Upcoming On-Campus Interview Deadlines - Fall 2012
On-Campus Interviews offer students a chance to conveniently interview for professional positions on campus. Employers travel to our campus for the specific purpose of interviewing preselected students for currently open positions. This is a great opportunity to interview with employers specifically interested in UMBC students and offers the advantage of a smaller applicant pool. Interviews take place during the fall and spring. The logistics (viewing positions, applying, signing up for interview time slots, etc.) are all handled via UMBCworks.
Don't miss out on employers coming to UMBC to recruit YOU this fall! The following is a list of employers coming to conduct on-campus interviews with application deadlines in the next month.
**United Space Alliance
Interviewing on 09/21/12 (Deadline to apply via UMBCworks: 9/7/12)
Positions: Engineering Staff I - ADCO, CRONUS, ETHOS and SPARTAN Flight Controllers
Majors: Physics, Mathematics, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
**Dupont
Interviewing on 10/1/12 (Deadline to apply via UMBCworks: 9/17/12)
Positions: Associate Investigators - R&D Engineers; Associate Investigators - R&D Scientists
Majors: Chemistry, Biochemistry, Engineering
**ARINC Incorporated
Interviewing on 10/5/12 (Deadline to apply via UMBCworks: 9/21/12)
Positions: Junior Software Engineer, Junior Integration Engineer, Junior Communication Analyst, Junior Network Engineer
Majors: Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering
**Carrier Corporation
Interviewing on 10/9/12 (Deadline to apply via UMBCworks: 9/25/12)
Positions: Carrier Commercial Sales Engineer/Technician)
Majors: Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
A full list of On-Campus Interviews scheduled this fall is available on our website calendar and on UMBCworks, please check regularly for any updates or changes that may occur.
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Employer Information Sessions - Fall 2012
Information sessions are a great opportunity to meet one-on one with company recruiters, to network, and to gather information on potential employers (and as a bonus, many employers offer food during their session). Information sessions offer students the chance to make a great, in-person impression.
The following employers will be at UMBC this semester to meet with students to discuss their organizations and employment opportunities. These sessions offer students the chance to network and really prepare for the application process and/or interviews with the hosting organizations. Please RSVP via the Events tab in your UMBCworks account (access myUMBC under the Jobs & Internships topic in myUMBC). The complete employer information session schedule can be viewed here.
**National Security Agency (NSA) -- 9/18/2012, Math/Psych 210 -- Information Systems, Mathematics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering Majors - Meet with recruiters from NSA and learn about NSA from insiders as well as career opportunities and the process of applying to NSA. Please stop in anytime throughout the day - 9am-4pm
**Peace Corps -- 9/25/2012, 4:00p-5:00p, Math/Psych 210-- All Majors
**Clean Water Action -- 9/26/12, 12:00-1:00p, Math/Psych 210 -- All Majors
**Nu Look Home Design - 10/02/12, Noon - 4:00pm - Commons Main -- All Majors
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Real People Profiles: Okemeteri Esiekpe
We're asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: I'm in my second year of graduate school.
Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A: I am the Graduate Coordinator for LGBTQ Programs in the Office of Student Life.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: Helping to foster an inclusive campus community.
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: I absolutely enjoy getting to know the students! I am inspired and energized by them on a regular basis.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: The most important thing I have learned in college is that sometimes, the most unlikely people become your lifelong friends.
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: Great conversations, great friends, laughter, and sleeping!
Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?
A: My favorite spot on campus is the Women's Center. Jess Myers, Galina Portnoy, and other staff members keep this center welcoming and inviting for everyone - not just women :). If you need a moment's rest, an engaging conversation, or a laugh, stop by.
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Research & Internship Opportunities
Jump start to your research career here!
The following research positions have been posted recently to UMBCworks. Login to your account (via the link in the Jobs & Internships topic in myUMBC) and find details and application instructions as well as hundreds of other job postings! You can also find out more by downloading the attachment.
- Fall Intern - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry.
- On-Campus RC Helicopter pilot- UMBC Geography & Environmental Systems
- Research Assistant / United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
- Protocol Development Intern- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Student Mental Health Research Assistant - Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Volunteer Opportunities in Mental Health- Sheppard Pratt Health System
- Research Assistant / ExecuQuest Corp.
- Research Assistant- Sage Policy Group
- Research Clinical Extern- UMB School of Medicine
- Disaster Caseworker-American Red Cross
- Paid Research & Marketing Interns- BioMarker Strategies
- Paid Parent-Child Interaction Video Coder-University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB)
- R&D Intern- Quantum Medical Metrics, LLC
- Research and Policy Assistant- United States Department of Education
- Research Development Intern- iHire, LLC
- Research Intern- The Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit
- Nutrition Intern- University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB)
- Paid Research Technician Intern- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
- Volunteer Policy/Research Intern- Minority Business Roundtable
- Research Assistantship- Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland
- Advancement Department Intern- American Red Cross
- Assistant Proposal Coordinator- Ross Technologies, Inc. (RTGX)
- Big Data & Cloud Software and Research- Ross Technologies, Inc. (RTGX)
- Paid Research Assistant- UMBC Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education(CUERE)
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See Research Projects of Your Fellow Majors!
Are you a Geography/Environmental Science major interested in doing research?
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Scenes from Involvement Fest (photos)
Last Wednesday at 6:00 a.m., my colleague Sara Leidner and I were online looking at the weather forecast, which showed a 75% chance of rain by noon. The Involvement Fest vendors had to be told whether the event was going to happen by 6:30 a.m. With reluctance, she made the tough call to postpone. Then we rooted for a thunderstorm to come along and validate the decision, but the rain never materialized; all we got was uncomfortable heat and an overabundance of humidity.
Involvement Fest was rescheduled for Monday, and it was perfect.
I was standing in a corner with Co-Create UMBC coauthor Craig Berger interviewing students for a long while, so I didn't get photos of the musical performances. But here is some of what I did see.
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| First came the tables and the tents. |
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| Setting up under a ridiculously gorgeous sky. |
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| Again, that sky . . . |
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| Vanquishing the green balloon. |
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In the middle of free hour, it got a little crowded
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| The theme: Pirates. Ergo: Parrots. |
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| From my office, as the event wound down . . . |
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No, our work in Student Life is not always glamorous,
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sometimes we end up making new
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Co-Create UMBC is a blog for and about UMBC, written by David Hoffman and Craig Berger from the Office of Student Life. Join the Co-Create UMBC group on MyUMBC. Like Co-Create UMBC on Facebook. And follow David and Craig on Twitter.
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Researcher of the Week: Nathan Smith
Undergraduate researchers explore their interests!
How did you find out that you could do research in your field in the summer?
The Meyerhoff program introduced me to the idea of research internships during undergraduate summers. Since freshman year they have encouraged many applications to many places, including the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST.) Before I came to college I had never noticed research opportunities or even heard of them or thought about them. As a Physics/Mathematics major, I had kind of thought all the internships available were more for the life sciences as those were the only ones I had ever heard about.
How did you know that research at NIST was what you wanted to do?
My father has worked at NIST for quite a while and on the few occasions I visited the campus I always loved it. Physics has a huge presence at NIST, which is a delightful change of pace from what I usually see. I liked the idea of starting my first research experience at somewhere close and comfortable that I also knew for sure would be a great place. I'll be back next year if I am fortunate enough to be accepted again.
Did you apply to other places?
I applied to several other places such as NASA, APL, and a few REUs at various universities across the country. I was rejected or did not hear back from all of them.
Was the application difficult to do? Did you have help with this?
The SURF program application is very straightforward, in my opinion. There are some finer details to work out with the college, but for UMBC at least, Ms. McGlynn makes everything you need to do extremely clear and is quite helpful throughout the entire process even going as far to review your personal statement and resume. By the time your application is sent off there is essentially zero chance that anything is incorrect.
What was your summer research project?
My project dealt with the modeling and optimization of metal-oxide-semiconductor electrochemical solar cells. The purpose of the photoelectrochemical cells is to take light and convert it into electricity and use that electricity to break water into hydrogen gas and oxygen gas, thus providing hydrogen gas for fuel cells. The project deals heavily in renewable energy and aims to make silicon-based solar technologies more viable. I was altering solar cell geometries and composition to attempt to improve the efficiency and ensure that the voltage generated is enough to split water.
Who was your mentor for this project?
My mentor is a post-doctorate student named Daniel Esposito. I could not have asked for a better mentor. I also worked with Dr. Jon Guyer (who was invaluable as well) when it came to the more complicated FiPy partial differential equation solver.
How much time do you put into this work?
I worked five days a week from around 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for 11 weeks over the summer, so quite a bit of time. The project was large and interesting; I could have used more time!
Were you paid? Where did you live?
SURF students are paid $5,500 for the 11 weeks of work, which is a very good deal. I commuted from home, but I know that NIST will house most of the SURF students at Hyatt House (a nearby hotel) in very accommodating conditions, so that is certainly an option.
What academic background did you have before you started?
I had no previous research experience, but am a rising junior Physics/Mathematics major with ~115 credits under my belt. I have a job setting up labs at the UMBC Physics Department and am fluent in Python as well as MATLAB and Mathematica. Academically I was rather strong, but in terms of research I was completely new to it.
How did you learn what you needed to know for this project?
My mentor gave me a few papers to read and there is a wonderful website called PVCDROM that provides a wealth of information on how solar cells function and the semiconductor physics behind them. Google also played a large role in my learning.
What was the hardest part about your research?
The hardest part would have to be learning to research. When I had problems in classes, I can check my answers and ask questions. Here, I can still ask questions, but what makes this research is that NIST doesn't know the answers; that's why the SURF students are working on these problems, to find answers. It is a bit unnerving at first when you come up with a result and you can't know whether or not it's correct because it's brand new.
How does this research relate to your course work at UMBC?
My research had multiple tie-ins to my Modern Physics course and I was glad to have had it before hand as I was better equipped to understanding the physics behind semiconductors. The classes on/using MATLAB, Mathematica, and Python were invaluable. Having programming knowledge beforehand was very useful and it seems that most of the friends I made here use programming in their research as well.
What is your advice to other students about getting involved in research?
Try it. I find it extremely rewarding and fun, but not everyone will. Best you don't go through undergrad never taking these opportunities and then get into a research position because it's what you THINK you want and find out instead that you hate it. Find out now. Also, don't get discouraged if you're not accepted the first time, try again. I applied to 17 places my freshman year and got into none of them.
What are your career goals?
I want to get my Ph.D. in physics and go into research at a fine establishment such as NIST. After a nice long time as a researcher I hope to return to academia as a physics professor at a research university.
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Phone bank for Marriage Equality On-Campus
Volunteer Without Having to Leave Campus!
The Women's Center is helping spread the word for an important cause. For any other additional information, please contact the College Democrats.
College Democrats is hosting several upcoming events in support of marriage equality. Please read the details below:
Phone bank for Marriage Equality On-Campus
September 18th, 5-8 pm, Sondheim 210 (Sign up for this date using this Doodle Poll).
October 9th, 5-8 pm, Commons 327
October 23rd, 5-8 pm, Commons 327
The group will provide the script, the training, the snacks - all they ask is that you donate some cell phone minutes!
While College Democrats is the official sponsor of these phone banks, they are open to student/faculty/staff who don't identify as Democrats but who care about this issue.
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Learning to Commit
The choices were mine to make, or so it seemed to me at the time. Pick a major. Decide on a career path. Figure out where to apply to graduate school, and where to go. Find a mate for life. The potential consequences were vast. And I felt lost.
How was I supposed to know where to find the door with my name on it, the portal to a satisfying life and the fulfillment of my potential and hopes? I couldn’t have named an older adult whose path I would willingly have committed to follow, or whose life I would have chosen for my own, at least not forever. I had no way of knowing, really, what it was like to be a middle-aged lawyer, or manager in a business, or professor. How could I choose to shackle myself to any plan to become one of them, especially when I didn’t know what I was going to be like years down the line? I felt like I had far more information when it came to choosing a brand of toothpaste than I did in shaping my trajectory.
And so, whenever I was forced to choose, I made the choice that committed me least, even in small things. When people asked if I could participate in an event, I said probably, not yes. In personal relationships, I made no promises. I elected the path through graduate school with the most potential branches. I imagined that one day, certainty would descend upon me, and I would know who I really was and what I wanted, and I would gain the power to choose, and to commit.
As my friends began making life commitments all around me, I began to think I was badly broken, or born without some crucial gene. Sometimes I’d read books or watch movies where the main characters faced life-determining choices, and circumstances conspired to illuminate their paths and set them free, and I’d experience an agonizing lump-in-throat, tears-welling-up sense of futility, because circumstances were not conspiring for me.
Those years of struggle seem distant now, though I treasure their memory, since they are the primary source of whatever wisdom I have. If you’re like I was, you may have to live through your own years of hedging and doubt, because no words from me could fully awaken you to the reasons you can’t find your real home and your real path.
But here are the words I might send back in time to myself if I could: You are not broken. Your sense of being lost is completely understandable, and it’s OK. The choices you face are not easy ones, regardless of how easily and quickly some people may want you to make them. Your future happiness does not depend on being certain today. But understand this: The real barrier to your making commitments is not a lack of information. It’s not external to you at all, so you won’t overcome it solely by gathering data about your options. The real barrier is that you’ve internalized some deeply problematic notions: that you have a lifelong obligation to fulfill other people’s hopes and expectations for you; that your own instincts and intuitions are not trustworthy; that your real life has not started yet; and that making commitments necessarily means giving up the possibility of continuing to grow into some better, happier, more complete version of yourself. Give yourself permission to live, see yourself as fully alive, trust yourself, indulge yourself, know yourself, and promise yourself that you will always be open to self-discovery. None of these things will fully dispel the pain and ambiguity. But they will help you make a start.
--David Hoffman
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Zach Wahls’ “What Makes a Family?” Presentation at CCBC
Zach Wahls will be sharing the heartwarming story of his family at his "What Makes a Family?" presentation at CCBC Dundalk on November 29th, 2012 at 12:30 PM in Room G 100. Please read on for more details:
Zach is a compelling speaker whose story and rise
to fame are heartwarming. As well as being an advocate for civil rights
at the state and national levels, Zach is an Eagle Scout who offers an
interesting perspective on his own scouting experience in light of the
BSA’s ban on LGBT leadership and participation. Here is a link to Zach’s now-famous testimony on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMLZO-sObzQ
CCBC Dundalk Address:
7200 Sollers Point Rd
Baltimore, MD 21222-4649
For more information and to RSVP contact, Ted McCadden, Assistant Professor, at tmccadden@ccbcmd.edu or 443-840-3783.
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