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NEW Virtual Intern Project: Opportunities
Lint Center for National Security Studies
Next Scholarship Submission Date is:
31 Jan 2015
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Welcome to the new support system for those who serve freedom around the world.  Designed to “Empower, Enhance, Enable”


Employment Opportunities at Lint Center:

There are NO employment opportunities at the Lint Center for National Security Studies.  There are no paid employees. There are no plans for any paid employees.

All donations and contributions to the Lint Center are allocated solely to the Center's scholarship funds. All actions and activities by the Lint Center are conducted by unpaid staff and volunteers. The Center is Veteran and minority operated and managed.

There are many unpaid jobs available. Openings are available for website designers, scholarship committee persons, fund raising, and mentors.

 

Volunteer Opportunities at Lint Center are listed at:

 

Volunteer match.org http://www.volunteermatch.org/

Idealist http://www.idealist.org/

Craigslist- http://craigslist.org/

 

Our Virtual Volunteering Project participants will have an impact.

We will have a Virtual Volunteering Project that will allow our members to have an impact.

Benefits:
Mentorship:

  1. For those individuals who volunteer will have an opportunity to interact with some Lint Center mentors.
  2. Mentors are highly regarded individuals who have practitioner oriented experience and who are current and/or former members of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Lint Center Mentors are individuals with expertise and experience in a broad array of our country’s intelligence agencies including the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security,  US State Department, and various other organizations including  the Department of Defense.

Presidential Service Award Nomination:

  1. In his 2002 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush issued a challenge to all Americans to make time to help their neighbors, communities, and Nation through service. He created the USA Freedom Corps to help all Americans answer his call to service and help foster a culture of service, citizenship, and responsibility.
  2. Hours spent on this project may be added toward a nomination for the Presidential Service Award. If nominees receive a service award, volunteers will receive 1) An official President’s Volunteer Service Award lapel pin; 2) A personalized certificate of achievement; 3) A congratulatory letter from the President of the United States; 4) A letter from the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation, 5) A personal letter of recommendation from the Lint Center for future employers.

 

Our Mission:

Mission Statement: “Empower, Enhance, Enable”
The mission of the Lint Center for National Security Studies is to foster and further the educational development and opportunities for the next generation of America’s Counterintelligence and National Security Workers.  The Center focuses on empowering individuals, enhancing the study of national security issues, and enabling emerging leaders to be mentored by established current-and-former industry experts.

Description:
The Lint Center for National Security Studies, Inc., founded in 2007, is a private non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization created to award merit-based scholarships for Counterintelligence and National Security Workers, their children and scholars, and to advance the study of National Security, cross-cultural studies, and global understanding.
The Center aims to:

  1. Identify promising individuals and assist in educational pursuits through scholarship initiatives
  2. Provide talented individuals with a meaningful leadership development mentoring program by current-and-former Counterintelligence and National Security Workers
  3. Create a forum for the dissemination and discussion of National Security Studies through the Center’s online Web-portal

All donations and contributions to the Lint Center are allocated solely to the Center’s scholarship funds. All actions and activities by the Lint Center are conducted by unpaid staff and volunteers. The Center is Veteran and minority operated and managed. 


We sponsor the following Websites and Forums:

Discussion Forums: Army Counterintelligence Discussion Group for CI Special Agents and for non-Army CI Agents.

                                Security Manager Information for all Government and Military personnel

Websites on Security Management CI, Cross-Culture, and Intelligence

www.SecurityMgr.Info,    www.S2online.org,  and www.ACIDG.org

Additionally, Cross-culture training www.storybasket.com

Our new Blog is at http://www.lintcenter.info/blog


Lint Center is on FaceBook
 
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 32 Awards issued since 2007 from $500 to $1500
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Scholarship Winners
 
January 2014 July 2014
William White
A member of USNA
Niki K
Jessie W
January 2013 July 2013

Megan Rosenberger

A. Thorpe

Denae Ford

Alana Perez

January 2012 July 2012

Miguel Ibarra

Zach Przystup

Greg Williamson

Michelle Shevin-Coetzee

Joey Kirshy

January 2011 July 2011

 

Devin Hernandez

Matt Richardson

Sabeena Shaikh

Joshua Basquez

January 2010 July 2010

1LT John Deniston

Jordan Harms

Ms. K, Name Withheld

One Deployed Unnamed

Boris K

Jordan Daniels

Trevor Kennedy

 

Spring 2009 Fall 2009

JOHN M.

Juan Rodrigo T. Ricafort

January 2008 July 2008

Tim Coleman

First Winner

SGT, Jennifer Flory

Joe Linhart

Video Scholarship Video Video

LC-2014-1 from Lint Center - Scholarships on Vimeo.



Scholarship submission dates are twice a year in January and July.
Total Awards Granted 34
Since 2007

NEW MAJ James W. Dennehy Esq. Scholarship

 

Newsletter OCT 2014

 

 

2014 YouTube

 

2013 Successes at Lint Center

 

Corporate Sponsor

OPS

Press Release on OPSEC Professionals Society and Article by LC Authors

New 2014

Scholarship Winners

Niki K & Jessie W.

William White &  A member of USNA

 

2012 CEO Review

 

Past Winners

 

New YouTube Channel and Video

  Our Five-Year Milestone

 

Lint Center is on FaceBook
 
Congrats to the 2014 Winners

 

Congrats to the first LC Winner to get published in Small Wars Journal

LC Trademark Approved by USPTO Trademark Office

 

First Newsletter

 

More Mentors Listed

 

Gov Internships

New Year from the CEO Message


 

5 Sep 2012

HaKin9

Hakin9 is premier weekly magazine devoted to IT security

 

1 July 2008
Corporate Sponsor
Stratfor

Significant Gift Received

 

1 JAN 2013
Corporate Sponsor

OPS

Press Release on OPSEC Professionals Society

7 August 2007 Press Release 3:  Granted IRS 501 (c) (3) Tax Exempt Status 19 June 2007.

 

Center is listed in IRS "Publication 78" Search Pub 78


Press Releases
The latest News 

 

Services
Scholarships, Websites, Forums 


Mentors
Read the bios of a few of our mentors 

NO paid jobs at Lint Center Notice


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Past Scholarships Awarded:

Special Agent Rick Eaton Scholarship

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Lee and Byun International Relations and Cultural Awareness Scholarship

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Mr. Jack McCoy Scholarship

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'Quest for Knowledge' Scholarship: Honoring CPL Christopher J. Coffland

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Virginia and Frank Misselhorn Memorial Scholarship

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Jim & Anna Hyonjoo Lint Scholarship

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Aehee Kim Alliance Building Scholarship

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Ben Franklin Scholarship at  Lint Center

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