Interested in having a positive influence in your community? Do you want to utilize your mentoring and leadership skills for a good purpose? Refugee Youth Project’s College JUMP is seeking UMBC student mentors to empower junior and senior high school refugee students in Baltimore to acquire the knowledge, skills, and mindset to gain admission and feel prepared for success in post-secondary institutions.
Questions: elgrose1@umbc.edu
To Apply: https://goo.gl/forms/3Exjhr9BbqF2h2nn2
Dr. Salkever has coauthored with current Public Policy students and former students (now alumni); Most recently he has coauthored with Stephen Johnston, Michael Abrams, Kevin Baier, and Brent Gibbons:
Johnston S, Salkever DS, Ialongo NS, Slade EP, and Stuart EA. (2017) Estimating the economic value of information for screening in disseminating and targeting effective school-based preventive interventions: an illustrative example. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research44 (6):932-942.
Stephen Johnston is a doctoral candidate in the School of Public Policy at UMBC and works full time as the director, Real World Data Analytics and Research, Johnson and Johnson.
Salkever D, Abrams M, Baier K, and Gibbons B. (2018). Impacting entry into evidence-based supported employment: a population-based empirical analysis of a statewide public mental health program. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research,45(2):328-341.
Michael Abrams, Ph.D. ‘15 is conducting research and teaching courses in the Health, Administration and Policy program at UMBC. Kevin Baier, Ph.D.’17 is a policy analyst at Westat; and Brent Gibbons, Ph.D. ‘13 is the Deputy Director for the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research and a teaching courses in the School of Public Health, National University, Singapore
The demand for skilled technical project managers is growing at a time when more and more are retiring, according to a recent report from the Project Management Institute (PMI). The gap is swelling between open positions and available professionals. The need for employees with skills in leadership, strategic and business management, and technical management is more important than ever. PMI warns that this gap in qualified candidates could lead to a loss in profits of over $200 billion globally through 2027.
Globally, PMI predicts that there will be over 2.2 million new roles each year that require this expertise. In the US, that projection is over 200,000 new jobs each year until 2027. There are opportunities abound for professionals with technical management experience and education. You can learn to inspire innovation and success in information systems, product development, research, laboratories and more.
I’ve been involved in education my whole life. This goes way back to when I was a middle and high school teacher and guidance counselor after completing graduate school. Additionally, I’ve been teaching in subjects like training and human development, learning and development, and course design for over thirty years. Probably longer than I care to remember! Basically, I’ve worked with most every population from k-12 to adults. It’s been a nice journey to say the least. For the most part, I’ve always had my hands in training, teaching, and administration in both an academic and government setting. So, I’m extremely familiar with and focused on learning and development. I’m happy to be a part of the ISD field, specifically the areas of Instructional Design, eLearning, and Performance Improvement.
Over the years, many stakeholders, both inside and outside UMBC, have had difficulty discerning what we do based on the name of our office. After more than a calendar year researching options, exploring focus-group and survey respondent feedback about different possible names for our office, and debating amongst ourselves the benefits and drawbacks of various naming options, we have decided on a new name:
Student Conduct and Community Standards
]]>This name is a mash-up of “Student Conduct,” which is the preferred name for most conduct offices across the country, while adding a phrase that has currency for our campus.The addition of “Community Standards” emphasizes the importance of community at UMBC. Also:
- The name focuses on both individual responsibility and community responsibility
- One of the goals of restorative practices is repairing relationships which fits nicely with the concept of building community
- The inclusion of “Community Standards” emphasizes that we have a broader focus than just talking about discipline
- The use of “Community Standards” signals to campus partners our desire to collaborate around the creation and maintenance of standards for behavior in all realms of the student experience