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Showing posts with label International Careers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label International Careers. Show all posts
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Monday, October 20, 2014
3 Events This Wednesday: International Opportunities in: Global Health | Engineering & Technology | Teaching & Volunteering
Careers in Global Health
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 | 5-7 PM
Michigan Union, Anderson Room
Representatives from a range of renowned global health sectors will share the paths they took to reach their current positions.
Speakers include:
Dr. Patricia Abbott, UM School of Nursing
Shannon Prudhomme* FHI-360, a major NGO working globally
Robert Leone, USAID/Global Health Fellows Program
Frances Tain*, John Snow, Inc., a major NGO working globally
* = UM Alumni
Co-sponsored by the School of Public Health and School of Nursing.
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Come learn more about international careers and internships from employers and students with experience working abroad. This event will feature company representatives who will share their experience working internationally.
Participating companies include:
ZF
Nissan
Ford
IBM
Several current engineering students will speak about their international work experiences in Brazil, France, Germany, Ireland and Spain. Gain insight on how to find these opportunities and what it is really like to work abroad. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions and network in a casual environment. Light refreshments will be served.
Co-sponsored by the Engineering Career Resource Center and International Programs in Engineering.
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Teaching & Volunteering Abroad
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 | 7-8:30 PM
Michigan Union, Pond Room
Programs for teaching and volunteering abroad offer a vast range of opportunities in fields such as health, social work, natural resources and teaching English. Positions are available for undergraduate and graduate/professional students, as well as for those about to graduate.
Find out about some well-established programs and follow up with their representatives (and others) at the International Opportunities Fair the following day.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Panel Presentation: Int'l Information Careers & Internships ~ Thurs, Oct 6th @ 5pm
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| http://www.internationalcenter.umich.edu/swt/work/resources/ICP/index.html |
International Information Careers and Internships
Thurs, Oct 6 | 5-6:30pm | Space 2435 in North Quad
Come learn about the wide range of international careers that are associated with the field of Information. The information industry is rapidly growing and encompasses career opportunities including international development to consulting to librarianship to data analysis to web design and usability.
Panelists include:
Dr. Joyojeet Pal, UM School of Information Faculty
Joyojeet Pal is a junior faculty member at the School of Information. His research is primarily on assistive technology use in the developing world, and his teaching centers around issues of technology and international development. In the past he has worked and conducted research in Brazil, India, Rwanda and Sierra Leone, as well as overseen research throughout the Latin American Region.
Ted McCarthy, Microsoft Research India – Summer 2011 Intern
Ted is a second-year School of Information master’s student specializing in Information Analysis and Retrieval and Information Economics for Management. He spent the summer in Bangalore, India in an internship conducting research in the Technology for Emerging Markets group at Microsoft Research. He studied the use of assistive technologies, and particularly the ways in which the visually impaired population in India uses screen reader software, and how to expand the use of low-cost or free screen readers within India. Ted also spent time in a hospital in Delhi on an emergency visit, so if people would like, will happily discuss certain logistical aspects of medical emergencies abroad, and the many merits of purchasing travel insurance. Ted has experience traveling in various other parts of the world, and has taught English in Turkey as well, so is willing to discuss other points on travel/work/life abroad as well.
Gurpreet Rana, Global Health Coordinator, UM Taubman Health Sciences Library
As Global Health Coordinator for the Taubman Health Sciences Library (a relatively new position), Gurpreet is engaged in creating instructional programs, collaborating with schools, center and departments in global health research, and investigating the role of information in global health initiatives. Gurpreet promotes the Library's role in our increasingly global university by identifying, coordinating, and creating awareness of the wide range of Library resources and services in support of U-M’s growing global health study and research community and promotes Library partnerships to advance U-M’s global health efforts. In addition to collaborating with U-M’s global engagement community, Gurpreet has provided information skills training and research consultations for researchers, visiting scholars and health professionals from several countries, including Ghana, Liberia, Uganda, South Africa, China, and India.
Sara Sterkenburg, United States Embassy/National Museum of Art in La Paz, Bolivia Intern
Sara is a second semester student at the School of Information, specializing in Archives and Records Management. This past summer , Sara traveled to La Paz, Bolivia to work as an archival and museum intern with the National Museum of Art, and alongside the U.S. Embassy there. Her job was to create a digital archive of the history of the museum, as preserved through news and media records.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
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