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OCA Mocha co-founder and intern share their MCS experience

By Shesh Batni Have you heard of OCA Mocha? It’s a cool coffee shop just down the street co-founded by UMBC students with big ties to the Media and Communication Studies Department. MCS alum...

December 9, 2021 · 4:17 PM

CS3's Podcast: Retrieving the Social Sciences

New Episode this Friday, 12/10!

New episode coming this Friday! Featuring Dr. Laura Girling, Director of UMBC's Center for Aging Studies and Assistant Research Scientist in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and...

December 6, 2021 · 12:47 PM

Being Queer Online Now and Then

Marybeth Mareski, m33@umbc.edu Headshot of Author Positionality Statement: This post is written by Marybeth Mareski, a Returning Women’s Scholar and social work intern at the Women’s...

December 6, 2021 · 8:45 AM

Paid Research Position: Under-Grad Preferred

U.S. Police Reform Study Researcher Apps Due Dec 11

Work location: Remote Eligibility: Open to undergraduate and graduate students. (Undergraduate students preferred) Application deadline: December 11, 2021 Please email your resume and...

December 3, 2021 · 12:01 PM

Another Exciting Winter Course Offering!

Poli 468 Disaster Politics

Class meeting asynchronously online, Winter 2022 The goal of this course is to introduce students to the political and policy dimensions of disaster. The two key questions we ask here are (a)...

December 2, 2021 · 2:29 PM

Exciting Winter Course Offering!!!

Earn Upper Level Elective Credit with POLI 390

Dr. Brigid Starkey is teaching a dynamic winter course: POLI 390 American Foreign Policy POLI 390 provides an overview of American foreign policy with a focus on the post WW-2 period. Gain...

December 2, 2021 · 12:49 PM

Demystifying MCS 499: Capstone Senior Seminar

Don’t be scared of the finish line!

By Shesh Batni When you first declare Media and Communication Studies as your major, you may notice at the end of the road sits a little course titled MCS 499: Capstone Senior Seminar. But beyond...

December 2, 2021 · 10:51 AM

Community Matters - December 2021

A newsletter of the Center for Democracy and Civic Life

The Center for Democracy and Civic Life’s work builds from the idea that all of us, and the ways we pull together to address challenges and create our shared future, truly matter. Today we are...

December 1, 2021 · 3:34 PM

MCS alum Masongo Ogora

starts podcast using skills from both theory & production

By Shesh Batni Recently, I sat down with MCS alum Masongo Ogora 21’ to hear his experience of finishing the MCS program, graduating, and moving onto new adventures using all the skills he’s...

December 1, 2021 · 2:50 PM

PAID Summer Public Service Internships

Apps open Dec 1st. In Person and Remote Positions Available

Applications Open December 1st Priority Applications Due Feb 1st Application Deadline March 1st Governor’s Summer Internship Program (GSIP) Fellows are placed at a government...

November 30, 2021 · 2:10 PM

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