REMINDER: MANDATORY TRAINING

Oregon State University is launching a series of online training modules for faculty and staff.  These trainings address the University’s commitment to ensure a healthy, supportive and safe environment for all faculty, staff and students. The trainings are now available for you to begin via the University’s new learning management system (LMS) – BRIDGE.  The training modules include:  ethics, mandatory reporting of child abuse, protected leave and information security.  Later this spring, additional required trainings modules related to prevention of sexual harassment and misconduct, other forms of prohibited discrimination, and the Americans with Disabilities Act will be launched as the modules for these topics are finalized.

Getting Started:

• Click here to access the critical trainings online.  You will use your OSU credentials to login.
• Upon logging into the Oregon State BRIDGE (LMS), you should see a list of required trainings listed. Click on course title(s) to begin.
• You may take the modules in any order.
• If you are unable to complete a training module in one session, the system will save your progress and allow you to scroll through the course to resume upon your next login.
• Please complete the required online training modules within 60 days.

OSU SPINOUTS ‘CLEAN UP’ AT WILLAMETTE ANGEL CONFERENCE

Two clean technology companies affiliated with Oregon State University were among the top finalists at the 2018 Willamette Angel Conference (WAC). Both companies are graduates of the OSU Advantage Accelerator program. “It was great to see two of our graduates gain additional funding as they start to ramp,” said Karl Mundorff, Director of the Accelerator. The Accelerator assists local startup companies in all stages of their growth and supports the regional innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. Bend-based Onboard Dynamics received a $100,000 investment. The company offers a low-cost system for natural gas compression for commercial fleet operators. Corvallis-based eChemion received a $75,000 investment. The company provides technology that dramatically enhances the lifespan of grid energy storage batteries. Corvallis-based Wisedoc, also an Accelerator client company, won the Speed Pitch competition. Wisedoc received a $2,500 prize for winning the competition. The company is developing software to help researchers quickly and easily format journal articles for submission. The 2018 Conference raised $495,000 from local angel investors and including Willamette Valley Capital Investors. The WAC also utilizes student interns from Oregon State University to perform due diligence work. This year’s interns included five from OSU: Shanmukh Prasad Challa, Brianna Renee Falsetto, Scott Laughin, Chiara Marzi, and Brett Wilkerson. “We are very proud to partner with the Willamette Angel Conference in providing our student interns a great experiential opportunity to develop their analytical skills and be a true member of the diligence teams,” said Mundorff. See photo of the week below!

REMINDER: RO All staff meeting next Wed, 5/30, 10am in MU 104 Journey Room

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REMINDER- PLEASE COMPLETE OSU FACULTY & STAFF CLIMATE SURVEY

On May 7 you were invited to participate in the 2018 Faculty and Staff Climate Survey. To those of you that have already submitted your responses, thank you very much and my apologies for this repeat email. The survey does not contain identifying information, so we don’t have a means to screen out those that have already responded. If you already submitted, no need to read further. If you have not yet taken the survey, you may click the link or copy and paste the following into your browser:
http://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3HH9O1J5Cp3hxYh

This survey is an important part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion and is integral to our efforts to create a welcoming environment at Oregon State University. Started in 2014, this biennial survey is the comprehensive source for widely gauging the opinions of employees and broadly measuring various aspects of the work environment. The survey is one part of OSU’s broader efforts to foster a welcoming, inclusive campus climate. The survey will remain open until June 6, 2018 and results will be analyzed over summer term by the Office of Institutional Diversity (OID). The survey takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. The OID is administering this survey and securely storing responses.  In an effort to hear from as many people as possible, we will be offering a $25 incentive to 50 randomly selected participants for this survey. The information you enter for the incentive will not be linked to your responses to the Campus Climate Survey so that your responses will remain anonymous. Please complete the survey by June 6, 2018. Questions about the survey can be directed to OID at diversity@oregonstate.edu or 541-737-1063.

GET A FREE PROFESSIONAL HEAD SHOT ON JUNE 20

Between 9am-1pm on Wednesday, June 20, our OSU photographer Hannah will be on site in the A312 Breezeway to update headshots for our website and for professional use. We highly encourage you to take this opportunity but understand if you would not like your photo on the web. Please take a moment to fill out this doodle poll to RSVP for a time slot if you would like, but drop ins will be accommodated as well. Do consider participating!

TAYLOR’S AMAZING ALASKA TRIP

The United States Geological Survey – Alaskan Science Center has been monitoring the recolonization efforts of sea otters in south east Alaska since 2002 when they first started to appear in the area after reaching virtual extinction. The RO’s very own Diving and Saftey maverick, Taylor Eaton, was invited to join them in this effort because Oregon State University and USGS have a well-established collaborative research partnership and they needed additional personal for this field project. The focus of this ongoing long term ecological monitoring project is to study sea otter effects on shallow benthic communities in Glacier Bay National Park. Taylor’s task was to provide ship operation support and to conduct subtidal benthic monitoring surveys using SCUBA to assess the invertebrate and algal community structure in Glacier Bay and what effects increasing sea otter population might have on those communities. Check out the photo of the week for a visual!

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NSF AUDIT UPDATE

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of the Inspector General has notified Oregon State University that it will be performing an incurred cost audit of awards issued to OSU and filed during the audit period beginning March 1, 2015 through February 28, 2018. It is important to note that audits of this nature routinely are performed at major research institutions around the country, including our peer land grant universities. OSRAA is teaming with Business Affairs and Audit Services on this. If you receive questions or have any of your own, please direct them to Pat Hawk.

TEDx PORTLAND SPEECH BY OSU CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES DIRECTOR

OSU Historian and Center for the Humanities Director, Chris  Nichols gave a stellar speech on the critical importance of historical knowledge to a sold-out crowd of more than 3,000 people in Portland’s Keller Auditorium on April 21. Check out more about the event here and see Chris’ speech in full by clicking through to the links on KGW. GO BEAVS!

PHISHING INCREASE- DON’T BITE THE HOOK!

As you may have seen in the campus alert sent last night, as well as in your mailbox each morning, spam emails are on the increase. Please note the best way to report phishing emails is by following the steps here: http://oregonstate.edu/helpdocs/protect-your-computer/spam/reporting

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