ATTENTION
STUDENTS— Spots are still available in Global and Federal Semester Fellows Programs. APPLY NOW! Next application deadline is April 8th.
We’d love to have you!
PERKS
include:
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Take a fall-semester seminar course on a
topic of contemporary concern--taught by expert practitioners who bring in
guest speakers (ambassadors, industry experts, etc.)!
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Obtain an extraordinary spring internship at
sites ranging from the White House, media outlets, federal agencies, NGOs, private
organizations, embassies, research shops, etc.
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Gain Scholarship in Practice credit
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Receive spring internship credit through our
program or through your major or other program!
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Earn a notation on your transcript as a
Federal or Global Semester Fellow!
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Enjoy year round empowerment activities:
field trips, professional development, conversations with industry leaders,
individual help obtaining internships.
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Join a lively, engaged student cohort group
(and alumni network)!
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Program Concentrations: Science
Diplomacy, Public Health Policy, Energy and Environment Policy, and many more!
For details and an application
form, go to EITHER http://federalsemester.umd.edu
and/or http://globalsemesterdc.umd.edu
or come by our office: 2407 Marie Mount Hall, 301-314-0261. Fill out ONE application and rank your
choices across the two programs. Next application deadline is April
8th. Rolling admission afterwards! No need for
recommendation letters unless you wish to add them; and they can come
later!
Information
about Science Diplomacy Program:
Through
expert speakers, presentations, readings, and negotiation exercises, students
will explore the critical roles that diplomats and negotiators can play in the
exchange and shaping of technological and scientific innovation. You do
not need to be a STEM major to make change happen! The instructors, top
officials at the State Department, started as Fine Arts and English majors.
