We are lucky to have such innovative and justice-oriented colleagues in English!
Have questions about how the pandemic is changing the world?
UMBC will
be hosting a multidisciplinary forum on the covid-19 pandemic this
Friday, April 17th, at 1 pm. For more information, see https://vimeo.com/407640146
**Global Pathways for Students (GPS) program connects 20 - 25 globally minded, rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors to international companies here in Baltimore. The program aims to expose these students to a wide array of companies, careers, and opportunities in international business. The goal is to keep global talent local and to help these students build their professional networks. Due to current conditions, GPS will be virtual for this year’s program and will run from May 27th to June 5th.
We expect the virtual program to offer all of the same transformative content, plus more and we’re extremely excited. Some of this year’s participating companies include: Lockheed Martin, Stanley Black & Decker, Ciena, and McCormick & Company. Here’s a quick video recap highlighting last year’s program.
For more information visit: http://www.wtci.org/gps/. The application deadline is April 30th so please apply sooner than later! There is a $250 program fee, but WTCI is aware of the financial implications of COVID-19 on many students and have scholarships available to subsidize the program cost for students in need.**
]]>What has this crisis taught us about the role of public schools in society?
What have we learned about what really matters in education during this time?
When we re-open schools, what kind of education will we have, will we demand?
The Covid-19 crisis has upended public education around the country. Join three radical education activists in conversation about what this crisis means for public education now and how moving forward we can continue to fight for the schools our students deserve.
Jesse Hagopian is an award-winning educator and a leading voice on issues of educational equity and social justice unionism. He is an editor for Rethinking Schools magazine and is the co-editor of Teaching for Black Lives, and editor of More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing.
Noliwe Rooks is the W.E.B Du Bois Professor of Literature at Cornell University and the author of Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education which won an award for non-fiction from the Hurston/Wright Foundation.
Wayne Au is a Professor in the School of Educational Studies at the University of Washington Bothell. He is a long-time Rethinking Schools editor, co-editor of Teaching for Black Lives and author of A Marxist Education: Learning to Change the World.
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This event is co-sponsored by Haymarket Books, New Pressand Rethinking Schools.
Every dollar we take in from this event will go directly to support our collective work of sharing ideas for changing the world—a project that has never been more necessary or more urgent. We need your help to continue to do the work.
While all of our events are freely available, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our continuing to do this important publishing and organizing work. All donations will be shared between the three sponsoring organizations, Haymarket Books, New Press and Rethinking Schools.
Register through Eventbrite to receive a link to the stream on the day of the event.
Undergraduate Research Awards- Get Up to $1500!
DEADLINE EXTENDED- MAY 15th
URAs provide up to $1,500 to undergraduate students to support their research, scholarship, or creative work with a UMBC faculty mentor on an original project. UMBC students of all years and disciplines are invited to apply, as long as they will remain enrolled at UMBC long enough to complete the proposed work.
Applications are now open- Apply today!
Undergraduate Research Awards- Get Up to $1500!
Deadline: May 15, 2020
Applications require a research proposal and mentor statement of support.
Specialty URAs will be awarded to Social Scientists and Entrepreneurs- see website for more details.