BSOS Undergraduate
Diversity Opportunities Digest
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Research and Career Opportunities
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The Maryland Center for Undergraduate Research is hosting brief (30-minute) information sessions to introduce students to a wide range of opportunities for Summer 2020.
Learn about the hundreds of
PAID
summer placement opportunities offered by National Science Foundation REU’s, National Institutes of Standards and Technology SURF, and other programs:
The sessions listed below will also highlight programs seeking to increase participation by underrepresented students in graduate study and research careers. Register for these sessions by
clicking here.
- Friday, November 8 at 12:30 PM
- Monday, November 11 at 12:00 noon
- Wednesday, November 13 at 10:00 PM
- Thursday, November 14 at 3:00 PM
- Friday, November 15 at 12:00 noon
All information sessions will be held in 1201 Marie Mount Hall.
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The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) will host a Virtual Recruitment fair on
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 from 12-3 PM EST.
This online event will showcase more than twenty-five U.S. Department of Energy sponsored programs and feature opportunities for undergraduates, graduates, and postdocs.
During the event you can interact with recruiters, scientists, and researchers, and explore information about each program. Unable to attend? The event website will remain open until November 17th for you to browse content.
Participating programs include:
- Advanced Short-Term Research Opportunity (ASTRO) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
- Arctic Advanced Manufacturing Innovators
- Artificial Intelligence Summer Institute (AISI) at ORNL
- Building Technologies Internship Program (BTIP)
- Chain Reaction Innovations at Argonne National Laboratory
- Computational Science and Technology Advanced Research Studies (C-STARS) at ORNL
- Cyclotron Road at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- DOE Community College Internships (CCI)
- DOE Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) Undergraduate and Graduate Programs
- DOE Scholars Program
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Science, Technology and Policy Program
- Fusion Energy Sciences Postdoctoral Research Program
- Higher Education Research Experiences (HERE) Undergraduate and Graduate Programs at ORNL
- Innovation Crossroads at ORNL
- Marine and Hydrokinetic Graduate Student Research Program
- Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (MLEF)
- Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program (SCGSR)
- Science Education Programs at National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
- Solar Energy Innovators
- Laboratory Technology Associate (Lab Tech) Program at ORNL
- Nuclear Engineering Science Laboratory Synthesis (NESLS) at ORNL
- Pathways to Computing Internship Program (PCIP) at ORNL·
- Post-Bachelor’s Research Associate Program at ORNL
- Post-Master’s Research Associate Program at ORNL
If you have any questions or trouble registering, please contact
ve@orau.org
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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.
- Monday, November 11 at 10:00 am
- Monday, November 11 at 4:30 pm
- Wednesday, November 13 at 12:30 pm
- 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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In honor of American Indian and Alaska Native heritage month, Insight into Diversity has compiled a list of select books from contemporary voices in American Indian and Alaska Native literature.
Featured Book: An American Sunrise: Poems by Joy Harjo
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For a complete list of on-campus events celebrating Native American Heritage Month
click here.
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When:
Friday, November 8, 2019, 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Where:
Outside the Stamp Student Union
On Friday, November 8th,
the Academic Achievement Programs will host the 3rd annual #FearlessFirst celebration. The goal of this event is to foster a sense of community among the first generation population on campus and to celebrate and recognize their accomplishments.
We invite students, faculty and staff who identify as or support first generation students to stop by the Stamp Student Union (outside the entrance closest to the Nyumburu Cultural Center) to learn more about famous first-generation students, grab some hot chocolate and pick up #FearlessFirst swag to help celebrate the achievements and unique strengths first generation students bring to campus.
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When:
Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 3:00-4:30 PM
W
here:
Special Events Room, 6th Floor McKeldin Library
How are the norms of traditional Western masculinity - be strong, independent, non-emotional – poisonous for men, their communities and the people they love? The current crisis of masculinity is a health crisis in our communities and around the world.
As men struggle to “man up” to unattainable expectations, they overcompensate with anxiety, anger, and violence that disrupts the health and well-being of women, children, and other men in their lives. Perhaps most telling, fragile masculinity has been linked to “deaths of despair” for men with the highest levels of aggrieved entitlement in the face of a destructive cocktail of unemployment, divorce, and depression. However, some men consciously become traitors to traditional masculinity by searching for engaged and nurturing relationships, as partners and parents - challenging the restrictive ways that men are permitted to express masculinity.
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Date
: Thursday, November 14, 2019, 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
: The Hotel at the University of Maryland\
Topic:
Abolishing the Opportunity Gap: Advancing Equity & Excellence in Public Education
The Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. Lecture Series is dedicated to recognizing individuals and organizations whose exemplary commitment to education, justice and ethics inspired excellence and promote the advancement of equity, pluralism, civic discourse and democracy.
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The office of Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy (MICA) will coordinate the inaugural Latinx Graduation Celebration to be held specifically in conjunction with the winter commencement season.This ceremony will be held on December 16, 2019 in the Atrium of Stamp Student Union.
To deadline to register is November 14, 2019.
For more information, please contact:
Valeria Morales
Graduate Coordinator for Latinx Student Involvement - MICA
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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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