May 2016 Commencement Speaker Application

A Wider Circle Internship Opportunity

As the summer approaches, we want to again share that internship opportunities are available at A Wider Circle. We are in the unique position of offering both direct service and behind-the-scenes internships to qualified students. We are looking for students who are passionate and committed and would like to be part of a movement to end poverty.

A Wider Circle was founded in 2001 to provide services to the most vulnerable children and adults in our nation’s capital region.  The average family size of those we serve is 3.5 and the average annual income – from all sources – is $12,500.  We serve the neediest of the needy.  We have big goals for being a force in the movement to end poverty.

Since our founding, A Wider Circle has helped families on the journey out of poverty through the provision of basic need items, job skills training and, most recently, wraparound support. Last year, we furnished the homes of more than 4,400 families. We also are involved in multiple initiatives to build community and a movement to end poverty. 

A Wider Circle is a grassroots 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that hires 10-15 unpaid interns each semester to work out of our Center for Community Service in Silver Spring. Interns are truly the lifeblood of our organization. In addition to direct service and education internships, there are business, marketing, research, and strategic planning internships available. We request that interns commit to working at least 15 hours per week. Students interested in our internships may contact us at intern@awidercircle.org for information or simply send a resume and cover letter to that address. 

Internships are also listed on our website www.awidercircle.org.

If you have any questions about internship opportunities with us or about our work in general, please contact me any time at 301-608-3504 or at this email address.

  

Anne Thompson, Ph.D.

Deputy Director, A Wider Circle
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Maryland Social Entrepreneur Corps (MSEC)

Great opportunity for hands on learning and the opportunity to earn 6 credits

Maryland Social Entrepreneur Corps (MSEC)

Information Session TODAY – please join us

Monday, March 7th, 5-6pm (3105 Susquehanna)

Application deadline extended to March 15th

Learn More:  http://ter.ps/msec

Jennifer Precht

Associate Director for Education Abroad

Office of International Affairs

POLITICAL AFFAIRS INTERNSHIP

POLITICAL AFFAIRS INTERNSHIP

This is a part-time 14-hours per week telecommuting internship.

• Conduct lobbying meetings with Congressional offices. Build support for key legislation that impacts the International Affairs Budget and the world's poor.
• Represent The Borgen Project at various business, political and community events.
• Assist with fundraising. Create a personal fundraising campaign and meet targets.
• Mobilize individuals to contact their members of Congress in support of key poverty-reduction legislation.
• As needed, speak to groups, classes and organizations.
• Write letters of support for key programs to political leaders, media and other groups.

Qualifications: Outstanding writing skills. Strong oral communication skills and ability to lead meetings and give speeches.

Application Process: Apply online

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WRITER INTERNSHIP

This is 12-week, part-time internship is a great opportunity to have your articles published on a website with over 100,000 monthly visitors. The selected candidate will be able to work from home and pick their own schedule, but must meet weekly deadlines. Articles submitted will appear on BORGEN Magazine or The Borgen Project Blog.

• Write 2 articles per week.
• Research topics.
• Assist with advocacy efforts.
• Assist with fundraising. Create a personal fundraising campaign and meet targets.
• Attend national conference call every Monday at 5PM PST.

Qualifications: Strong research and writing skills. Experience working in a newsroom is preferred but not required.

Application Process: Apply online

Federal/Global Semester Fellows Program- Great for Sociology Students!

Federal/Global Semester Fellows Program- Great for Sociology Students!

Want an internship in Washington, D.C.? Interested in global or domestic issues? Apply now to the 

Global Semester Fellows or Federal Semester Fellows Program! Earn Scholarship in Practice credit and a Fellows Program notation on your transcript!

Both programs combine a fall seminar course in an issue area with a spring internship in Washington D.C. Some of our concentrations include: Responses to Global Challenges, Energy and Environment, and Science Diplomacy. Past internship locations include: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control, and Genetic Alliance. Year-round activities include trips to Capitol Hill and federal agencies, professional development workshops, and conversations with policymakers.

For details and an application form, go to http://federalsemester.umd.edu and/or http://globalsemesterdc.umd.edu or contact our office: 2407 Marie Mount Hall, 301-314-0261. First wave of applications will be reviewed on March 7. Rolling admissions thereafter.

The Analyst Institute Internship

Call For Posters and Demonstrations In Play: A Conference

University of Maryland, College Park

March 4, 2016

Albert Einstein wrote, “Play is the highest form of research.” In Play, a one-day conference, explores play as the principle of innovation and experimentation that underwrites gaming, performance, and other cultural, social, and aesthetic activities. Key questions In Play poses include: How can the  study of computer gaming, in line with studies of other cultural forms and productions, contribute to culture studies in the academy? How have embodied performance and play historically enabled possibilities for both freedom and domination, for the making as well as unmaking of societies? How does a focus on play complicate recent scholarship on the global history of experimental art forms?

In Play invites proposals for posters and demonstrations—conceived as tabletop presentations involving any type of media—that investigate the question of play. We especially encourage digital projects that supplement or link to posters, as well as mixed media presentations, performances, games (both digital and tabletop) and research projects. Undergraduate, graduate, and faculty proposals are welcome. Potential interventions in play might include:

·         Play in literature and literature as play

·         Playing with gender, sexuality, race, class, or (dis)ability

·         Mathematical, technological, and scientific discoveries

·         Adaptations

·         New Media

·         Gaming and game theory

·         Rule-breaking

·         Playing and Pedagogy

·         Subversion

·         Theater and performance

·         Artistic  experiments

·         Game designs and prototypes, whether digital or tabletop

Posters and demonstrations will be set up as the centerpiece of the conference for the duration of the event as well as, where possible, for at least a week beforehand.

Prizes will be awarded to student projects.

Please submit 500-word proposals or descriptions to inplayumd@gmail.com by 12/15/2015.

Please include poster title, full name, affiliation, contact information, and brief biography (250 words). Please inform us if you require technological accommodation. Any questions should be directed to inplayumd@gmail.com.

Plenary speakers for In Play include:

·         Patrick Jagoda, University of Chicago

·         Anastatia Salter, University of Central Florida

·         Julius Fleming, Jr., University of Maryland

·         C. Riley Snorton, Cornell University

·         McKenzie Wark, The New School

For more information, visit our website: http://english.umd.edu/InPlay or follow us on Twitter

@InPlayUMD.