Name: Danny Rosser

Internship, Co-op or Research Site: GE Aviation

Major(s)/Minor(s): Financial Economics

Expected Graduation Year: May 2017

Briefly describe your internship, co-op, research, or service-learning opportunity, including your day-to-day tasks, responsibilities, and assignments.

At GE Aviation's subsidiary, Middle River Aircraft Systems, I worked alongside other interns to complete task varying from safety, to quality. GE Aviation manufactures reverse engine thrusters for different planes. Their biggest program is building the reverse engine thrusters for Boeing's 747 super jet.

Describe the process of obtaining your internship, research, or co-op opportunity.

I was having my resume looked over at the career center and the lady who was helping me told me about this new internship that had just been placed on the myumbcworks site. I filled out the application online, submitted my resume, had an interview and was accepted to the ten week program!

Which of the following resources did you use to find your current experience?

Career Center, Career Fairs, UMBCworks, Faculty Connections

What have you enjoyed the most about your position or organization/company?

I really enjoyed being able to work as a team with other interns to accomplish projects and learn about the different aspects of working in a big company. GE sponsored a company trip to Hershey Park, provided tickets to a baseball game at Camden Yards, and many other social events in which the interns could network with managers and big names in the company.

What have you gained from your experience that you could not have gained from another opportunity?

My experience working with GE was truly an eye-opener. This experience allowed me to work with people who were five to fifty years into their careers after having graduated with my major. This opportunity allowed me to envision myself becoming very successful and working for a great company.

What advice would you give to another student who is seeking an internship or similar experience?

The biggest piece of advice I recommend is start looking on myumbcworks in the fall for a summer internship. The Career Center is the most helpful place to go to. They provided the assistance to edit my resume, talk to me about different internships and even prepare me for my interview by holding a mock interview! I could not have obtained this internship without their help.

Please provide a short quote about what you liked most about your position / earning internship credit / the internship placement process.

Having the opportunity to experience what a career upon graduation will feel like was honestly an amazing feeling. To know that after four years of taking notes, studying for long hours, and taking test after test will be worthwhile in the end, now that is the biggest relief that any college student can have.

The Kriti Festival is one of the largest South Asian literature festivals in North America and will be held from September 25-28 at the University of Illinois, Chicago.

Mathematics Professor Manil Suri has been named the festival’s author guest of honor and will be addressing the gathering on Saturday, September 27 in Chicago.

The following is an excerpt from the festival’s website outlining Suri’s accomplishments: “[Suri’s] first novel, The Death of Vishnu (2001), won the Barnes and Noble Discover Prize, was a finalist for the Pen-Faulkner, Kiriyama and Pen-Hemingway awards, and on the long list for the Booker Prize. His second novel, The Age of Shiva (2008), was listed as one of the best 25 books of the decade by the website Contemporary Literature on About.com. His third novel, The City of Devi (2013) was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards and won a Bisexual Book Award. The three novels form a trilogy based on the trinity of Hindu gods Vishnu, Shiva, Devi, and correspond to the present, past and imagined future of India.”

For more information on the event, click here.

While Suri was in Chicago, he was also interviewed by WBEZ Radio about mathematics, stereotypes and homosexuality on the popular program, “Afternoon Shift.” To listen to the full segment, click here.

UMBC’s Department of Psychology is opening a new mental health clinic at the Psychology Training, Research, and Services Center on September 15, 2014. The clinic provides evidence-based treatment for a variety of behavioral health issues, including individual and group therapy and consultation for anxiety, depression, substance use, health challenges, marital and family issues, and other types of emotional adjustment problems. The clinic is open limited hours during the week and provides referrals for patients requiring medication management or 24-hour crisis care as we are unable to serve those needs in the clinic. Fees are on a sliding scale and designed to make treatment affordable.

The clinic is a teaching facility operated by the UMBC Psychology Department that provides training for UMBC graduate students pursuing a PhD in Clinical Psychology. UMBC’s Clinical Psychology training program emphasizes the importance of science in clinical practice. Consistent with this approach, clinic activities are science-informed. Director Dr. Rebecca Schacht manages the clinic in consultation with Psychology Department clinical faculty. Dr. Schacht and other licensed psychologists on the faculty and in the community provide close supervision of graduate students, who provide direct services to patients in the clinic.

The Clinic is housed in the Psychology Training, Research, and Services Center (PTRSC) at UMBC’s South Campus Research and Technology Park on South Rolling Road.

For more information and to be screened for eligibility, please call us at 410-455-5530.

Announcing our spring 2014 grants from the Hrabowski Fund for Innovation

Below are just a few of the new Internship positions posted to UMBCworks in the past week. Check them out today!

ESL Evening Site Coordinator - Paid Internship (9268366)
Esperanza Center - Baltimore, Maryland

Site Coordinator will manage the activities and functions of our ESL evening program. Duties include student placement with teachers, teacher mentoring, student assessment, and supervision of overall evening program operations.

Event Producer Intern (9268371)
Betamore - Baltimore, Maryland

Assist with event planning and organization, including scheduling, coordinating with sponsors/partners, and handling day-of logistics. Help with setup, tear down, and overall event execution.

Fall 2014 - Public Relations Internship (9268377)
Himmelrich PR - Baltimore, Maryland

Interns at Himmelrich PR produce real, practical and usable work that will enhance their portfolios. Projects are collaborative so interns are exposed to every facet of public relations. The Himmelrich PR office is fun, casual and professional.

INTERN (6777) (9268361)
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield - Washington, D.C., District of Columbia

This position provides support to the DC HR Operations team focusing on performing the following duties:
• Develops a working knowledge of HR information databases and searchable resources
• Creates HRIS reports and assists with analyzing HR data; provides recommendations accordingly

Spring Internships at Wolf Trap (9268343)
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts - Vienna , Virginia

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts is a large performing arts organization that presents a wide spectrum of the performing arts: music, dance, theatre, opera and related education programs. Wolf Trap presents over 200 performances year-round, attracting more than 500,000 audience members annually.

Web Design Intern (9268092)
Medifast, Inc. - Owings Mills, Maryland

Medifast is looking for web and graphic design intern for the summer. Must be a full time student enrolled in Fall classes to be eligible. Assist in various graphic design, web design, video projects and production support for digital marketing initiative projects such as: Web Design Social Media graphics Video shoot and editing.

Data & Research Intern (9268292)
MarylandCAN - Baltimore, Maryland

MarylandCAN is seeking a data and research intern to assist with the collection and analysis of student achievement data that will be the basis of an upcoming MarylandCAN report regarding high school inputs and outcomes for children from low-income Baltimore households and how to improve them.

Fall 2014 - Maryland State Government Internship (9268380)
Maryland Department of Business & Economic Development - Baltimore, Maryland
Division of Business & Enterprise Development
Office of Military & Federal Affairs
Open On-going Internship

The following opportunity is a non-paid student fall internship. This internship is an excellent opportunity for students who desire hands-on experience with professional-level public service work, and for State Government agencies.

Industrial/Organizational Psychology Fall Intern (7996) (9268324)
American Institutes for Research - Washington, District of Columbia

The American Institutes for Research’s (AIR) Workforce and Lifelong Learning (WLL) group has been at the forefront of applied research to enhance the performance of individuals and organizations. AIR, a not-for-profit research organization, has focused on this critical need for over 60 years.

To access these positions, login to your UMBCworks account (via the link in the Jobs & Internships topic in myUMBC) and find details and application instructions as well as hundreds of other job postings! Please note you MUST have an approved resume and be released to apply to internships. To schedule an appointment, access our online system in UMBCworks or call 410-455-2216.