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May 2, 2010

New Shriver Center Posting- Healthcare Intern- Strategic Partnerships

The National Quality Forum (NQF), conveniently located at Metro Center, is a nonprofit membership organization committed to improving the quality of healthcare. NQF is currently seeking an intern for its Strategic Partnerships Department.

The Strategic Partnerships Intern will provide support for projects related to: 1) building community tools for public reporting of healthcare performance measures; 2) evaluating the use of performance measures in healthcare; and 3) evaluating the development of national healthcare priorities and goals. Among other tasks, the intern will be expected to contribute to a literature review regarding the setting of national healthcare priorities and goals. Additional responsibilities include materials development for advisory and proposal review panels; logistics preparation for group/panel convening’s or webinars; editing and posting of RFP’s; background research and literature review assistance; and assistance with draft and final project report preparation.

The successful candidate will be: a bachelor’s level student or graduate with at least 6 months to 1 year of experience working in a professional environment; with experience working with senior-level staff. Must be proficient in Microsoft Office-Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; possessing strong attention to detail; must show a personal commitment to accuracy and excellence; have excellent communication and interpersonal skills; possess demonstrated organizational skills; have the ability to work independently; be able to prioritize and manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously; have strong writing skills; and show a dedication to following through on assignments in a timely manner.

TO APPLY:
The National Quality Forum offers competitive salaries and an outstanding benefits package which includes health and life insurance, flexible spending accounts, a professional development program, 401(k), transit reimbursement, and free on-site gym facilities. Please visit the NQF Career Center at https://qualityforum.hua.careernetondemand.hrdpt.com/ats/job_search.php to submit your resume and cover letter. Please visit our website at www.qualityforum.org to learn more about National Quality Forum.

NEED HELP GETTING YOUR INTERN RESUME ON UMBCworks?
Connect with The Shriver Center (410-455-3671), http://shrivercenter.umbc.edu/student_howdoigetstarted.html

New PAID Summer Intern Listing from PayPal- $15 to $28 per hr

PayPal just posted a number of SUMMER PAID Internships on UMBCworks and wants resumes ASAP. Please apply today!

If you do not have an approved resume on UMBCworks, connect with The Shriver Center TODAY- 410-455-2493, http://shrivercenter.umbc.edu/student_howdoigetstarted.html

$15 per/hr- undergrad, $25-$28 per/hr for grad students

WHY PayPal?
Interns will work with a world class organization to gain the real life experience to develop highly marketable skills. Our past interns have had a tremendous impact on our organization and have found that the internships have shaped their careers in ways they couldn’t imagine.

ABOUT US
PayPal is the faster, safer way to pay and get paid online. The service allows members to send money without sharing financial information, with the flexibility to pay using their account balances, bank accounts, credit cards or promotional financing. With more than 81 million active accounts in 190 markets and 24 currencies around the world, PayPal enables global ecommerce. PayPal is an eBay company and is made up of three leading online payment services: the PayPal global payment service, the Payflow Gateway and Bill Me Later. The company's open payment platform, PayPal X, allows developers to build innovative payment applications on multiple platforms and devices. More information about the company can be found at: paypal.com

Founded in 2000, Bill Me Later was acquired by eBay Inc. in 2008. Bill Me Later is a PayPal company headquartered in Timonium, MD with additional offices in Hunt Valley, MD and San Francisco, CA. Bill Me Later is offered through CIT Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah. For more information visit: billmelater.com


PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
We have opportunities available for both graduate and undergraduate students across all of our departments. Brief descriptions of the internships are listed below and a full range of opportunities will be posted on our career site at ebaycareers.com in early May.

Technology: Working in an Agile environment, interns may have the opportunity to be involved in the development or testing process.

Marketing: Some interns will be involved in identifying new market opportunities by developing business cases and conducting market research and analysis; others will assist with the development of marketing materials and programs for our products including creative development, working with UE design, product or branding. Ideal for MBA candidates or strong upper level undergrads.

Credit:
Ideal opportunities for graduate or doctoral students that are interested in risk management and have highly analytical skills. These interns will use data mining and statistical modeling to assist with the development of new credit models and reporting for decision making.

Decision Science: This project driven internship will provide PayPal with an executable plan to implement a set of benchmarks toward enhancing the tools and reporting used by the organization by conducting research of industry-wide BI best practices.

Risk Operations:
The intern will become involved with tactical recovery efforts as well as developing reporting and analysis to uncover improvement opportunities.

Add your Summer Internship, Co-op, or Research Position to your Transcript

Have you found an internship, co-op, or research position, but just don't know how to get it listed on your transcript or get credit for it this summer? Do you want a notation on your transcript for all your hard work, but are unsure how to proceed?

Well look no further! The staff at the UMBC Shriver Center is here to help!

If you found an internship, co-op, or research position on your own for the summer already, you can get the notation on your transcript (FREE OF CHARGE) - and be on your way to possibly receiving credit- its not too late.

TO ADD INTERNSHIP/CO-OP/RESEARCH TO YOUR TRANSCRIPT:
1. Either call (410-455-2493) or stop by the Shriver Center on the ground floor of the Public Policy Building to make an appointment with a Coordinator.
2. Get a letter/memo from your employer (on company letterhead) verifying that you are interning at least 8-10 hours per week and bring it to your appointment.
3. Meet with your Coordinator to get enrolled in the Practicum (to have your internship/research noted on your transcript as a university sanctioned experience) and have your potential credit options explained to you.
4. Enjoy your internship, co-op, or research position this summer!

If you DO NOT have an internship lined up but are interested in obtaining one, we’ll be glad to help you with that as well. To begin the process of finding an internship through the Shriver Center and UMBCworks, visit http://shrivercenter.umbc.edu/student_howdoigetstarted.html
That link will detail exactly what you need to do.

The Shriver Center (1st fl Public Policy) is OPEN from 8:30 am to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday, so stop in or make your appointment soon!

Questions e-mail shrivercenter@umbc.edu> or call 410-455-2493

We look forward to working with you.

UMBC Intern & Part-time Job Survey- Win 4 O's Tickets

The Career Services and Shriver Centers are interested in learning about the part-time jobs/internships you held during the spring semester and your plans for the upcoming summer months.

PNC Bank has generously donated two sets of four PREMIER TICKETS (section 46, row 7) to two upcoming Oriole games (each set valued at $192) to be held on Sunday, July 25th at 1:35 pm (O's vs. Minnesota Twins) and Tuesday, June 29th at 7:05 pm (O's vs. Oakland Athletes).

Complete the 10 question survey found at:
http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e2v3wiawg8aldb2b/start
and earn a chance to be one of the two randomly selected winners!

Winners will be selected and e-mailed on June 1st. Good Luck!

May 6, 2010

Paid Sales & Marketing Internships Available w/University Directories

University Directories is hiring motivated students to participate in their nationally recognized sales and marketing internship program this summer. It is a paid position throughout the summer. We have positions at UMBC as well as locations throughout 44 of 50 states (you can check our website for a complete list - www.universitydirectories.com/internships.html).

There are three main things to know about the internship:
1) Nationally Recognized week long expense-paid training in May in Chapel Hill, NC to provide a solid foundation for your summer.
2) It is a paid internship.
3) It's not a desk job - you're going to be working face to face with local business owners to talk to them about advertising in the publication that we print at your school.

Our internship is a fast-paced sales and marketing program designed to give students experience in analyzing how local businesses operate and how they try to target their advertising to reach the campus, more specifically, YOU as a college student.

Interviews
If you are interested in the opportunity, you can email me back your resume to staylor@vilcom.com and we can set up a time to talk further about the internship! I will be conducting 30 minute phone interviews this week and have limited availability left, so please email me with your resume if you are interested as spots are filled on a first come first serve basis based on eligibility.

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May 7, 2010

Northrop Grumman Just Posted PAID Summer Intern Listings

Attention Students majoring in CMSC, IS, BTA, Engineering, etc
US Citizenship required!

Northrop Grumman has MANY NEW PAID SUMMER internship opportunities.
TO APPLY, please visit Northrop's website today!

If you DO NOT have an internship lined up but are interested in obtaining one, The Shriver Center will be glad to help you with that. To begin the process of finding an internship through the Shriver Center and UMBCworks, visit http://shrivercenter.umbc.edu/student_howdoigetstarted.html
That link will detail exactly what you need to do.

PAID Summer GIS and Communications Intern Needed

Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP is an engineering, architecture, and planning firm in Baltimore. The company is are currently looking for two interns.
One for its GIS Department and the other for its Marketing/Communications Department.

APPLY via UMBCworks TODAY!

The job descriptions are below:
GIS Intern: The GIS internship is open to students who have a GIS background and interest in gaining practical experience using GIS. This position will assist a GIS Analyst in the development and maintenance of GIS databases. The position will also assist in map/database creation for clients and a wide variety of professionals within the company. Qualified applicants should demonstrate a basic ESRI ArcGIS version 9.x working knowledge. Qualified applicants should have experience using GPS equipment and experience in post-processing collected data for use in ArcGIS.

Communications Intern: Assistant needed for the a busy engineering, architecture, and planning firms' Communications/ Marketing Department. Responsibilities would include editing; marketing, proposal, and web site writing; data entry; some graphic design; community outreach; and other administrative assistance as needed.

May 10, 2010

Summer 2010 Engineering R&D Internships at W.R. Grace

Grace Davison has several Summer Internship opportunities located at our Curtis Bay, Maryland manufacturing plant and at our Technical Center. We are looking for individuals who are entering their junior or senior year with the following majors:

- Chemical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Chemistry

Grace offers assignments which will challenge you and provide you with an excellent experience. Many of our interns have continued their assignments and are hired into full-time positions upon graduation.

Grace offers a competitive salary and a great summer experience.

To apply, visit Position ID 9239640 in UMBCworks.

New to UMBCworks? Visit http://shrivercenter.umbc.edu/student_howdoigetstarted.html to get started today!

MedImmune is STILL hiring Summer Interns in Life Sciences

MedImmune, headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD, is seeking a number interns majoring in Life Sciences and Chemical/Biochemical Engineering for Summer positions.

Those who join MedImmune feel a sense of ownership about their future. They thrive with a recognized leader in the biotechnology industry and the wholly-owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca plc.

Here, you will join passionate professionals who advance science, technology and medicine to develop products designed to help people live better lives. You will excel in an environment characterized by respect, integrity and growth opportunities…that encourages both individual contribution and collaborative entrepreneurial thinking. Our products and/or product candidates are designed to address areas of need in infection, oncology, respiratory disease and inflammation, cardiovascular/ gastrointestinal disease and neuroscience. Explore a MedImmune career as we strive to better more lives, more often, around the world.

To apply, visit UMBCworks and search for keyword: MedImmune.

New to UMBCworks? Get started here.

For questions regarding these opportunities or other internships or research in the life sciences, contact Kerry Kidwell-Slak in the Shriver Center at kerryk@umbc.edu.

Attention Rising Seniors! New Fellowship For Aspiring Teachers of Color

* Nearly half of the nation’s students (44 percent) are students of color, but the latest data show that just one of every six teachers (16.7 percent) is a teacher of color.
* Current trends indicate that, by 2020, the percentage of teachers of color will fall to an all-time low of 5 percent of the total teacher force, while the percentage of students of color in the system will likely exceed 50 percent.
* In urban and rural schools nationwide, as many of half of all African-American, Latino, and Native American students do not graduate high school in four years.
* As many as a third of students in the nation’s high-need schools have at least one or more teachers without even a minor in the subject she or he teaches.
* Study after study shows that the single most effective way a school can improve students’ academic achievement is to consistently provide well-prepared, committed teachers.
* Research also shows, overwhelmingly, that students of color perform better – academically, personally, and socially-when taught by teachers from their own ethnic groups.

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May 18, 2010

Attn Rising Seniors: New Fellowship for Aspiring Teachers!

* Nearly half of the nation’s students (44 percent) are students of color, but the latest data show that just one of every six teachers (16.7 percent) is a teacher of color.
* Current trends indicate that, by 2020, the percentage of teachers of color will fall to an all-time low of 5 percent of the total teacher force, while the percentage of students of color in the system will likely exceed 50 percent.
* In urban and rural schools nationwide, as many of half of all African-American, Latino, and Native American students do not graduate high school in four years.
* As many as a third of students in the nation’s high-need schools have at least one or more teachers without even a minor in the subject she or he teaches.
* Study after study shows that the single most effective way a school can improve students’ academic achievement is to consistently provide well-prepared, committed teachers.
* Research also shows, overwhelmingly, that students of color perform better – academically, personally, and socially-when taught by teachers from their own ethnic groups.

UMBC just became recognized as a Woodrow Wilson Rockefeller Brothers Fund (WW-RBF) Nominating Institution. The WW-RBF Award covers:

- $30,000 stipend to apply toward the cost of a master's degree
- preparation in a high-need public school
- guidance toward teaching certification
- support and mentoring throughout the three-year teaching commitment
- lifelong membership in a national network of Woodrow Wilson Fellows who are intellectual leaders

Eligibility for the WW-RBF Teaching Fellowships:
The Fellowship program seeks to expand the pool of outstanding candidates
to teaching in urban and rural schools by recruiting exceptionally able
arts and sciences majors for whom teaching is a new career option.
Eligible applicants include individuals of color in their senior year of
undergraduate preparation at one of the nominating colleges or
universities. The Fellowship supports their enrollment in a graduate
program that leads to a master's degree and initial certification in the
subject they will teach.

Applications are accepted only from candidates nominated by one of the
nominating institutions. To be nominated, interested candidates should
consult UMBC's campus liaison, Dr. Sarah Shin, Professor, Department of
Education. She can be reached at shin@umbc.edu or at (410) 455-2485.
Up to
2 students from UMBC will be nominated to the Foundation (Nomination and
Application deadline: October 15, 2010). For more information please visit
the Woodrow Wilson Foundation website at:
http://www.woodrow.org/fellowships/teaching/wwrbf/

PAID Service-Learning Internship Position for Summer!

Apply to be a Service-Learning Intern with the College Gardens Youth Program this summer.

The YMCA College Gardens Community Center is a community-based youth outreach program located in the nearby Yale Heights neighborhood (about 10 minutes from UMBC), and is a longstanding partner of the Shriver Center. The Service-Learning Intern will serve as the youth and volunteer group leader, and is primarily responsible for working with YMCA College Gardens staff to organize and implement programming for the center’s summer program.

Position Commitment
The internship will consist of at least 12 hours per week, beginning in early June and concluding in mid August. The Service-Learning Intern will be expected to support the site from 9:30am-12:30pm, Monday through Thursdays.

To learn more about the position, please email Clare Greene (clare6@umbc.edu). To complete an application for the position, visit: http://shrivercenter.umbc.edu/service_forms.html. Completed applications are due to the Shriver Center by Thursday, May 27th.

PAID Financial Planning and Analysis Internship at COPT!

Position Summary:
Supports the annual budgeting process. This support includes assisting the team with preparations for the budget process. In addition, will assist with coordinating training materials and meetings, organizing the budget information and, where appropriate entering data into the budget system and validating data. This will include coordinating and working with other departments. Pay for the position will be $12/hour.

Primary Responsibilities:
1. Creation and management of Budget Spreadsheets and other materials.
2. Coordinating Trainings and meetings.
3. Entering budgets into the system and validating data.
4. Assist with analysis where appropriate.
5. Clerical duties as assigned.

Requirements:
1. College Student between Junior and Senior Year. Financial ECON, or ECON major, preferably with Accounting coursework.
2. Excellent customer service skills and attention to detail.
3. MS Office with a focus on Excel.
4. Must be able to work 35-40 hrs per week.

Visit http://www.copt.com/web/sectionid/677/careers.asp to apply online.

Paid Communications Internship!

Rosborough Communications, a communications consulting firm, is looking to hire a communications intern.

Responsibilities:
• Help research, write and edit communications materials
• Staffing community outreach events
• Create and maintain project databases and mailing lists
• Support the coordination of public meeting logistics
• Assist and support the communications team as needed

Qualifications:

• A confident communicator with outstanding written and verbal communications skills.
• Attention to detail/organized
• Good computer skills and experience
• Courteous and professional phone manner
• Initiative and ability to work independently
• Ability to work night and weekend events
• Have reliable transportation

This will be a paid position and will be hired for June-August. The selected candidate must be available to work 20-30 hours per week. Work will be based out of Glen Burnie, Maryland but the selected candidate must be able to travel to events around the state. No phone calls please. Please submit a cover letter and resume to Kacie@roscominc.com.

May 27, 2010

IRS Bilingual Criminal Investigator Internship!

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

Student Trainee (Special Agent), GS-1899-4/5/7/9
Bilingual Criminal Investigator (Special Agent), GL/GS-1811-5/7/9/11/12

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY: All applicants must be proficient in English and at least one of the following:
Spanish, French, Korean, Russian, Cambodian, Vietnamese, French Creole, Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), Hmong, Polish, Portuguese, German, Hindi, Somali, Italian, Japanese, Arabic and Farsi.

Basic Salary: GS-4 $29,066 per annum effective January 2010
GS-5 $32,519 per annum effective January 2010
GS-7 $40,282 per annum effective January 2010
GS-9 $49,273 per annum effective January 2010

Objective: The objective of the Student Career Experience Program is to identify promising individuals for a direct career path to the special agent position within Criminal Investigation (CI). The program is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. Selected candidates are expected to meet educational and work requirements throughout the program.

Description of Work: The student trainee will assist special agents in their various assignments to better appreciate the requirements of the special agent occupation.

Special agents investigate violations of Federal tax laws and conduct other investigations relating to the work of the Department of the Treasury. Agents must be able to recognize and develop evidence for orderly presentation to U.S. Attorneys and other legal officers, to meet and confer with persons in all walks of life, to testify effectively in court, and prepare detailed written reports. Special agent work may involve inspecting records and documents, surveillance, participation in raids, interviewing witnesses, interrogating suspects, searching for physical evidence and clues, seizures of contraband and equipment/vehicles, securing and serving search warrants, making arrests, etc.

For more information, see below the jump. Apply today by emailing a resume to Mike Oettel, moettel@umbc.edu

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