School of Public Health Internship & Career Expo 2013

Time: Wed, October 16, 2pm – 5pm
Location: School of Public Health Building, Ground Floor
Link: http://www.careers.umd.edu/PublicHealthExpo

Internship and career opportunities in the fields of Public Health, Family Science, and Kinesiology!

The event says, "Professional attire encouraged."  Federal and Global Semester programs say professional attire is obviously a must.

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Targeted Killing and Drone Warfare

Time: Tue, October 8, 4:00pm – 5:30pm

Where	McKeldin Special Events Room 6137

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ForensicWeek.com Security Clearance Webcast

Time: Thur., September 26th, 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Location: Online! www.forensicweek.com

As a webcast, this is not a federal event for which you can write a reflection. But it IS a valuable learning experience that doesn't require you to leave your own home, so I thought I should make sure to highlight it on the blog, anyway.

The ForensicWeek.com Webcast Show is airing Episode 34 this Thursday, September 26th, 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EST).  The show‘s topic is “The Security Clearance Investigation.”  Just what does your life have to look like to be judged a person of trust and responsibility for a sensitive position? What should you expect when an agency, department or organization conducts a background investigation on you for a job or security clearance?  Join Host, Tom Mauriello, and special guests, Washington, DC. Attorney, Mark Zaid, and the one and only D*I*C*Eman, Ray Semko, as they present a show that will give viewers a chance to better understand this explosive topic in wake of the shooting incident at the Washington Navy Yard.  JUST GO TO www.forensicweek.com to view the show LIVE, or watch this episode or any of the previous shows at your convenience.  Thank you for watching!  

Idealist Grad Fair

Thinking about applying to grad school next year or down the future? Idealist Grad Fairs are focused on graduate programs that support public service, international affairs, policy, public health, law, education, social work, nonprofit management, entrepreneurship, business, liberal arts & more!  

Great opportunity to learn about different schools, academic fields, and admissions! Check out the list of programs and universities attending below. Our very own Starsky has attended Idealist (also good website to search for internships!) fairs in Atlanta & DC, and he learned about neat programs & scholarships he had never considered before. Exciting space to meet admissions staff & ask questions; don't be shy. 

Next Tuesday, October 1 from 5-8pm

Washington Convention Center, Hall C, Lower Level 2

801 Mt Vernon Pl NW

Washington, District of Columbia, 20001

(Mt. Vernon Square Metro Station for easy access)

http://www.idealist.org/view/fair/t2njn75Hb2Jd/

http://vimeo.com/49671279

Policy Forum: Julie Park

Time: Tue, October 8, 12pm – 1pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall

Julie J. Park is an assistant professor in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park (Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education; Student Affairs). Her research addresses how race, religion, and social class affect diversity and equity in higher education, including the diverse experiences of Asian American college students. Her work has been published in venues such as the American Educational Research Journal, Journal of Higher Education, and the Review of Higher Education. Her book When Diversity Drops: Race, Religion, and Affirmative Action in Higher Education was released by Rutgers University Press in 2013. Dr. Park earned her Ph.D. in Education from UCLA and B.A. at Vanderbilt University. She currently sits on the research advisory board for the National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education (CARE) and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of College Student Development.

David E. Sanger

Time: Thu, October 3, 12:15pm – 1:45pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall

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About the Speaker

David E. Sanger is Chief Washington Correspondent of the New York Times and is one of the newspaper's senior writers. In a three-decade-long career at the paper, he has reported from New York, Tokyo and Washington, specializing in foreign policy, national security and the politics of globalization. Twice he has been a member of Times teams that won the Pultizer Prize. 

He is also the author of two New York Times best-sellers: “Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power’’ (2012) and “The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power,’’ (2009) . "Confront and Conceal" revealed the depth and scope of American efforts to delay Iran’s nuclear program, and described the battles inside the administration over policy toward Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Arab uprisings and China.

In addition to the Pulitzers, Mr. Sanger has won numerous awards for White House and national security coverage, including the Weintal Prize for diplomatic reporting in 2004 for his coverage of the Iraq and Korea crises, the Aldo Beckman prize for coverage of the presidency and, in 2003 and 2007, the Merriman Smith Memorial Award for coverage of national security strategy. In 2007, The New York Times received the DuPont Award from the Columbia Journalism School for "Nuclear Jihad: Can Terrorists Get the Bomb?," following Mr. Sanger and his colleague William J. Broad as they investigated the A.Q. Khan nuclear proliferation network.

Mr. Sanger is a 1982 graduate of Harvard College, where he has served as adjunct professor of public policy and the first senior fellow in The Press and National Security at the Belfer Center at the Kennedy School of Government. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Sherill, and their two sons.

This event is co-sponsored by two organizations: 

STERN PROFESSOR OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

I.M. “Mac” Destler is Director, Program on International Security and Economic Policy; Senior Fellow, Center for International and Security Policy at Maryland (CISSM); and the Saul Stern Professor of Civic Engagement. He specializes in the politics and processes of U.S. foreign policymaking. He is co-author, with Ivo H. Daalder, of In the Shadow of the Oval Office (Simon and Schuster, 2009), which analyzes the role of the President's national security adviser from the Kennedy through the George W. Bush administration. His American Trade Politics (Institute for International Economics, 4th edition, 2005) won the Gladys M. Kammerer Award of the American Political Science Association for the best book on U.S. national policy.

The Saul I. Stern Professorship of Civic Engagement recognizes individuals of vision and distinction who enjoy a national reputation for addressing issues on the regional, national and international stage, reflecting Stern's own diverse life of public service.

CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AND SECURITY STUDIES AT MARYLAND (CISSM)

CISSM is a research center at the School of Public Policy that pursues policy-oriented scholarship on major issues facing the US in the global arena. CISSM seeks to enliven and broaden the campus debate on international issues by involving faculty, students and visiting scholars from a wide range of disciplines, and by sponsoring courses and the CISSM Forum.  It also reaches beyond the university to the policy world, working through its research, conferences and publications to improve communication between scholars and practitioners. The CISSM Forum  is supported by the Yamamoto-Scheffelin Endowment for Policy Research. CISSM also sponsors special events on campus and in downtown Washington, D.C.

Implementing the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013

Time: Tue, October 1, 12:15pm – 1:45pm

Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall

In 2013, the Maryland State Legislature passed one of Governor O’Malley’s signature policy initiatives – the development of the substantial offshore wind energy resources in Maryland’s coastal waters. The legislation will provide support from 200 to 500 MW of wind capacity, which will reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. The Governor’s office also estimates the development will support 850 new jobs and substantial economic activity in the state. In this forum, Abigail Hopper will discuss the key aspects of this new and occasionally complex legislation, and discuss the challenges and opportunities for implementing it in a way that will encourage in-state job growth, economic activity, and energy security.

Abigail Ross Hopper, Esq., has served as Director of the Maryland Energy Administration since 2012 and has been at the helm of Governor O’Malley’s energy policy as Energy Advisor to the Governor and since 2010. In her both of her positions in Annapolis, she regularly advises the Governor on achieving the State’s aggressive renewable energy and energy efficiency goals. She also interfaces with energy businesses, including the State’s utilities, and coordinates the interaction between the Governor’s Office and both the Public Service Commission and the Maryland Energy Administration. Prior to her appointments, Ms. Hopper spent three years as Deputy General Counsel with the Maryland Public Service Commission. Before embarking on a career in public service, Ms. Hopper spent over 9 years in private practice, where she specialized in complex litigation and corporate law. Ms. Hopper graduated Cum Laude from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1999, after obtaining her B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1993.