Once again, the Office of Faculty Affairs is providing matching funds for 8-10 faculty members to participate in the NCFDD Faculty Success Program. If you would like to nominate someone from your college for the Summer 2024 session (May 20 – July 28, 2024), please confirm their interest and availability to participate. Once confirmed, please submit the faculty member’s name, rank, and email address to me no later than March 7, 2024. They are offering a substantial discount of $1000 per seat for extra early registration, bringing the cost down to $4150 per participant (your cost $2075 per participant).

We will submit an institutionally sponsored registration form from our office (please do not register via the NCFDD website).

Best,

Sara

Sara Daly | Office of the Vice Provost | Faculty Affairs

Oregon State University | 541.737.0732 | sara.daly@oregonstate.edu

Oregon State University is committed to providing equal educational opportunities for all students with disabilities. It is the university’s responsibility to ensure that no qualified student with a disability is excluded from participating in campus programs or activities and to reasonably accommodate where needed. Providing equal educational opportunity is an important and shared responsibility. Faculty and staff play a critical role in ensuring equal access.   Please refer to OSU’s policies related to disability, and the Disability Access Services (DAS) Faculty and Staff Guidelines for more in-depth information.    Syllabus Statement DAS and Faculty Senate provide a model accommodation statement that must be included in all syllabi.   Online Disability Access Services Instructor Training In addition to the OSU Critical Training for Promoting Equal Opportunity & Inclusion, DAS offers a concise (30-minute) self-paced online course about accommodations: Disability Access Services Faculty Training.    Disability Access Services Instructor Online Portal  DAS has implemented an instructor online services portal (found on the right side of DAS’s website) to provide a single space for instructors to review all DAS-related accommodation notifications for students in their classes. The DAS Notification Letters will still be emailed, this is an additional way to access the information.  If you have any questions, connect with DAS either by Zoom drop-in from 10:30 AM -12:30 PM daily (PST), email disability.services@oregonstate.edu, or phone at 541-737-4098.   Canvas and Remote Teaching Material Accessibility Courses created in Canvas, as well as electronic documents and media, need to be accessible for students with disabilities. Multiple OSU offices have developed resources on making materials accessible. Resources include: Canvas – Improving Accessibility in Your Course; Ally for Canvas, an accessibility checker and tool for Canvas; and Creating and Editing Captions in Kaltura and Zoom.   Aira Visual Interpreting  OSU has partnered with Aira, a company that provides 24-hour-a-day on-demand remote visual interpretation services for the blind and low-vision community. This new service is free for all OSU community members and visitors.   ADA 31 Report and Disability Justice Framework Recently, an OSU task force completed an ADA 31 Report with 14 recommendations, one of which is “Encourage and support inclusive classroom and learning materials.” We encourage you to visit the ADA 31 website, learn more about the development of the OSU Disability Justice Framework, and visit the Office of Institutional Diversity’s education website to find opportunities to learn more.    OSU’s Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability policy states: “…no qualified person shall, solely by reason of disability, be denied access to, participation in, or the benefits of, any program or activity provided by the University. Each qualified person shall receive the reasonable accommodations needed to ensure equal access to employment, educational opportunities, programs and activities in the most integrated setting feasible.”   Thank you for your attention to understanding our obligations.    Becky Bangs Executive Director, Equal Opportunity and Access    Rick Settersten Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs   Alix Gitelman Vice Provost, Academic Affairs & Senior Vice Provost

eoa.oregonstate.edu 541.737.3556

OSU Public Safety and the Office of the Provost have created an emergency response guide for faculty and instructional leaders to reference if a campus emergency occurs during instruction. A quick reference sheet will be distributed to all classrooms and the full guide is available at: https://beav.es/q27.

The University Health & Safety Committee wants to promote health and safety by providing a link to free online safety training from SAIF. For more information on safety at OSU, visit OSU’s University Health & Safety Committee online at http://ehs.oregonstate.edu/uhsc, including past meeting minutes, information on how to contact a committee member, and a link to report safety concerns online.

The L.L. Stewart Faculty Fellowship offers OSU science and engineering faculty an opportunity to engage in collaborative inquiry alongside a professional artist. For up to two years, faculty and artists will partner on curiosity-driven exploration of questions central to their shared interests. Fellows will partner with PRAx and receive up to $15,000 per year to support the artistic collaboration. Applications due Feb 5.

My name is Krissy Kim, and I am writing on behalf of our team of deans and executive leaders at Pierce College to share with you and your students our faculty job openings. 

As the dean of instruction at our Joint Base Lewis McChord campus, our leadership teams are deeply committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse academic environment that reflects the rich tapestry of our community. This commitment can be seen in our Tenure-track Faculty Cluster Hire Process, which aims to support black and brown students. We currently have open tenure-track positions in the following areas: 

Accounting 

Chemistry 

College Success 

Computer Information Systems 

English 

Psychology 

We hope you can share this information with your students. 

We are also interested in establishing a collaborative partnership with your graduate programs to recruit and hire new graduates as faculty members, as every year we open faculty positions in various disciplines. If you would like to set up some time to discuss a potential partnership, we would love that. 

Thank you for considering this opportunity to collaborate. I look forward to the possibility of working together to create meaningful and impactful pathways for the recruitment of new faculty. 

Warm regards, 

Krissy 

Krissy Kim, Ed.D.

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Dean of Instruction

Pierce College at JBLM

p: 253-964-6542

a: 9401 Farwest Dr. SW, Lakewood, WA 98498

w: www.pierce.ctc.edu e: kmkim@pierce.ctc.edu

z: https://pierce-college.zoom.us/my/krissy.kim

BASF – Free in vivo testing: Unleash your molecule’s potential as a crop protector – Deadline: Wed, Jan 17 

BASF is seeking novel compounds, such as organic molecules, natural products, and fragment-like molecules, which could be subjected to screening within our research facility, with the goal of developing new crop protection products.

Private Company – Novel approaches to increase Morbillivirus yield from eukaryotic cells culture – Deadline: Thu, Jan 18 

We are seeking proven methods to increase the viral yield from eukaryotic cell cultures in vitro, with particular interest in increasing the yield of Morbilliviruses in established cell lines.

one • fıve – Ultra-high oxygen barrier coating for paper packaging – Deadline: Wed, Jan 31 

one • fıve is seeking a water-based dispersion coating solution that strongly adheres to paper substrates and achieves ultra-high oxygen barrier. 

BASF – The challenge of repairing polymers in recycling – Deadline: Wed, Jan 31 

BASF is seeking a solution for repairing polymers in recycling. Specifically, they are interested in solutions that will extend the chain of cleaved polyolefins in recycling. 

Private Company – Novel ingredient to protect human skin from ultraviolet radiation – Deadline: Wed, Jan 31 

The company is seeking new and novel materials that will provide UV protection when applied on human skin. These include physical blockers (e.g. mineral-based compounds), oil-based and crystalline substances requiring solubilization, water-based polymers, and more.

one • fıve – Natural polymer coating with high heat seal strength for paper packaging – Deadline: Wed, Jan 31 

one • fıve is seeking a natural polymer-based solution with good adhesion to paper (for extrusion coating), which also delivers high heat seal strength.

one • fıve – High-barrier thermoforming polymer films for fiber-based food packaging – Deadline: Wed, Jan 31 

one • fıve is seeking polymer films that exhibit a water vapor transmission rate comparable to or better than polyolefins, can endure hot fill (77°C) and refrigeration (4-10°C) in contact with the product, and can be thermoformable.

Cargill – Optimizing chocolate tempering process to save time and energy – Deadline: Wed, Jan 31 

Cargill is seeking technologies and/or ingredients that can reduce the energy and processing cost (time, equipment, personnel) associated with tempering of cocoa butter in chocolate. Solutions can be focused on completely replacing the tempering step or significantly reducing its energy requirements.

Neogen Corporation – Mycotoxin detection in grain extracts – Deadline: Thu, Feb 29 

We are seeking to develop methods for detecting mycotoxins in grain extracts. A strong collaborator would have experience in developing HPLC or LC-MS methods to assist us in analytical methods detecting mycotoxins from organic extraction solutions.

Private Company – Corn sample for food safety tests (liquid matrix) – Deadline: Thu, Feb 29 

We are seeking collaborators with experience creating standard protocols for mycotoxins detection in corn. Alternatively, we would be interested in opportunities to purchase material that meets our requirements.

Private Company – Reducing nausea in multivitamin tablets – Deadline: Thu, Feb 29 

The company is seeking to understand the root cause of common nausea, stomach ache, vomiting complaints from VMS (vitamins, minerals and supplements) tablets. They also seek to create a formulation with improved consumer experience that is gentle on the stomach and/or can be taken without food.

Kraft Heinz – Encapsulation technologies for probiotics in low pH beverages – Deadline: Thu, Feb 29 

Kraft Heinz is seeking to develop encapsulation of probiotics to allow for long-term stability of probiotics in a low pH, shelf-stable beverage. The encapsulant should have minimal to no effect on the organoleptic qualities of the beverage.

Connect with Kraft Heinz on Thu, Feb 08

Private Company – Improving sample preparation for pathogen testing molecular assays – Deadline: Thu, Feb 29 

We are seeking improvements to sample preparation so that we may neutralize inhibitors and lyse both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria in an enriched sample. The ideal solution or technology should achieve these tasks with only two manual pipette steps: adding the sample to the reaction tube and withdrawing the processed sample.

Kraft Heinz – Natural food preservation ingredients against molds and yeasts – Deadline: Thu, Feb 29 

Kraft Heinz is seeking natural ingredients and technologies that can replace artificial preservatives in foods to inhibit spoilage microorganisms like molds and yeasts, including the acid-tolerant yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii.

Connect with Kraft Heinz on Thu, Feb 08