UMD School of Public Health Career Expo | College Park

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UMD School of Public Health Career Expo
A great chance for students to connect with public health organizations and employers while exploring various career opportunities!

  • Date & Time: Wednesday, November 13th, 2024, from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
  • Location: SPH Lower Level Concourse
  • RegistrationRegister Here

Employers of interest for BSOS students include:

  • Kennedy Krieger Institute
  • Credence Management Solutions, LLC
  • UMD – xFoundry
  • The ARC of Prince George’s County
  • Peace Corps
  • Maryland Department of Health
  • Cornerstone Montgomery Inc.
  • Capitol Hill Consortium for Counseling & Consultation LLC
  • Interdynamics Inc.
  • LAYC
  • GAP Solutions, Inc.

Intelligence Analyst | Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (W/B HIDTA) Investigative Support Center (ISC)

Intelligence Analyst | Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (W/B HIDTA) Investigative Support Center (ISC)

Deadline: November 4

The mission of the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (W/B HIDTA) Investigative Support Center (ISC) is to provide superior intelligence and case support to W/B HIDTA initiatives, participating agencies, and the HIDTA program. The Intelligence Analyst assigned to the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (W/B HIDTA) participates in all steps of the intelligence cycle: planning and directing, collecting information, processing and collating information, analyzing, producing and disseminating intelligence to help attain the mission of the W/B HIDTA.

FBI Virtual Information Session – Entry Level Positions

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FBI Virtual Information Session – Entry Level Positions

November 7 • 1:00pm-2:00pm • Register

Looking for a role to kickstart your career with the FBI? Attend our upcoming virtual info session on the Operational Support Technician (OST) and Operations Center Technician (OCT) positions!

OSTs and OCTs provide essential support to our Special Agents and Intelligence Analysts. This entry-level position is a once in a lifetime opportunity to join the FBI and build your career. Don’t miss your chance to learn more!

Spring 2025 Undergraduate Intern | Death Penalty Information Center

Spring 2025 Undergraduate Intern | Death Penalty Information Center

Deadline: November 7

The internship will be hybrid, with some of the work expected to be performed in-office. The undergraduate interns will provide support to the Center’s small staff through research and writing projects and various daily tasks. With supervision by DPI staff, the undergraduate interns will work on data aggregation and analysis, ad hoc research projects, content drafting, and administrative tasks.

Criminal Justice Research Intern | Cato Institute

Criminal Justice Research Intern | Cato Institute

Deadline: November 3

You will help our criminal justice team roll back unconstitutional overcriminalization, restore accountability for police and prosecutors who violate people’s rights, and challenge the scourge of plea-driven mass adjudication. As an intern in Cato’s Project on Criminal Justice, you will work with leading scholars and activists on researching legal briefs, responding to the many injustices perpetrated by the criminal justice system, and supporting legislative outreach efforts.

The last Day to Withdraw from one Course is Monday November 4th. 

The last Day to Withdraw from one Course is November 4th. 

November 4th is the last day for undergraduate students to withdraw from 1 course or up to 4 credits for the current Fall 2024 semester with a “W”.

Please Note:
You will need to schedule an appointment with Dr. Stickle if:

  • You need to drop a 2nd course and you have already dropped a course this semester.
  • You are on academic probation or dismissal and would like to drop a course with a W.
  • You need to drop a single course that is more than 4 credits (e.g. certain language courses or research/internship that is more than 4 credits)

How do I know I should withdraw from a course?

Is the coursework in the class so heavy, and/or the likelihood of passing it so slim, that it is taking away from other courses?  If the answer is “yes,” then it may be a good idea to drop the course. It is usually better to drop a course to have 4 classes, than 5 classes in order to perform at your best. If you are currently earning a D or F then you might consider dropping that course with a W. 

Be honest with yourself.  Refer to your course syllabus to get a realistic idea regarding what percentage of your grade is already determined and how much improvement is mathematically possible.  Remember that what is “mathematically” possible may not be “realistically” possible.
Speak to your instructor to get his/her opinion.

Last, if you are worried about “getting behind” in your credits, remember that you could take a summer term class to catch up.

Are “W’s” bad?

No, a few W’s over the course of an academic career are not “bad.”  There will be no indication on your transcript whether you were failing or passing at the time of the drop, and W’s are not calculated into your GPA. A course for which you have a “W” is considered an attempt. Which means, taking this course again is a repeat. 

If I drop below 12 credits, does that make me part time?

No – at this point in the semester, it won’t affect your residence hall status or your tuition.  If you had dropped to part-time during the first 5 days of the semester, it would have changed your tuition bill and your eligibility for housing.  At this point, it doesn’t change anything. Please contact OFSA@umd.edu if you have any questions.

What if I need to drop more than 12 credits?

If extenuating circumstances are causing difficulty with your academics, please contact us because there is help available on campus, and academic procedures to be followed, should you need assistance handling the academic consequences of a personal situation.  It is better to “strategize” now, while you have options, than to wait and do nothing, hoping the situation will “right” itself. Please consider meeting with an advisor to discuss this further. 

What if I’m receiving Financial Aid?

Check with a Financial Aid counselor in the Lee Building NOW if dropping a course would put you below 12 credits.  Most aid programs allow this provided you started the semester with 12 or more credits, but there may be a few that do not – and it can be expen$ive to make an incorrect assumption. Please contact OFSA@umd.edu with further questions. 

What if I really don’t want to drop the course?

If you want to hang in there with your course, develop a long-term (final 6 weeks) study plan and stick to it.  Use all available help sources.

FBI Virtual Information Session – Entry Level Positions

FBI Virtual Information Session – Entry Level Positions

Thursday, November 7, 2024

1pm-2pm

Virtual

Register on Handshake

Looking for a role to kickstart your career with the FBI?

Attend our upcoming virtual info session on the Operational Support Technician (OST) and Operations Center Technician (OCT) positions!

OSTs and OCTs provide essential support to our Special Agents and Intelligence Analysts. This entry-level position is a once in a lifetime opportunity to join the FBI and build your career. Don’t miss your chance to learn more!

Legal Undergraduate Intern | Brady

Legal Undergraduate Intern
Location: Washington, DC
Salary: $17.50 per hour
Closing Date: November 1

Each year, 40,000 people in the U.S. die from gun violence. We can change that. No organization has a more comprehensive and systematic approach to ending America’s gun violence epidemic. They say it can’t be done. But we know Americans can do anything. Even end this epidemic of gun violence. For we are more powerful than any problem when we work as one. Now is the time to unite people, from coast to coast, young and old, liberal and conservative, fed up and fired up, and free our country from what is killing us. It’s in our hands.

Job Summary:

Interns will take on a variety of projects critical for the development and litigation of potential and current cases with our Affirmative Litigation team, as well as become involved in our constitutional space. They will work closely with Brady lawyers to draft memos on assigned topics, conduct factual research, and delve into some of the most rapidly developing areas of law. They will garner knowledge of several of our current gun industry accountability cases and Second Amendment amicus portfolio. They will become part of the innovative and academically stimulating environment that helps to create strong gun violence prevention precedent throughout the country.

Interns will gain hands-on litigation experience and will support all phases of legal advocacy, including developing new cases, helping prepare for trial and depositions, assisting with discovery, monitoring and exploring developments in gun violence litigation, and conducting research. Aimed at ending chronic violence that perpetuates cycles of poverty, most of our litigation is working to deter gun suppliers’ exploitation of low-income communities. Our interns support civil suits against the gun industry’s distribution of firearms to dealers despite knowing that those dealers will sell guns to traffickers, allow straw purchases, and fail to conduct proper background checks.

Interns will also have the opportunity to help conduct research for amicus briefs and track and analyze constitutional law issues (including the Second Amendment). Finally, our interns would be able to assist in our racial justice research.

Brady is looking for undergraduate students who are passionate about gun violence prevention, impact litigation, and racial justice.