BSOS Undergraduate
Diversity Opportunities Digest
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Research and Career Opportunities
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Are you a junior planning to pursue graduate study in the arts, humanities, or social studies?
Do you have an outstanding academic record? Do you have a high degree of financial need?
The Beinecke Scholarship Program provides graduate study scholarships in the humanities and social sciences to JUNIORS of exceptional, demonstrated academic ability who have a
high degree of financial
need as demonstrated by the FAFSA process. (For example, receiving or qualifying for a Pell Grant would indicate a high degree of financial need.)
The Beinecke program seeks highly motivated and intellectually accomplished JUNIORS who plan to pursue researched-based master's or PhD programs in the arts, humanities, or social sciences after graduation. "Junior" means a student who plans to continue full-time undergraduate study next fall 2020 and who expects to receive a baccalaureate degree between December 2020 and August 2021.
Candidates for the Beinecke Scholarship must be nominated by their university or college – the University of Maryland, College Park can nominate 1 outstanding junior annually to compete for a Beinecke Scholarship. To seek nomination, candidates must submit a complete draft of a Beinecke Scholarship application by January 17, 2020.
Learn more about the Beinecke program and the application process by contacting Dr. Leslie Brice at the National Scholarships Office at
lbrice@umd.edu
.
Who may apply:
To be eligible for the Beinecke Scholarship nomination, a student must:
- Have demonstrated superior standards of intellectual ability, scholastic achievement and personal promise during his or her undergraduate career. Generally, a minimum GPA of 3.8 will be required for nomination; exceptions may be made in extraordinary cases.
- Be a college junior pursuing a bachelor's degree during the 2019-2020 academic year.
- Have firm plans to enter a master's or doctoral program in the arts, humanities, or social sciences after graduation.
- Be a United States citizen or a US national from American Samoa or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- Be a Pell Grant recipient as an undergraduate at the University of Maryland or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of underlying financial need.
Award Amount:
Each scholar receives $4,000 immediately prior to entering graduate school and an additional $30,000 while attending graduate school.
Duration:
Scholars must utilize all funding within five years of graduation.
Campus Deadline:
January 17, 2020 This is the deadline for submitting a complete draft of a Beinecke application to be considered for University of Maryland, College Park nomination.
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April 22-24, 2020
Santa Cruz, California
Students, Organizers, Scholars/Researchers, Foundations, Community Organizations and Research/Action Teams: Submit your ideas for workshops, posters, presentations, papers, art work or performances addressing how we build truly equitable partnerships for critical collaborative research, action and social justice.
Proposal submission deadline: January 6th, 2020
To apply, please fill out an
interest/proposal submission form
,
including a brief summary of how you or your team would like to participate/what you would like to present. The diverse programming will include invited panel discussions involving multiple perspectives and stakeholders, paper presentations, short talks, interactive workshops, performances, and art exhibits.
Sessions will be organized thematically, based on abstracts received.
Those who wish to have their work considered for a special issue of
Civic Sociology
, a new open-access journal from UC Press, should indicate their interest on the submission form and submit full drafts of papers prior to the meeting.
There is an exciting resurgence in critical public scholarship: a push for universities to reach beyond their academic audiences and build stronger partnerships with community-based organizations and others to address pressing issues, such as the affordable housing crisis, privatization and educational injustice, anti-immigrant policies, health and food insecurity, deepening economic precarity, environmental racism, and the climate crisis.
The conference brings together university scholars, community-based practitioners and researchers,
undergraduate
and graduate students, community members and organizations, foundation program officers, organizers, artists, and activists to share stories, strategies, practices, and solutions for action and the truly equitable co-production of knowledge.
Conference registration will begin in January 2020. Registration fees will be on a sliding scale, with some scholarships available and priority given to student and community member participants. Most meals during the conference will be provided. In addition to registration fees, teams and participants should plan to fund raise to cover housing and transportation.
Proposal submission deadline: January 6th, 2020.
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The Maryland Summer Scholars Program (MSS) provides opportunities for University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) undergraduates to spend much of the summer working closely with faculty mentors on ambitious research, scholarly, or artistic projects. The MSS program provides awards of $3,000 to approximately 25-30 undergraduates each summer.
Many Summer Scholars expand their summer research into an independent study or honors thesis project the following autumn semester, and find that their research experience helps distinguish their applications for graduate study, fellowships, internships, employment and other competitive opportunities. Students whose projects require travel for an extended period of time to off campus locations (not to include regular commuting) may submit a travel supplement request as directed in the online application form. Travel supplements will not exceed $1,000.
You are eligible to apply for an MSS award if :
- You have earned 12 or more UMD course credits (not including AP or IB credits) by the date of the application deadline
- You have a cumulative UMD GPA of 3.40 or higher by the date of the application deadline
- You expect to receive your undergraduate degree no earlier than December 2020.
All academic majors are eligible.
The deadline to apply for summer 2020 awards will be Thursday, February 13, 2020.
The Maryland Center for Undergraduate Research will hold numerous 30-minute information sessions about the summer 2020 MSS program.
- Thursday, November 14 at 2:30 pm
- Wednesday, November 20 at 1:00 pm
- Thursday, November 21 at 12:00 pm (noon)
- Thursday, November 21 at 3:00 pm
- Friday, November 22 at 11:00 am
- Friday, November 22 at 12:30 pm
The Maryland Summer Scholars Program is sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Studies, the UMD Division of Research, UMD Schools and Colleges, and the Maryland Center for Undergraduate Research.
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Native American Indian Heritage Month
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K
eynote Event: Warrior Women Screening & Talk with Activist Marcella Gilbert & Co-Director Elizabeth Castle
When:
Thursday, November 21, doors open at 6:00 PM
Where
: Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
Join MICA, Feminist Studies, and WMST for a film screening of
Warrior Women
, a documentary on the Indigenous Feminists that led the American Indian Movement (AIM). The screening will be followed by a talk and Q&A with one of the renowned activists in the documentary, Marcella Gilbert, alongside film co-director Dr. Elizabeth Castle.
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When:
November 14, 2019, 5:00-6:30 PM
Where:
Room 2204, Edward St. John Building
Join the Hate-Bias Response Program along with the Muslim Alliance for Social Change and the Muslim Students' Association as we discuss the social construction of Islamophobia.
Panelists include:
- Darakshan Raja, Justice for Muslims Collective
- Kristin Garrity Şekerci, Bridge Initiative
- Su'ad Mohamud, Somali Students Association (UMD)
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November 18 - 22, 2019:
International Education Week (IEW)
is jointly sponsored each year by the U.S. departments of State and Education during the third week of November, to celebrate and advocate for the importance of educational exchange across global borders.
Check out events here that celebrate International Education Week
.
As part of this event there will be
special International Education Week Coffee Hours in H.J. Patterson and Van Munching Hall.
Please see the link for information. Please note, this will be the LAST International Coffee Hour for the Fall 2019 semester (
RSVP requested
).
International Coffee Hour will start back up in the Spring 2020 semester
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African Studies Minor Kickoff Event
When:
Monday, November 18, 2019, 6:00 PM
W
here:
Room 2102, Shoemaker Building
The African-American Studies Department cordially invites you to its African Studies Minor Kickoff Event. AASD is hosting a talk by Howard University Professor Jean-Michel Mabeko-Tali on Monday, November 18 at 6 pm in 2102 Shoemaker. There will be a short talk, discussion and Q and A session. Refreshments will be served.
This event will also introduce our new African Studies Minor. The African Studies Minor focuses on the history, culture, politics, and economics of the peoples who populate the continent of Africa. As an interdisciplinary field of study, the minor will provide students with an understanding of the historical and cultural contexts that have and continue to shape political, economic and social development in Africa.
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If you believe that you've been impacted by a hate-bias incident, submit an online report
here
Sign up for a hate-bias training
here
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If you would like to meet with
Dean Nickerson
(pictured left)
to discuss any questions or concerns that you may have related to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, as it relates to any of the BSOS Departments or the University at large, please contact
Kimberly Johnson
(pictured right) via email at kjohns16@umd.edu.
If you have a resource or opportunity to suggest for an upcoming digest, please also contact
Kimberly Johnson
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Dr. Kim J. Nickerson
Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
University of Maryland
bsosdiversity@umd.edu
301-405-1097
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