Fed Event: Career Fair on Sat., 9/25 in DC

OUT For Work Career Fair and Conference 2010 Day 1 of 2
on Saturday, September 25th from 08:00AM - 05:00PM at The Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia 20005

FREE registration ends Wednesday, September 15.
Don't miss the 6th Annual Celebratory Out For Work Conference scheduled for September 25th-26th at the Washington Plaza Hotel in Washington D.C. The Conference will feature great new workshops and guest speakers, including Fashion Guru Tim Gunn, Amanda Simpson, President Obama's Trans Appointee, Journalist Jonathan Capehart and more.

The University Career Center and the President's Promise and The Office of LGBT Equity are proud to announce that we will once again partner with Out For Work to sponsor University of Maryland students to attend the conference. As a partner, the University of Maryland has a limited number of spaces for students to participate FREE OF CHARGE. This includes conference materials and meals. The normal fee for current undergraduate and graduate students is $45.

NO SHOW POLICY: This event is FREE to participate, however; since space is limited, and the co-sponsoring departments are paying to sponsor each participant slot, if you fail to check-in both days of the conference/career fair we will have to charge your student account $45 (cost of meals and registration).

HOW TO REGISTER:
First accept the NO SHOW policy by going to http://www.careercenter.umd.edu/form.cfm?Form_ID=18

Once you accept the NO SHOW policy you will be directed to the main Out For Work registration page

Enter email address and select "University of Maryland, College Park" from the list of schools/groups

Enter discount code "UMD"

Fill out all of the required registration information and confirm registration

For additional information about this event:contact Nicholas Sakurai at sakurai@umd.edu

Fed Event: Networking with EPA, Thurs., 9/16 at UMD

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Networking and Information Session
on Thursday, September 16th from 4- 05:00 PM in 3100 Hornbake Library, Multipurpose Room

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will present an information session on their open positions.

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

Fed Event: Academica in Homeland Security on Thurs., 9/16 at UMD

START Seminar: "The Role of Academia in Homeland Security"with DHS Under Secretary for Science & Technology Dr. Tara O'Toole
Thursday, September 16th from 10:30 - 11:30 AM at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center ~ Kogod Theater

This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to infostart@start.umd.edu.

Flyer available here: http://claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/2010/c/about/parking/

Website: www.start.umd.edu/start/announcements/announcement.asp?id=203

Fed Event: Find an Internship in the Gov., Wed., 9/15 at UMD

How to Find a Job/Internship in the Government
Industry Networking Series Co-Sponsored by NSA
Wednesday, September 15th from 04:30 - 06:30PM at 3100 Hornbake Library, University Career Center

Interested in interning or working full-time with the federal government? Wondering about the application process? Confused about opportunities and deadlines?

Join us for a panel discussion with several federal government agencies followed by a networking social. Professional dress is suggested and you may bring several copies of your resume. RSVP information coming soon, please join us!

Participating Employers Include: NSA, NIH, U.S. Postal Service and Department of State

For additional information about this event contact China Wilson at cwilson7@umd.edu

Fed Event: Sept. Events at UMD Center for Internat'l & Security Studies

Center for International & Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM) Forum
The CISSM Forum is a weekly policy forum held on Thursdays, from 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm in room 1107 Van Munching Hall, College Park, Maryland.

CISSM Forum September 09, 2010
"Nuclear Dangers: A Strange Turn of History," with Joan Rohlfing, President and Chief Operationg Officer, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), Maryland School of Public Policy Alum

• Ms. Rohlfing became President and Chief Operating Officer of NTI in January 2010, after nine years as NTI's Senior Vice President for Programs and Operations. She joined NTI in 2001 after holding a number of senior positions with the U.S. Department of Energy. She served as Senior Advisor for National Security to the Secretary of Energy and Director of the Office of Nonproliferation and National Security. She took a nine-month assignment in New Delhi, India, in the wake of nuclear tests in South Asia, to advise the U.S. Ambassador on nuclear security issues. Ms. Rohlfing also has served on the staff of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee and at the U.S. Department of Defense.

CISSM Forum September 16, 2010
"Legal Regulation of Torture" by Gregory Craig, lawyer, former White House Counsel to President Obama

• Greg Craig is currently a partner at Skadden Arps in Washington, D.C. where he chairs the firm's Global Policy and Litigation Strategy Group. From 2009 to 2010, Mr. Craig was Counsel to President Barack Obama. Prior to his position in the White House, he was a partner at the law firm of Williams & Connolly, where he practiced law for many years. During his career as a trial lawyer, Mr. Craig has participated in many high-profile cases and represented many prominent elected officials, private individuals and U.S. corporations. From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Craig served as Senior Advisor to Senator Edward M. Kennedy for foreign policy and national security affairs. In 1997, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright appointed him to be Director of the Policy Planning Staff in the State Department. In late 1998, President Clinton brought him over to the White House – as Assistant to the President and Special Counsel – to quarterback the impeachment defense. He was part of the team that represented President Clinton in the Senate trial in early 1999. Mr. Craig served as a senior foreign policy adviser in the Obama presidential campaign and played the role of Senator McCain in the process of preparing the candidate for the three presidential debates. He was educated at Harvard College (magna cum laude), Cambridge University (Diploma in Historical Studies) and Yale Law School.

CISSM Forum September 23, 2010
"A New START: The Ratification Process" by J. Peter Scoblic, Senior Professional Staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee

• J. Peter Scoblic is a senior professional staff member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Prior to joining the committee, he was the executive editor of The New Republic, where he served in various capacities for seven years. He has written and spoken widely on national security issues, and in 2008 Viking published his book, "U.S. vs. Them," a history of conservatism and American nuclear policy. Before joining The New Republic, he was the editor of Arms Control Today, a journal covering efforts to prevent the spread and use of weapons of mass destruction. He graduated from Brown University, where he was editor-in-chief of the Brown Journal of World Affairs.

CISSM Forum September 30, 2010
"Who is Sovereign? Transparency, Candor and Information as Structural Constitutionlaism"
by David P. Meyer, Director, Civilian Reprisal Investigations Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense and Andrew P. Bakaj, Investigator and Team Leader, National Security Reprisal Team, Civilian Reprisal Investigations Directorate

Fed Event: Environmental Policy Documentary at UMD TODAY!

UMD School of Public Policy Environmental Policy Roundtable
Friday, September 3d (TODAY!) from 12:15 - 1:30 PM at the School of Public Policy, Van Munching Hall

Environmental Policy Roundtable Introduction, Planning, and "The Story of Cosmetics," a short documentary describing policy holes that allow inclusion of toxic chemicals and other potentially unsafe products in consumer goods used across the U.S. and parts of the world.

Fed Event: Social Welfare Policy on Tues, 9/7 at UMD

Tuesday Policy Forum: The Role of Policy Analysis in Dealing with the Insolvency of the Social Welfare State
on Tuesday, September 7th from 12:15 - 1:30 PM at 1113 Van Munching Hall

The Maryland School of Public Policy's Tuesday Policy Forum will feature Professor Douglas J. Besharov, a lawyer and the first director of the U.S. National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. He directs the university's Welfare Reform Academy and teaches courses on family policy, welfare reform, evaluation, and the implementation of social policy.

Website: www.publicpolicy.umd.edu

For more information, contact:
R Denise Williamson
+1 301 405 6334
rdenise@umd.edu