco virtual fair platform.
The platform will allow for chat-based interactions between candidates and employers. Employers will also be able to invite individual candidates to connect 1-on-1 conversations and virtual interviews.
U.S Census Bureau Career Opportunities
The US Census Bureau’s Demographic Programs Directorate has two new job announcements for Career–conditional (permanent) opportunities, which are found on USAJOBS.gov. The Demographic Programs Directorate has 5 divisions and over 75 branches.
The vacancy announcements listed below opened on Monday, May 18, 2020 and will close at 11:59 p.m., EST on Monday,June 1, 2020.
Announcement Number: ADDP-2020-0018
This vacancy announcement may be used to fill multiple GS-1530-07/09 Statistician (Demography) positions in the Demographic Programs Directorate.
Announcement Number: ADDP-2020-0017
This Direct Hire vacancy announcement may be used to fill multiple GS-1530-11/12 Statistician (Demography) positions in the Demographic Programs Directorate.
Applicants can preview the vacancy questions by clicking on the link at the bottom of the Qualifications and Evaluations section of each announcement.
Applicants applying to these announcements should read the "who may apply" section carefully to determine their eligibility/area of consideration.
Applicants applying to these announcements should read the "who may apply" section carefully to determine their eligibility/area of consideration.
NOTE:
In order for applicants to search merit (status) job announcements, they must select "Federal Employees" on the search page in USAJOBS. The default choice is "U.S. Citizens" and, after clicking the "Search" button, will only display DE (public) announcements. Clicking "Federal Employees" and then the "Search" button will display both merit and DE announcements.
In order for applicants to search merit (status) job announcements, they must select "Federal Employees" on the search page in USAJOBS. The default choice is "U.S. Citizens" and, after clicking the "Search" button, will only display DE (public) announcements. Clicking "Federal Employees" and then the "Search" button will display both merit and DE announcements.
Introductory Webinar: An Inside Look at how NASA Measures Air Pollution
With the world’s eyes and media coverage turned to recent global changes in air pollution from the economic downturn, we have an upcoming two-part webinar series (May 26 and 28) that will focus on which air quality pollutants can be measured from space, how satellites make these measurements, the do’s and don’ts in interpreting satellite data, and how to download and create your own visualizations.
Would you like to learn how to access and visualize NASA satellite imagery? With the world’s eyes and media coverage turned to recent global changes in air pollution from the economic downturn, this two-part webinar series provides a primer for the novice, and a good refresher course for all others.
Audience: Members of the public, journalists, meteorologists, and others new to remote sensing.
Course Dates: May 26 and 28, 2020
Times and Registration Information:
This training will be delivered in English and Spanish.
English Session: 10:00-11:30 EDT (UTC-4): https://go.nasa.gov/
Spanish Session: 14:00-15:30 EDT (UTC-4): https://go.nasa.gov/
Spanish Session: 14:00-15:30 EDT (UTC-4): https://go.nasa.gov/
Learning Objectives: By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
- List the pollutants that can be observed by NASA satellites
- Find and download imagery for NO2 and aerosols/particles
- Describe the capabilities and limitations of NASA NO2 and aerosol measurements
Course Format: Two online, 1.5-hour parts
WMST/LGBT Summer Courses
Summer Courses In WMST & LGBT
Please register for any Summer 1 courses you are interested in ASAP. If you have questions about any of our classes please contact womensstudies@umd.edu.
Session 1: June 1 – July 10, 2020
LGBT200 Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
Section WB11 CORE: SB, D GenEd: DSHS, DVUP Instructor: Dr. Iván Ramos
An interdisciplinary study of the historical and social contexts of personal, cultural and political aspects of LGBT life. Sources from a variety of fields, such as anthropology, history, psychology, sociology, and women’s studies, focusing on writings by and about LGBT people.
An interdisciplinary study of the historical and social contexts of personal, cultural and political aspects of LGBT life. Sources from a variety of fields, such as anthropology, history, psychology, sociology, and women’s studies, focusing on writings by and about LGBT people.
WMST250 Introduction to Women’s Studies: Women, Art and Culture
Section WB11 Core: HA, D GenEd: DSHU, DVUP Instructor: Clara Montague
An examination of women’s creative powers as expressed in selected examples of music, film, art, drama, poetry, fiction, and other literature. We will examine women’s creativity in relation to families, religion, education, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and within a cultural tradition shaped by women. This class explores women’s roles as producers, subjects, consumers, and critics of art in the past, present, and future. Drawing on music, literature, performance, crafts, visual, and multimedia genres, we will situate art in conversation with sociopolitical movements on behalf of social justice. We will focus on how women’s creativity intersects with other dimensions of identity, including race, class, sexuality, and ability, in our increasingly digital world.
An examination of women’s creative powers as expressed in selected examples of music, film, art, drama, poetry, fiction, and other literature. We will examine women’s creativity in relation to families, religion, education, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and within a cultural tradition shaped by women. This class explores women’s roles as producers, subjects, consumers, and critics of art in the past, present, and future. Drawing on music, literature, performance, crafts, visual, and multimedia genres, we will situate art in conversation with sociopolitical movements on behalf of social justice. We will focus on how women’s creativity intersects with other dimensions of identity, including race, class, sexuality, and ability, in our increasingly digital world.
WMST298N Racialized Gender and Rebel Media
Section WB11 Meets June 1, 2020 – July 10, 2020 GenEd: DSSP Instructor: Tangere Hoagland
Rebel Media: media for and by women of color that work to resist discrimination, oppression, and controlling images about women of color.
How do different forms of media shape the stories which circulate about race, femininities, masculinities, ethnicities, sexualities, religiosity, power and difference? How have various media formats been used to disrupt dominant stories, to tell new stories, and to create differing understandings of citizenships?
As a Scholarship in Practice course, students will analyze existing media campaigns, have a chance to develop their own ideas and media campaign to address a current social justice issue. Over the course of the semester students will explore the work of activists, scholars, and artists who have produced media that is used as a platform for racial justice, feminist activism, and cultural transformation, with a focus on the expressions of women of color. Students will explore activist media such as blogs, posters, zines, pamphlets, wearable media, sound, film, and more.
Rebel Media: media for and by women of color that work to resist discrimination, oppression, and controlling images about women of color.
How do different forms of media shape the stories which circulate about race, femininities, masculinities, ethnicities, sexualities, religiosity, power and difference? How have various media formats been used to disrupt dominant stories, to tell new stories, and to create differing understandings of citizenships?
As a Scholarship in Practice course, students will analyze existing media campaigns, have a chance to develop their own ideas and media campaign to address a current social justice issue. Over the course of the semester students will explore the work of activists, scholars, and artists who have produced media that is used as a platform for racial justice, feminist activism, and cultural transformation, with a focus on the expressions of women of color. Students will explore activist media such as blogs, posters, zines, pamphlets, wearable media, sound, film, and more.
WMST379L/ LASC 348A /HIST 328I Topics in Women’s Studies; Online & In the Streets: Women’s Struggles for Justice in Latin America
Section WB31 (accelerated June 1, 2020 – June 19, 2020) Instructors: Dr. Cara Snyder and Sabrina González
Women’s struggles for justice in Latin America are at a critical historical juncture. Feminists throughout the hemisphere are organizing en mass to demand change and justice, to denounce pervasive misogyny and gender violence, and to envision and realize another world. They are mobilizing in digital and physical spaces under the hashtags #NiUnaMenos and #AbortoLegalYa, to condemn femicide, to advocate access to legal abortions in public hospitals, and to introduce comprehensive sex education in public schools. Women are fighting together for the right to live without fear, the right to make decisions about their own bodies, and the right to exist in a more feminist and just world.
Women’s struggles for justice in Latin America are at a critical historical juncture. Feminists throughout the hemisphere are organizing en mass to demand change and justice, to denounce pervasive misogyny and gender violence, and to envision and realize another world. They are mobilizing in digital and physical spaces under the hashtags #NiUnaMenos and #AbortoLegalYa, to condemn femicide, to advocate access to legal abortions in public hospitals, and to introduce comprehensive sex education in public schools. Women are fighting together for the right to live without fear, the right to make decisions about their own bodies, and the right to exist in a more feminist and just world.
WMST400 Theories of Feminism
Section WB11 Prerequisite: one course in WMST or cross-listed with WMSTInstructor: Dr. Sydney Lewis
A study of the multiplicity of feminist theories which have been developed to explain women’s position in the family, the workplace, and society. Major feminist writings are considered in the context of their historical moment and in the context of the intellectual traditions to which they relate.
A study of the multiplicity of feminist theories which have been developed to explain women’s position in the family, the workplace, and society. Major feminist writings are considered in the context of their historical moment and in the context of the intellectual traditions to which they relate.
WMST498M/ HIST360 Advanced Special Topics in Women’s Studies; Women and the Civil Rights Movement
Section WB31 (accelerated June 1, 2020 – June 19, 2020) Instructor: Dr. Elsa Barkley Brown
Twentieth-century U.S. civil rights movement from the vantage point of women, considering both women’s involvement in the legal campaigns and political protests and the impact of civil rights struggles on women’s condition, status, and identity.
Twentieth-century U.S. civil rights movement from the vantage point of women, considering both women’s involvement in the legal campaigns and political protests and the impact of civil rights struggles on women’s condition, status, and identity.
Session 2: July 13 – August 21, 2020
LGBT 327/ ENGL 359F: LGBTQ+ Film and Video
Section WB41 (accelerated July 13, 2020 – July 31, 2020) Core: D GenEd: DSHU and DVUP Instructor: Dr. James Goodwin
Comparative analysis of forms, themes, and the politics of representation in film and video by and/or about LGBT people. This course begins from the premise that movies are designed to give us a variety of meaningful viewing experiences, sometimes pleasurable, sometimes not. The class teaches a range of analytical approaches for understanding how films create meanings and what those meanings may be. In this course, we will trace both the diversity and similarities between global and Western representations of what we call homosexuality, bisexuality, and transgender identities as represented in film and video.
Comparative analysis of forms, themes, and the politics of representation in film and video by and/or about LGBT people. This course begins from the premise that movies are designed to give us a variety of meaningful viewing experiences, sometimes pleasurable, sometimes not. The class teaches a range of analytical approaches for understanding how films create meanings and what those meanings may be. In this course, we will trace both the diversity and similarities between global and Western representations of what we call homosexuality, bisexuality, and transgender identities as represented in film and video.
WMST250 Introduction to Women’s Studies: Women, Art and Culture
Section WB21 Core: HA, D GenEd: DSHU, DVUP Instructor: Cheyenne Stevens
An examination of women’s creative powers as expressed in selected examples of music, film, art, drama, poetry, fiction, and other literature. We will examine women’s creativity in relation to families, religion, education, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and within a cultural tradition shaped by women. This class explores women’s roles as producers, subjects, consumers, and critics of art in the past, present, and future. Drawing on music, literature, performance, crafts, visual, and multimedia genres, we will situate art in conversation with sociopolitical movements on behalf of social justice. We will focus on how women’s creativity intersects with other dimensions of identity, including race, class, sexuality, and ability, in our increasingly digital world.
An examination of women’s creative powers as expressed in selected examples of music, film, art, drama, poetry, fiction, and other literature. We will examine women’s creativity in relation to families, religion, education, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and within a cultural tradition shaped by women. This class explores women’s roles as producers, subjects, consumers, and critics of art in the past, present, and future. Drawing on music, literature, performance, crafts, visual, and multimedia genres, we will situate art in conversation with sociopolitical movements on behalf of social justice. We will focus on how women’s creativity intersects with other dimensions of identity, including race, class, sexuality, and ability, in our increasingly digital world.
WMST 265/AASP 298B Constructions of Manhood and Womanhood in the Black Community
Section WB21 CORE: HO, D GenEd: DSHS, DVUP Instructor: Dr. Michelle V. Rowley
This course investigates the ways that African Americans are represented and constructed in public and private spheres and explores the social constructions and representations of Black manhood and womanhood from various disciplinary perspectives. We will use art, poetry, statistical data, film, theory, concepts, and documentaries to examine the varied and multiple understandings and experiences of wearing a black identity within the U.S. and to a lesser extent the African Diaspora.
In our time together, we will center the experiences of cis and transgender black people. We will leave the course knowing more about the Black Arts Movement, right alongside the Blaxploitation Genre. We will read Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin In The Sun and best-selling author, Tressie McMillan Cottom’s THICK. Reproductive Justice, Rethinking Prisons, Labor/Class, these are just some of the issues we will discuss.
This course investigates the ways that African Americans are represented and constructed in public and private spheres and explores the social constructions and representations of Black manhood and womanhood from various disciplinary perspectives. We will use art, poetry, statistical data, film, theory, concepts, and documentaries to examine the varied and multiple understandings and experiences of wearing a black identity within the U.S. and to a lesser extent the African Diaspora.
In our time together, we will center the experiences of cis and transgender black people. We will leave the course knowing more about the Black Arts Movement, right alongside the Blaxploitation Genre. We will read Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin In The Sun and best-selling author, Tressie McMillan Cottom’s THICK. Reproductive Justice, Rethinking Prisons, Labor/Class, these are just some of the issues we will discuss.
AASP498Z Special Topics in Black Culture; Black Women in Popular Culture: From the Blues to Beyoncé
Section WB 21 Instructor: Renina Jarmon
Students will develop a broad understand of African American women in popular culture through the study of a variety of cultural forms such as literary texts, films, documentaries, visual art and novels. Students will develop an understanding of the connections between African American women’s cultural forms and the historical contexts our of which these cultural traditions arose.
Students will develop a broad understand of African American women in popular culture through the study of a variety of cultural forms such as literary texts, films, documentaries, visual art and novels. Students will develop an understanding of the connections between African American women’s cultural forms and the historical contexts our of which these cultural traditions arose.
Friday, May 8, 2020
Maryland Parent & Family Association Student Scholarship Awards
SCHOLARSHIPS OF UP TO $2,000 AVAILABLE FOR 2020-2021!
APPLICATION DEADLINE IS 5:00 PM ON MONDAY, MAY 18.
Applications are being accepted for the Maryland Parent & Family Association Student Scholarship Awards. The scholarships provide assistance to current undergraduate students in good standing who may be unable to continue their education at the University due to extenuating personal or family financial circumstances. A minimum of 15 scholarships will be awarded for the 2020-2021 academic year.
Award criteria, instructions, and an online application can be found at https://terpfamily.umd.edu/
Questions? Contact the Office of Parent and Family Affairs at 301.314.8429 or terpfamily@umd.edu.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
INST408N
Course Announcement for Summer 2020 - INST408N Becoming A Social Media Influencer
By the end of this course students will be able to:
- Understand and interpret social media analytics
- Generate high quality photos and text content for social media
- Implement strategies for building engagement with social media content
- Build influential social media profiles
WRI Job Listing
CONSULTANT - FOREST ATLAS ARCGIS SERVER SPECIALIST
Global Forest Watch is an interactive online forest monitoring and alert system designed to empower people everywhere with the information they need to better manage and conserve forest landscapes. Since GFW’s launch in 2014, the platform has been growing rapidly to meet user needs. The Forest Atlas Platform allows users to create their own version of GFW featuring a specific location or type of data. The forest atlases are built using suite of tools which includes a Content Management System (CMS) developed by WRI, and Map Builder, a configurable mapping application which lets users combine their own data with GFW datasets. The atlases also typically include an open data site built using ArcGIS Hubs. For data hosting, WRI leverages ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Portal and governments may choose to host data on WRI cloud servers or set up and manage their own dedicated servers installed on premise or in the cloud. WRI also works with government partners to set up and manage data pipelines. To date, forest atlases have been built in 9 countries by national governments and GFW partner organizations with expected growth over the coming years.
Consultant SummaryThe WRI Forest Program is seeking a highly motivated, self-driven and detailed oriented Forest Atlas ArcGIS Server Specialist to work with the Global Forest Watch (GFW) team on a consultative basis.
The Forest Atlas ArcGIS Server Specialist will assist key partners and WRI staff in the installation and implementation of new Forest Atlas applications – primarily focused on the development of the Paraguay Forest Atlas. The Forest Atlas ArcGIS Server Specialist will provide technical support to manage and deploy ArcGIS servers, forest atlases websites, and open data portals, and engage with the Global Forest Watch team, local partners, and government representatives on an ongoing basis.
For more information and to apply, click here!
Global Forest Watch is an interactive online forest monitoring and alert system designed to empower people everywhere with the information they need to better manage and conserve forest landscapes. Since GFW’s launch in 2014, the platform has been growing rapidly to meet user needs. The Forest Atlas Platform allows users to create their own version of GFW featuring a specific location or type of data. The forest atlases are built using suite of tools which includes a Content Management System (CMS) developed by WRI, and Map Builder, a configurable mapping application which lets users combine their own data with GFW datasets. The atlases also typically include an open data site built using ArcGIS Hubs. For data hosting, WRI leverages ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Portal and governments may choose to host data on WRI cloud servers or set up and manage their own dedicated servers installed on premise or in the cloud. WRI also works with government partners to set up and manage data pipelines. To date, forest atlases have been built in 9 countries by national governments and GFW partner organizations with expected growth over the coming years.
Consultant SummaryThe WRI Forest Program is seeking a highly motivated, self-driven and detailed oriented Forest Atlas ArcGIS Server Specialist to work with the Global Forest Watch (GFW) team on a consultative basis.
The Forest Atlas ArcGIS Server Specialist will assist key partners and WRI staff in the installation and implementation of new Forest Atlas applications – primarily focused on the development of the Paraguay Forest Atlas. The Forest Atlas ArcGIS Server Specialist will provide technical support to manage and deploy ArcGIS servers, forest atlases websites, and open data portals, and engage with the Global Forest Watch team, local partners, and government representatives on an ongoing basis.
For more information and to apply, click here!
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