Want to Enhance Your Resume & Transfer Application? Apply for an Internship

The Paul Peck Humanities Institute is actively recruiting to fill spring 2011 internship positions within the Smithsonian Institution (SI), Library of Congress (LOC), and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM). Consider applying for this life-altering experience.

Eligible students have at least 15 MC credits, a GPA of 3.4 and have completed EN102 with a grade of B.

The deadline for all sites is November 1, 2010 for the spring 2011 semester.
Note: applications received by October 15th have much greater chance of site placement for SI and USHMM; students should give us notice ASAP if they are planning to apply.

Our recent interns have been a part of exciting projects such as:

• Feeding and caring for birds in the avian exhibits at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo;
• Cataloging historical sheet music at the Library of Congress;
• Creating family art projects for ImaginAsia at the Freer/Sackler Galleries;
• Exploring and preserving previously “classified” documents generated by the U.S. and other governments during World War II;
• Reviewing filmed interviews with Holocaust survivors and perpetrators as part of an oral history initiative at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum;
• Working on various State Web portals at the Library of Congress;
• Assisting a Yale Scholar with research for his upcoming book on the Obama/McCain presidential campaign

Information on the internship program can be found at: http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/humanities/?page=internships

Interested students are encouraged to contact Humanities Internship Coordinator Kelly Rudin at kelly.rudin@montgomerycollege.edu or 240-567-6923

Footballs and Residence Halls at Stevenson University

Stevenson University now has a new football team, with 120 football players from in and out of state. Stevenson football will be joining the Middle Atlantic Conference as an associate member.

Stevenson is currently recruiting students for a marching band to become active in fall 2011.

In the next 30 to 60 days they will break ground for a new stadium. In the near future they will also begin construction on two new residence halls which will be ready for fall 2011 occupancy.

Admissions Office at 410-486-7001, toll free at 1-877-468-6852, or e-mail admissions@stevenson.edu.

Highlights -- New Programs in Maryland

1. Public Health Science at UMCP-Shady Grove Campus
   
   The University of Maryland College Park now offers the B.S. degree in Public Health Science at the Universities at Shady Grove. The Public Health Science degree is a science-based program which prepares students to work in the field of public health at the local, state, and international level in all aspects of disease prevention, health promotion, environmental protection, emergency preparedness, and wellness, as well as a host of other public health related areas. For more information, visit the program website: http://sph.umd.edu/phs/
   
2. Cybersecurity at UMUC
   
   UMUC has created the first-of-its-kind online cybersecurity degree programs: the BS in Cybersecurity. The major in cybersecurity prepares graduates to be leaders in the protection of data assets. The curriculum focuses on the techniques, policies, operational procedures, and technologies that secure and defend information and information systems, in local as well as more broadly based domains. The availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and non-repudiation of data is examined. The major prepares students for careers as information systems security professionals, senior system managers, and system administrators responsible for information systems and the security of those systems. Email: enroll@umuc.edu or Phone: 800-888-UMUC (8682)

A. James Clark School of Engineering Transfer Admissions Contact

Karen Law is the new transfer student coordinator for the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland College Park. Her contact information is below. She is a great resource for prospective engineering students planning to transfer to the University of Maryland College Park. She welcomes student referrals.

Karen Law
Academic Advisor/Transfer Student Coordinator
Undergraduate Advising & Academic SupportA. James Clark School of Engineering
20742(301) 405-9973
kelaw@umd.edu

MC-UMCP Course Equivalcies - Transfer Credit Center

Use the Transfer Credit Center to research course equivalencies.

UMCP - Transfer Deadline Update

The regular application deadline for Spring 2011 transfer admission is November 15, 2010. Because admission is competitive and space is limited, you are encouraged to apply before or by the deadline.

Applications for Spring 2011 admission are already being reviewed. Students who have met the August 1 priority deadline can expect to hear their decision in the first week of October. Transfer admission decisions will be released in batches. Therefore, applicants who complete their applications by the regular deadline will receive their decisions in mid-December.

ADMISSION IS COMPETITIVE:
COMPLETION OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES IS CRITICAL

Transfer admission to the University of Maryland is increasingly competitive. Over 7000 applications for a transfer class of 1750 was received for Fall 2010. The Admission Committee considers each application for transfer admission individually, reviewing the student's academic record, grades received in all college-level courses and the rigor of the student's academic program. Completion of Fundamental Studies English and mathematics is strongly recommended for all transfer applicants.

Montgomery College TRANSFER INFORMATION DAYS - This September!

Don't miss the opportunity to meet with college and university representatives
from over 40 different transfer institutions at one of the following
Montgomery College Transfer Information Days:

1. Tuesday, September 28, Takoma Park / Silver Spring Campus, from 10 am - 1 pm
   in the Student Services SS Atrium
2. Wednesday, September 29, Rockville Campus, 9 am - 1 pm
   in the Physical Education PE Building
3. Thursday, September 30, Germantown Campus, 10 am - 1 pm
   in the High Tech HT Lobby

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