The Walden Circle Community Center is a community-based youth outreach program located in the nearby Woodlawn neighborhood and is a longstanding partner of the Shriver Center at UMBC.  The Service-Learning Intern will serve as a youth supervisor with some leadership, programmatic, and planning responsibilities during the Community Center’s 6-week summer camp.  More specifically, the intern is expected to:

·      Supervise daily activities with the children helping with group activities, snacks, lunch, occasional field trips, etc.

·      Manage high school volunteer counselors to ensure professionalism and smooth operation of the camp.

·      Help in creating the daily programming for the summer camp.

Position Commitment:

The internship will consists of 7 hours per day from 9am-4pm Monday through Friday beginning June 25^th and ending August 3^rd (July 4-6 will be a holiday).

Compensation:

A stipend of $2,000 is provided for the Service-Learning Intern in this position.  Additionally, the Service-Learning Intern will be enrolled in the 096 Practicum, enabling this student to receive a “Service-Learning Leadership” notation on her/his transcript.

Important Contact Information:

Clare Greene, Service-Learning Program Coordinator at Shriver Center, UMBC

410.455.2493 office

clare6@umbc.edu email

Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda.

If you have a LinkedIn account, you probably noticed the news that 6.5 million of their passwords were leaked. While the passwords were encrypted, it's still a major problem for all LinkedIn users. In his column in the latest issue of ACM Queue, LinkedIn Password Leak: Salt Their Hide, security expert Poul-Henning Kamp, explains the flaws in LinkedIn's password management process and the simple steps that can make it much more secure.

Of course, this is more than just about LinkedIn. Similar password leaks from eHarmoney and last.fm were reported this week.  If you use any of these popular Web services, you probably should change your password, especially if you use the same password on other Internet sites and services.

If you find this interesting, you should check out the monthly ACM Queue magazine.  It is a good resource for people interested in computing and software engineering. Here's how it describes its mission.

"Queue is the ACM's magazine for practicing software engineers. Written by engineers for engineers, Queue focuses on the technical problems and challenges that loom ahead, helping readers to sharpen their own thinking and pursue innovative solutions. Queue does not focus on either industry news or the latest "solutions." Rather, Queue takes a critical look at current and emerging technologies, highlighting problems that are likely to arise and posing questions that software engineers should be thinking about."

Update 6/9: The League of Legends reports that their password database was compromised. It’s not clear how they were storing the passwords.

The Office of Student Life's (OSL) Mosaic Center for Culture and Diversity is currently seeking student interns for the Fall 2012 semester! Complete the attached application and submit it to The Mosaic Center.

Diversity Educator Interns - The Next Evolution in UMBC's Campus Community-Based, Positive Social Change Efforts!

Diversity Educator Interns will facilitate students’ engagement in multicultural/diversity-related education, collaboration and community-building.  Founded in 2004, the Mosaic has a proud history of student-visioning and vibrant programming. Interns are an integral part of the Mosaic’s future as a student-driven and campus community-centered space. 

DiversityEducator Intern positions are more than just jobs; they are unique opportunities to contribute to innovative, reflexive and social change-based education, respectful and civil dialogue, equitable and accessible resources, and inclusive evaluation processes within the UMBC community. 

Interested in learning more? Contact Lisa Gray in the OSL Mosaic Center at mosaic@umbc.edu or 410-455-8478.  

The Second Baltimore Hackathon will be held this weekend, starting at 6:00pm Friday June 8 and ending at 6:00pm Sunday. At a hackathon people get together to build a hardware or software project from idea to prototype, in this case in one weekend. You can do it individually or as a team. You can come as part of a team or find one when you get there. It’s a great way to meet people and have fun.

The hackathon will take place at Advertising.com‘s offices in Tide Point (1020 Hull Street, 1st Floor Ivory Building, Baltimore, MD 21230).

You can register online (tickets are limited) for just $10, which includes a t-shirt and food for the weekend. Significant prizes will be awarded in six different categories: technical complexity, smart design, civic service, aesthetics, crowd favorite, and hacker/DIY.

See the Baltimore Hackathon site for more information.

WHAT: Summer Marriage Equality Campaign Kickoff
WHO: Local activists, advocacy organizations, elected officials, and you
WHEN: Wednesday, June 13th, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
WHERE: Montgomery College, Charlene Nunley Student Services Center Atrium
(7600 Takoma Ave, Takoma Park, MD 20912)
HOW: Purchase tickets online here

WHAT: Happy hour with fellow supporters of equality
WHO: Marylanders for Marriage Equality's campaign manager Josh Levin,
HRC's new president Chad Griffin, and you
WHEN: Wednesday, June 13th, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
WHERE: Bay Cafe (2809 Boston St, Baltimore, MD 21224)
HOW: RSVP online here

WHAT: Reception with the LGBT Caucus of the Maryland General Assembly
WHO: Pro-quality champions from the Maryland General Assembly and you
WHEN: Saturday, June 16th, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
WHERE: City Cafe (1001 Cathedral St, Baltimore, MD 21201)
HOW: Purchase tickets online here

Should an introductory Computer Science course fall within the cadre of General Education Requirements (GEP)—like Math, Science, and English—that are required of all undergrads?

According to a USA Today College article, the answer is yes.

In the article, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering professors Marie desJardins and Penny Rheingans talk about the importance of having, at least, a basic knowledge of how computers work, especially in a world that is quickly evolving in the hands of technology: 

“Inevitably, by the time today’s college students are middle-aged, technology will be unimaginably faster, more powerful and more integrated into our daily lives,” said desJardins, “and the people who understand how it works are the ones who will be helping society to take advantage of it and use it to improve people’s lives.”

For non-technical students who recoil at the thought of taking a computer course, Dr. Rheingans is an example of what can happen when you take a chance. Originally planning to major in the social sciences, says the article, a computer science course during Dr. Rheingans' first semester changed her entire career projection:

“I found computing to be both incredibly frustrating and incredibly addicting,” Rheingans said in an email. “I love the challenge of building something to solve a problem and the satisfaction of figuring out why my creation isn’t working and fixing it.”

Check out the entire article, “The Power of Computing,” to hear more of what professors desJardins and Rheingans have to say about the increasing importance of computer science comprehension.