Here's What's Happening This Week 5.29.2024.

TPP PROGRAM UPDATES

Thank you to our Annual Dinner sponsors: 

• Diamond Sponsor: Northrop Grumman Corp 
• Platinum Sponsor: MIL Corp & NSI 
• Gold Sponsors: ASEC, BTAS, Inc., ITC Defense & SAIC 
• Silver Sponsors: Serco & VTG Defense  

Thank you SAIC for being TPP’s FY24 Gold Sponsor!

Learn more about sponsorships here: https://paxpartnership.org/membership/sponsorship-opportunities/ 

SoMD 2030 is funded by NAWCAD to build the STEM pipeline, increase career opportunities, and connect talented students with apprenticeships and internships in Southern MD. Learn more at: https://paxpartnership.org/somd-2030-workforce/ Contact: Jen Brown, SoMD 2030, Director at jennifer.brown@paxpartnership.org  for more information. 

Youth Apprenticeship Program seeking companies to host apprentices! The Apprenticeship Maryland Program/Tech Jobs Rule (AMP/TJR) and the Dr. James A. Forrest Career & Technology Center (FCTC) welcome local companies to participate in the Youth Apprenticeship Program. We want to increase the number of apprentices and business partners for the 2024-25 school year. SMCPS Forrest Tech Center is working to place students in apprenticeship positions between now and September 2024.  Calvert and Charles Counties are also in discussion for 2024-2025. If your company plans to participate next school year, please complete the 2024-2025 Youth Apprentice Industry Request Form:  https://paxpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2024-2025-Youth-Apprentice-Industry-Request-Form-Updated-Jan-2024-3-1.docx and submit to  kawhite@smcps.org  Check out the AMP/TJR video here:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2FT6Mc1-00 

Companies in Calvert County can contact Michelle  McGuffin at mcguffinm@calvertnet.k12.md.us and companies in Charles County can reach Sandy Rooney at srooney@ccboe.com

The TPP Newsletter archived on our website here: https://paxpartnership.org/newsletter/.  

TPP HAS OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE! Contact Kiki Hall for more information at 301-866-4088 or kiki.hall@paxpartnership.org 

TPP – TECH BRIDGE – NAWCAD -NAVAIR 

Tech Bridge–NAVAL https://www.secnav.navy.mil/agility/Pages/tech-bridges/southern-maryland/default.aspx 

Wednesday, June 5, |2024 - 14:00 (FREE) TEDCO Webinar: Driving Discovery:  Leveraging Industry Partnerships. Join for a useful 90-minute webinar hosted by the Federal Laboratory Consortium and spearheaded by TEDCO's Director of Federal Programs and DefTech’s Principal Investigator (PI), Kimberly Mozingo. This session, moderated by the DefTech PI, aims to bridge the gap between federal lab researchers and the businesses in advanced technology sectors. Discover the untapped potential of industry collaborations as we explore the mechanisms and benefits of partnering with businesses. Register at:  https://www.tedcomd.com/driving-discovery-leveraging-industry-partnerships

Save the Date: June 26th | 10am - 12pm Navy SBIR Open Topic Technical AMA- TechPort/ SOMD Tech Bridge. Join hybrid event with NAVAIR, NAVSEA and NAVWAR. Registration online soon.

EDUCATION 

TPP congratulates Lauren Runkles St. Mary’s County Public Schools, 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year! 

The UMCP's Maryland Applied Graduate Engineering office info session for graduate engineering programs at USMSM has been changed to a virtual event. Please visit here for more information : https://mage.umd.edu/shell

2024 Naval Horizons is a student essay contest introducing students to cutting-edge STEM topics impacting the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps through an engaging video series. The STEM topics in the video series include space weather, aerospace optometry, epidemiology, machine learning and more! The submission period for the contest is officially open to college and high school students who are U.S. citizens, and essays will be accepted until June 10, 2024, at 11:59 pm ET. Check out the flyer and learn more at https://navalhorizons.us 

The Maryland Technology Internship Program (MTIP) Funds are available to partially cover summer intern salaries! MTIP will pay up to 50% of intern salaries. The intern paperwork is not overwhelming. Read program requirements: https://mtip.umbc.edu/employers/ - Now accepting applications for Summer 2024! Questions about MTIP contact: Jen Spencer Heilman, Program Director, Maryland Technology Internship Program at mtip@umbc.edu. Back-up: Christine Routzahn, Director, UMBC Career Center. 

The St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) (www.smcm.edu) Computer Science Program seeks adjunct faculty motivated to work with undergraduate students and share their computational expertise. 

Qualifications for Adjunct faculty:

• • ·                Masters degree in a computational field of study (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, etc.)
  • ·                Up-to-date experience in the subject they will teach
  • ·                An interest in or experience in teaching

Bonus Qualifications: Adjunct faculty could also have

• • The ability to teach class during the day 
  • Specific expertise in an area in which they work (Security, Distributed or Parallel Systems, AI, Networks, Graphics, Algorithms, etc.)

Benefits: Adjunct faculty gain

• • Experience teaching at the college level
  •  The opportunity to recruit undergraduate students into future internships or jobs in their specific area
  •  The opportunity to interact with other faculty in the sciences

Additional information:

Standard adjunct pay is $4,500 per course  

Evening class times are 6:10-7:25 PM twice a week, Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday | Daytime classes from 8:30-9:20 am at the earliest or 3:10-4:25 pm. Lower level classes (Intro 1, Intro 2, Data Structures) 10-25 students.  These courses are typically taught in Java.  Upper level classes (various subjects) 10-20 students. Our greatest need (currently) is in Intro 1 and Intro 2. 

Contacts: Professor Alex Meadows, Department Chair of Math and CS, ammeadows@smcm.edu |Professor Simon Read, Computer Science Program Coordinator, sread@smcm.edu

Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Subscribe to their newsletter here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/Je5H45l/Subscribe    Website:  https://www.smcm.edu/democracy/  

College of Southern Maryland, (CSM) Information, news and events: register: https://www.csmd.edu/news/index.html  

NEWS: CSM celebrated its 65th Spring Commencement on May 10. The college celebrated 449 candidates for graduation for earning 367 degrees and 111 certificates during three commencement ceremonies. Of the students being celebrated, 46.3 percent were from Charles County, 30.5 percent were from St. Mary’s County, 21.8 percent were from Calvert County and 1.3 percent were from outside the region. 65 percent of the graduates are women and 35 percent are men. 29.7 percent of the students graduated with honors. The majority of degrees, 17.4 percent, were in the field of arts and sciences, nursing (16.3 percent), business administration (7.1 percent), cybersecurity (6.8 percent) and engineering (4.4 percent). The top certificates obtained were in general studies transfer. The youngest graduate, Rachel Jones, of Waldorf, is 17 years old and the oldest graduate, Barbara White, of Leonardtown is 69 years young.   

SUMMER PROGRAMS 

growingSTEMS – is offering the following Summer Camps: 

June 8-9th, July 27-28th, August 24-25th, and September 7-8th, 2024 -Combat Robotics summer camp focused around Termite Class Combat Robots! Competitors in grades 3-5th are able to participate in this 2-day camp. Each camp will run on Saturday and Sunday, 10-3pm each day. There will be 12 slots per camp and each camp will be limited to 3 of each robot design.

Ant Weight (1lb) Combat Robotics Competition! Program participants (11+) will work with mentors to design and build their very own 1lb combat robot with the season culminating in our Ant Weight tournament! Registration for both camps here:  https://growingstems.org/product/ant-weight-competition-registration/ 

NAWCAD and growingSTEMS Robotics Camp Session 2: August 6-8 | 8am -3pm. Registration: Visit growingstems.org/nawcad-camps   Questions on eligibility please email:  NAWCAD_PAXR_StrategicEducationalOffice@us.navy.mil 

RESOURCES 

Please note:  Economic and Workforce Information Resources are copied to: https://paxpartnership.org/community-resources/. 

NEWS: DOD Issues Class Deviation on Cybersecurity Standards for Covered Contractor Information Systems. The class deviation is available on the Defense Pricing and Contracting public website at https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/policy/policyvault/USA000814-24-DPC.pdf. 

 INCOSE SOMD is getting active again! https://www.incose.org/ That means we're running monthly "Systems Engineering Forums". The forums are INCOSE events for all local systems engineers, but we're not checking ID or anything: anyone with an interest in systems engineering is welcome to stop by. Longer term, we're also looking for engineering-themed opportunities to get more engaged. No specific plans yet, but please keep INCOSE in mind if something comes up. More info coming soon.

Aerospace Workforce: At Maryland Aerospace Day in February, one discussion point was workforce development for the aerospace industry in Maryland.  Industry representatives shared that they occasionally have positions that are hard to fill and would like to engage with Maryland Colleges and Universities to determine the best path to solve that problem with graduates from Maryland. To prepare us for future discussions between industry in the state and higher education, we've developed a survey, the full link is at the bottom of this email. Hoping for as many responses and will start to process the responses next week. Thanks so much for your help and please let me know if you have any questions. Aerospace Occupation Survey - Formstack 

June 6, 2024 | 7:30- 1pm - Energy & Environment Summit (e2m2)- For Maryland Manufacturers - Columbia, MD.  Presented by: Maryland MEP and RMI of Maryland in partnership with the Maryland Energy Administration. Registration and information here: https://mdmep.org/the-energy-and-environment-for-maryland-manufacturers-summit-2024/

The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) is the formally chartered, nationwide network of over 300 federal laboratories and research centers, that fosters commercialization, best practice strategies and opportunities for accelerating federal technologies out of the labs and into the marketplace. New industries, businesses, and jobs that can be created, when a new technology is brought to market, are just a few of the successes that take effect through technology transfer (T2), and the FLC is here to promote, facilitate, and educate labs and industry about that process. FLC Newsletter registration: https://federallabs.org/flc-highlights/flc-digest-newsletter  

Pax River Naval Museum (PRNAM) Become a PRNAM member today:  https://www.paxmuseum.com/membership 

Maryland Small Business Development Center (SBDC), Southern Region, stay informed and follow-on social media and here: https://www.sbdchelp.com

SBDC Online Training- Check out their NO-Cost Online Training & Workshops! https://www.marylandsbdc.org/training  

SBDC and the Baltimore District Office of the Small Business Administration (SBA) are launching a series of "Access to Funding" events across the state. Tailored for entrepreneurs seeking start-up capital, funds for recovery, or growth financing, these events provide a unique opportunity to meet face-to-face with a variety of lenders in a dynamic speed lending format. Find a location near you and register for this pivotal networking event. Registration: https://www.sba.gov/events?keyword=Funding&field_event_dates_value=All&district=56&in_person_or_online=All 

SBIR/STTR Proposal Lab -Maryland life science and technology businesses with a compelling innovation, TEDCO and Team leverage decades of experience in writing, reviewing, and winning SBIR/STTR and other federal grants and contracts to position you for up to $275,000 of non-dilutive Phase I funding from the National Science Foundation. Our team is comprised of experts at OST Global Solutions and the Maryland Small Business Development Center, with subject matter expert proposal reviewers culled from TEDCO’s  Network Advisors. Apply here: https://tedco.tfaforms.net/84   TEDCO Newsletter  subscribe here: https://www.tedcomd.com/subscribe-tedcos-newsletters.  

Connect with Maryland’s B2G sector by attending conferences, industry days, and other events. Information here:  https://go.activecalendar.com/doit-md/?&ql=y&search=y 

Governor’s Office of Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs Monthly Small Biz Bulletin https://gomdsmallbiz.maryland.gov/Pages/Business-Resources.aspx  

JOB OPPORTUNITIES 

Tri-County Council (TCC) - Business Engagement Specialist Team (B.E.S.T.) monthly Business News/Updates newsletter! Email: BESTeam@tccsmd.org to request to subscribe.  

Check out the most up-to-date Hot Jobs! For a list of employers hiring part-time or full-time positions: https://bit.ly/wklyfhotjobs 

COMMUNITY NEWS & ACTIVITIES 

St Mary’s College of Maryland https://www.smcm.edu/ Check for events here: https://inside.smcm.edu/events?page=1 

Friday, June 14, 2024 – 6-9pm Mulberry Music Festival with Gabe Stillman - Walking Eagle – Everyday Everybody – Shamans of Sound. Venue: Townhouse Green, St. Mary’s College of Maryland 

June 16-22, 2024 The eleventh annual Chesapeake Writers’ Conference.  More here: https://www.smcm.edu/annualevents/chesapeake-writers-conference/ 

       Friday, Jun 21, 7:00pm - 8:00pm River Concert Series at Townhouse         Green - A Southern Maryland tradition, this family-friendly music             

       festival, and winner of two Governor's Awards for Arts, Tourism, and     

       Community Economic Development will again be held.

Historic Sotterley - Information & to register for events here: https://www.sotterley.org/events. Tour season is open!

Sat, June 8, 2024 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Habitat Scavenger Hunt

Wed, June 12 | 7:00 pm Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Patricia Samford

Fri, June 21 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Art in the Gardens

Fri, June 28, 2024 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Art Inspired by Birds

St Mary’s County  newsletter here: https://www.yesstmarysmd.com/newsletter/.  

Historic St. Mary’s City, (HSMC)- See all events & to register:  https://www.hsmcdigshistory.org/events/.  

HSMC events: https://www.hsmcdigshistory.org/events/ 

28 May 2024 | 8:30am - 4:30pm Registration opens for the summer archery workshop June 29.  Summer Family Day Archery Workshop (10:00 am—12:00 pm) For ages 7 & up. Woodland Indian Hamlet. Registration https://www.hsmcdigshistory.org/events/registration-opens-for-archery-workshop/ 

St. Mary’s County Museum Division - Please visit: museums.stmarysmd.com. Sign up for their newsletter:  https://mailchi.mp/8818922c0fdc/march2024?e=5cb0e4248f  

St. Clement’s Museum- Water taxi service is available through October 31, 2024. 

Dinner & Cruise Series Returns to St. Clement’s Island Museum. These themed cruises offer visitors the opportunity to enjoy a fun evening of cruising on the St. Clement’s Island Water Taxi, a delicious seafood dinner, and a dessert reception. To reserve your ticket, visit: DinnerAndACruise.eventbrite.com  See here for events: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/1658464684962822/1658464704962820/?event_time_id=1658464704962820  

St. Clement’s Island Museum & Piney Point Lighthouse Museum Offering Free Admission to Military Members from May to September 

Drayden African American Schoolhouse in Drayden, will have free Open Houses on June 1, June 15, 16 & 19 (special Juneteenth holiday weekend hours), July 6, August 3, September 7, and October 5.