Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Maryland Night Live Season 6
Maryland Night Live, UMD's SNL-styled show, is back for a sixth season! Streaming live on YouTube on Saturday, April 10, 8pm!
Register for the Testudo Mystery Hunt by April 8th! Winners get free Maryland Dairy.
The Testudo Mystery Hunt is an online scavenger hunt taking place on April 10th from 1-3pm. You'll get a chance to meet fellow Terps and test your mystery-solving skills. The top 5 winning teams get free Maryland Dairy.
Register at: go.umd.edu/MysteryHunt
Thursday, April 1, 2021
Honors College SpringFest April 7th!
Join the Honors College for SpringFest on April 7th! Join us for Sports & Scoop in person and socially distanced with required sign ups at go.umd.edu/hcspringfest. And join us for a virtual evening even with Dr. Lu of DCC for yoga. Sign up required at go.umd.edu/hcyogasignup.
Global Classrooms Summer Courses for students in the Honors College!
Please see below some fantastic opportunities from the Office of International Affairs to stay globally engaged this summer!
ENGL378T/HONR348K: Australia: Literature and Culture
Explore the literature and arts of Indigenous and contemporary Australia. While focusing on the ways Australian literature and art engage with present-day concerns -- among them environmental challenges, the movement toward Indigenous sovereignty, and Australia's changing place in the world -- we will also delve into the continent's two-century history of colonization and Indigenous dispossession.
Registration link: https://go.umd.edu/Szo
HIST219K/HONR249B: The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
Learn about the people, places, and policies that shaped the development of the British Empire, the single largest trans-cultural phenomenon in the world since 1500. During our investigations and virtual visits to political and cultural sites in London, examine how ideology, migration, technology and resistance shaped the expansion and eventual retrenchment of British imperial power in the Atlantic world and the Indian subcontinent.
Registration link: https://go.umd.edu/Sje
LARC489A/HONR338A: Landscape Architecture, Architecture and Music
This exciting course brings the piazzas, architecture, and ancient artifacts of Italy to your virtual classroom while exploring the common language of architecture and music. All majors are welcome and knowledge of architecture or music is not required. Develop an understanding of the beauty and significance of Italy's offerings, and become much more interesting at future business/social gatherings.
Registration link: https://go.umd.edu/SCL
About Global Classrooms:
Global Classrooms allow you to gain international experience, virtually, from wherever you are. These programs, developed in partnership with the Office of International Affairs, are intentionally designed to facilitate meaningful connection and collaboration with global experts and partners, going beyond the typical online class experience as they help you to grow cross-cultural competencies. Global Classrooms Connections courses can include guest lectures, virtual tours, dialogues, and mini projects with partners overseas. Signature courses facilitate project-based collaboration with peers at an international institution as you work to address global challenges. Learn more about Global Classrooms: go.umd.edu/gc-umd.
ENGL378T/HONR348K: Australia: Literature and Culture
Explore the literature and arts of Indigenous and contemporary Australia. While focusing on the ways Australian literature and art engage with present-day concerns -- among them environmental challenges, the movement toward Indigenous sovereignty, and Australia's changing place in the world -- we will also delve into the continent's two-century history of colonization and Indigenous dispossession.
Registration link: https://go.umd.edu/Szo
HIST219K/HONR249B: The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
Learn about the people, places, and policies that shaped the development of the British Empire, the single largest trans-cultural phenomenon in the world since 1500. During our investigations and virtual visits to political and cultural sites in London, examine how ideology, migration, technology and resistance shaped the expansion and eventual retrenchment of British imperial power in the Atlantic world and the Indian subcontinent.
Registration link: https://go.umd.edu/Sje
LARC489A/HONR338A: Landscape Architecture, Architecture and Music
This exciting course brings the piazzas, architecture, and ancient artifacts of Italy to your virtual classroom while exploring the common language of architecture and music. All majors are welcome and knowledge of architecture or music is not required. Develop an understanding of the beauty and significance of Italy's offerings, and become much more interesting at future business/social gatherings.
Registration link: https://go.umd.edu/SCL
About Global Classrooms:
Global Classrooms allow you to gain international experience, virtually, from wherever you are. These programs, developed in partnership with the Office of International Affairs, are intentionally designed to facilitate meaningful connection and collaboration with global experts and partners, going beyond the typical online class experience as they help you to grow cross-cultural competencies. Global Classrooms Connections courses can include guest lectures, virtual tours, dialogues, and mini projects with partners overseas. Signature courses facilitate project-based collaboration with peers at an international institution as you work to address global challenges. Learn more about Global Classrooms: go.umd.edu/gc-umd.
Diamondback's Copy Desk is Hiring!
The Diamondback’s copy desk is hiring! This hiring cycle, priority will be given to applicants who are interested in fact-checking and proofreading in both English and Spanish. Copy editors work two shifts a week and are paid a biweekly stipend. To apply, send your resume to copydbk@gmail.com by 11:59 p.m. on April 9, 2021.
International Affairs Alumni Panel
Want to learn more about careers and pathways in international affairs? Come to the Federal & Global Fellows Programs virtual panel event on April 7 from 5-6pm featuring four fantastic Federal & Global Fellows alumni--representing careers in international relations and diplomacy, international development, and democracy-building initiatives.
Their experiences include the Department of State, Department of Homeland Security, START, a Boren Scholarship, a Public Policy & International Affairs Fellowship at Princeton, a Public Policy & Leadership Conference at the Harvard Kennedy School, and acceptance into the Peace Corps. For more details about their incredible backgrounds, see their brief bios below!
Event: International Affairs Alumni Panel
Date: April 7, 2021
Time: 5:00-6:00pm
To RSVP, please click here: https://forms.gle/9PcresEtoFpcQF3U9
Location: Refer to RSVP Link for Zoom Info
Their experiences include the Department of State, Department of Homeland Security, START, a Boren Scholarship, a Public Policy & International Affairs Fellowship at Princeton, a Public Policy & Leadership Conference at the Harvard Kennedy School, and acceptance into the Peace Corps. For more details about their incredible backgrounds, see their brief bios below!
Event: International Affairs Alumni Panel
Date: April 7, 2021
Time: 5:00-6:00pm
To RSVP, please click here: https://forms.gle/9PcresEtoFpcQF3U9
Location: Refer to RSVP Link for Zoom Info
Sofia Alsamadi is a Foreign Affairs Officer working on democracy and human rights issues in the South and Central Asia region with the U.S. Department of State. Previously she served as a Regional Affairs Specialist working on international policy in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia under the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Sofia is a 2018 David L. Boren Scholar where she lived in Amman, Jordan for one year to intensively study advanced Arabic and volunteer with urban refugees in female empowerment and youth capacity building programs. Sofia graduated from the University of Maryland in 2018 with a degree in Government and Politics and minors in Arabic Studies and International Development and Conflict Management. Sofia was a 2016 Global Fellow in the Responses to Global Challenges concentration. During her undergraduate studies, Sofia had the opportunity to intern with various federal government agencies including: U.S. Department of State in the Office of Political-Military Affairs of Iraq; U.S. Department of State in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor in South and Central Asia; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START).
Gabriel Wach currently works as an Iraq Program Assistant at the U.S. Department of State since November 2020. He is passionate about international security, development. He was previously scheduled to depart for Peace Corps Ukraine in August 2020 before COVID-19. Gabriel graduated from the University of Maryland in May 2019 with his Bachelor's in Government & Politics: International Relations. Gabe was a 2018 Global Fellow in the U.S. Diplomacy & Policymaking concentration and a 2019 Global Fellow in the Critical Regions & International Relations concentration.
Adwoa Boateng graduated from the University of Maryland in 2018, with a B.S. in Economics and a B.A. in Government/Politics. She was a 2016 Global Fellow in the Responses to Global Challenges concentration. She completed her internship in the 2015-2016 Global Fellows program at the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of African Affairs. She also completed an internship at START, the Public Policy & International Affairs fellowship at Princeton University, and the Public Policy and Leadership Conference at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. After graduating, she worked on disaster relief oversight as a program analyst contractor at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Inspector General. Currently, she is a program analyst at the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, the U.S. Government's oversight agency on Afghanistan reconstruction.
Jen Bui graduated from the University of Maryland in 2020 with a Master’s degree in Public Policy, specializing in International Development. She is currently supporting democracy-building programs in the Asia-Pacific region with the National Democratic Institute as the Project Assistant to the Southeast Asia subteam. Prior to this position, she has had a variety of foreign policy and international development experiences, such as interning for the Department of State’s East Asia and Pacific Bureau in the Mainland Southeast Asia office and working as a consultant for the Grameen Foundation’s Bankers without Borders program, during which she helped design a health and women’s empowerment-related program with a local NGO in New Delhi. Jen was a 2019 Global Fellow in the Responses to Global Challenges concentration and served as a graduate assistant for the Federal & Global Fellows programs from 2020-2021.
Gabriel Wach currently works as an Iraq Program Assistant at the U.S. Department of State since November 2020. He is passionate about international security, development. He was previously scheduled to depart for Peace Corps Ukraine in August 2020 before COVID-19. Gabriel graduated from the University of Maryland in May 2019 with his Bachelor's in Government & Politics: International Relations. Gabe was a 2018 Global Fellow in the U.S. Diplomacy & Policymaking concentration and a 2019 Global Fellow in the Critical Regions & International Relations concentration.
Adwoa Boateng graduated from the University of Maryland in 2018, with a B.S. in Economics and a B.A. in Government/Politics. She was a 2016 Global Fellow in the Responses to Global Challenges concentration. She completed her internship in the 2015-2016 Global Fellows program at the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of African Affairs. She also completed an internship at START, the Public Policy & International Affairs fellowship at Princeton University, and the Public Policy and Leadership Conference at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. After graduating, she worked on disaster relief oversight as a program analyst contractor at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Inspector General. Currently, she is a program analyst at the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, the U.S. Government's oversight agency on Afghanistan reconstruction.
Jen Bui graduated from the University of Maryland in 2020 with a Master’s degree in Public Policy, specializing in International Development. She is currently supporting democracy-building programs in the Asia-Pacific region with the National Democratic Institute as the Project Assistant to the Southeast Asia subteam. Prior to this position, she has had a variety of foreign policy and international development experiences, such as interning for the Department of State’s East Asia and Pacific Bureau in the Mainland Southeast Asia office and working as a consultant for the Grameen Foundation’s Bankers without Borders program, during which she helped design a health and women’s empowerment-related program with a local NGO in New Delhi. Jen was a 2019 Global Fellow in the Responses to Global Challenges concentration and served as a graduate assistant for the Federal & Global Fellows programs from 2020-2021.
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