The 2015-2016 Senate and Finance Board are currently seeking a qualified candidates to fulfill the position of Secretary to take minutes at all official meetings. 

The Senate is SGA's engine for collecting ideas from students and turning them into campus change initiatives.  Members meet weekly (Mondays at 5:30 p.m.) to discuss and develop initiatives, talk with campus administrators and take positions on issues.

The Finance Board is the branch of SGA that provides funds to support student organization activities: nearly $200,000 this year.  Most of the Finance Board's work is done at weekly meetings, where student organization leaders present requests and Finance Board members ask questions and make decisions.  These meetings, which take place Tuesdays starting at 5:30 p.m., can be both long and intense. But they have a lot of fun too, partly because it's so interactive and engaging.

The deadline to apply for these positions is September 15th, 2015!

You can submit your application at: http://goo.gl/forms/6mYphsy6Dx

If you have any questions about the Secretary position in either body, please contact:

Andres Garcia, Speaker of the Senate (andresg1@umbc.edu)

Sarah Lilly, Assistant Speaker of the Senate (slilly1@umbc.edu)

Trent Bae, Chair of the Finance Board (tbae1@umbc.edu)

Meghna Bhatt, Vice Chair of the Finance Board (meghna2@umbc.edu)

Last month, more than 1,000 podcasters gathered in Texas for the second annual “Podcast Movement” to discuss the latest in the industry. Jason Loviglio, associate professor and chair of media and communication studies, published a first-hand account of his experience at the conference in Antenna, a popular media and cultural studies blog.

Loviglio, who is an expert in media history and radio studies, wrote in great detail about the various conference sessions which ranged from an awards session presented by the “Academy of Podcasting” to the keynote address by Sarah Koenig of the overwhelmingly popular podcast Serial.

“Koenig’s talk was exquisitely produced and disarmingly personal. After nearly a year, she still manages to seem genuinely staggered by the podcast’s runaway success. And yet somehow she knows exactly which sorts of behind-the-scenes tidbits about the reporting, production, and post-fame spin-control we’re desperate to hear,” Loviglio wrote.

Loviglio noted that Koenig took the time to explain the importance of collaboration in creating successful podcasts, which many view as a highly individual process. “Koenig credited producer Julie Snyder with providing some of the most important improvements draft to draft, a valuable lesson about the importance of collaboration, another point often lost in the highly individualistic, ‘bootstraps’ narratives and underfunded business model of the business podcasters.”

Read “What I Learned at Podcast Movement 2015” on the Antenna website.

by Steven McAlpine

• Design, analysis and development engineering
• Engine services and customer support
• Manufacturing process development, process improvement, lean manufacturing, testing,
• Product/Program support
• Experienced managers mentor co-op/intern contributions and development during their assignments. Student's build leadership and functional skills through structured hands-on and training that complements challenging work experiences.

• Design/Development engineering roles include component design, analysis, development and testing, life mgmt., aerodynamics and thermodynamic design, performance, stress analysis, vibration analysis and engine tests. Most projects rely on PCs or workstations to utilize modeling techniques.
• Engine Services roles provide the unique experience of working hands-on with the engine components and component repair processes. Most projects require constant interaction with engineering and customer support staff.
• Manufacturing roles include cycle time reduction, product flow, workstation design and tooling, process improvement, quality, testing, material handling, environmental/health and safety,
• Materials roles provide opportunities to evaluate and characterize materials and processes for use in the aircraft engines and systems.
• Product/Program Support

• Must have a minimum of 3.0 GPA (without rounding)
• Meet required degree of Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Materials, Ceramics, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering
• Attending a full time matriculated and nationally accredited baccalaureate or graduate program
• Completed on full year of college (rising sophomore)
• Willing and available to work at any GE Aviation US location (minimum of 10 weeks maximum 28 weeks)
• Unlimited Legal Authorization to work in the US
• Reliable transportation

Full Ride to Study Abroad

The Education Abroad Network (TEAN) has a Full Ride Scholarship for one deserving student to study abroad with them!  

We at UMBC's Study Abroad Office encourage you to apply for this special scholarship for Spring 2016. It will cover tuition, program fees, housing and round-trip airfare for any of the partners participating in the 20 for 20 campaign. Total value of the scholarship is up to $30,000 USD. 

The scholarship was designed to give a student the once in a lifetime opportunity to study abroad. TEAN wants to help a stand-out student study abroad with no restrictions, who might not have the opportunity otherwise. 

Visit the 20 for 20 homepage to see the applications, selection criteria and other scholarship information for TEAN.