Thursday, January 31, 2013

Employer Networking Sessions



Maryland Community Connection: Employer Networking Sessions 
 
Monday, February 04, 2013 • 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
 
Location: University Career Center & The President's Promise (3100 Hornbake Library)

Maryland Community Connection (MCC) is seeking Super Stars to join our team in part-time & full-time positions. MCC can give you a flexible work schedule while in school. MCC is a non-profit 501(c) (3) with the mission of assisting children and adults with developmental disabilities to achieve a greater degree of social and economic independence. Come learn about how You along with MCC "Can Make a Difference" in the lives in individuals with developmental disabilities. Giving back to your community can be an awesome career choice!!!

Appropriate Attire: Minimum attire for ALL sessions with employers present is business casual unless otherwise specified.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Graduation and Important Deadlines


Graduation and Important Deadlines


If you are planning to graduate in May 2013, it is important for you to complete the steps below. Graduating is a huge accomplishment and one that you have worked very hard to achieve.

That being said the College and Departmental Advisors in BSOS are asking you to check to make sure that you are registered for all the classes that you need in order to graduate this May. We would like for each of you to do the following three things:

1-Check your unofficial transcript online to review your registration, repeated coursework, earned credits and any transfer credits you may have earned for accuracy.

2-Check to see that your requirements will be met this semester by using Degree Navigator online. Go to http://www.testudo.umd.edu and click on the words Degree Navigator located on the bottom center of the screen and then log in using your directory id and password. If requirements listed are unfulfilled you will not graduate.

3- Seek advising if you have any questions about your academic record or what is listed in Degree Navigator.

Please do this today and then follow up with your department or college advisor before February 5th if necessary. February 5th is the last day to adjust your schedule and the last day to apply for graduation. If schedule adjustment is necessary now is the time to find out!!!

Thank you for your time and action on these requests.

 

Monday, January 7, 2013

Sociology Undergraduate News: Dylan Singleton Wins Ron Howard Film Contest

An amateur photographer in Maryland has won a national film contest sponsored by director Ron Howard and Canon USA. University of Maryland, College Park senior Dylan Singleton submitted a photograph to Project Imaginat1On, a combination photo contest and short film series that will be made by celebrity guest directors and shown in a film festival next year.

Singleton’s winning entry was culled from thousands of photographs submitted by the public. Musician James Murphy, one of the celebrity directors, picked Singleton’s moody, atmospheric photograph of a swimming pool at night for inspiration, much to Singleton’s surprise. Eva Longoria and Jamie Foxx are among the other celebrity directors involved in the project.

“I sent in a couple of photos. One day, I got a call that I was a potential finalist. I’m still in a bit of a shock,” says Singleton, a Columbia resident who is majoring in sociology. “I’ve been swamped with papers and finals. It hasn’t set in.”

James Murphy is best known as the leader of the Grammy-nominated band LCD Soundsystem. He also cofounded the DFA label, which released the band’s catalogue, and he provided the original soundtrack for the 2010 film, “Greenberg.” Most recently, he was executive producer of “Shut Up and Play the Hits,” a feature-length film chronicling LCD Soundsytem’s farewell show at New York’s Madison Square Garden in 2011.

For Singleton, a fan of online music blogs who has worked at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., being chosen by Murphy was a particular thrill. Has Murphy called to discuss the photo or his film?  “I’d love it but I’m sure he is a pretty busy guy,” says Singleton, who won a $500 credit to the Canon online store and two tickets to the film festival.

Murphy’s film will go into production next year. The location and date of the Canon Project Imaginat1On Film Festival has not yet been announced.

The photo contest was open to the public, who could submit photos in 10 categories with titles like “Backstory,” “Time,” “Mood” and “Obstacle.” Singleton entered “The Unknown” category.

The public voted on the winners – 10 winners in nine of the categories and a single winner in the 10th category – for a total of 91 winners. The celebrity directors will make 10-minute films that are inspired by the photographs they chose.


Source: Dylan Singleton, winner “Project Imaginat1On”
Writer: Barbara Pash
 http://bmoremedia.com/innovationnews/university121812.aspx