Wildlife Habitat Council - Conference Student Scholarship Opportunity

Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) is an international non-profit organization that has worked at the intersection of business and conservation for over 30 years. WHC partners with corporations, fellow conservation organizations, government agencies and community members to empower and recognize wildlife habitat and conservation education programs. Our members consist of about 100 major corporations (mostly Fortune 500 companies) from numerous industrial sectors.

Every year, WHC hosts our signature event, Conservation Conference, at which attendees participate in curated workshops covering a wide range of timely and relevant conservation topics, as well as first-class networking events with leaders and decisionmakers from NGOs, government agencies and some of the largest corporations in the world. Conservation Conference 2021 will take place on June 8 and 9 as a virtual event.

Through the generosity of our sponsors, we are inviting active college students pursuing an environmental or sustainability related major to attend the conference on a full scholarship. Our scholarships provide a fee waiver and access to all sessions and networking events.

Applicable majors include scientific fields such as biology, sustainability, animal science, environmental science, GIS, environmental planning or environmental engineering, but also fields like communications and marketing. Undergraduate and graduate students are both invited to attend.

For more about the 2021 WHC Conservation Conference, please visit https://www.wildlifehc.org/conference2021/ 

To attend Conservation Conference on a student scholarship, please fill out this short form by Friday, May 14, 2021.

 

Terps for Change Coordinator

Want leadership experience in service-learning and volunteering? Apply to be a Terps for Change coordinator by Sunday, 5/02/21 at 11:59PM.

Terps for Change coordinators engage in meaningful, longitudinal service at one of our 9 community partners in the DMV area. For the Fall 2021 semester, we are offering socially-distanced in-person sites (Campus Pantry, Campus Arboretum) as well as virtual asynchronous/synchronous sites (mask-making with A Wider Circle, online tutoring). More information about our community partners can be found here: stamp.umd.edu/communitypartners

Watch this 5-minute video on the role and responsibilities of the coordinator position at

stamp.umd.edu/coordinatorinfo. We will also be hosting a live information session at a later date.


Interested in joining us? The application can be found here: stamp.umd.edu/coordinatorF21. Please feel free to reach out to our staff at terpsforchange@umd.edu with any questions.

De-Stress for Finals and Win Prizes: Lean On May!

Join Lean On Me CP in de-stressing before finals with Lean On May! Attend wellness events like yoga, vision boarding, learning the KonMari method, and more from May 3rd to 7th. Participate and collect tickets for entries to win prizes. All attendees will also receive one Lean On Me sticker! Additionally, proceeds will be donated to NAMI PG County to improve local mental health support.

For more info, visit our:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leanonme_cp/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeanOnMeCP

Need someone to talk to? Text Lean On Me CP at 301-494-8808 from 8am-2am to get connected with a trained peer supporter.

The Arrival Survival Team: Seeking Volunteers for Fall Move-In 2021

Join the Arrival Survival Team and help welcome new Terps to campus this fall!

We are looking for student leaders to help support our new students and their families during our Fall 2021 Residence Hall Move-In. Benefits include:
Leadership, volunteer, and teamwork experience

The opportunity to meet and greet new residents and their families

Early move-in to beat the rush

Breakfast and lunch for volunteers working during move-in days

T-shirts and other giveaways

Showing off your Maryland pride

For more information or to apply, visit the Arrival Survival website. Contact us at AST@umd.edu with any questions.

How to Change the World with Architect-Designer Buckminster Fuller - film online + May 5 director discussion

Want to make the world work for 100% of humanity and the planet?

Actor-writer-director-producer, Noel Murphy has created a new documentary on the world-renown American architect, R. Buckminster Fuller, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor, futurist, creator of the geodesic dome, the Dymaxion car, synergetics, and untold other innovative concepts leveraging the ways of doing more with less.

Bucky: A Fuller Future, is Noel's first in a series of three new films on Bucky, his life, his work and the ways you can utilize the approaches of design science in your own life to create change in the world. Including interviews with Jeff Bridges, Marianne Williamson, Jay Leno, Daryl Hannah, and many of Fuller's collaborators and proteges, the film shares Bucky's personal story, the development of his philosophy, and the impacts of his work on others and around the world.

We hope you will enjoy the film and gain insight, inspiration, and energy from Bucky and his life. We are providing free online to UMD Honors College students through mid-May. To get your free viewing code and instructions for watching, complete the form at https://ter.ps/BUCKYUMD21.

We will be holding a special online session with Noel at 12 noon on Wednesday, May 5th. To get things started, he has created this special video invite: https://ter.ps/BuckyInvite

BMI Meeting: Graduating Black Male Rites of Passage Ceremony May 5th!

If you are a Black Male who is graduating May 2021 or Summer 2021, and is also interested in being a part of a special program and ceremony, please immediately RSVP via email to: nyumbz@umd.edu to reserve your spot. Please see the flyer and Zoom link below, so you can register now for this important event!

All are welcome to attend this special ceremony. This will be an amazing ceremony celebrating Black Male graduating seniors' academic accomplishments and contributions. Food will be served.

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: May 5, 2021 06:00 PM EST

Register in advance to attend this special virtual ceremony:
https://umd.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYpde6hqTotHNVpjGjf6F-d-AeNoRrq_jCj

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the ceremony!

Please also visit our website at: http://solom80.wix.com/blackmaleinitiative

Wednesday May 5, 2021, at 7 PM Nyumburu’s Black Male Initiative Program will be hosting their annual Rites of Passage Ceremony for graduating Black Males, especially those who have been involved with the Nyumburu BMI Program.
All are welcome to attend this special ceremony. This will be an amazing ceremony celebrating BMI’s graduating seniors' academic accomplishments and contributions. Food will be served.


We hope you can attend the ceremony tonight to celebrate the graduating Black Male seniors. They would truly appreciate your support at this special ceremony. It would be nice to have as strong attendance for this event as we often have at probate ceremonies.

If you are free, come out and support these young men!

Join Us for the ODK Drury G. Bagwell Lecture ft. Van Jones

The Honors College is excited to announce that we have partnered with Omicron Delta Kappa for the spring Drury G. Bagwell lecture: "Living Virtually, Thinking Globally" on May 3rd at 7PM, featuring CNN host and Dream Corps founder Van Jones! We hope that you can join us for a half-hour lecture followed by a half-hour moderated Q&A session. We invite current students, faculty, staff, and alumni to join us by registering at go.umd.edu/odkvanjones today.

Van Jones is the Founder of Dream Corps, a social entrepreneur, a CNN political commentator, Emmy Award-winning producer, and a New York Times best-selling author. Famous for his heart-felt election night coverage, Jones showed up as “the voice of reason” for people in red states and blue throughout the volatile 2016 political season. In 2019, Van and his team at #cut50 succeeded in passing the FIRST STEP Act (a bipartisan Federal bill that the New York Times calls the most substantial breakthrough in criminal justice in a generation).

Dr. Peter Mallios, Executive Director
Dr. Traci Dula, Associate Director