HEADS UP- UPCOMING OFFICE MOVES IN THE RO

In the coming weeks you may notice some activity with office moves.  Our office continues to grow with open positions being filled along with some responsibilities being streamlined that urge us to be creative with space. Here is a listing of where ‘new neighbors’ will be popping up. Please contact Kay White with any questions:

Mark Peters – A322L

Nicole Wolf & Nancy Collins – A312D

Susan Emerson – A312E

Kay White – A312H

Shirley Chow – A322P

Vince Polintano – B308R

Jennifer Creighton – A322K (June 19^th)

 

HAILS! A NEW DIRECTOR FOR THE LINUS PAULING INSTITUTE!

Dr. Richard van Breemen, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Illinois-Chicago, has accepted the position of permanent Director of the Linus Pauling Institute. Dr. Van Breemen will start his new position at OSU on December 31, 2017. Cindy successfully completed the negotiations with Dr. van Breemen last week and looks forward to welcoming him to campus in the new year. Dr. van Breemen will replace Balz Frei as Director. Cindy also thanks Fred Stevens for his excellent service as Interim Director of LPI.

 

RO PARTY SURVEY- PLEASE COMPLETE!

Please take a moment to fill out this quick survey. We’ll use this data as a guide when planning our RO events for the year. Thanks in advance for your input!

 

JOB OPPORTUNITY IN THE RO ACCELERATOR

As mentioned by Mark Lieberman in our last All Staff Meeting, please check out OSU Today for the latest RO Job posting: Commercialization Catalyst Manager. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, fixed term professional faculty position. Posting # P01326UF. Closes June 13.  Tell your friends!

 

 METHANE MUNCHING MICROBES- VIDEO

Check out this cool video featuring OSU researcherse with the U.S. Antarctic Program. Clip courtesy of Kevin Buch!

 

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RO EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN- FIRE DRILL MAY 23

On Tuesday, May 23, there will be a fire drill here in Kerr Admin Building. Do you know the correct procedures to follow in the event of an emergency? Here is a review:

• Each individual is responsible for immediate life safety response of themselves and personnel under their care.  This could include such actions as:  calling 911, evacuating the immediate area, activating the fire alarm, and (depending upon level of training) providing first aid or extinguishing fires.
• The designated meeting area for all of the Research Office employees is the grassy area behind the bus stop diagonally from Kerr across 14^th /15^th (Evacuation Meeting Area Map).Once there, check in with Susan Emerson (A312), Susan Tillitt (A322), or Julie Meier (B306/B308) depending on which side of the building you are on, who will have a list of department employees attached to “pink” clipboards they will be holding up.
• Render first aid if you are properly trained.
• Listen for announcements or alarms and follow instructions from emergency response personnel.
• Don’t use the elevator during an emergency, use the stairs.
• If you are stranded in an elevator, use the emergency phone/intercom to summon help.
• Do not drink the water, or use gas or electric devices, until the emergency personnel determine that it is safe to do so.
• Do not attempt to fight a fire until after you have notified 911 that there is a fire, have obtained fire extinguisher training, and feel safe to do so.

A volunteer or two is still needed for B308 to sweep the office to check for co-workers/visitors that may not hear the alarm. Everyone should evacuate the building. No exceptions!

 

LAST CHANCE- SIGN UP FOR THE TRY-ATHALON. HAVE FUN, GET EXERCISE, COMPETE FOR GREATNESS!

We only have 3 participants signed up so far for the Faculty Staff Fitness TRY-Athlon on June 9^th.  The Research Office won second last year! If we don’t get some more volunteers soon I’m afraid the RO will not be able to compete for greatness this year (though you can attend as an individual).

As a reminder, there are 3 portions to the TRY-Athlon Running, Swimming, and walking. The event itself is a 20 minute relay. The team with the most combined laps for each event wins the activity category. I would be happy to be the captain again if I can get at least 5 people for each portion. This event is open to Faculty, Staff, Retirees, Spouses/Partners, GTAs/GRAs of Oregon State University. The cost is $5 per person.

Please email Kimberly.reese@oregonstate.edu ASAP!! if you are interested in joining this year. If you would like more information, please check out

http://health.oregonstate.edu/faculty-staff-fitness/tryathlon.

 

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A MESSAGE FROM CINDY

Great news for OSU and oceans this week! On Monday morning, Congress released its 2017 budget amendment, which funds the government through September. In it is language to support two major OSU efforts: the Regional Class Research Vessel (RCRV) and the PMEC-SETS wave energy testbed. Much to our delight, the RCRV is envisioned a three-ship build out (0, 1 or 2 ships have been discussed). Total RCRV project budget is now $340M, with an initial tranche of $122M. PMEC-SETS has been granted an additional $30M to fund the industry test bed in Newport, Oregon. This tranche gets us closer to the total projected costs of $50M. Bravo to RO staff and project managers for keeping a steady had on the rudder during these deliberations. Budget should move to university in the next months.

and in more exciting Research news….

HAILS: NEW FISCAL DIRECTOR

Please join us in welcoming Jennifer Creighton to the Research Office as our new Fiscal Director! Jenn will be starting on June 19th and will be located in Kerr A322K (Shirley’s current office). She comes to us from the Auxiliaries and Activities Business Center (AABC) here on campus and brings extensive finance, accounting, human resource and administrative management experience from working at both OSU and UofO. I’m sure she will make a great addition to our team! As you all know, Shirley Chow retired and will continue part time through the calendar year to help with the transition to the new Fiscal Director and to support a major project in OCCD. Please give a big shout out to Shirley for all of her hard work and achievements over the years! You will be missed!

 

OSU ADVANTAGE ACCELERATOR SHOWCASE- May 10th

Startup Showcase: Join us in this celebration of achievements and a new take on a traditional startup graduation event. Entrepreneurs from the OSU Advantage Accelerator/ RAIN Corvallis program will present their successes and companies live onstage May 10, at the ATAMI building on the HP Campus. This event is free and open to the public; register at Eventbrite here.

And in separate but equally as exciting OCCD news, Kirt Fuller was interviewed recently by Industry Sponsored Research – a journal, highlighting OSU’s Alternative industry contracting model.

 

TRY-Athalon – BACK FOR MORE RO GLORY!?

FROM KIM: I am working on seeing if there is enough interest to have a team for the Faculty Staff Fitness TRY-Athlon on June 9^th.  The Research Office won second last year! There are 3 portions to the TRY-Athlon Running, Swimming, and walking. The event itself is a 20 minute relay. The team with the most combined laps for each event wins the activity category. I would be happy to be the captain again if I can get at least 5 people for each portion. This event is open to Faculty, Staff, Retirees, Spouses/Partners, GTAs/GRAs of Oregon State University. The cost is $5 per person.  Please email Kimberly.reese@oregonstate.edu if you are interested in joining this year. If you would like more information, please check this out.

 

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