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URI Internships with the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks and the Parks & People Foundation

PROJECTS WITH THE BALTIMORE CITY DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION ANDPARKS

Pigtown Main Street seeks a veteran to serve as a part-time Communications and Special Events Coordinator, through The Mission Continues Fellowship.  The position is a six-month assignment: from April to October 2017.  Pay is $11.53-$13.46 per hour.

Pigtown Main Street is a 501c3 community development nonprofit organization in Pigtown, a low-to-moderate income neighborhood of Southwest Baltimore.  Our mission is to revitalize the Washington Boulevard commercial corridor, Pigtown’s main business artery.  We believe that all great neighborhoods have thriving business districts. These locally-owned restaurants, shops and nightlife create jobs for the local community and memorable places that improve quality of life and support property values for surrounding residents.  We are an accredited member of the National Main Street Center and a founding member of Baltimore Main Streets.

Responsibilities:

·        Provide administrative and logistical support to the organization’s street festivals and community events.

·        Manage the organization’s social media accounts, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Nextdoor.

·        Produce e-mail newsletters.

·        Promote local businesses and events to print, radio, tv and online media outlets.

·        Attend and prepare minutes at committee meetings.

·        Assist with various other marketing and promotional activities, as needed.

Qualifications:

·        Applicants must be strong writers.  Experience in any of the above areas is a plus.

This position is offered through The Mission Continues Fellowship.  Applicants must meet the following criteria:

·        Honorably discharged veterans having served a minimum of 24 months (total) after September 11, 2001, are eligible to apply. Applications with less than 24 months of service will be considered if serious injury and or extenuating circumstances prevented further service. Various characters of discharge will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

·        Veterans applying for fellowship must have completed all military obligation and no longer serving with the National Guard or Reserve. Veterans on terminal leave or part of the IRR/ING may apply.

·        All applicants will be subject to a background check as part of the application process. Individual circumstances will be discussed on a case-by-case basis. Host organizations may also require their own background screening as a condition of service.

For more information about The Mission Continues Fellowship, please visit missioncontinues.org/fellowships/

To apply, see UMBCworks post 9287982

Name: Amul Choudhary

Internship, Co-op or Research Site: National Institutes of Health/NCI

Position Title: Intern

Major(s)/Minor(s): Biochemistry / Molecular Biology

Work Term: Fall 2016

Briefly describe your internship, co-op,  or research opportunity, including your day-to-day tasks, responsibilities, and assignments.

My internship took place inside the Division of Cancer Treatment & Diagnosis at the NIH Headquarters in Bethesda, MD. Daily, my main project at the start was development of a searchable database of patients so that the department could observe trends in demographics, cancer types, and trial enrollment as well as work on speed in onboarding new patients. To accomplish that, I had to first overhaul some of the onboarding procedures the DTCD was using. While developing the database, I worked on a Phase II trial analyzing patient responses to a drug and eventually my analysis was used as part of a published (pending) manuscript. I presented my findings at Fort Detrick in Frederick, MD to some of the administration of the NCI as well as participated in the NIH Poster Day. This was all during the summer and now I am back there during the Fall continuing to refine and expand the powers of the database as well as shifting through results of other trials hoping to add to other ongoing publications..

Describe the process of obtaining your internship, research, or co-op opportunity.

I applied through a personal contact, then was asked to gather letters of recommendation and submit to a background check before being given an interview.

What have you enjoyed the most about your position or organization/company?

Meeting some amazing people and expanding my network

How do you believe you have made an impact through your work?

The analysis I completed for the Phase II trial will most likely play a major role in having the drug in question approved by the FDA.

What advice would you give to another student who is seeking an internship or similar experience?

Be ready to commit time outside the office and do lots of research on your own time to be always up to speed. After all, "opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." A lot of work is the pure drudgery of pouring through patient files, but also some of the most interesting discoveries are made at the 11th hour.

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