Fed Events: Federal Semester Agency Panels

NOTE: If the panel is scheduled during your Federal Semester class time, you are required to attend. All others in the program are welcome to attend and count the event as one of your two fall required out-of-class federal Semester events! Federal Semester alumni are also welcome! These are great opportunities to network and learn more about federal careers/internships and the ways the government works!

Federal Agency Panel (Energy and Environmental): Tuesday,September 21st @Jimenez (JMZ) 2123 from 7-8:30 p.m.

Speakers:
UM alumnus Jonah Richmond, Environmental Protection Agency
Diane Turchetta, Federal Highway Administration
Tyra Stewart, Department of Education

2. Federal Agency Panel (Homeland Security): Wednesday, September 29th @ Susquehanna Hall 1101 from 4-5:30 p.m.

Speakers:
UM alumnus Tom Colley, Department of Homeland Security
Wade Townsend, Branch Chief for Inspections and Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security.

3. Federal Agency Panel (Health Policy): Monday, October 4th @ Plant Sciences Hall (PLS)1119 from 4-5:30 p.m.

Speakers:

Department of Health and Human Services
Veterans Administration

4. Foreign Policy and the Middle East: Thursday, October 7th @ Holzapfel Hall (HZF) 0142 from 4-5:30 p.m.

Speakers:
Federal Emergency Management Agency
possibly USAID & the State Department

Fed Event: Understanding the Tightening Conflict between Energy and Water in the Era of Climate Change 9/22 at 9 AM

Tuesday, September 22nd, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m @ The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars will host a discussion on the conflict between this nation’s growing demand for energy and the tightening supplies of fresh water.

Presenters:

J. Carl Ganter, the director of Circle of Blue (news org. that chronicles the global water crisis)

Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue’s senior editor

Jeffrey J. Fulgham, chief sustainability officer and ecomagination leader at General Electric

Location:

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

One Woodrow Wilson Plaza

5th Floor Conference Room

1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20004-3027

(Federal Triangle Metro)

More information and RSVP at http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1421&fuseaction=topics.event_summary&event_id=633211

Advancing a Better State of Health: Opportunities & Challenges in Promoting the Public's Health
Friday, October 01 from 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM at UMD in 1312 SPH Bldg

Come celebrate the School of Public Health's accreditation and 10th Annual Research Interaction Day. Students and faculty are invited to attend and take part in learning and discussing the School's research and scholarly activities. This day begins at 11:30am with formal celebration comments followed by poster presentations. These posters represent a full range of research and scholarship. We look forward to your joining us and stimulating your collaborations and celebrating scientific discovery and appreciation to our university and community collaborators.

For more information, contact:
Dushanka V. Kleinman
+1 301 405 2438
dushanka@umd.edu

Fed Event: Environmental Policy Roundtable Sept. 17th

Environmental Policy Roundtable

Friday, September 17th @ 12:15 - 1:30pm in Room 1113 Van Munching Hall

A Study of Manufacturing Costs Incurred by Maryland’s GHG Emissions Reduction
Act

This Friday, we are fortunate to be joined by one of MSPP's research faculty Sean
Williamson. Sean is a faculty research assistant at the Center for Integrative
Environmental Research (CIER) in the School of Public Policy. He graduated from
the School of Public Policy with Master of Public Policy and specialized in
Environmental Policy. He also holds a BS in Biology and Society from Cornell
University. He will present his current research that focuses on forecasting
manufacturing impacts of Maryland's new GHG initiatives.

ALL ARE WELCOME.

The Ecological Economics Student Group (EESG) is a student-organized
forum for the presentation and discussion of ideas and new work within the
broad domain of Ecological Economics and interdisciplinary environmental
policy. This seminar is also offered for 1 credit as 'Ecological Economics and
Development' (MEES 608N).

Fed Event: Technology, Crime & Terrorism Symposium on October 6TH at 8 AM

Technology, Crime & Terrorism Symposium

October 6, 2010 @ 8 A.M - 5 P.M in

Dekelboum Theater Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

On behalf of John Townshend, dean of the College of Behavioral and Social
Sciences at the University of Maryland, you are invited you to attend a
one-day symposium on Wednesday, October 6, which takes an interdisciplinary
approach in addressing technology, crime and terrorism.

This one-day symposium at the University of Maryland, "Technology, Crime &
Terrorism," features researchers and policy experts at the forefront of
using new technologies against crime and terrorism.

For more information about this event,please visit the website below.

This event is free and open to the public;
however, registration is requested.

http://www.umd.edu/tctsymposium

Fed Event: SCEP Info. Session Sept. 16th at 4 PM

Student Career Experience Program (SCEP) Information Session

Thursday, September 16th @ 4 PM in Room 3100 of Career Center in Hornbake Library

Are you interested in an internship with the United States Federal Government? Do you have a graduation date of December 2011 or later?

Roberta Miller from the Environmental Protection Agency will be on hand to present information about the SCEP internship and to answer any questions you may have. The SCEP internship is one of the best available with the U.S. Government because multiple agencies offer it, you are paid with benefits, and it puts you on the path to a career. If you are currently searching for an internship for the summer of 2011, then it will be worth your time to attend this information session.

New Graduate Assistant for Federal Semester Program

New Graduate Assistant for Federal Semester Program

Hi everyone,

My name is Rebecca Schwartz, and I will be a new graduate assistant in the Federal Semester Program. I’m a first year public policy graduate student, and I just moved here from California. I’m really looking forward to meeting and working with all of you this year, and you can start e-mailing me your reflection papers, etc. at rschwar4@umd.edu. I wanted to let you know that Joey is no longer in this office, and I will be serving as a graduate assistant for the year.

Thanks so much,

Rebecca Schwartz