National Security Agency Offers Training Sessions
Fall 2019 NSALive Schedule
Click on the link to register for a program.
Multi-Disciplined Language Analysis at NSA – Tuesday, Oct. 15, 4-5 p.m.
Put your foreign language skills to use at NSA. Experts will discuss career opportunities and requirements.
Intelligence Analysis at NSA – Thursday, Oct. 17, 4-5 p.m.
Ever wonder what an intelligence analyst does, or how you can become one at NSA? This session is for you.
Development Programs – Thursday, Oct. 24, 4-5 p.m.
NSA offers entry-level, paid, full-time positions combined with training and tours in different offices. Learn more.
Careers in Law and Government Panel with Alumni: Friday, October 11
You’re invited to join Professor Murray Dry and 5 panelists for the annual Symposium on careers in law and government. Bring your questions and get ready for a good conversation. Read on for more background of our guests:
Friday, October 11 at 4 pm in Hillcrest 103
- John Goodman – He is currently the CEO of Accenture Federal. Prior to joining Accenture, Goodman served for five years in the federal government as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Industrial Affairs & Installations), Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Industrial Affairs), and a member of the staff of the National Economic Council, the White House office responsible for coordination of economic policy. He previously served on the Harvard Business School faculty. He received his Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Middlebury College and his Master of Arts and Ph.D. from Harvard University.
- Sherri Goodman – She is an experienced leader and senior executive, lawyer and director in the fields of national security, energy, science, oceans and environment. She is a Senior Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center and CNA, and the Senior Strategist at the Center for Climate and Security. Previously, she served as the President and CEO of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership. A summa cum laude graduate of Amherst College, she earned a law degree from Harvard Law School and a masters in public policy degree from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Amherst College in 2018.
- Rob Kirsch – He is senior counsel at WilmerHale in Boston. Mr. Kirsch has defended clients in criminal, civil and administrative investigations, and enforcement proceedings. Recent experience includes representation of a Fortune 100 company in simultaneous criminal and administrative investigations, representation of a government contractor involved in investigations by the US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency, negotiation of the first global environmental and contract-based settlement between the Departments of Defense and Justice and a contractor, and the successful defense of a federal contractor, with no penalty, in an investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Air Act.
- Marie Horbar ’09– She graduated from Vermont Law School with a special fellowship through Middlebury and is interested in environmental law.
- Claire Abbadi ’16 – She is currently in her second year of law school at Columbia. She studied Economics at Middlebury and worked at Bank of America after graduation.
International Security Fellowship with US State Department
Want to pursue a career in national security, foreign affairs, or humanitarian assistance? Apply for the Frasure-Kruzel-Drew Memorial Fellowship to help manage Conventional Weapons Destruction programs in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.
During this two-year paid fellowship, you will oversee conventional munitions threat reduction and humanitarian demining projects while collaborating with foreign governments, NGOs, international organizations, and other U.S. government agencies. Previous fellows have gone on to successful careers with the U.S. Department of State, UN, NGOs, and private sector.
The FKD Fellowship is administered by James Madison University’s Center for International Stabilization and Recovery.
Plus the extra bonus here is that a Midd alum works at the State Department and is willing to share more about the role. So plan on attending the following virtual information session where you can learn more: October 8 at 4:30 pm in ADK
Apply by November 7, 2019 at https://www.jmu.edu/cisr/other/fellowship.html The application involves letters of recommendations so start planning now.
How to Solve Big Problems in the Public Sector and Why it Matters
Do you have an interest in shaping how new ideas, models, and technologies can transform how the government works? Then come meet Accenture Federal Services (AFS) CEO, John Goodman ’79, P ’23!
At the forefront of innovation, AFS is focused on improving how people work, live, and connect. We combine human-centric design with commercial practices and new technologies—like cloud, artificial intelligence, and advanced analytics—to deliver real outcomes –from rescuing healthcare.gov, to transforming one of the largest supply chains in the world, to redefining the student loan experience. AFS is on the leading edge of fundamentally redefining the next generation of government.
Join us on Friday, October 11th at 12:30 pm in Axinn 229 to meet John Goodman and learn more. Lunch will be provided. Let us know you’re coming here!
Why Electing More Women Matters: Talk on October 9
Wednesday, Oct. 9th at 4:30 – 6:00pm
Why Electing More Women Matters: A Lecture by Ruth Hardy
Senator Ruth Hardy, a visiting Professor of the Practice for Fall 2019, will give a talk entitled, “Why Electing More Women Matters,” the first talk in the Department’s “Women and Representation” series. Senator Hardy will draw from her work as an elected official and former Executive Director of Emerge Vermont, an organization which recruits and trains women to run for office, to illuminate the reasons why electing more women to public offices up and down the ballot is good not only for gender equity, but also our economy, society, and democracy.
With only about one-quarter of all elected positions in the United States held by women, we have a long way to go to reach gender parity among elected officials, and this inequality results in negative consequences for public policy development and outcomes. Thus, electing more women matters, for everyone.
Senator Hardy was elected to the Vermont State Senate in 2018 to serve the Addison District, which includes Middlebury. Previously, she served three terms on local school boards. In addition to leading Emerge Vermont, she’s worked at Planned Parenthood, Middlebury College, and the Wisconsin Legislature. Robert A. Jones ’59 Conference Room
Sponsored by the Political Science Department and The Feminist Resource Center at Chellis House
Justice Collaborative J-term internship
The Justice Collaborative is a team of legal experts, researchers, and media strategists collaborating across a collection of strategically aligned projects to advance criminal justice reform. We supply deep legal and policy expertise to organizations throughout the country to cut through the complexity and confusion of local, state, and federal laws and procedures that make up our criminal justice system. Our goal is to transform our deeply flawed criminal system so that it’s grounded in human dignity and restraint.
The Justice Volunteers, a project of The Justice Collaborative (TJC), is a volunteer task force dedicated to researching a variety of key criminal justice issues. The work done by The Justice Volunteers is incredibly valuable to TJC’s goal of holding elected officials in the criminal justice system accountable, advocating for reform-minded policies across the country, and researching and amplifying important local issues related to criminal justice reform.
WINTER TERM INTERNSHIP Students selected for the Winter Term Internship will work directly with TJC staff on a variety of research assignments involving the determination both of the best policy path forward and the most effective ways to influence public perceptions of the criminal justice system and reform.
More details and APPLY HERE.
Alumni Career Conversation: Working at the Intersection of Law, Politics and Consulting
Join Aaron Mendelsohn ’95, for an informal group chat/Q&A to talk with you and answer your questions about his career in law, politics, and consulting.
Monday, September 30
4:15-5:00 pm
Adirondack House Library
Aaron currently works in Ernst & Young’s Forensic & Integrity Services practice in New York. He grew up in Washington, DC, studied History and Art History at Midd, and went to law school at Northwestern University in Chicago. Aaron clerked for a US District Court Judge after law school, then worked at law firms including WilmerHale in DC and Troutman Sanders in New York, before serving as a federal prosecutor in the US Attorney’s Offices for the District of Columbia and New Jersey, and in the Enforcement Department at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority in New York. Aaron has also worked on several US presidential campaigns and in the White House.
He’s on campus to lead the Jewish High Holidays services at Midd for the 27th consecutive year and is very generous to share his time with us.
Click here to let us know you’re coming, or just show up.
Law Schools on campus: Michigan, Chicago and Texas
Join us Tuesday, October 1 at 12:30 pm in ADK Library to learn from representatives of all 3 schools. All student welcome, whether you are applying next year or planning ahead. Bring your questions. Let us know you’re coming here.
Pre-law meeting and Constitution Day lecture
Check out this note from Professor’s Murray Dry and Keegan Callahan. All are welcome!
To Pre-Law Club Members and Other Interested Students:
Our first meeting will take place next Tuesday, September 24, at 4:30 PM in Axinn 229. We are “piggybacking” on the Alexander Hamilton Forum’s first talk of the academic year (see the note and poster below). I will say something about The Pre-Law Club and I will invite a member of Midd Law, a student club, to say a few words also. I will also introduce Professor Steven Viner, who will be assisting me in Pre Law advising activities.
Our annual fall symposium on law and government careers will take place on Friday, October 11 at 4 PM in Hillcrest 103.
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Dear students,
I am writing to invite you to an Alexander Hamilton Forum Constitution Day dinner at 6 PM on Tuesday, September 24, following our 2019 Constitution Day Lecture. Please RSVP here if you would like to to join us.
The lecture poster is below. Dinner will be a catered meal in Kenyon Lounge with students, faculty, and our guest speaker, Andrew Porwancher. Space is limited, so we may not be able to accommodate everyone.
We look forward to seeing many of you there! All best, Prof. Callanan
Get involved in lobbying for gun violence prevention
I met Olivia Bravo ’20 recently and she was telling me about a project she’s involved in. I offered to help spread the word about the work she is doing. Here is what she is up to, in her own words:
“As a Middlebury student, I will be advocating in the greater Addison County area and urge members of the Vermont community to join in lobbying foundational gun violence prevention measures.
I am part of a program with the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), where 20 youth will be lobbying for gun violence prevention in their respective states. From all different backgrounds, representing their individual communities, the “Advocacy Corp” members will be pushing their Congressional members for two bills; S. 42 Universal Background checks in the Senate, and H.R. 1236 Extreme Risk Protection Orders in the House of Representatives.
If you would like to get involved or share your experience with gun violence please reach out to me at obravo@middlebury.edu
What I want to emphasize to the Middlebury community is that I will have workshops and events to teach lobbying 101 before I take any official trips to district offices in VT. This is a great opportunity for students to learn more about how they can advocate for themselves as a constituents as well as for students interested in the political realm to gain first hand experience interacting with Congressional members and their staff. I also want to make clear that I am looking at gun violence prevention as a non-partisan issue and do not represent the values of FCNL or a particular party, everyone is welcome!“