In this edition of the Making Oregon podcast, we go behind the scenes of a business incubator whose purpose is to find and develop successful start-ups, equipping them to become profitable businesses. We’ve all heard the buzz about incubators, but in this podcast we’ll find out what do they really do, what kind of businesses they help, and how they improve the odds of startup success.
Our guests are Mark Lieberman, Chief StartUp Officer, and Anna Walsh, Operations Manager, for the Oregon State University Advantage Accelerator. The OSU Accelerator operates in partnership with state-funded RAIN Corvallis, (Regional Accelerator & Innovation Network).
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
I can’t recall seeing a more attractive group of RO staffers, like…ever. Thanks for posing for a group shot everyone! GO TEAM!
Amanda was at the NSF Large Facilities Workshop in Washington DC earlier this week as was able to snap this shot of the memorial…a fitting tribute on this Memorial Day weekend!
As you may have noticed, we have a very busy interview schedule next week for the new Asst. VP in ORI as well as the new Associate VP for Operations. Meeting requests have been sent for the AVPR and first of the ORI candidates. Debbie will be sending out materials on the other 3 ORI candidates early next week:
ASSOCIATE VPR, OPERATIONS- SCHEDULE
Candidate 1- Roy Haggerty- Monday, May 23
Research Office interview- 11-11:45am, Location: MU 222, Council Room
Campus Forum- 12-1pm, Location: Burt 193
Candidate 2- Staci Simonich- Thursday, May 26
Research Office interview- 11-11:45am, Location: MU 221
Campus Forum- 12-1pm, Location: MU 222, Council Room
Candidate 3- Phil Mote- Tuesday, May 31
Research Office interview- 11:10-11:50, Location: MU 222, Council Room
Campus Forum- 12-1pm, Location: MU 222, Council Room
ASSISTANT VP- ORI- SCHEDULE
Candidate 1- Shannon Lunt- Monday, May 23
Campus Forum- 1:30-2:30pm, Location: MU 208, La Raza
Candidate 3- Bill Dale- Thursday, June 9
Campus Forum- Timing TBD
OSRAA UPDATES
B306 REMODEL: The moving company will remove furnishings from B306 on 6/13, and the carpeting will be replaced 6/14 through 6/16. Whatever will be moving back into B306 will be delivered back on 6/17. Hopefully cubicle installs will happen at this time as well. Julie has reserved the conference room in Snell Hall so that B306’ers can use that as workspace during the week of 6/13.
RETIREMENT PARTY NEWS!!: Lin Reilly’s retirement reception will be held on June 15, from 2:30 – 3:30 in MU 213. All RO staff please try to swing by and toast Lin!
HIRING: OSRAA will be hiring a Grant and Contract Officer instead of another Senior Grant and Contract Officer. Zach will lead the Search Committee, so he will be putting a Search Committee very soon.
OFFICE 365 ROLLOUT
CN is rollout out Office365 starting 5/19 PM. The first phase will include machines with Office 2010. A few weeks later, the other machines will be upgraded, including Macs. Be sure to leave your machines on at night to receive the automatic update Things to know:
1) New interface: Some features and options will be in different locations. https://support.office.com/en-us/article/What-s-new-and-improved-in-Office-2016-for-Office-365-95c8d81d-08ba-42c1-914f-bca4603e1426
2) Cloud service for sharing and syncing documents. Also- this is an online version that can be used by multiple devices, such as your phone or tablet. Similar to Google drive, you can upload, sync and share Office documents: http://main.oregonstate.edu/office-365 . If you would like a demo of these features for project management, backup or other uses, please let Stephen know.
3) Trust Center settings: the new version is locked down a little more. If you have problems running or accessing files, you can manually adjust your settings: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Add-remove-or-change-a-trusted-location-7ee1cdc2-483e-4cbb-bcb3-4e7c67147fb4 . Note: we’ve found you must restart the application (Excel, Access, Word) after you’ve made changes for the updates to take effect.”
4) According to CN: “The Office 2016 installation will NOT remove your Office 2010 desktop and taskbar shortcuts, so please replace them with Office 2016 shortcuts prior to launching any applications” Please contact Stephen at stephen.hotard@oregonstate.edu if you have any questions or need assistance on any of the above.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
I’m sure you are all still coming down from the sugar high last Friday at Susan E.’s celebration…thanks to those of you who helped coordinate this explosion of deliciousness!
The Faculty Staff Fitness Try-Athalon will be Friday, June 3rd from 11:30am-1pm. The swim portion of the event will take place at the Langton Pool and the run and walk portion will take place on Student Legacy Park (across from Dixon Recreation Center). The event itself will be a 20 minute relay. This is a great opportunity to get outside at lunch with your coworkers and have some fun. We still need 3 walkers. The cost is $10 to support the program. Please follow this link here to register.
REMINDER: RSVP FOR DEBBIE AND RICH’S RETIREMENT PARTY!
If you haven’t already, please take a moment to RSVP here for Rich and Debbie’s retirement party on June 1 at 4:30 in the MU Lounge!
SAVE THE DATE AND DRESS PRETTY- 5/24 ALL STAFF MEETING
Everyone should have the upcoming All Staff Meeting Tuesday, May 24 from 10:30-12pm in MU 206 on their calendars and we hope to see you there. Please note that at 11:30 we are all going to gather in the quad (if weather permits) if not on the MU indoor steps and have a GROUP PHOTO taken! What will YOU do to stand out in the photo?? Some of you may recall Rick Spinrad enjoyed wearing his bright orange pants for such events. Feel free to get creative with your outfit…only requirement is that you are, in fact, dressed.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
The OSRAA hallway between B306 and 308 has become a reality…go take a look if you haven’t already!
FROM CELIA FERES-JOHNSON: Staff changes at UABC-HR necessitates a change of your current HR support team. Apologies for not sharing this information with you sooner but I didn’t have a team ready for you until today. Michelle Lopez has been promoted to HRC2 and Ginny Kroshus will remain your HRC1. We will endeavor to ensure a seamless transition. This change goes in to effect today.
SNACK FEST MAY 13
You’re invited to a morning snack fest featuring the Two Susan’s’ Famous Spa Water! And Susan E. will bring a delicious Donut Birthday Cake
Where? The Breezeway
When? Friday May 13
PORT ORFORD FILL STATION RECEIVES AWARD
From Kevin Buch, some news regarding the fill station in Port Orford here (scroll down to the ‘Tourism Development Award’).
Also see on Facebook (scroll down a bit): https://www.facebook.com/oregonsmarinereserves/
Thanks to everyone that supported this and made it happen!
OFFICE 2016 (WINDOWS) UPGRADES BEGIN MAY 9
Our beta testers in the Research Office have experienced 3 issues related to this upgrade:
1) Installation process: sometimes this deletes or removes previous instances of Office. Sometimes it does not. Both of these cases can cause issues. The icons for the previous versions do not disappear after the Office 2016 install. Users click on the icons for the previous versions of Office and it says it wants to reinstall the suite. Additionally, the extension types of Office documents sometimes reverts to Office 2013 or 2016 versions, even when updating the settings within the Windows interface or updating the registry.
2) Custom application upgrade issues: we have some custom Excel and Access applications. When testing with 2016 Access, the event procedures for some of the form calls are not raised (that work perfectly with Office 2010 or 2013), so this requires workarounds to the application. We are not sure how extensive this problem is. I’ve researched this on the MS site, but there is no specific article I’ve found that addresses this issue from 2013 to 2016.
3) Performance issues related to cloud syncing with the new version. There are settings to toggle the cloud features that you can adjust if you are experiencing issues.
If you have any questions or concerns about the upgrade, please contact Stephen at Stephen.Hotard@oregonstate.edu and we can coordinate with CN to change the rollout for your system
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TOPIC- FIRE
The monthly Emergency Preparedness Topic for this month can be accessed here: FIRE Monthly Topic – 2016 05 Fire. Previous topics can be found at: http://emergency.oregonstate.edu/preparedness-topics PHOTO OF THE WEEK
This is what happens when Kirt plays basket ball with college kids.
