Facebook, Email, and You: An Etiquette Primer

Time: Mon. October 21, 1:00-2:00 p.m. AND Tue., October 22, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Location: 2407 Marie Mount Hall

Please join Megan in the office for a discussion on digital professionalism.

How Persistent is Civil War?

Time: Fri. October 25, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Location: McKeldin Library, Special Events Room 6137
Link: http://www.bsos.umd.edu/event/gvpt-distinguished-lecture-0

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Justice and Health: How the Affordable Care Act is Fulfilling the Dream

Time: Tue., October 29, 4:30 pm

Location: Juan Ramon Jimenez Room, Adele H. Stamp Student Union 

In Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream” speech, he describes the journey of black people from slavery to the promise of freedom. He said black people were given a "blank check" and the marchers were in Washington to demand payment. He also said that the people would "….not be satisfied until justice rolled down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream…” This forum will focus on how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is indeed making good on a portion of that "blank check".

The forum will be led by Dr. Stephen B. Thomas, Founding Director of the University of Maryland Center for Health Equity and Professor in the Department of Health Services Administration at the School of Public Health. Over the past 20 years, his scholarship has focused on building trust between minorities and the academic research community. Working with Dr. Sandra Crouse Quinn, their work contributed to justification for the presidential apology to the survivors of the US Public Health Service Study at Tuskegee (more commonly known as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study (1932-1972), the longest non-therapeutic experiment on human beings in the history of medicine and public health). On May 16, 1997, Dr. Thomas was invited to the White House to witness President Bill Clinton deliver the formal apology to the eight remaining survivors of the Tuskegee study. Dr. Thomas believes that the ACA shines light on the long shadow cast by the Tuskegee Study and creates the conditions for a new beginning that points in the direction of Dr. King's dream of health equity for all Americas.

This event is free, and light refreshments will be served. This event is co-sponsored by the University of Maryland Center for Health Equity headquartered in the School of Public Health. For more information about the What Is Your Dream? programming series, click here.

Seismic Shifts in the Middle East

Time: Tue, October 22, 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
RSVP Required!

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"Girl Rising" Screening

Time: Thu, October 17, 6:30pm – 9:15pm

Location: Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student Union

A Smart Girls=Smart World Event.  

Interested in learning more about girls' education and getting involved?

The Individual Studies Program, the University Honors College, Intel, and JFem are co-sponsoring an official screening of "Girl Rising," a film about nine courageous girls from different parts of the world who, even in the of face of arranged marriages and child slavery, fought for their right to an education. The event is on October 17th from 6:30 to 9:15pm in the Colony Ballroom in the Stamp Student Union. No RSVP required!  There will be snacks and mingling before the movie and discussion afterwards!  Come when you can.  The movie showing begins at 7 p.m.

This event is organized by UMD student Rebecca Silverman,  a senior majoring in Global Women’s Health through  the Individual Studies Program and an Intel ambassador for change. The event grew out of Rebecca’s participation in Intel for Change Smart Girls = Smart world, dedicated to promoting access to education as a fundamental right for girls and women throughout the world. Rebecca traveled to Ecuador this summer and learned firsthand not only how having access to education empowers girls to achieve, but also how educated girls empower a community to achieve.  The event is also in honor of the U.N. International Day of the Girl Child (October 11).

Federal and Global Semester Sponsored Events

Drop-By Breakfast: 
Time: Thursday, October 17, 9-11 a.m. 

Location: 2407 Marie Mount Hall. 

Bagels, coffee, muffins, colleagues…. Get to know your peers, and the office staff over some free food.

Security Clearance Workshop: 
Time: Thursday, October 17, 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

Location: 2401 Marie Mount Hall (drop by 2407 to grab a bagel and coffee on your way!).  

Presentation by Mr. Tom Mauriello, security clearance guru, with long, impressive career in government and as consultant on security matters.

How to Succeed at Internships and First Jobs: 
Time: Monday, October 21, 6:10 to 7:10 p.m.

Location: 0108 Marie Mount Hall. 

Presentation and conversation with representatives from Department of Energy and Department of Health and Human Services--both of them passionate and experienced in empowering students!

Policy Forum: Should We Care about Inequality?

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

Presented by Scott Winship, Brookings Institution Fellow. 

Scott Winship is the Walter B. Wriston Fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. Previously a fellow at the Brookings Institution, his areas of expertise include living standards and economic mobility, inequality, and insecurity. Earlier in his career, Winship was research manager of the Economic Mobility Project of The Pew Charitable Trusts and a senior policy advisor at Third Way. His research has been published in National Affairs, National Review, The Wilson Quarterly, Breakthrough Journal, and Real Clear Markets, among other outlets. Winship received a B.A. in sociology and urban studies from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in social policy from Harvard University.