Friday, July 21, 2017

Ford Foundation Diversity Predoctoral Fellowship Opportunity

NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS OFFICE – 2403 Marie Mount Hall – www.scholarships.umd.edu
Francis DuVinage, Director – Leslie Brice, Assistant Director

Information Session:
Tuesday, July 25, 4:10 pm
The Atlantic Building, Room 1113 - (formerly known as the Computer and Space Sciences Building)

Learn about the Ford Foundation Diversity Predoctoral Fellowship, which provides an annual stipend of $24,000 for three years and access to a large network of successful Ford Fellows. The Ford Foundation awards approximately 60 predoctoral fellowships every year. These fellowships provide three years of support for individuals engaged in research-based graduate study leading to a Ph.D.

The Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
 
Interested but not able to attend? Please contact us at scholarships@umd.edu.

Eligibility to apply to a predoctoral fellowship is limited to:
•  U.S. Citizens or U.S. Nationals,
•  Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement,
•  Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level,
•  Individuals planning to enroll in an eligible research-based program leading to a Ph.D. in the United States.
The following will be considered as positive factors in choosing successful candidates:
•  Evidence of superior academic achievement
•  Degree of promise of continuing achievement as scholars and teachers
•  Capacity to respond in pedagogically productive ways to the learning needs of students from diverse backgrounds
•  Sustained personal engagement with communities that are underrepresented in the academy and an ability to bring this asset to learning, teaching, and scholarship at the college and university level
•  Likelihood of using the diversity of human experience as an educational resource in teaching and scholarship
In addition, membership in one or more of the following groups whose underrepresentation in the American professoriate has been severe and longstanding will be considered as a positive factor:
·  Alaska Natives (Aleut, Eskimo or other Indigenous People of Alaska)
·  Black/African-Americans
·  Mexican Americans/Chicanas/Chicanos
·  Native American Indians
·  Native Pacific Islanders (Hawaiian/Polynesian/Micronesian)
·  Puerto Ricans

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Leslie Brice, Ph.D.
Assistant Director, National Scholarships Office
2403 Marie Mount Hall
University of Maryland, College Park  

NSF Graduate Fellowship Opportunties Due date: July 26th, 2017

Info Session about Applying for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

All undergraduate researchers at the University of Maryland, College Park are welcome to attend!!! Rising 1st and 2nd year graduate students  are also welcome (rising 2nd year students must not have applied for the GRFP this past autumn 2016). US Citizens and Permanent Residents are eligible.

Location for all events: CSS Room 1113 - also known as the Atlantic Building (formerly the Computer and Space Sciences Building)


Time for all events: 4:10 – 5 p.m.

Wednesday, July 26 - Applying for the NSF Graduate Fellowship -  talk for undergraduates and recent alumni, also open to rising 1st and 2nd year graduate students

Description: The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) offers 3 years of support to students pursuing graduate studies (usually for the Ph.D.) in NSF-supported fields of study. This talk will provide detailed guidance about applying for NSF GRFP awards, and especially about using the summer to get your applications off to strong starts. The talk is relevant to undergraduates and recent graduates planning graduate studies, and to rising 1st and 2nd year graduate students (rising 2nd year students must not have applied for the GRFP this past autumn 2016). US Citizens and Permanent residents are eligible.

Questions, or interested but unable to attend? Write to nsfgrfp@umd.edu 

Francis DuVinage, Ph.D.
Director, National Scholarships Office and Maryland Center for Undergraduate Research
2403 Marie Mount Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
 
Email:duvinage@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 314-9458
Fax: (301) 314-0085
http://www.scholarships.umd.edu
http://www.ugresearch.umd.edu

Sustainability Internship and Volunteer Opportunities July 21st, 2017

Internships & Opportunities

If you are interested in an internship with the Office of Sustainability for fall 2017 or in the future, please email sustainability@umd.edu and we can provide more information about upcoming opportunities. 

Office of Sustainability Opportunities

LEAF Outreach Team

The Office of Sustainability seeks interns to support the implementation of the LEAF Outreach Team at the University of Maryland. Your primary goal will be to “LEAF Out” across campus at special events, games, gatherings and tabling opportunities to promote and reward green practices on our campus.

Green Office Assistant

The Office of Sustainability seeks an intern to support the implementation of the University of Maryland Green Office Program. The Green Office program rewards and recognizes offices for taking steps to become more sustainable.

Measurement and Assessment Intern

This position will work closely with a Project Manager on data collection and analysis to show trends in the number of sustainability courses, sustainability-related community service, campus water use, paper consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, popularity of alternative transportation, recycling rate, and other categories.

Writing and Communications Intern

A Writing and Communications Intern is needed to enhance the Office of Sustainability's online presence and promote campus sustainability efforts.

Graphic Design Intern

A Graphic Design Intern is needed to enhance the Office of Sustainability's on and off-campus identity and better promote campus sustainability efforts. Responsibilities include developing graphics, layouts, flyers, logos, brochures and content for the campus sustainability website.

Video Production Intern

The Office of Sustainability is seeking a Video Production Intern to enhance the online presence and better promote campus sustainability efforts. Responsibilities will include documenting and promoting campus sustainability news, events, and programs through video.

Photography Intern

A Photography Intern is needed to enhance the Office of Sustainability's on and off-campus identity and better promote campus sustainability efforts. This position includes taking photographs at campus sustainability events, editing, organizing, and utilizing photos throughout promotional material for the office.

Sustainability Advisors

The Office of Sustainability is seeking Sustainability Advisors to teach freshmen about sustainability and how they can become more involved in sustainable initiatives on campus.

On-Campus Opportunities

TerpService Days

Individuals or groups of students are encouraged to register for our TerpService Day program for 2017-2018. TerpService Days are single Saturdays of service in the local community. The day includes issue education, direct service with local partners, and reflection. Breakfast, lunch, and any supplies for volunteers are included! We have limited capacity at each site, so it pays to register early! To register, students should log into OrgSync and then follow this link: go.umd.edu/tsd to select a site and fill out a form. TerpService Day dates for next fall are: Sept. 30, Oct. 14, Oct. 21, Nov. 4, and Nov. 18.

Campus Organizer

Become an advocacy leader with PIRG Campus Action promoting the environment, democracy, and social justice.

Terps for Change Volunteers

Terps for Change is a semester long commitment for students interested in learning more about social change and social justice while volunteering in their local community!

TerpService Coordinators

Volunteer and Learning opportunities are now open for this summer and next year! The TerpService Program in the LCSL office at STAMP currently has applications open for students looking to serve and become involved in the local community while gaining valuable skills and experience. Review the opportunities below and encourage students to sign up today!

Communications & Media Relations Intern

A Communications & Media Relations Intern is needed to enhance the Office of Community Engagement's online presence and better promote campus efforts to provide resources that enhance the quality of life in the surrounding Prince George's County community.

Latino Community Liaison Internship

A Latino Community Liaison Intern is needed to participate in events and provide the Office of Community Engagement staff with administrative and executive support in the implementation of projects that harness UMD resources to enhance quality of life in Prince George’s County, MD.

Digital Media & Video Production Intern

A Digital Media & Video Production Intern is needed to enhance the Office of Community Engagement’s on and off-campus identity and better promote campus efforts to provide resources that enhance quality of life in the surrounding Prince George’s County community.

Graphic Design Intern

A Graphic Design Intern is needed to enhance the Office of Community Engagement’s on and off-campus identity and better promote campus efforts to provide resources that enhance quality of life in the surrounding Prince George’s County community.

Farmers Market Intern

The Farmers Market Intern will assist the Farmers Market Manager through a 10-hour a week internship program available in the Summer and/or Fall 2017.

PIRG Campus Action Organizers

We are looking for people with the passion and the drive it takes to fuel the power of student activism, win positive change, and build for even more victories in the future.

Arborist Intern

By working closely with the staff of the Arboretum and Botanical Garden, the intern will gain experience in many aspects of landscape facility maintenance, sustainability, and environmental impact.

Campus Food Gardens Intern

The intern will focus on edible gardening and will be responsible for maintenance and communication tasks for the Arboretum and Botanical Garden.

Horticultural Intern

The intern will learn skills in customer service, multi-tasking, trouble-shooting/problem-solving, adapting to different situations, researching, coordination at events, creating and maintaining inventories, editing promotional materials, communication, organization, time management, and event management while assisting with all aspects of Arboretum work.

Campus Pantry Internship

The mission of the UMD Campus Pantry is to alleviate food hardship among UMD-College Park students, faculty and staff by providing emergency food to University of Maryland College Park students, faculty, and staff in need.

Communications Intern, Women in Engineering Program

The Women in Engineering Program is seeking a Communications Intern to help strengthen WIE’s online presence. The Communications Intern will collaborate with the Assistant Director for Outreach and Recruitment to develop and implement a strategy for social media usage and will help to build and maintain a WIE Blog. The purpose of these efforts is to promote the important role of women in the field of engineering and to recruit and retain women into the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland.

Off-Campus Opportunities

Leader of Sustainability

The Leader of Sustainability will lead the development and execution of a strategy to improve the company’s performance as a responsible and sustainable business.

Online Communications

If you have skills in online communications, simple web development, and/or web production platforms, and you want to make a difference in the world, check out this internship.

Canvasser

As a canvasser with Fund for the Public Interest, you’ll work out of a campaign office in one of a dozen cities across the country. You’ll go out into communities, knocking on doors and talking to people about the issues to raise awareness, build our membership, and raise money for the organizations we work with.

Field Manager

In addition to canvassing every day, Field Managers are more involved in recruiting, motivating and training their fellow canvassers to hit our goals. They also have additional responsibilities to set performance goals, map out canvassing territories, keep good financial records, and help implement the non-canvassing aspects of the campaign (such as media, coalition building and petitioning).

Policy Intern

American Forests’ Policy team develops the organization’s positions on forest conservation issues, directs the advocacy engagement activities and manages the government relations of the organization.

Communications and Marketing Intern

American Forests’ Communications & Marketing department has a hand in all of American Forests communications channels — publications (Loose Leaf blog and American Forests magazine) and digital content (web, email and social media). In addition, it is responsible for all publicity activities related to the organization, as well as creating marketing materials. Interns in this department will have the opportunity to assist on projects related to all of these items.

Government Relations Intern

Do you want to preserve our National Parks, wilderness areas, and refuges for future generations? Are you interested in participating in the process of designating and protecting  public lands?  If so, the Government Relations team at The Wilderness Society (TWS) might be a great place for you!

Coalition for Smarter Growth Internships

The Coalition for Smarter Growth is seeking volunteer interns to work with and learn from our small and committed staff this fall, starting at the end of August or early September. No salary, alas – just valuable, stimulating, impactful volunteer work, and a crash course in smart growth policy, advocacy, communications, and coalition building.

Communications Intern

Students looking to burnish their public relations, writing and journalism skills will find our Communications Department to be a fast-paced, high-energy place where they can learn about the environmental community and how The Wilderness Society works to protect the country’s most important public lands and natural resources.

Transportation Policy Intern

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Policy team has an opening for a two to four-month Transportation Policy Intern. The active-transportation movement continues to grow, and there is an opportunity to expand our partners in the movement. State funding for transportation presents a new and growing area of opportunity to secure additional funding for trails, walking and biking. This internship is an opportunity to help grow the movement and influence state level policy.

Photography Intern

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's National Office has a full- or part-time TrailLink.com/Photography Internship available. The successful candidate will assist the TrailLink.com team in enriching images on the site.

Grameen Foundation's Volunteer Program

Grameen Foundation’s Marketing and Communications team seeks an intern to assist us in effectively communicating our work, mission and goals to external stakeholders, the international development community and the general public.

Sustainability Intern

The Sustainability Intern will be responsible for helping Enviva fulfill its vision of providing renewable fuels that improve the environmental profile of energy generation by conducting a data quality assurance and validation project related to Enviva’s Track & Trace forest supply chain tracking program.

Sierra Club - Maryland Chapter Internships

The Maryland Sierra Club offers many internship and volunteer opportunities. Conveniently located on Route 1, students can take advantage of the diverse openings in office management, administration, web design, environmental advocacy, environmental news reporting, politics, communications, marketing, outdoor education, advertising, publications, and research.

Facilities Intern

The Natural Resources Defense Council is seeking an intern to work with the Administration/Facilities Department in our DC office. The intern will work on many facilities management and sustainability projects.

Eco-Coach Internships

Multiple opportunities available with Eco-Coach including Marketing Intern, Public Relations Intern, and a Research Intern.

Sierra Club Internships

These year-round issue internships provide a hands-on opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of the field of environmental protection and the specific role that the Sierra Club plays in it.

Events Intern

The Post-Landfill Action Network is seeking a student with a passion for large event organizing and the skills to coordinate a group of volunteers to help run our 4th annual Students for Zero Waste Conference!

Green America's Green Business Network® Intern

Working alongside the Green Business Network's Digital Products Director and Membership Marketing Manager, this internship will primarily focus on migrating their Green Business Network subsite and member database into a new content management system (Drupal).

The Children's Environmental Health Network Internships

The Children's Environmental Health Network (CEHN) is a national multi-disciplinary organization whose mission is to protect the developing child from environmental health hazards and promote a healthier environment. They accept one intern from each of the following three areas each fall and spring semester and over the summer; the: 1) CEHN General Internship, 2) Carol Stroebel Policy and Health Education Internship, and 3) Eco-Healthy Child Care® Internship.

Policy Internships

WRAG’s Philanthropy Fellowships

Undergraduate students in Public Policy may apply for the position with the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Preference will be given to students majoring in Nonprofit Leadership and Social Innovation. Graduate students in Public Policy may apply for any of the ten open positions. Preference will be given to students specializing or doing a focus in Nonprofit Management and Leadership.

Fellowships & Scholarships

The Roddenberry Fellowship

The Roddenberry Foundation is awarding a total of $1 million to 20 activists, changemakers and community organizers from across the US to enter a 12-month fellowship program, which will commence in January 2018.

Graduate Opportunities

Sustainability Analyst

The Sustainability Analyst is responsible for working with various team members to maintain and further The Tower Companies’ sustainability goals.

Friday, July 14, 2017

Food to Waste Internship

Dr. Jones is looking for potential students for the Food Waste Research Internship. (We have also posted it with the University Career Center website, as well as the ELI website employment page: https://www.eli.org/employment)

I am co-leading a 15 month research project starting Sept 1, and am looking for a student intern who could work during the school year for ~15 hrs per week. It would be ideal for a student who is planning to do a senior or Masters research paper or project and is looking for an inter-disciplinary topic related to the circular economy and resource recovery. The student intern will be part of a multi-disciplinary team of researchers (business, law, economics, policy and engineering/technology) developing the business case for the recovery of food waste through anaerobic digestion (AD) at wastewater resource recovery facilities (WRRFs). the topic combines economics, finance, policy (law and regulations), and business – the key question to be resolved is how to get a sector that is not known for technological innovation to shift from waste water mangement to resource recovery. Food waste is part of the story for the sector (the part we are focusing on…)


Carol Adaire Jones, PhD
Environmental Law Institute
1730 M St. NW
Washington DC 20036

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Project Specialist for Urban Agriculture

Full details are here: http://udc.applicantstack.com/x/detail/a2hbyxh5cf6q

Position Status: Full-time, Regular

Pay Plan, Series & Grade: 
DS0095/301/09
Salary Range:  $55,951 - $66,671
Closing Date: Open Until Filled

Location: 
4200 Connecticut Ave NW Washington, DC 20008

Brief Description of Duties
The Project Specialist for Urban Agriculture reports to the Assistant Director of the Center for Urban Agriculture and Gardening Education (CUAGE), which is one of the Landgrant Centers of the College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES) of the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). The Project Specialist designs, implements, and coordinates research, community outreach, and education initiatives that advance knowledge, technological innovation, and operational efficiency to improve the UDC Urban Food Hubs and other Urban Agriculture initiatives in the District of Columbia. Priority will be given to applicants with experience in Hydroponics, Aquaponics, and nutrient management. The Project Specialist carries out day-to-day activities in close collaboration with the Assistant Director of the Center for Urban Agriculture and Gardening Education and the Associate Dean of Landgrant Programs to ensure alignment of all Urban Agriculture initiatives with the strategic objectives of CAUSES. The incumbent must be a team player, work effectively and efficiently with diverse internal and external constituencies, perform all duties with a high degree of independence and initiative, communicate effectively, work well under pressure of deadlines and be familiar (or familiarize themselves) with the rules, regulations, policies and procedures of CAUSES, UDC, and program sponsors.

Friday, July 7, 2017

Energy Conservation and Technology Specialist

Chirstine Mirzayan Science & Technology Fellowship

Fellowship Opportunity

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine welcomes applications for its Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program. The deadline to apply is September 8, 2017, and the 2018 session will last from January 16 until April 6. The Program offers a $9000 stipend and provides Fellows with the opportunity to spend 12 weeks at the National Academies in Washington, DC. 

Fellows will: 
  • Learn about science and technology policy and the role that the scientific, engineering, and medical communities play in advising the nation.
  • Partner with senior staff mentors to conduct literature reviews, write background papers, and analyze data.
  • Have numerous opportunities to attend meetings and events outside of the National Academies.
The Mirzayan Program also offers a valuable opportunity to engage with its 770+ Mirzayan Alumni network. Alumni of the Program hold positions in Congressional committees such as the House Science and Technology Committee and at federal agencies such as the U.S. Department of State, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, United States Agency for International Development, Department of Defense, and Department of Energy. They also work in foreign governments, in international institutions such as the European Union and World Bank, in universities, and in the private sector.

Graduate and professional school students and those who have completed graduate studies within the last five years are eligible to apply. Areas of study may include social/behavioral sciences, health and medicine, physical or biological sciences, engineering, law/business/public administration, or relevant interdisciplinary fields.

For more information or if you have questions, please contact policyfellows@nas.edu or visit the program website.

Freshwater Restoration Assistant

Freshwater Restoration Assistant
Recruitment ID#:                     45579
# of openings:                           2
Term:                                          3 months (9/18 – 12/15/17)
Application deadline:             Sunday, July 23rd, 11:59 pm
Location:                                   Chester, NJ
Additional comments:           Housing is not available

How to Apply: Internal candidates
Through PeopleSoft on Intranet

How to Apply: External candidates
For more information and to apply, please visit www.nature.org/about-us/careers and search for Recruitment ID#  in the keyword search.  The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer.