Applying to the Department of State: a Workshop

Time: Thu, February 20, 1pm – 1pm

Place: 2407 Marie Mount Hall

Have you noticed that a handful of your peers and colleagues have these sweet internships at the Department of State? And that we have program alumni who have done their internships there or later moved onto State? Have you ever wondered how and why our small (but awesome) program lands so many people in such an awesome, prestigious internship location? Well, for many of those students, it’s because they attended one of our workshops that specifically is geared toward the State Department. You, too, can have a sweet internship at the State Department! Come to our workshop to find out how (no guarantees, of course). Please bring a copy of your current resume.

CEO Wanda Alexander: Self-empowerment, Entrepreneurship, and Life

Time: Thu, February 20, 6pm – 7pm
Location: 2407 Marie Mount Hall

RSVP!

Interested in innovation? In starting your own company or non-profit? In taking ownership of your life?  In how to support U.S. government agencies such as HUD? Come have supper and conversation with Wanda Alexander this Thursday!
(And if you need an event, you can report on this one for credit.)

Wanda Alexandre, a UMD alumna, is the President and CEO of her own company, Horizon Consulting Inc., a minority and woman-owned small business that supports the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and other organizations (including banks). She also creates scholarships for minority women, teaches investment and entrepreneurship to youth, and mentors young people before and after college. She has been named UMD’s 2013 Distinguished Alumna for Undergraduate Studies; a Loudon County 2012 Innovator of the Year; the Women Business Champion of the Year 2007, and one of the Washington Business Journal’s Outstanding Minority Business Leaders. She has also been inducted into the Smart CEO BRAVA Award Hall of Fame.

The Challenge of the Oceans

Time: Wed, February 19, 3pm – 5pm
Location: 6th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center 

  Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center 

  One Woodrow Wilson Plaza 

  1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW 

  Washington, DC 20004-3027

  (directions)

Link: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-challenge-the-oceans

The world’s oceans are under direct threat. The 5th Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has noted that as a direct result of increased carbon intake, acidification has increased, which has a direct correlation to the overall health and balance of oceanic ecosystems. Furthermore, sea levels are predicted to rise in 95 percent of ocean area. How then can societies and governments work together to bring clear and lasting policies to shift these trends? On February 19th, a panel will convene to discuss recent oceanic challenges.

The “Managing Our Planet” seminar series is developed jointly by George Mason University, the Brazil Institute and the Environmental Change and Security Program. It is based on the premise that the impacts of humanity on the environment (including natural resources) are at a planetary scale, requiring planetary-scale solutions.

Event Speakers:

Thomas Lovejoy
Biodiversity Chair, H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment

Chris Parsons
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University

Andreas Merkl
President and CEO, The Ocean Conservancy

Human Rights, Security, and Development in Morocco

Time: Wed, February 19, 12:15pm – 1:20pm
Location: 1207 Van Munching Hall

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Global Philanthropy Lecture

Time: Wed, February 12 and/or Thur, February 13, 12:15pm – 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall


Description: The Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership Program will sponsor a series of global philanthropy lectures at 12:15pm on Feb 3, 4, 12, and 13. (You needn’t attend more than one; each is its own individual lecture).

Here is the information for Wednesday's lecture:

Jennifer N. Brass is an Assistant Professor at Indiana University's School of Public & Environmental Affairs, where she teaches courses on NGO Management, international development, international policy and statebuilding. Brass’s research examines service provision, governance and state development in sub-Saharan Africa. Professor Brass is currently revising a book manuscript, provisionally titled, Allies or Adversaries? NGOs and the State in Development,which examines the role that nongovernmental organizations play in service provision, state-society relations, and state development in Kenya. The dissertation on which the book is based won the inaugural APCG-Lynne Reinner award for the best dissertation on African politics in 2010 as well as the 2012 Award of Merit from the International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR). Her articles appear in Governance, World Development, Development and Change,the Journal of Modern African Studies, the Annual Review of Environment & Resources and the Journal of Public Affairs Education. She has conducted extensive field research in Senegal, Djibouti, Kenya and Uganda. Professor Brass holds a PhD and MA in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.

Workshop: Memo Writing

Time: Mon, February 17, 10am – 11am and/or Tue, February 18, 3pm – 4pm

Place: 2407 Marie Mount Hall

At the end of each year here in our office, someone (maybe many people) actually read those 5-page papers you turn in. And we read those supervisor evaluations we collect. This past year, that was my job. And one thing kept coming up over and over again: they need better writers. But not just any writing—memo writing. It was probably  the most oft-mentioned skill for improvement. Well, fortunately, both of the GAs here attend the School of Public Policy where we are specifically trained in writing policy memos. And now we have the chance to pass along that knowledge to you! 

U.S. Policy in South Asia in the Coming Decade

Time: Thu, February 13, 12:15pm – 1:30pm
Location: 1207 Van Munching Hall
Link: https://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/cissm-forum-us-policy-south-asia-coming-decade

Robert D. Lamb is a senior fellow and director of the Program on Crisis, Conflict and Cooperation at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). A former Defense Department strategist, Dr. Lamb studies development, governance, and conflict with an emphasis on complex crises, informal processes, and hybrid political and economic systems. His research has included the effectiveness of civilian assistance, private-sector development, and stabilization programs in complex environments; gang governance, violence, and legitimacy in the stateless slums of Medellín, Colombia; and subnational governance and stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He earned a Ph.D. in policy studies from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy in a program combining security, economics, and ethics. He received a B.A. from Gettysburg College, evaluated microdevelopment projects in Nicaragua, then worked for nine years as a business and finance journalist, winning a National Press Club award in 2001, before changing careers after 9/11.

"Free Market Fairness"

Time: Tue, February 11, 5:00pm – 6:30pm
Location: 1101 Tydings

Part of a Public Lecture Series sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, this lecture will feature John Tomasi of the Politics & Philosophy department at Brown University.

U.S. Healthcare at a Crossroads?

Time: Tue, February 11, 12:15pm – 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
Link: https://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/tuesday-forum-us-health-care-crossroads

Spring Career & Internship Fair 2014

Time: Tue - Thur, February 11-13, 12pm – 5pm

Location: Adele H. Stamp Student Union

Guys, go to the career fair!

Link: http://www.careercenter.umd.edu/events_description.cfm?event_id=4542

Event Details:
Day 1 of 3: This annual 3-day event provides students an opportunity to meet face-to-face with employers to discuss internship as well as full-time and part-time employment opportunities. Each day has different employers so students are encouraged to plan ahead. Attendees should dress professionally and bring multiple copies of resumes. No preregistration is necessary.

WHICH DAYS TO ATTEND:
Each day will have employers looking to fill both tech and non-tech positions. All employers will be grouped by whether they're hiring for tech, non-tech, or both.

WHO CAN ATTEND:
University of Maryland, College Park:

• Current students and spouses;
• Alumni and spouses;
• Faculty/staff and spouses; and
• Shady Grove campus students (from UMCP)

No other individuals (including other UM system schools) will be admitted to this event.

PREPARING FOR THE FAIR:

Learn how to put your best foot forward at www.careers.umd.edu/FairPrep.
See a listing of employers attending the fairs - CLICK HERE

Requesting Accessibility Accommodations:
Please contact Stacey Brown at the University Career Center & The President's Promise (sbrown2@umd.edu or 301.314.7239) by February 1st if you need to request accessibility accommodations for this event.

EMPLOYER INFORMATION:

Employer registration will be available at www.careers.umd.edu/CareerFairs in late November.

For additional information about this event:
contact Adrianne Bradford at abradfor@umd.edu

Regulating Global Philanthropy in India: NGO-Advocacy, Law, and Social Welfare

Time: Tue, February 4, 12:15pm – 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall

A presentation by Dr. Erica Bornstein, Faculty Candidate – Philanthropy and Nonprofit Management

For more about the speaker, click here.

Tyranny of Consensus: Discourse and Dissent in American National Security Policy

Time: Thu, February 6, 12:15pm – 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall

Janne E. Nolan is a member of the international affairs faculty at George Washington University and a Senior Fellow at the Association for Diplomatic Studies. She has held numerous senior positions in the private sector, including as Professor of International Affairs and Deputy Director of the Ridgway Center at the University of Pittsburgh; project director and research faculty at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service; Director of Foreign Policy for The Century Foundation of New York, Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, and Senior International Security Consultant at Science Applications International Corporation.

Dr. Nolan also chairs the Nuclear Security Working Group, a bipartisan group of senior foreign policy experts working to build consensus on pressing arms control and nuclear security issues. The Nuclear Security Working Group is generously funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Dr. Nolan's public service includes positions as a technology trade and arms control specialist in the Department of State, as senior representative to the Senate Armed Services Committee, and as the defense advisor to several presidential campaigns and transition teams. She served as an appointed member of the White House Presidential Advisory Board on U.S. Arms and Technology Policy (Chair), the National Defense Panel, the State Department's Accountability Review Board (investigating terror attacks against U.S. embassies in East Africa), the Gates Panel to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the U.S., and the Secretary of Defense's Policy Board.

Author of seven books, Dr. Nolan's work includes: Guardians of the Arsenal: The Politics of Nuclear Strategy, Trappings of Power: Ballistic Missiles in the Third World, An Elusive Consensus: Nuclear Weapons and American Security after the Cold War, and Tyranny of Consensus: Discourse and Dissent in American National Security Policy. She has received major research awards from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation (5-time recipient), the Ford Foundation, and the Ploughshares Foundation and serves on the board of the American Middle East Institute, the Arms Control Association, the Monterey Institute's Non Proliferation Review, the Hewlett Foundation, and the Center for Climate and Security. Dr. Nolan is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Committee on International Security (second appointed term), the Aspen Strategy Group (Distinguished Emeritus), and the Cosmos Club.