Of Note - Recent highlights from the Language, Literacy & Culture PhD Program

• Communicating with the Student Body:  More than any other branch in SGA, the Senate’s job is to listen to the voices of UMBC undergraduates and find new ways to respond to their needs, concerns and aspirations.  Senators find and develop multiple avenues for connecting with students, sparking and collecting their ideas, and supporting them in their own projects to improve the UMBC experience.

• Initiating Action to Improve Students’ Experiences:  The Senate is where many of SGA’s new initiatives are born: an incubator of ideas and plans to improve UMBC policies, programs and practices.  Senators work together, both at the weekly meetings and in smaller groups throughout each week, to envision needed changes, develop practical plans, and coordinate the work of implementing them, involving and receiving support from Executive Branch officers as appropriate.  For example, the Senate could decide that what the student body needs is new dining options in The Commons.  A team of Senators would work together, coordinating with the President, to determine how to pursue these new options (identifying key decision-makers, researching the history of the existing dining options, developing a plan for advocating changes, engaging and informing the student body), and work to make the change happen.  If the Senate develops an initiative that requires steady, ongoing attention in subsequent years, the initiative may shift to the Executive Branch for implementation after the first year.

• Taking Positions/Considering Legislation:  When SGA formally takes a position on an issue, such as a bill being considered by the state legislature, it does so in the form of legislation approved by a majority vote of the Senate (which can be vetoed by the President, subject to override by a 2/3 vote of the Senate).  The Senate also has or shares responsibility for approving the annual budget, allocations of funds from SGA’s reserve account, and the appointment of certain SGA officers.  In addition, the Senate manages a fund from which it can make allocations to SGA projects.

• Representing the Student Body:  Senators represent all students on UMBC committees (consisting of staff, faculty and students) that establish campus policies and practices.  Fulfilling this responsibility entails both attending and participating actively in committee meetings and communicating with other SGA members and the student body about what the committees are doing.  (This responsibility is shared with the Executive Branch).

• Participating in SGA Initiatives and Activities:  Senators work with members of the other branches of SGA to contribute to positive change on campus.

Are you looking for career path possibilities or searching for job opportunities?

On April 6, 2016, we will be hosting our annual “Career Paths for Graduate Students” seminar. Employers will cover all disciplines. Please RSVP to reserve your spot! Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about career possibilities and to network with employers of their interest.

DATE: Wednesday, April 6, 2016

TIME: 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM

PROGRAM:

4:00—Employers arrive (gather plates of food, settle in at tables)

4:00 p.m.—Students arrive, register and start dinner

4:30-4:35-(General welcome by Renetta G. Tull, Ph.D., Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Student Development & Postdoctoral Affairs )

• Renetta introduces Jill Barr

4:35: Special Remarks: K. Jill Barr, J.D., Sr. Assistant Dean, The Graduate School at UMBC

• Jill invites Christine to podium

4:45 –Special Remarks:  Christine Routzahn, Director, UMBC Career Center

• Christine invites Diane to podium

4:50—Facilitator: Diane Crump-Fogle, Associate Director, UMBC Career Center

• Brief overview of Graduate Student Resources
• Overview of program format (speed networking)
• Employer Introductions

5:00–Round Table rotations begin

5:15-Switch (Round 2)

5:30-Switch (Round 2)

5:45 p.m.—Q and A and Thanks to employers

5:45-6:00 p.m.—Informal networking

EVENT REGISTRATION

UMBC Attendees:

Please RSVP on the myUMBC page at: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/35772.

Attendees not affiliated with UMBC:

Please indicate your interest in the comments section below.

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CONFIRMED ORGANIZATIONS

• • 1. AP Ventures

  A P Ventures, LLC is a full service IT consulting company headquartered in Columbia, MD. We are one of the fastest growing IT company in the Washington DC, Metro area and are Prime vendors with various State, federal, and Local agencies.

   
  • 2. Atlas Home Group at Keller Williams Legacy 

  Recruiting majors: All Majors

  We are a hard working team with a STRONG desire to produce and provide SOLUTIONS for our clients. Ranked at the #1 team in the entire Keller Williams Maryland/DC region in 2014. We have a solid work ethic which includes showing up fully each day. We are extremely focused and driven and truly have a fun and energetic work environment. We are the superior real estate service provider for the Baltimore area!

  • 3. basys

  Recruiting majors: All Engineering Majors; All IT/Computer Majors; CMPE; CMSC; IS

  Established in 1977, basys is the internationally recognized leader in developing, deploying and supporting software solutions in the Taft-Hartley industry. We develop, deploy and support an integrated solution suite to make benefit plan administrators work more efficiently. Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, and with employees working across the United States, our highly-skilled technologists and business analysts work together to solve complex business problems and deliver tailored software applications to our customers.

  • 4. Connections Therapy Center

  Recruiting majors: ADP; H/S PSYC; NACS; SOWK; I/O PSYC; TEACH; TESOL

  The Connections Therapy Center is the leading therapy practice in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area focused entirely on children and adolescents with special needs. We help our clients and their families with a full scope of therapy services, including behavior services, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, autism services and unique programs.

  • 5. Johns Hopkins Health System

  Recruiting majors: All Majors

  Our patients come from all over the country. And so do our staff. They come to be part of the most professional, diverse and reputable health care teams. They come to work beside the unequaled talent of Johns Hopkins physicians, nurses and staff. And they come for the benefits and unlimited opportunities for personal and professional growth. From community settings to an academic medical center, and from the city to the suburbs, Johns Hopkins Medicine is defined by our family of diverse work environments.

  Faculty and staff work together to provide the best care possible to patients, train tomorrow’s physicians and nurses, and challenge the frontiers of biomedical science through research. Career opportunities include:

  •Administrative

  •Allied Health

  •Finance

  •General Services

  •Information Systems

  •Management and Professional

  •Nursing and Nursing Support

  •Technicians

  • 6. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab

  Recruiting majors: All Engineering Majors; ENCH; CMPE; CMSC; ENEE; ENGM; HCC; IS; ENME; MATH; CHEM; PHYS; STAT; CYBR; MSSE

  The Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is a not-for-profit center for engineering, research, and development. Located north of Washington, DC; APL is a division of The Johns Hopkins University (JHU). We recruit and hire the best and the brightest from top colleges, and 68% of our recruits are engineers and scientists. We work on more than 600 programs that protect our homeland and advance the nation’s vision in research and space science.

  • 7. National Security Agency

  Recruiting majors: CMPE; CMSC; ENEE; IS; CYBR

  The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) leads the U.S. Government in cryptology that encompasses both Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Information Assurance (IA) products and services, and enables Computer Network Operations (CNO) in order to gain a decision advantage for the Nation and our allies under all circumstances.

  • 8. NFG Marketing

  Recruiting majors: All Majors

  Since 2011, NFG Marketing has offered consulting services to Energy & Telecom clients nationwide. We have helped over 15 clients increase their visibility and market share. We believe in building long term relationships with a strategic growth focused our clients individual needs. Our leadership team has over 30 years of direct sales experience ranging from energy, demand response, and telecom to residential accounts as well as business owners.

   
  • 9. ParaTools, Inc. 

  Recruiting majors: CMPE; CMSC; MATH; ATPH; PHYS; CYBR

  Help develop the next generation of software performance engineering tools and high performance computing applications! ParaTools is a small company of high performance computing experts tackling the hardest HPC problems at all scales. We provide software performance engineering services, tools, and expertise to national laboratories, government agencies, and industry giants like Intel, NVIDIA, and Microsoft. Our tools are available on the majority of the Top500 supercomputers and we work daily with domain experts to maximize the performance of the most advanced multi-physics software models ever developed.

  • 10. PenFed Credit Union

  Recruiting majors: All Majors; All IT/Computer Majors; CMPE; CMSC; IS; CYBR; ENGM; ISD; MSSE

  Our members are the people who proudly and quietly take the field every day to serve their country and community. Many are actively employed by the military, state and local governments, government contractors and our nation’s school systems. Many others are simply hard working Americans, playing by the rules, working day and night to build a better life for their families.

  But whatever they do, and wherever they live, PenFed members share two things: A belief in the American way of life and a belief in themselves.

  So our mission isn’t simply to help our members get by. We exist to help them realize every ounce of their potential. We exist to educate, but to also encourage. We exist to usher their dreams into the land of reality.

  That’s why we consistently strive to provide best-in-class rates on car loans and home mortgages. That’s why our portfolio of award-winning credit cards offers incentives and innovative features that our competitors find hard to match.

  Established in 1935, PenFed today is one of the country’s strongest and most stable financial institutions with over 1.3 million members and over $19 billion in assets. We serve members in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as on military bases in Guam, Puerto Rico, and Okinawa. We are federally insured by the NCUA and we are an equal housing lender. We are available to members worldwide via the web—seven days a week, 24 hours a day.

  In simple terms, we see every day as an opportunity to help our members “Do Better.” We invite you to learn how PenFed can help you realize your financial goals.

  • 11. Pole to Win International 

  Recruiting majors: All Majors

  Pole To Win’s mission is to build strong bridges between our clients and their customers. Since 1994, Pole To Win has modernized the ever-changing technology market. Global leaders in product lifecycle support, we constantly adapt and progress supported by a talented workforce of over 4,000 innovators. We support all PC hardware platforms and all forms of mobile devices and gaming consoles. We are an authorized license vendor and nurture our client relationships through transparent access to development and support teams. This experience together with technology, security and confidentiality propels our clients to a sustainable pole positon of success.

  Our inclusive approach to support revolves around Quality. 

  Quality Assurance | Quality Engineering | Customer Experience | Localization | Talent Acquisition

  • 12. Social Security Administration 

  Social Security is one of the largest independent agencies in government with over 60,000 employees. We work at more than 1,400 field offices and service centers throughout the country, as well as regional and headquarters locations.

  • 13. Syncopated Engineering Inc. 

  Recruiting majors: CMPE; CMSC; ENEE; HCC; CYBR; GIS; MSSE

  Syncopated Engineering is a creative solution provider of software applications and embedded systems for wireless communications, signal processing, and data analytics.

  • 14. UPS Information Services

  Recruiting majors: CMPE; CMSC; IS

  UPS is a global leader in logistics, offering a broad range of solutions including transporting packages and freight; facilitating international trade, and deploying advanced technology to more efficiently manage the world of business. Headquartered in Atlanta, UPS serves more

  than 220 countries and territories worldwide.

  At UPS, we pride ourselves on developing the most-advanced and industry-leading technological advancements in the world. We leverage technology to empower customers with personalized solutions that simplify global trade and optimize supply chains. No matter what a customer is shipping or where, UPS helps its customers grow, manage costs and improve their customer service.

  • 15. Urban Teachers 

  Recruiting majors: All Majors

  Urban Teachers is a Residency and Masters program located in Baltimore, MD, Washington, DC and Dallas, TX. At Urban Teachers, we are revolutionizing the way people are prepared for a career in teaching. Our program begins with a full residency year, in which participants learn at the side of successful host teachers. Simultaneously, participants enroll in an innovative, clinically based master’s degree program designed exclusively for Urban Teachers. Throughout the program, participants receive over 100 hours of coaching to ensure improvement in their teaching practice.

  Our teaching programs include Elementary Education, Secondary Literacy, and Secondary Mathematics. In addition to a full-time teaching position at an urban school and teaching certification in general education and special education, all participants receive:

  1 – Year Co-teaching Residency

  2 – Year Master’s Degree

  3 – Years of One-on-One Coaching

  4 – Years Working in Urban Schools

  • 15. USDA-AMS

  The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) administers programs that create domestic and international marketing opportunities for U.S. producers of food, fiber, and specialty crops. AMS also provides the agriculture industry with valuable services to ensure the quality and availability of wholesome food for consumers across the country.

  AMS has almost 4,000 employees across the country helping create opportunities for American farmers and businesses. With opportunities that range from student internships to full-time Federal positions to seasonal field employees, AMS offers a wide variety of opportunities and career paths.

  Our employees are our most valuable asset in accomplishing our goals and supporting the mission of the agency, and we hope you will consider joining the AMS team.

  • 16. Videology

  Recruiting majors: CMSC; HCC; IS; MATH; STAT; EDUC; ENGM; ISD; MSSE; TEACH

  Videology (videologygroup.com) is a leading software provider for converged TV and video advertising. By simplifying big data, we empower marketers and media companies to make smarter advertising decisions to fully harness the value of their audience across screens. Our math and science-based technology enables our customers to manage, measure and optimize digital video and TV advertising to achieve the best results in the converging media landscape.

PROMISE Maryland’s AGEP  and The Graduate School at UMBC present the following event for Spring 2016:

The 2016 Graduate Student Seminar on Leadership

A Discussion with Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, President of UMBC 

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

1:00 – 2:15 PM

Lunch will be served at 1:00

Talk will begin at 1:30 PM. Everyone needs to be seated by 1:25 PM.

LOCATION: The Sports Zone, located on the Mezzanine/2nd floor of  The Commons (Student Center)

UMBC Campus, Directions & Parking – Park in the Commons Drive Garage (map, location F7), Visitor parking is available at metered garages located at Administration Drive, The Commons Drive and Walker Avenue. Please page down to the comments section below for more detailed directions.

REGISTER/RSVP

UMBC Community: Please RSVP on MyUMBC: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/38780

Guests: Please RSVP by providing your name and school/organization in the comment section below.

This event is free, but you will need to register.

As part of our PROMISE AGEP-T alliance with the University System of Maryland, graduate students from any school within the USM may attend. Guests from other schools are also invited as part of our commitment to provide graduate students with professional development. Faculty and staff are also invited to attend.

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More about Dr. Hrabowski:

• UMBC page: http://president.umbc.edu/
• TIME: The 10 Best College Presidents        |     TED talk: Four Pillars of College Success in Science
• White House Appoints Hrabowski to Commission
• PBS Tavis Smiley Interview   |    60 Minutes Interview    |     Books on Amazon

University of Maryland President Freeman A. Hrabowski speaks at the Justice Department’s Black History Month celebration March 2, 2010 in the Main Hall of the Justice Department in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Background: The first UMBC graduate student success seminar with President Freeman Hrabowski was held in 2004 as a result of a request from then public policy graduate student, Robert Alexander. Robert graduated soon after that first seminar.  His work and research with the Centers for Disease Control has since reached national attention as Dr. Alexander was a leading contributor to the U.S.’ first federally funded anti-smoking campaign (Journal article in The Lancet, Article on Health Communication, Article in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.) Dr. Alexander’s work with the Tips from Smokers campaign produced “shocking, but effective videos” according to the New York Times.  Dr. Alexander returned to Maryland to be a Mentor-in-Residence for the PROMISE AGEP during the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the PROMISE Summer Success Institute (SSI) in August 2013.   Dr. Alexander was a member of the first cohort of the PROMISE AGEP Peer Mentors for UMBC, 2004. He is currently the Director of Business Development for the Battelle Health and Analytics Business Unit, and still collaborates with the CDC (Read more about Dr. Alexander on Batelle’s website here.) We thank Dr. Alexander, whose request as a PhD candidate, launched the plans for our annual present-day Presidential “Pathways to Leadership” seminar for graduate students.

• workshops,
• playtests,
• finished games,
• technology demos,
• performance art,
• happenings that defy classification.

• material accompaniment (hand out a zine, scrapbook, postcards, etc)
• performance (spoken word, song, verse, dance, recording, etc)
• game (create rules and incorporate audience play)

For more information, please visit Extending Play's website