Job Description

Opportunity for future leaders interested in the manufacturing environment to join the Grace Manufacturing Leadership Program.  Our program provides individuals with a three-year experience that is focused on developing high-potential employees for possible leadership positions within Grace’s global manufacturing organization. During the program, there are 3 rotations designed to provide a range of manufacturing experience while strengthening leadership skills. Assignments include time in Grace’s manufacturing sites such as Curtis Bay, MD, Lake Charles, LA, Chicago, IL, Albany, OR and Chattanooga, TN.  Program participants are partnered with a senior-level mentor who will follow their progress throughout the program while providing guidance and support.    

Throughout the program, employees learn about the many aspects of our business, receive leadership, supply chain, finance, and Six Sigma training, and develop a professional network for sharing ideas and best practices around manufacturing excellence.

In the Manufacturing Leadership Program participants will have the opportunity for job rotations through multiple disciplines including:

• Process Engineering - Lead a manufacturing process improvement project 
• Project Engineering – Participate in the management of a capital project 
• Productivity– Lead a six sigma supply chain/operations project
• Sales & Operations Planning– Work in conjunction with the sales, manufacturing, and supply chain departments to ensure the right product is made and delivered to our customer 
• Production Supervision- Lead a manufacturing team of hourly employees      

Required Skills

Grace’s Manufacturing Leadership Program is designed for individuals who demonstrate strong leadership and management potential and have a strong interest in the manufacturing field.

• B.S. in an engineering discipline is required, preferably Chemical or Mechanical 
• Meaningful work assignments as a co-op or summer intern, success in the classroom (GPA of 3.2 or higher), and leadership experience
• Must relocate during the program
• Willingness to relocate for future assignments

Job Location

Columbia, Maryland, United States

To Apply:

Please apply to the program by submitting your resume to www.grace.com; careers; Manufacturing/Operations; Manufacturing Leadership Program 2016 Tracking Code 2520-266

Get to know the Women’s Center’s Spring 2016 staff — including our newest student staff member, Shira!

Women’s Center Staff – Spring 2016

Shira Devorah (she/her)
Hi, my name is Shira Devorah. I’m a Gender and Women’s Studies and Psychology double major in my junior year here at UMBC. I’m planning on spending a lot more time in school in order to become a Clinical Psychologist specializing in counseling LGBTQ youth, homeless youth, and transitioning youth. Eventually I would love to come back to a university and teach. I am a bisexual woman, and LGBTQIA+ issues are my passion. I believe that an intersectional approach to feminist thought and action is vital. I am also a Peer Health educator with University Health Services, and I am interested in conducting research regarding the discrepancies in health education for LGBTQIA+ youth. In my spare time, I love to journal, binge on Netflix, and sing along to musicals. I’m really excited to have the opportunity to work here at the Women’s Center! I want to challenge myself to become more involved in feminist activism, here on campus and within the Baltimore community. I would love to continue to learn, grow, and create with every person who takes the time to visit the Women’s Center and participate in the brave conversations happening here.

Meagé Clements (she/her)
Hi! My name is Meagé, and I am a new staff member in the Women’s Center. I am currently a senior studying Psychology and Social Work, as well as a member of UMBC’s Honors College. I am a social work intern at Delrey School, where I will be working with children and adolescents with cerebral palsy, among other physical and intellectual disabilities. After college, I hope to earn my MSW and find a career where I can help marginalized and oppressed people thrive in our society. In addition to being a staff member in UMBC’s Women’s Center, I am a member of Zeta Sigma Chi Multicultural Sorority Inc. In my spare time, I enjoy yoga, reading, listening to music and creative writing. This semester, I am excited to learn and become more involved in the efforts of the Women’s Center. If you happen to see me in the Women’s Center or around campus, feel free to say hello! I am looking forward to meeting new people and engaging in some thoughtful dialogues!

Carrie Cleveland (she/her)
My name is Carrie. I am BEYOND excited to be starting my last year at UMBC. I will graduate in May with a degree in social work after being in college for ten years. Yep. That is NOT a typo. Ten FREAKING years. See, I have three daughters and they keep me incredibly busy and because of that I decided that part time was the way to be. I think we will all be doing a happy dance when I graduate.

Beyond that, I am involved with the BreakingGround initiative on campus as a member of the Community Program Grant Committee. I also am a member of the Leadership Advisory Committee. I am also super proud to be a Return Women’s Scholar. It was my membership in that group that first brought me to the Women’s Center and that has been such a source of support for me as I took the long and windy road to graduation. Other that that, I am a wife, a friend, a chick from New Jersey, a lover off all things pop culture and a huge fan of They Might Be Giants.

MJ Jalloh-Jamboria (they/them)
Hey! I’m MJ Jalloh-Jamboria.  I am currently a Gender/Women Studies and Interdisciplinary Studies (Pathology) double major. My minor is Critical Sexuality. This is my second year at UMBC and my first year as a student stuff member here at the Women’s Center. In addition to that, I am the Director of Events of the Council of Majors/Minors. Finally, I am the Music Director of UMBC’s newest a Capella group, the Culture Chords. I know it may sound like a lot but I enjoy staying busy and contributing to the UMBC community!

My favorite thing to do, besides singing and eating, is to look at how my identities come into play as I interact with the world around me. As a fat, non-binary, first generation West African Immigrant, Muslim person, I have a lot to think about!

Daniel Willey (he/him) 
Hey everyone! My name is Dan and I am a junior GWST major. I joined the Women’s Center staff last year and I am so excited to be back again as the senior staff member. You’ll see me around a lot because I never actually leave the Center. I am the peer facilitator for Spectrum and Rebuilding Manhood, and I’m very involved with the LGBTQIA+ community here. I love answering questions! If you want to have a discussion about or have questions about gender, sexuality, sexual health, polyamory, fiber crafts, cats, or Steven Universe, I’m your guy! I live by the idea that everyone has the capacity for good and every interaction can be a learning moment. Being at the Women’s Center feels like not only a home away from home, but the place where I have learned how to be the best version of me. I really hope the Center can be these things for everyone, and I do my best to facilitate that here. If you need anything, please ask! I’m very excited to meet you all.

Megan Tagle Adams, Assistant Director (she/her)
I’m an unapologetic feminist and woman of color. I’m not your model minority. I’m an introvert. I’m not always angry. I’m Team Nicki. I’m a cat lady. I’m a queer femme. I’m not ashamed of my love of boy bands. I’m an advocate for critical social justice. I’m a picky eater. I’m not a fan of Maryland’s humidity. I’m looking forward to another great year at the Women’s Center! 

Jess Myers, Director (she/her)
Wow-wee, where do I begin?! Today I logged into my LinkedIn account because I got an alert that someone was looking at my profile… who was checking me out?! I had to know. Long story short, I found myself skimming through my profile and was alerted to the fact that I have been Director of the Women’s Center at UMBC for 4 years and 6 months. How lucky am I?! I have learned and grown as a professional, as a feminist, and as a person so much since I first arrived here at UMBC. I have gotten to work with some of UMBC’s brightest and most courageous students. I’ve learned how to insert gifs into emails and how to tweet on the Twitter. I’ve been challenged and held accountable to expand my notions of feminism beyond “white feminism” and to boldly live out my social justice values in a critical way. Moreover, I get to work in a place where I am authentically me.

I love being silly. I relish in the opportunity to use Leslie Knope gifs as a mode of communication. I identify as a queer lesbian and deserve medals for my fierceness in spin class. I approach my work from my collegiate background in social work and identify as a student affairs professional. I’ve lived in Washington, D.C., Kingston, Jamaica, and Fort Collins, Colorado but Baltimore is my hometown. It is a city that forever is rooted in my heart and very being. I also really love my introduction from last year and want to share it again (I’m a big fan of also not recreating the wheel!). You’ll find me on here most often blogging through my UMBC Women Who Rocks series and other Women’s Center confessions I like to make public. Basically and most importantly, I love my job… I’m looking forward to a year full of challenges, successes, and learning opportunities!

What is URCAD?

Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) is a day-long symposium and an extravaganza opportunity to display your research and creative work to the UMBC community. Projects will be displayed and shared through oral presentations, posters, exhibits, performances and film.

Apply NOW to present your work at URCAD on Wednesday, April 27.
Why should you participate?

Participating in URCAD gives you an opportunity to publicly display your project to the UMBC community AND gain professional experience that you can include on your resume and in job interviews.

So, who can participate? YOU!! 

Did you conduct research or create your own artistic work in the last year? Share your work with the campus! Mentors, fellow students, friends, family members, high school teachers and students, graduate school recruiters, and the general public will come to URCAD to see what UMBC undergraduates have to offer.

Where do I apply?
The student application is available for online submission starting February 1, 2016 (TODAY) and you may access the application HERE.

Follow our page on myUMBC HERE to stay in the loop! Check out URCAD 2015 HERE to see previous work by UMBC students in fields ranging from Biology to Dance, Psychology and Visual Arts. 

More questions or concerns?

Contact the Director of Communication and Outreach Janet Mcglynn at mcglynn@umbc.edu.

The Counseling Center will be offering a Relationship Skills Program this semester. This workshop series is a great fit for anyone looking to improve relationships of any kind. Join us for 6 unique workshops designed to help you have healthier, happier relationships. Drop in for individual workshops, or join us for all 6! 

All workshops are Wednesdays from 3:30-5pm in the Counseling Center, Starting on March 30.

 Topics include:

3/30--Be an Effective Communicator
4/6--Manage your Stress and Reduce Relationship Problems
4/13-- Listen More Effectively
4/20--Express your Emotions
4/27-- Be Assertive and Express your Expectations
5/4-- Resolve and Solve Problems in Relationships

The basis of this Summer Intern Program is a highly individualised research experience for each student coupled with group activities. As an intern in the VIMS (Virginia Institute of Marine Science) program, students work closely with a mentor, and often within the context of a research team, to develop an individual project. 

Students are expected to work with their mentors to develop a project idea in the form of a brief research prospectus, conduct their research, and then present results in a final program that is open to the VIMS community.

Students will also prepare a summary research paper that is maintained in the program archives. In some cases, this has been the basis for a subsequent publication in the scientific literature. 

For more information on intern research projects, check out the student research page.

The program will allow give the students an opportunity every week to attend a seminar that features a guest speaker discussing topics such as:

• "Scientific Reading, Writing and Peer Review"
• "How to Apply to Graduate School: Tips from the Faculty Who Read the Files"
• "Alternatives to Life in Academia: A Panel Discussion"
• "How to Give an Effective Scientific Presentation"
• "Ethics in Science"

Inspired by the multitude of activism taking place at UMBC over the fall semester, the Women’s Center is excited to offer a new skills-based workshop to the community. “Get It Together!”: Fundamentals of Activism will focus specifically on social justice activism. During the course of an hour, we’ll explore some of the many possibilities for engaging in activism, discuss practical options for taking action on campus, and gain new insights for creating change.

• Wednesday, February 3rd from 4-5pm in the Women’s Center
• Wednesday, Feburary 10th from 12-1pm in the Women’s Center