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Campus Sponsored Community Programs
- Campus-wide Shadowing Program
- Health Professions Career Exploration
- Start on Success Program (SOS)
- University of Maryland, Baltimore: Vivian T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy Summer Research Program
- Youthworks
- Description:
UMB's Campus-Wide Shadowing Program was developed as a partnership between The UMB Office of External Affairs, The UMB School of Social Work and The Maryland Mentoring Partnership. The program allows 20 - 30 local school students to spend the day on the UMB campus with faculty staff and student mentors. Students explore career options, observe workplace culture and learn about the educational skills necessary to perform in the world of work.Mentors from the UMB campus include our professional students and staff from various offices within the University. The exercise also features career and financial-aid presentations and tours of UMB professional schools.
- Community served: UMB Biopark Area
- Contact:
Brian Sturdivant, MSW - 410-706-1678
BSturdivant@umaryland.edu
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- Description:
UMB Office of Government and Community Affairs hosts local school students for tours of the UMB professional schools. Students visit some of the more interesting labs on the UMB campus where UMB students receive simulated training experience in their chosen profession. UMB faculty and students prepare presentations regarding their chosen professions and educational requirements of those professions. Financial Aid information is also presented and application related materials are distributed.
- Community served: Citywide
- Contact:
Brian Sturdivant, MSW - 410-706-1678
BSturdivant@umaryland.edu
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- Description:
Start on Success is a partnership among the University of Maryland, the National Organization on Disabilities (NOD), the Baltimore City Public Schools, the Office of Employment Development and Workfirst, Inc.This program provides work based learning opportunities to educationally and emotionally disabled and disadvantaged students with entry level work skills. Students are placed in positions during their senior year of high school and spend fifteen hours per week in work-based learning positions.
- Community served: Citywide
- Website: http://www.startonsuccess.org/
- Address: Various location on UMB campus
- Contact:
Brian Sturdivant, MSW - 410-706-1678
BSturdivant@umaryland.edu
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- Description:
Sponsored by the University of Maryland, Baltimore under President David J. Ramsay, this paid summer research program encourages students from Vivian T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy to consider a career as a health professional or scientist. Students work 40 hours each week with faculty and graduate research assistants in biomedical research labs to gain direct work experience and mentoring. Throughout the internship, students participate in weekly workshops and campus tours, where they meet with faculty and students from all of the schools at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Students also participate in a "Student Research Forum" where they present the results of their summer research activities. This program accepts 25 students each summer.
- Community served: Baltimore City/ Poppleton
- Contact:
Dr. Jordan E. Warnick - 410-706-3026
jwarnick@som.umaryland.edu
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- Description:
The University of Maryland has participated in Baltimore City's Youthworks Summer Employment Program for more than a decade. The program, sponsored in conjunction with Baltimore City's Office of Employment Development, provides high school students with opportunities to gain meaningful work experiences, explore career choices and receive mentoring from University employees in various professions.Mentors are recruited and matched with students based upon areas of common interest. Weekly activities are planned for students and mentors throughout the summer in order to give the students additional opportunities to explore the various career and educational options available at the campus.
- Community served: Citywide
- Website: none
- Address: Various locations on UMB campus
- Contact:
Scottie Stewart - 410.706.7302
sstewart@af.umaryland.edu
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