Tutoring @ UMD

The Student Success Office is pleased to inform you that the www.tutoring.umd.edu website has updated. As a temporary measure due to the loss of Learning Assistance Services (LAS), we revamped the website to both provide information on tutoring and to provide a wide range of academic resources and services available on campus, from our peer institutions, and other non-university websites. Topics include: procrastination, time management, note-taking skills, stress, and much more! While these resources will be beneficial to our students, this newly updated website is in not a replacement of LAS.

ENSP306

There are still seats available in ENSP306 - Fundamentals of Qualitative Research Methods for Environmental Studies!

Course description: An introduction to research design and methods, with an in-depth focus on qualitative research methods and application to environmental studies. Topics include: writing an appropriate research question, identifying relevant methods, submitting a proposal to the Institutional Review Board, choosing appropriate sampling approaches, conducting interviews, focus groups, ethnographies, analyzing textual data, and presenting qualitative results.

Have questions about the course? Email Dr. Caroline Boules at cboules@umd.edu!

GEOG498I

Hey #GeoTerps! Are you interested in big data analysis, modeling, and using LiDAR data to study terrain reconstruction, urban modeling, forest management, and coastal data analysis? If so, check out GEOG498I offered this Spring! See syllabus here.

This course fulfills a 400 Level Technical Elective for GIS majors and can be towards by GEOG majors towards a GIS minor.

Course Learning Objectives:
Upon a successful completion of the course the students will be able to:
• Have in-depth knowledge of fundamentals of algorithms for geospatial data science.
• Learn techniques for efficiently encoding, manipulating and querying geospatial data.
• Gain substantial understanding of how geospatial data are actually processed in modern geographical information systems.
• Learn how to design and implement algorithms dealing with geospatial data, with emphasis on point data processing and analysis and on terrain modeling and analysis.
• Apply algorithms for discrete and continuous geospatial data to LiDAR data processing and analysis.

GVPT Winter Courses

Careers in Community Organizing for Social Justice

Careers in Community Organizing for Social Justice

The Direct Action & Research Training (DART) Center will hold an online information session onThursday, December 6 at 6 pm eastern to discuss careers in community organizing with UMD students and alumni interested in uniting congregations and working for social, economic and racial justice.

RSVP at www.thedartcenter.org/UMD

DART hires and trains organizers to build organizations that have successfully addressed issues including:

* Plugging the school-to-prison pipeline
* Reining in predatory lending practices
* Expanding access to primary health and dental care
* Prioritizing funding for affordable housing and job training
* Fighting for immigrants' rights
* Police accountability

Positions start January 14, 2019 in St. Petersburg and Jacksonville, FL, Columbus, OH, Lexington, KY and Charlottesville, VA. 

Positions start August 12, 2019 in St. Petersburg, Tampa, West Palm Beach, Jacksonville, Daytona Beach and Fort Myers, FL, Lexington, KY, Louisville, KY, Columbus, OH, Richmond, VA, Charlottesville, VA, and Columbia, SC.

Starting salary $38,000/year + benefits.

Although it may be helpful, no prior organizing experience is necessary. Fluent Spanish speakers are encouraged to apply.

To find out more about DART or to apply, we encourage you to visit www.thedartcenter.org. Still have questions? Contact Ben MacConnell at benjamin@thedartcenter.org or (785) 218-0941.

Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program at the University of California - Santa Cruz

Applications for the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program at the University of California Santa Cruz are now available.

Each March 20 early-undergraduate Scholars are selected from around the country to participate in a two-year conservation mentorship program, centered on the summers between academic years. College freshmen, sophomores, and juniors with two years of college left, and students who attend or are transferring to any four-year institution in the US, its territories and Native nations are eligible to apply.

During the first year, Scholars participate in an eight-week, intensive summer course integrating conservation design, leadership and research experiences while traveling with a close group of peers and mentors.  

During the second summer, Scholars pursue eight-week research and practice internships with nationally recognized conservation organizations and agencies.  A professional development retreat after the second summer brings together the Scholar cohort and prepares them to apply for jobs and graduate school. Throughout the two years and beyond, we work with home mentors at each Scholar’s campus to provide ongoing support. Our Scholars receive a $4,000 stipend each summer and become part of the national Doris Duke Conservation Scholars network for life.

Applications for the 2019 class of Scholars are available on the website and due February 8, 2019. 

Please incorporate the attached flyer into talks and presentations, or print and distribute it.  For more information, visit conservationscholars.ucsc.edu or email the Program Director, Dr. Justin Cummings, jacummin@ucsc.edu.

Green Corps is hiring for next year's class of environmental organizers!

Green Corps is a year-long paid fellowship that prepares recent college graduates for a career in environmental organizing by providing classroom training, hands-on experience running campaigns, and connections to jobs in the environmental & social change movement.

EARLY APPLICATION DEADLINE IS JANUARY 18!

Green Corps is looking for college graduates who are ready to take on the biggest environmental challenges of our day.

Click here to learn more about Green Corps’ paid environmental organizing fellowship.

Our year-long program puts you in an intensive classroom training with people like Bill McKibben and other guest speakers. Then, you move to hands-on experience working with groups like Oceana, Corporate Accountability, The Wilderness Society and Mighty Earth to fight climate change, protect public lands and reform our food system. And when you graduate we will help you find a career with one of the nation’s leading environmental and social change groups.

The planet needs all the help it can get, especially now with so many protections under attack. To win now and build a strong foundation for lasting progress, we need people who know how to organize: to run organizations and campaigns that will inspire the support and action we need to save our planet.

We’re accepting the top 25 out of more than 1000 applicants for our 2019-2020 program. If you’re passionate about the environment and ready to learn and practice the craft of organizing, click here to apply.

Green Corps’ year long program begins in August 2019 with Introductory Classroom Training, and continues with field placements in multiple locations across the U.S. Candidates must be willing to relocate.

For more information, click here.