Do you plan to pursue an unpaid internship or service opportunity for Summer 2021 at a Maryland small business or nonprofit? Whether you have already accepted a position or are in the process of applying, you may be eligible to apply for a financial stipend.

The UMBC Career Center and Shriver Center are proud to re-launch the annual UMBC Student Internship & Service Fund, thanks to the generous support of our  alumni, campus and community members. This year, we will direct our funding to unpaid interns and volunteers at Maryland-based small businesses and nonprofits that have been impacted by COVID-19, or that serve communities affected by the pandemic.

STIPEND AMOUNTS:

• $1,500 stipend for unpaid internships totaling 120 hours or more this summer
• $750 stipend for unpaid volunteer service totaling 60 hours or more this summer

ELIGIBILITY:

• GPA of 2.5 or higher 
• You must be a full-time undergraduate or graduate student who will return to UMBC in Fall 2021.
• You must have obtained, OR plan to obtain an unpaid position with a Maryland small business or nonprofit organization for Summer 2021.
• If you have not already obtained an unpaid position for summer, you must secure a position by May 1, 2021.

HOW TO APPLY:

For best consideration, please submit your resume, unofficial transcript, and a personal statement in UMBCworks (details about the personal statement are given in the posting). Search the Job ID: 9322922.

Deadline: Sunday, March 14

Questions? Contact Kacie Lawrence, Associate Director of Internships & Employment, at klawrence@umbc.edu.

Written by Jenika Brown, OAPA Peer Advisor

Who says there can only be one leader? At UMBC you're never short on opportunities that allow your light to shine as bright as gold! Make a difference in the UMBC community, forge everlasting relationships, or simply add advantageous skills to your resume by taking on various leadership roles on campus.

Note: Expect that some organizations, leadership positions, and jobs will be structured differently due to the virtual nature of our campus community.

Join a Student Organization

Whether it be a club sport or a sorority/fraternity, you are bound to implement and gain leadership skills, while also becoming part of a supportive family! Serving on an organization's executive board will allow you to enact skills that you will need in the workforce, as well as help you in the workforce, as well as help you to initiate positive changes on campus or in the community. Check out this link for a full list of our incredible diverse organizations.

Get a Campus Job

Put some extra money in your pocket, and extra skills on your resume. Most student positions promote leadership, teamwork, and responsibility. Log in to your UMBCworks to find open positions.

Still don't know where to start? Let me give you a hand:

Join forces with the SGA! As an undergrad student you're already a part of the SGA, you might as well assume a role and work hand-in-hand with faculty to implement the change you want to see! The 2020-2021 candidate application is open now. Applications are due February 26th!

Campus residents stand up and get involved with the Resident Student Associate (RSA)! UMBC is not just your school, it is your home. Engage with residential life staff to make the most out of your on-campus living experience. Email umbcrsaexec@umbc.edu to find out ways to get involved.

Orientation Peer Advisor (OPA) - Be a part of a close-knit team of students who welcome new students and their families to campus during the summer and winter terms during New Student Orientation.

Welcome Week Leaders (Woolies) - As part of the Woolie team you will serve as a resource to all incoming students during Welcome Week, supporting students in their transition to campus and helping them connect to events and upcoming opportunities.

IHU Peer Facilitator - IHU Peer Facilitators are an integral part of all Introduction to an Honor's University (IHU) courses, assisting instructors in course preparation, lesson implementation and serving as a resource to students throughout their time in the course.

Become a part of the Grit Guides team through the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Whether as a student assistant or a tour guide, this position allows you to work with prospective students and share your passion for UMBC! Email Kristin Luther (kluther@umbc.edu) for more information.

Are you an international student? The Global Ambassador Program is a NEW peer-mentoring program at UMBC that seeks to create a welcoming and considerate community for UMBC's international students.

Join the Office of Academic and Pre-Professional Advising (OAPA) as a Peer Advisor! This may sound like a shameless plug...but I can assure you it's not. This is in fact a very prideful plug! Despite being very shy, working as a Peer Advisor has made me self-assured due to the tasks entrusted to me. Not to mention, my interpersonal skills have increased immensely due to the diverse students I interact with and help daily. We will be hiring new peers at the end of the semester. If you're interested, you can apply here.

Event title: Expedition EY Business Track

Students pursuing the following majors may be interested in attending:

Accounting
Economics
Financial Economics
Statistics
Mathematics
Other business related majors

Interest Form Deadline: Friday, March 12th, 11:59 PM local time https://ey.recsolu.com/external/form/RZ_4rnNtIV_ugXYlnAO22g

The opportunity

Everything we do comes back to building a better working world, and that takes colleagues with a wide variety of experiences, perspectives and skills. Our Expedition EY program is just one platform designed to support and develop students exploring careers within professional services, offering the perfect place to fuel a career in this ever-evolving industry. Expedition EY aims to prepare first- or second-year students from all over the country for a career path in professional services while exploring the EY culture, offerings and opportunities.

Consistent with our commitment to recruiting diverse professionals, students who identify as Black, Latinx, or Native American are strongly encouraged to apply to Expedition EY Business.

Expedition EY is more than just a Zoom seminar or series  it's an interactive, gamified experience that brings you and the brightest and most diverse college students together nationwide. Together, you'll learn what it takes to be a strong candidate through on-demand learning modules, explore career possibilities within professional services, engage in hands-on learning activities, network with current and future EY professionals - and have fun! 

What to expect 

Students will have the flexibility to select and complete on-demand learnings and tasks or attend optional live virtual sessions all at their own pace. As you select your personalized learning and upskilling expedition, you'll unlock additional opportunities to participate in career and leadership development activities, as well as team-building exercises that will put you on a path to a career adventure unlike any other. You'll engage with our unique people culture, which celebrates inclusiveness, diversity of thought and the global mindset you'll need to thrive on teams.

To Qualify

Because of EY's desire to attract diverse students, students who identify as Black, Latinx, or Native American are strongly encouraged to apply to Expedition EY Business.

Expedition EY Business:

Be three or more years away from graduation

Intend to pursue a degree in Accounting, Business, Economics, Finance, Math, Statistics or a related subject

About EY

As a global leader in assurance, tax, strategy, transaction and consulting services, we hire and develop the most passionate people in their field to help build a better working world. This starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. So that whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. 

Additional requirements 

All participants must be currently enrolled in a US university (in person or online) at the time of the submission.

Interest Form: https://ey.recsolu.com/external/form/RZ_4rnNtIV_ugXYlnAO22g

Event title: Expedition EY Technology Track

Student pursuing the following majors may be interested in participating:

Data Analytics
Information Systems
Computer Science
Computer Engineering
Other technical majors

Interest Form Deadline: Friday, March 12th, 11:59 PM local time  https://ey.recsolu.com/external/form/2pYf7KjFTCEs7p2PBwqrMQ

The opportunity

Everything we do comes back to building a better working world, and that takes colleagues with a wide variety of experiences, perspectives and skills. Our Expedition EY program is just one platform designed to support and develop students exploring careers within professional services, offering the perfect place to fuel a career in this ever-evolving industry. Expedition EY aims to prepare first- or second-year students from all over the country for a career path in professional services while exploring the EY culture, offerings and opportunities.

Consistent with our commitment to recruiting diverse professionals, students who identify as Black, Latinx, Native American, female, trans or non-binary are strongly encouraged to apply to Expedition EY Technology.

Expedition EY is more than just a Zoom seminar or series - it's an interactive, gamified experience that brings you and the brightest and most diverse college students together nationwide. Together, you'll learn what it takes to be a strong candidate through on-demand learning modules, explore career possibilities within professional services, engage in hands-on learning activities, network with current and future EY professionals - and have fun! 

What to expect 

Students will have the flexibility to select and complete on-demand learnings and tasks or attend optional live virtual sessions - all at their own pace. As you select your personalized learning and upskilling expedition, you'll unlock additional opportunities to participate in career and leadership development activities, as well as team-building exercises that will put you on a path to a career adventure unlike any other. You'll engage with our unique people culture, which celebrates inclusiveness, diversity of thought and the global mindset you'll need to thrive on teams.

To Qualify

Because of EY's desire to attract diverse students, students who identify as Black, Latinx, Native American, or who identify as female, trans or nonbinary are strongly encouraged to apply to Expedition EY Technology.

Expedition EY Technology:

Be three or more years away from graduation

Intend to pursue a degree in a technology-related field (such as Analytics, \Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering or Management Information Systems)

About EY

As a global leader in assurance, tax, strategy, transaction and consulting services, we hire and develop the most passionate people in their field to help build a better working world. This starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. So that whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. 

Additional requirements

All participants must be currently enrolled in a US university (in person or online) at the time of the submission.

Interest Form: https://ey.recsolu.com/external/form/2pYf7KjFTCEs7p2PBwqrMQ

This month, February 2021, UMBC SDS is highlighting Black History Month.

Rediscover how some members of the Black Civil Rights Movement also played essential roles as activists in the US Disability Rights Movement, and paved the way for disability rights activists to influence social change and legislation. Many people with disabilities were part of both movements and continue to be today. Further back in history, learn new things about the famous Black figures who also had disabilities. For instance, Harriet Tubman lived with epilepsy and narcolepsy.

In the links described below, we hope you may find information you will be happy to rediscover or learn for the first time. Black history is being made this moment, and there is an endless amount to learn from the past. A little time spent exploring Black history this month may lead you in enlightening directions. While researching this post, I started at (link)Brad Lomax, and ended up at the (link)Wild Zappers, a DC-based all black all deaf dance company.

Test your knowledge by taking this quiz with the National Black Disability Coalition (NBDC): (link)http://www.blackdisability.org/content/black-disabled-trivia

Important figures in Black History:

·       National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) has a Black History Bio for each day of February: (link)https://www.ndrn.org/resource/disability-rights-in-black/

·       On the website for Respect Ability, an advocacy organization, you can find an article featuring the experiences and voices of current African-American celebrities who have disabilities. (link)https://www.respectability.org/2018/02/highlighting-african-americans-disabilities-honor-black-history-month/

·       Learn about Black History heroes who are or were deaf or blind: (link)https://dcmp.org/learn/203-black-history-month

·       Google “Black History” plus any disability (i.e. "autism," "dyslexia," etc.) and find something to share. Add it to the comments at the end of this post.

Explore Black History and Disability Rights:

·       The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) has a great article about the integral role Black disability rights activists played in securing rights for all US citizens with disabilities.  (link)https://www.ncld.org/news/honoring-black-history-month-unsung-heroes-of-the-disability-rights-movement/ For more on Brad Lomax, a leader in the 1977 protests that led to the implementation of section 504 of the rehabilitation act, see this NYT obituary (link)https:/www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/obituaries/brad-lomax-overlooked.html

·        Black Disabled and Proud: College Students with Disabilities is a website by the HBCU Disability Consortium. Their page titled “Black Lives Matter and Disability” speaks to the recent and daily making of Black history as it intersects with disability. (link)https://www.blackdisabledandproud.org/black-lives-matter.html The page includes links to thoughtful articles as well as self-care info.

·       The Disability Visibility Project’s Black Lives Matter page has podcasts (with transcripts) that explore the individual experiences of people who are actively contributing individually and/or organizing to raise awareness about being Black and having a disability. (link)https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/tag/black-lives-matter/  Click through on the posts and find things like Jen White Johnson’s Black Disability Lives Matter mural (link)https://jenwhitejohnson.com/Black-Disabled-Lives-Matter-Mural-Project

More UMBC posts and events are going up over the course of the month. Please keep looking. Here are a few to check out at UMBC:

LSAMP at UMBC has a great post that spans Black History, education history and today. (link)https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/lsamp/posts/99034

The UMBC Women’s Center posted on “Black Women in History from A to Z.” Their first on the list is Audre Lorde, a black poet, activist and scholar who lived with the effects of breast cancer from 1978 until her death in 1992. Her writings about identity have influenced most social justice movements in the US and beyond, including the disability rights movement and scholarly critical disability studies. (link)https:/my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/womenscenter/posts/98941

UMBC’s own Dr. George Derek Musgrove launched a website on February 1, 2021 that documents the history of Black Power in Washington DC. The department will host a discussion event with Dr. Musgrove on February 25^th, at noon. (link)https:/my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/history/posts/98905