International Internships Panel: Student Perspectives

Time: Mon, November 18, 12pm – 1pm
Location:  University Career Center & The President's Promise (3100 Hornbake Library, South Wing)

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University Career Center & The President's Promise Presents

International Internships Panel: Student Perspectives 

Event Details:

Interested in interning abroad? Curious to learn more about the options that exist? Hear from a panel of current UMD students who have gained valuable experience through internships in other countries.

Student panelists include:

• Mackenzie Burnett, UK Parliament, United Kingdom
• Courtni Berry, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Tanzania
• Carrie Hildebrandt, House of Grace & Center for Democracy and Community, Israel
• Alexander Pryor, International Student Conferences, Inc, South Korea
• Nyana Quashie, Maryland Social Entrepreneur Corps, Nicaragua

Lunch provided!

Financing College for Students in Crisis: A Case for Provisional Independence

Time: Thur, November 14, 2013 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: 122 Cannon House Office Building

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Featured Speaker – Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)

Each year, millions of students apply for assistance from the federal government to help finance their college educations. Included among these students are those who face severe crises within their homes. Ranging from abandonment to abuse, these students face severe parental conflict that often renders them unable to rely on their families for support – financial or otherwise – as they pursue their educational aspirations. As a result, they are forced to become “independent,” in fact, even if not under law.

Come hear a fascinating conversation surrounding this rarely discussed problem. Panelists will include college students and financial aid administrators.

Refreshments will be served.

Space is limited. Please RSVP directly to Selene Ceja at selene.ceja@coenet.us.  

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After Marriage: Defining LGBTQ Equality for the Millennial Generation

Time: Wed, November 13, 5:00pm – 6:30pm
Location: Public Policy Atrium
Link: https://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/after-marriage-defining-lgbtq-equality-millennial-generation

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Rise Above "-isms" Series

Understanding Racial Evil- Communism, Fascism, and Some Lessons of the 20th Century

Time: Thu, November 14, 12:15pm – 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall

Communism and Fascism represent revolutionary projects, inherently and irredeemably hostile to liberal values. Both have used manipulative methods to arouse, to galvanize mass movements committed to an apocalyptic break with an execrated status quo. Both are secular religions obsessed with transcending the existing human condition in favor an anthropological revolution. Both are millenarianisms announcing the advent of the New Man. A comparison between Communism and Fascism helps us understand better the nature, goals, and consequences of such movements. They should be regarded as parts of an unfinished century of revolutionary hubris.
 

About the speaker

Vladimir Tismaneanu is a Professor of Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park, and author of numerous books, including Stalinism for All Seasons: A History of Romanian Communism (University of California Press,), Fantasies of Salvation: Democracy, Nationalism and Myth in Post-Communist Europe  (Princeton University Press), and Reinventing Politics: Eastern Europe from Stalin to Havel (Free Press). In 2006 he chaired the Presidential Commission for the Analysis of the Communist Dictatorship in Romania. His new book is The Devil in History: Communism, Fascism, and Some Lessons of the Twentieth Century. Published by University of California Press in 2012, the book was reviewed in Wall Street Journal, Times Literary Supplement, Times Higher Education, Daily Beast, Foreign Affairs, and the New York Review of Books.

Professional Development Workshop: Student Internship Panel

Time: Thu, November 14, 12pm – 1pm
Location: 1207 Van Munching Hall


This event is put on by the School of Public Policy career services program and is intended for graduate students. However, it should and can still be a valuable experience for students seeking internships in public service like you!

This event will feature four current MSPP students who have completed or are currently participating in a variety of internships. This is a great opportunity for MSPP students to learn from fellow classmates about different internship opportunities and experiences as well as hear about the numerous positive effects associated with internships, especially as they related to an education at MSPP and future career opportunities. The participating panelists are:

• Amanda McCrum- She is a second year Energy & Environmental Policy MSPP student. She has held internships at the International Energy Agency’s Hydrogen Implementing Agreement, Sierra Club Maryland, and American Council On Renewable Energy. She plans to use these experiences, in addition to the MSPP education to launch a career with a clean energy nonprofit next spring. 

• Vitaliy Shpak-He is a Fulbright Fellow at MSPP focusing on security issues, political transition, and international development in the former Soviet states in Eastern Europe. Previously, Vitaliy worked for the Parliament of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Ministry of Education. Over the summer, he interned at the Eurasian Foundation, a leader in the development of open, just and progressive societies.

• Sara Gallagher- She is a second year student specializing in Nonprofit Management and Leadership. Sara is currently the Philanthropy Fellow for the Calvert Foundation where she works with the Strategic Initiatives team and Innovation Lab on the development of new impact investing portfolios. Last year she worked as a Philanthropy Fellow for The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region on a number of communications and branding initiatives.

• Katherine Vaughn- She is a MBA/MPP student specializing in International Development. In the past, she has worked for the American Language Center in Morocco, John Snow International and the American Diabetes Association. In her current capacity, she is interning for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the U.S. Government’s development finance institution focused on mobilizing private capital to help solve critical development challenges.

The Ins and Outs of Non-Profit Work

Time: Tue, November 12, 2pm – 3pm
Location: 2407 Marie Mount Hall


Our own Starsky will utilize his experience working in numerous non-profits to give students more interested service through non-profits and NGOs an understanding of what to expect in that sector.