Have you been searching for provocative perspectives and innovative educational initiatives that push the limits of higher education sustainability?

New this year, the AASHE 2012 Advanced Track: Sustainability Unbound will challenge the content, design, delivery, place, purpose, intent and future of sustainability education with a host of presenters and facilitators including Second Nature Presidential Fellow Mitchell Thomashow and University of New Hampshire Chief Sustainability Officer Tom Kelly.

Participants in this track will spend mornings attending concurrent conference sessions and afternoons reflecting on ways to advance and escalate the transformation of sustainability education. These discussions will take apart current assumptions and beliefs to reconstruct the campus and curriculum in a way that prepares students for the road ahead.

Not sure if this track is for you? Consider the following discussion topics:

• If higher education were to take a leadership role in preparing students and providing the information and knowledge to achieve a just and sustainable society, what would it look like?

• How will the education of all professionals reflect a new approach to learning and practice, building a pedagogy that embraces education for sustainability?

• What will colleges and universities look like if they operate as fully integrated communities, modeling social and ecological sustainability in its interdependence with the local, regional, and global communities?

• What are the essential actions that will advance sustainability over the next five years to accomplish this vision? How can we facilitate action and move it forward?

For more AASHE 2012 bonuses including networking and community service opportunities, visit the conference website. Hotel discounts end September 22 and registration ends October 8 so register soon! For any conference questions, contact conference@aashe.org.

UMBC political science professor Thomas Schaller has tough news for Americans frustrated with government gridlock. In his latest Baltimore Sun column, Schaller writes:

Americans sent divided governments to Washington in both 2006 and 2010, and will likely do so again this November. Since the conventions, President Obama’s lead over Republican nominee Mitt Romney has widened, and almost no sane analyst thinks the GOP will lose the U.S. House this November. So buckle up for two more years of stalemated, sometimes ugly governance in the nation’s capital.

The one remaining toss-up for Schaller is the Senate race, which might offer election night’s greatest excitement. However, he concludes, “Whichever party emerges this November with a Senate majority…the inability of the two national parties to solve major national problems is almost certain to continue for another biennium.”

David H. Murray ’14, economics, is hard at work campaigning for a seat on the Prince George’s County Board of Education, reports The Baltimore Sun‘s Explore Howard, and his chances look good.

Murray is speaking with as many voters as he can before the election, commenting, “Any time I’m not in school, I’m rushing back here to talk to people.” Next week he will participate in a forum sponsored by the Prince George’s County branches of the League of Women Voters and NAACP, alongside candidate Zabrina Epps. Murray was the front-runner in the April 2012 primary, garnering 56% of the total votes and receiving 1,500 more votes than Epps.

Responding to queries about his age, Murray notes that voters he meets seem pleasantly surprised that “they have a young person growing up in the county, deciding they’re not going to leave, or wait till they get older to solve problems, that they’re willing to jump in now and do that.”

On-Campus Interviews offer students a chance to conveniently interview for professional positions on campus.  Employers travel to our campus for the specific purpose of interviewing preselected students for currently open positions.  This is a great opportunity to interview with employers specifically interested in UMBC students and offers the advantage of a smaller applicant pool.  Interviews take place during the fall and spring. The logistics (viewing positions, applying, signing up for interview time slots, etc.) are all handled via UMBCworks.

Don't miss out on employers coming to UMBC to recruit YOU this fall! The following is a list of employers coming to conduct on-campus interviews with application deadlines in the next month.

**ARINC Incorporated

Interviewing on 10/5/12 (Deadline to apply via UMBCworks: 9/21/12)
Positions:   Junior Software Engineer, Junior Integration Engineer, Junior Communication Analyst, Junior Network Engineer
Majors:  Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering

**Carrier Corporation

Interviewing on 10/9/12 (Deadline to apply via UMBCworks:  9/25/12)
Positions:  Carrier Commercial Sales Engineer/Technician)
Majors:  Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering

**Northwestern Mutual Financial Network

Interviewing on 10/10/12 (Deadline to apply via UMBCworks:  9/26/12)
Positions:  Financial Representative
Majors:  All Majors

**T Rowe Price

Interviewing on 10/11/12 (Deadline to apply via UMBCworks:  9/27/12)
Positions:  Equity Associate Analyst
Majors:  ECON, FIEC, HIST, POLI, ACCT

A full list of On-Campus Interviews scheduled this fall is available on our website calendar and on UMBCworks, please check regularly for any updates or changes that may occur.