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CSU students with backgrounds in Geography and Library Science should be aware of a new CIA internship designed around their unique skill sets.  Please see the below press release for the relevant details.

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A new internship opportunity within the Intelligence Community is available this summer for CSU students proficient in a foreign language skills and/or possessing a technical background.

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A good friend and great colleague, Professor William Green, passed away on Monday, January 25, 2010. He was on Active Duty as a Naval Officer who had been called to duty in January 2009.

Prof. Green came to CSUSB in 1995. We worked closely together for the succeeding 15 years in developing the National Security Studies program. He brought a great deal of energy and enthusiasm, and helped us develop our fields of intelligence and Eurasian security studies. In fact, it is fair to say that without his hard work over the years, we would not be as successful with the CSU ACE grant. He substituted for me at the first Summer Seminar on Intelligence sponsored by the ODNI. His annual student-led, mock competitive National Intelligence Estimate exercises have been a feature of our annual Intelligence Colloquium. He also contributed to developing the curriculum for our annual High School Summer Institute, held at CSU Long Beach in June.

Professor Green will be remembered for being an outstanding teacher and great colleague. He was recognized by the university for his skill in the classroom by winning the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching for AY 2007-2008. He was innovative in developing new courses, having taught over fifteen different classes and seminars in our undergraduate and graduate programs. He will also be remembered, and missed, by the many alumni who have gone on to careers in the field of national security, many of whom I’ve heard from in the last few days.

Semper Fidelis, and Anchors Away, Bill.

If you are faculty and are interested in DHS Summer Research Team Program for summer, 2010, check out its website and application center: http://www.orau.gov/dhsfaculty/

Check out the “Scholarship for Service” Program  called Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART).  This is a prestigious scholarship program for U.S. citizens able to obtain a DoD Security Clearance and willing to work in a defense laboratory upon graduation.

Go to :  www.asee.org/SMART

Here’s a link to a summer language program and how to apply for scholarship money to attend. Please see this website below and begin applying now: http://www.caorc.org/cls/

Job Opportunity: Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) located in the National Maritime Intelligence Center (NMIC) at the Federal Center in Suitland, Maryland (near Andrews Joint Forces Base, formerly Andrews AFB) is looking to fill four editor positions (Job Series 1083).

Job Description: Prepares intelligence products developed by others for publication by making sure the material conveys what it was intended to say, is arranged logically, presents the facts to support the conclusions drawn, is in accordance with agency policy, and is written clearly and interestingly for the intended audience.  Facilitates all
administrative and security requirements for analytic products, including graphics preparation, metadata incorporation, approval routing, and archiving. Advises and assists authors during the writing stage; verifies information using research and consultation with subject matter experts; examines the organization, length, and tone of material; edits text for clarity and accuracy; consults on design and graphics; and prepares material for publication via a variety of media.  Identifies and pursues ways to improve and standardize analytic production; provides training for analysts that improves understanding of the production process and leads to better quality of written products; conducts individual ad hoc training to address identified needs; creates resources that assist and improve intelligence writing, analytic tradecraft, and production SOPs.  Conducts content management of community websites, blogs and similar media. Assists in the preparation and presentation of briefings, and participates in interagency meetings and conferences as appropriate.

Applicants with English or Mass Communication degrees and/or previous editing or research writing experience are the target audience for this solicitation. Interested parties should apply at the Navy jobs site at https://chart.donhr.navy.mil .

The NSA has announced its opening for summer 2010 NSA internships for college juniors in all programs, including the Centers of Academic Excellence. Make sure you use our resources on writing good, solid resumes (www.csu-ace.org) and give them a once or twice over before they apply (the fastest way to get a consideration for an internship stopped is to have grammar or spelling errors). Please see the following link:

http://www.nsa.gov/careers/opportunities_4_u/students/undergraduate/i…

We will be having an Orientation on Friday, Nov. 6, from 11-1 in SB 514. This will be for all NSS students generally, and for those of you who may be interested in the IC Scholars program specifically. We will be serving pizza and drinks as well.

We’re working on the itinerary, and hope to include some campus resources for you (for career services, writing, and internships), as well as an overview of the programs available. We will also have several current students talk about their experieces either interning this last summer or traveling abroad.

Please rsvp Marily Gareis (909 537-5534 or ggareis@csusb.edu) soon, so we can have a solid headcount for lunch.

Dr. Mark T. Clark posted to the Middle East Strategy Harvard Blog.  His latest contribution details progress made by the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA). Clark is the founding president of ASMEA.

An excerpt follows:

ASMEA has made tremendous strides in just two years from its founding. For its first annual conference, it had 19 presentations, two roundtables, and a keynote speech by the association’s co-founder, Bernard Lewis. Lewis and Fouad Ajami co-founded ASMEA to defend free inquiry, expand the boundaries of scholarship, and respond to the growing need for a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary approach to studying the cultures, histories, and issues of the Middle East and Africa.

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