Access 2 Alumni by Grace Toulotte

ARHU THE COLLEGE OF ARTS & HUMANITIES presents

ACCESS 2 ALUMNI A Career Event For Arts & Humanities Students

Tu e s d a y, A p r i l 1 2 , 2 0 1 1 Orem Hall, Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center

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ACCESS 2ALUMNI 2011 WELCOME James F. Harris, Dean College of Arts and Humanities

“WHO WROTE THIS CRAP?” Featured Speaker Norman Steinberg (’61, History) Emmy Award-Winning Writer Director, Long Island University MFA in Writing and Producing for Television

ALUMNI ROUNDTABLES Successful arts and humanities graduates provide advice and answer questions at roundtables sponsored by related student groups.

CAREER & INTERNSHIP FAIR Dynamic companies seeking talented arts and humanities students for full-time, part-time, and internship positions. Many of the participating companies are alumni owned/represented.

REFRESHMENTS Enjoy complimentary refreshments throughout the event. Be sure to visit the chocolate station for sweet treats.

This event is presented by the College of Arts and Humanities Alumni Association Chapter Board

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FEATURED SPEAKER NORMAN STEINBERG ’61, History

awyer, writer, professor—and all-around funny guy. That’s Norman

Steinberg, Hollywood insider and Emmy Award-winning writer whose side-splitting work hits a nerve every time. For more than three decades, Mr. Steinberg has generated work that captures the zeitgeist of the moment. He has penned screenplays for numerous films, including Blazing Saddles, My Favorite Year, and Johnny Dangerously, and production rewrites for Mr. Mom and Wise Guys. In the television arena, he has served as writer, creator, showrunner, and executive producer on more than a dozen projects, beginning with his work on the writing team for Comedy Tonight! and The Flip Wilson Show. Other notable TV credits include his work as a producer/showrunner for the second Cosby show; Mel Brooks’ When Things Were Rotten; Doctor, Doctor; Showtime’s Paradise; the 2004 Academy Awards show (host, Billy Crystal); and the new Cinemax series Chemistry, presently in production. Mr. Steinberg previously taught at the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University and at the American Film Institute (AFI). He presently serves as the Parsons Family University Professor in TV Production at Long Island University, where he has piloted a novel MFA program in television writing and production. A magna cum laude graduate of the University of Maryland with a degree in history, Mr. Steinberg earned a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Prior to launching his writing career, Mr. Steinberg was a practicing attorney in New York, specializing in entertainment and copyright law. Mr. Steinberg’s honors include an Emmy Award, a Writers Guild Award, and a British Academy Award nomination.

“Norman Steinberg is not only one of the most gifted co-writers I have ever worked with, but he also has been my dear friend since we did Blazing Saddles together 300 years ago. I cherish both his talent and his friendship.” – MEL BROOKS

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EMPLOYER TABLE LOCATIONS TBL#

Organization Name

Position Types

Desired Majors

Abercrombie & Fitch

Full-Time

All Majors

Aerotek

Internship, Full-Time

All Majors

AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center

Internship

All Majors

AFLAC

Internship, Part-Time, Full-Time

All Majors

Ballet Petite and Youth Performing Arts School

Full-Time

Dance, Early Childhood Education

Beach Street Consulting

Full-Time

All Majors

Caribbeana Communications Incorporated

Internship

Communication, Business, Undeclared/Letters & Sciences, Computer Engineering, Journalism

City Year Washington, DC

Full-Time

All Majors

Commun Public Relations

Internship, Part-Time

Communication, Marketing, Journalism, Individual Studies Program

Logicreative

Internship

Communication, English Language and Literature

MD Governor's Office and Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs

Internship

Most Majors

Consolidated Graphics

Full-Time

All Majors

Dance Place

N/A

Dance,Theatre

Department of Treasury

Internship,Full-Time

N/A

Discovery Communications, Inc.

Internship

All Majors

National Park Service Natl Captl Region

Internship

Communication, Creative Writing (GRAD), Journalism

Pan American Development Foundation

Full-Time

All Majors

ROCS

Internship, Part-Time, Full-Time

All Majors

SAITEC SOLUTIONS (USA) iNC

Internship, Part-Time, Co-op, Full-Time

All Majors

IBM

Full-Time

All Majors

Internal Revenue Service

Co-op, Full-Time

All Majors

J&L MARKETING, INC.

Internship, Part-Time

All Majors

KMI Media Group

Internship, Full-Time

All Majors

Massage Envy

Part-Time, Full-Time

All Majors

McLoone's Pier House

N/A

All Majors

Medix Staffing Solutions

Full-Time

Communication, Psychology, Business, Undeclared/Letters & Sciences

Mhina Tumaini Foundation

Internship, Co-op

All Majors

Motionsoft

Full-Time

All Majors

Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, The Washington Group

Internship, Full-Time

All Majors

TBL#

Organization Name

Position Types

Desired Majors

Providence Hospital

Full-Time

All Majors

Public Allies

Full-Time

All Majors

Verizon Maryland

N/A

All Majors

QinetiQ North America

N/A

All Majors

Real Estate Empower, Inc.

Internship, Co-op, Full-Time

ARHU, Business, Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, Education, Journalism

Sister 2 Sister, Inc.

Internship

Journalism

SmartBrief

Internship, Full-Time

All Majors

Spectrum Science Communications, Inc.

Internship

Communication, Public Health

The Helen Hayes Awards

Internship

ARHU, Theatre, Marketing, Operations Management

The Toxicology Forum

Internship, Part-Time

All Majors

Urban Teacher Center

Full-Time

All Majors

Wolf Trap Foundation For the Performing Arts

N/A

All Majors

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Internship

All Majors

MAP OF OREM HALL SAMUEL RIGGS IV ALUMNI CENTER 16

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Hallway 40

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Back of Ballroom 8

Access2Alumni Roundtables & Speaker

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Door

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ALUMNI ROUNDTABLES COMMUNICATION (Sponsors: Lambda Pi Eta and Undergraduate Communication Association) BRANDON R. (RANDY) BELOTE III, Vice President, Strategic Communications, Northrop Grumman Corporation LYNN E. BRADLEY, Director of Government Relations, American Library Association RYAN EDWARD MERKEL, National Symphony Development Assistant, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts KAREN REID, Executive Vice President, Worldwide ERC RYAN SWANN, Senior Advisor, Business Intelligence, U.S. Department of the Treasury

ENGLISH (Sponsor: English Undergraduate Association) KYLE A. BODT, Federal Supply Chain Management Technology Consultant, IBM Global Business Services (GBS) SEAN CARTON, Chief Creative Officer, idfive CHANELLE HARDY, Senior Vice President for Policy, the National Urban League and Executive Director, the National Urban League Policy Institute NOEL M. IZON, Producer/Writer/Director/Editor, Interactive Communication Technology RUPAL P. KHAROD, Regulatory Analyst, PAI Consulting ERIC C. KOVACIC, Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney GREG MCGUIRE, Owner, Convergenz LLC JAMES KEITH SCROGGINS, Chief Operating Officer, Baltimore City Public Schools

HISTORY (Sponsor: History Undergraduate Association) JOHANNA BERKSON, Managing Director, JLB Capital Consulting MIKE DONAGHUE, Dem.-Archivist, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Sylvia Rosenthal, Founder and President, S. ROSE Consulting Kate A. Slaugh, Congressional Relations Specialist, National Archives and Records Administration

LAW (Sponsors: Phi Alpha Delta and College Park Law Society) Justin Coon, Attorney, Social Security Administration (SSA) Charles S. Hirsch, Partner, Ballard Spahr Deborah E. Jennings, Partner and Chair, Environmental Practice Group, DLA Piper Sheila D. Jones, Partner, Holland & Hart Ashley N. Lam, Law Student, American University Washington College of Law Marjorie B. Manne, Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Citibank N.A. Kenneth M. Minesinger, Shareholder, Co-Chair of Energy & Natural Resources Practice, Greenberg Traurig

PERFORMING ARTS (Sponsor: Undergraduate Theatre Artists Society) Carolyn Bain, President, Bain Pugh & Associates, Inc. Nick Newlin, Clown-in-Chief, The NicoloWhimsey Show Mary R. Wise, Senior Communications Manager, Fannie Mae

PUBLIC RELATIONS (Sponsor: PRSSA) Jason Groves, Assistant Vice President, Government Affairs, Verizon Shalaya Henson, Senior Account Executive, GYMR Public Relations Kim Martinez, Senior Communications Representative, Lockheed Martin Doug Schulkin, CEO, GuyRilla Marketing Group Sean Smith, Director, Government and Public Relations, Association of Science-Technology Centers Alcora N. Walden, Public Affairs Specialist, IRS Pattie Yu, Co-Founding Partner, GYMR Public Relations

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THE JAMES F. HARRIS ARTS AND HUMANITIES VISIONARY SCHOLARSHIP FUND Dean James F. Harris’ impact on the College has been nothing short of profound. Under his purview, the College has become a recognized leader in language education and research, the digital humanities, and Middle East studies. He oversaw the development of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and the launch of the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora. And his investment in innovative alumni/student programming, such as Access2Alumni, has helped thousands of students take those vital first steps toward rewarding careers. In the spirit of its namesake, the James F. Harris Arts and Humanities Visionary Scholarship Fund will recognize outstanding students in the College whose breadth of interests and activities exemplify key principles of an arts and humanities education—including the ability and desire to think creatively and engage in the world through global citizenship and cross-disciplinary exchange. As president of the Arts and Humanities Alumni Association Chapter Board, I invite you to show your appreciation for Dean Harris’ extraordinary leadership by helping to found the James F. Harris Arts and Humanities Visionary Scholarship Fund. Gifts to the Harris Visionary Scholarship Fund will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $12,500, which will create an endowed scholarship fund, awarded in Dean Harris’ honor in perpetuity. Gifts will continue to be matched through June 15, 2011. Thank you in advance for helping us to establish this important scholarship in the name and spirit of Dean Harris. Sincerely,

Kyle A. Bodt, IBM Global Business Services President, Arts and Humanities Alumni Association Chapter Board

DONORS TO THE HARRIS VISIONARY SCHOLARSHIP FUND (As of April 8, 2011) ARTHUR & RUBY B. MCZIER NANCY STRUNA NORMA M. ALLEWELL RYAN E. MERKEL, M.A. 2010 JOHN & JAN TOWNSHEND SYLVIA “JAN” ANDREWS ED & KARI MONTGOMERY MARY WISE BARBARA & FRANK ANGIER LAURA T.E. NICHOLS JULIE WRIGHT BRIAN & SUSAN BAYLY MIKE OLMERT PETER BEICKEN GAIL BERMAN & WILLIAM MASTERS PHYLLIS PERES COLIN PHILLIPS & ANDREA ZUKOWSKI KYLE A. BODT JOHN E. PREVAR ARHU ‘68 PETER M. CARRUTHERS BRODIE REMINGTON & SAPIENZA BARONE JUSTIN COON DONALD A. RITCHIE BONNIE THORNTON DILL BEVERLY RODGERSON DAVID & THELMA DRISKELL ARTS & HUMANITIES BOARD MEMBER SUSAN FARR SYLVIA ROSENTHAL CAROLYN & CARL FICHTEL JOHNNA SCHMIDT IRV & MICKI GOLDSTEIN DR. ROBERT E. STEELE CHARLES S. HIRSCH NORBERT HORNSTEIN & AMY WEINBERG BETH & BILL LOIZEAUX DEAN JAMES F. HARRIS WITH COMMUNICATION ALUMNI RYAN SWANN (‘06) AND RYAN MERKEL (‘10, M.A.)

2010–11 BOARD MEMBERS About the Arts and Humanities Alumni Association Chapter Board The Arts and Humanities Alumni Association Chapter Board seeks to design, develop, and implement alumni programs and services that foster lifelong connections among graduates and students of the university. We encourage students and alumni who attend this evening’s event to exchange business cards and résumés, e-mail addresses and phone numbers, questions and advice about career paths and goals—and to ultimately initiate those connections that will form a foundation of knowledge and relationships to support current and future students in their professional pursuits.

Kyle A. Bodt, ’08, English/Business (BOARD PRESIDENT) Rowena Briones, ’14, Ph.D., Communication Justin A. Coon, Esq., ’02, English/Accounting Chris Finnegan, ’99, Journalism Chanelle P. Hardy, Esq., ’99, English/Music Ashley N. Lam, ’04, Communication/Chinese Ryan Edward Merkel, ’10, M.A., Communication Katlin Meissinger, ’13, English Michael Olmert, Ph.D., ’80, ’62, English Sylvia Rosenthal, ’61, History Mary Wise, ’74, Theatre