The NSA has EXTENDED their deadline to apply to several of their SUMMER INTERN PROGRAMS.  The NSA offers UNDERGRADUATE and GRADUATE students a wide variety of excellent programs to get a jumpstart on a career in intelligence.

SEE SEARCHABLE DATABASE OF OPPORTUNITIES HERE AND APPLY

The programs below all have a deadline of Tuesday, October 31st.  Most simply require a resume and transcript.  Details on how to obtain your unofficial or official UMBC transcript can be found here.  APPLY before Tuesday if interested. 

CAE in Cyber Operations Summer Intern Program
Selectees will be invited to participate in a 12-week summer program to gain knowledge of specific cyber-related topics and apply educational knowledge to address various real world mission-related technical challenges.

Computer Science Intern Program (CSIP)
In the Computer Science Intern Program (CSIP), you will gain first-hand experience in critical work at NSA, while making a valuable contribution to national security. And you'll be earning a salary too! As a CSIP intern, you will have the opportunity to apply your computer science skills to NSA hardware and software systems.

Signals Intelligence Collection Program (SICP)
Does the prospect of applying your computer, technical, analytic, social science, communication, problem solving, and/or critical thinking skills to the National Security Agency’s Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) mission pique your interest? As a SICP intern, you will work to directly support the United States Intelligence Community, national-level customers and our armed forces operating around the globe.

Cyber Summer Program (CSP)
The Cyber Summer Program (CSP) is the National Security Agency's (NSA) premier outreach effort to the very best undergraduate and graduate computer science, engineering, mathematics, network security and information assurance students in the country

Data Center Management Intern Program
Data Center Management (DCM) is a dynamic, emerging field created to govern the facilities and complex engineering frameworks that support massive parallel computing systems. DCM involves an unprecedented integrated approach that combines power and HVAC engineering disciplines with telecommunications and business management. All of these branches of knowledge join together to help create a safe and secure environment where parallel computing systems and their infrastructure can operate at peak efficiency with optimal potential for future expansion. 

Human Resources (HR) Intern Program 
Summers at NSA will be educational and exciting for undergraduates majoring in Human Resources (HR) (an alternative major with a minor or concentration in Human Resources is also acceptable). HR Interns at NSA will gain practical HR experience while putting their intelligence and creativity to work at the world's technology leader and top cryptologic organization in the U.S. Intelligence Community.

Installation & Logistics (I&L) Intern Program 
The Installation & Logistics (I&L) Intern Program is intended for individuals interested in project management and electrical, power, mechanical or civil engineering fields, and supply chain and business management operations. In addition to gaining valuable work experience, interns will gain substantial exposure to NSA's mission operations through I&L's supporting functions.

Health Promotion & Wellness (HPW) Intern Program
The Health Promotion and Wellness Summer Intern Program is an intense and exciting 12-week internship open to select college undergraduate or master's level students majoring in the field of health promotion and wellness, health education or related fields.

Security & Counterintelligence Summer Intern Program (SCSIP) 
Spend 12 weeks of your summer at NSA, living in the Security and Counterintelligence world by working alongside experienced security professionals.

Summer Intern Program for Science and Technology (SIP/ST)
The Summer Intern Program for Science and Technology (SIP/ST) is a full-time, 12-week summer internship program open to college juniors who are concentrating their studies in the disciplines of computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, network engineering, software engineering or telecommunications.

Summer Strategic Communications Intern Program (SSCIP)
The Summer Strategic Communications Intern Program is for students enrolled in one or more of the following areas of study: writing, editing, journalism, public relations, marketing or advertising; visual arts, television production, motion picture production, or 3-D animation; graphics or photography.

Summer Intern Program for Information Assurance (SIPIA)
The Summer Intern Program for Information Assurance (SIPIA) is a 12-week summer program meant to help accelerate your career in the field of Information Assurance (IA) by working for NSA. SIPIA hosts high potential students pursuing Bachelor's (between junior and senior year), Master's or Ph.D. technical degrees that can contribute to the IA mission.

Industrial and Organizational Psychology Intern Program
Spend your summer at NSA further developing your technical skills. As an intern working in the HR Strategy and Program Design unit at NSA, you'll learn how to apply scientific and quantitative methods to address a wide range of human capital issues.

Summer Program for Operations Research Technology (SPORT)
Spend your summer at NSA further developing your technical skills. As an Intern Analyst in the Enterprise Operations Research Division at NSA, you will work side-by-side with analysts in mission organizations to apply state-of-the-art scientific and quantitative methods, which employ applied mathematics and data science techniques, to develop innovative solutions to current agency, operational "hard" problems and to unconventional problems exclusive to the Intelligence Community.

Business Management & Acquisition Intern Program for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Are you looking for an opportunity that will provide innovative professional work experiences that are significant and meaningful to your career and academic goals, enable you to explore the fascinating and unique world of intelligence, and give you the opportunity to serve your country? Look no further than the National Security Agency (NSA). NSA’s Business Management & Acquisition (BM&A) Summer Intern Program offers the opportunity for training and experience within a multi-faceted business discipline.

Field Site Internship Programs
How would you like to spend your summer developing technological solutions that contribute to the security of our nation? Where you can work and see that your efforts are supporting the broader Intelligence Community and our Armed Forces?

The Office of the Inspector General Summer Intern Program 
The OIG Summer Internship offers full-time paid internships for undergraduate and master’s degree students each year. It is a 12-week program that gives rising college seniors or graduate level students a wide variety of opportunities to be agents for change, analyze operations for efficiency and effectiveness and deliver results to our customers to reduce program costs and provide value to NSA and the US taxpayer. 

The recent visit of Trevor Noah to UMBC’s campus drew an enormous crowd to the Retriever Activities Center. People were buzzing about how excited they were to see their favorite comedian right here in Baltimore, Maryland. Boy, did “The Daily Show” host deliver.

It was clear the night was going to be a success when over 3,000 people stood in line to enter the RAC, hours before the show was going to start. The line ran all the way down academic row and wrapped back around into the parking lot near Fine Arts.

From talking about the eclipse this year, to how trap music sounds like a toddler throwing a fit, Noah had the crowd howling with laughter. It was amazing how he was able to bring in serious topics, like climate change and racism, and make jokes about them while still preserving the importance of discussing such pressing matters.

Some of the jokes he made definitely swayed on the edge of uncomfortable. One such joke was when he said that ISIS should claim responsibility for hurricanes because at least then, something will get done about the damage hurricanes have caused.

Through this statement, however, Noah was able to bring attention to the fact that many Americans are continuing to neglect the issue of climate change and want to find someone to blame before taking action. In the end, he got this point across, even though his joke could be seen as risky.

This kind of comedy is very important when it comes to huge issues in society that people are refusing to acknowledge. By poking fun at the stances taken on these issues, people begin to see how alarmingly true Noah’s statements are. Additionally, presenting these issues in a lighthearted, comedic environment allows people to let down their guard and not feel attacked when their views are questioned.

Bridget Anger, a sophomore chemical engineering major, resonates with this necessity to avoid attacking people with differing views. “He emphasizes how it’s important to talk with people who have different views than you on certain issues, even if it’s not really comfortable,” she said, noting that Trevor Noah is careful to show respect to those with differing ideologies.

One subject that really stood out in the show was how in the near future, white people will not be the majority in the country anymore. Noah commented on how some white people are deathly afraid of this happening, and for good reason: “They’re afraid that people of color will do to white people what white people did to them.”

This is a powerful statement, as it acknowledges that the fear stems from an understanding of how awfully people of color have been treated in this country. Once again, the issue of systemic racism is brought back to the surface.

Trevor Noah’s hilarious comedic tone left the crowd cheering and wanting more, but this event did more than make a couple people laugh. It allowed the members of UMBC’s community to acknowledge the current societal issues in a lighthearted way, opening the minds and eyes of those who have felt too guarded to do so before.

Association of Old Crows APG-Susquehanna Chapter

Student Scholarship 2017-2018

$1,000 scholarship from the Association of Old Crows (AOC) APG-Susquehanna Chapter and a one year AOC membership from the National AOC. Winners will be recognized and awarded scholarships at the Chapter Distinguished Speaker and Scholarship Awards Luncheon scheduled for March 2018.

Requirements: Students must be undergraduate degree-seeking in the areas of engineering or computer sciences and be able to articulate a career interest related to the AOC professional mission in the fields of military communications, electronic warfare, electromagnetic spectrum management operations, cyber electromagnetic activities, and/or information operations. For example, a future career on a team that: develops systems that protect pilots from enemy anti-aircraft weapons and ground troops and civilians from IEDs or develops tools and programs to counter enemy cyber-attacks.

Apply: Please complete the attached application and return your completed application and application documents to Josh Abrams (josh.abrams@umbc.edu) either via email or in person to ITE 202. Please note that an essay and 2 letters of recommendation are required as part of the application.

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh has joined a multi-state team of 15 other attorney generals in opposing President Trump’s plan to ban transgender individuals from openly serving in the military.

The coalition of attorney generals argued in their amicus brief — a complaint that does not represent a party in a case — that the ban is unconstitutional, contradicts interests of national defense and harms the transgender community.

The brief references a lawsuit from eight transgender members of the Air Force, Coast Guard, Army, United States Naval Academy and the ROTC program at the University of New Haven. According to a press release from Brian Frosh, the eight transgender members’ lawsuit, “Doe v. Trump, was brought by LGBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders and the National Center for Lesbian Rights.”

The suit was filed after Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was instructed by President Trump to ban transgender individuals from joining the military and halt the use of federal funds to pay for sexual reassignment surgeries and medication of current members unless it was deemed that their lives were in danger.

The case is currently pending in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

This refusal of medical care to those already serving has been, in particular, heavily criticized, as military members have been able to get elective surgery (including cosmetic) fully covered if they claimed it to be impacting their mental state and/or mission.

The ban now leaves many in limbo, as they are unable to complete the necessary procedures to finish their transition.

Carlos Turcios, Program Associate for Diversity and Inclusion at Student Life’s Mosaic Center, had this to say about the initial reaction to the ban: “I think the staff at the Mosaic Center would be disappointed in any policy that becomes exclusionary to any group, including exclusion based upon gender identity and expression.”

He reflected the concerns of the attorney generals in alienating potential service members, “I will definitely say that there are always LGBTQ+ identified people that are interested in joining the military just as there are straight, cisgender people wanting to join.”

In response to the amicus brief itself, students expressed frustration that it had taken so long for action against the ban, but were not surprised.

John Platter, sophomore psychology major and the Social and Membership Director of the LGBTQ Student Union, expressed a strong pride in being from Maryland and his grandparents having served in the military. However, he expressed a disappointingly official opposition to the President’s transgender ban that “took a long time.”

Both junior Dylan Dickerson-Evans, biology and pre-physical therapy major, and freshman Ethel Bowmaster, computer science major, brought up having parents or cousins in the military. Dickerson-Evans echoed similar sentiments to the eight plaintiffs from Doe v. Trump: “anyone who wants to fight, should be allowed to fight.”

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article stated that Jane v. Doe had been dismissed. It has been corrected, as the case has not been dismissed and is currently pending in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.