BSOS Undergraduate
Diversity Opportunities Digest
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Academic and Career Opportunities
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Summer 2020 Research Opportunities
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:
- Monday, November 4 at 12:00 noon
- Wednesday, November 6 at 10:00 am
- Thursday, November 7 at 3:00 pm
- Friday, November 8 at 12:00 noon
- Monday, November 11 at 4:00 pm
- Wednesday, November 13 at 1:00 pm
- Thursday, November 14 at 12:00 noon
- Friday, November 15 at 12:30 pm
The sessions listed below will ALSO highlight programs seeking to increase participation by UNDERREPRESENTED students in grad study and research careers in the life or physical sciences, engineering, mathematics, or behavioral/social sciences
- Monday, November 4 at 4:00 pm
- Wednesday, November 6 at 1:00 pm
- Thursday, November 7 at 12:00 noon
- Friday, November 8 at 12:30 pm
- Monday, November 11 at 12:00 noon
- Wednesday, November 13 at 10:00 am
- 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.
PLEASE EMAIL
ugresearch@umd.edu
TO LET THEM KNOW WHICH SESSION YOU PLAN TO ATTEND – SPACE IS LIMITED!!!
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In honor of American Indian and Alaska Native heritage month, Insight into Diversity has compiled a list of select books written by contemporary voices in American Indian and Alaska Native literature
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When
: Monday, November 4, 2019, 5:00-6:00 PM
Where:
1101 Hornbake Library, OMSE Suite
Students, staff, and faculty are invited to meet our professional staff, graduate assistants and undergraduate student employees while learning more about OMSE has to offer our students!
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When:
Monday, November 4, 2019, 6:30-8:30 PM
Where:
Juan Jiminez Room, Stamp Student Union
The Critical Race Initiative, MICA, the College of Education Graduate Student Organization are hosting a film screening and panel discussion of the documentary
The Pushouts.
This film tells a story of how Victor Rios, a high school dropout, Oakland gang member, and three-time felon by age 15, turns his life around and is now dedicated to empowering young people. 20 years later Rios–now an award-winning professor, author, and expert on the school to prison pipeline–rejoins his old mentor to work with young people who have been pushed out of school for reasons beyond their control.
Following the film, a panel discussion will be held with representatives from the University of Maryland, The Latin American Youth Center, and the Young Women's Project in Washington, DC
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When:
Monday, November 4, 2019, 6:30 PM
Location:
Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
Join us as we welcome the start of November in honor of Native American Indigenous Heritage Month and decolonize our education through interactive stations. Snacks and refreshments will be provided
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LGBT Equity Center Open House
When
:November 6, 2019, 12-3 PM
Where:
LGBT Equity Center (2218 Marie Mount Hall)
The LGBT Equity Center Open House will be a great opportunity to meet our new Program Manager and the rest of our staff. Students, staff, and faculty are welcome to stop by and enjoy some light refreshments. Join anytime between 12-3 PM.
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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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