Federal agencies with research and development budgets of more than $100 million are now required to develop plans for providing public access to grant-funded data. Many agencies have begun publishing their implementation plans. For info about these plans and related services offered by the library, see the librarywebpage or contact Andrea Wirth, Michael Boock, Amanda Whitmire or Erin Clark at the Valley Library.
Author Archives: Luanne Johnson
Visiting Faculty Position Open at Evergreen
Lab Coat Laundering
Greetings and nearly Summer Solstice Salutations!!
This is you’re your friendly FINAL reminder that today is your last chance this term to turn in your lab coat for laundry service. While we just might do the laundry again in September to start the school year off right please don’t count on it because it may be winter before we actually make it happen again.
So Hurry! Don’t wait, come down to Chemistry Stores and give your lab coat a nice spa weekend! You should have it back by early next week!
Thank you for reading this, you may now return to your regularly scheduled summer festivities!
Chemstores
2015 START Dates
Mark your calendars, campus is getting busy again.
New Student Programs & Family Outreach is collaborating with our campus partners to welcome new students at START – OSU’s summer advising, registration and orientation program. Students attend START to meet with an academic advisor, register for fall term classes, attend workshops on a variety of topics, meet current students and staff, and learn about campus resources. This summer orientation program aids in the transition process of OSU’s new students. A parent/family orientation program runs concurrently.
Please note that START dates this year are as follows:
· Monday, June 22- Tuesday, June 23- First-year START
· Thursday, June 25- Friday, June 26- First-year START
· Sunday, June 28- Monday, June 29- First-year START*
· Tuesday, June 30- Transfer START
· Monday, July 6- Tuesday, July 7- First-year START
· Thursday, July 9- Friday, July 10- First-year START
· Monday, July 13- Tuesday, July 14- First-year START
· Wednesday, July 15- Transfer START
· Thursday, July 16- Friday, July 17- First- year START
· Monday, July 20- Tuesday, July 21- First-year START
· Friday, July 24- Transfer START
· Monday, August 24- Tuesday, August 25- First-year START
· Wednesday, August 26- Transfer START
*START Bilingüe program—the parent & family session has an additional track conducted in Spanish for parents & family members who prefer to receive information in Spanish primarily.
You will notice an increased amount of people on campus during these days and traffic to your department/office could increase. Usually our 2-day orientation program for first-year students involves about 700 participants (both students and their family members). Our 1-day transfer sessions see about 350 participants.
If you would like more information about OSU’s new student programming and/or START, please visit our web site: www.oregonstate.edu/newstudents.
Thank you in advance for your help in creating a welcoming environment for our new students.
Sincerely,
Leslee Mayers | Interim Director
New Student Programs & Family Outreach | Oregon State University
A150 Kerr Administration Building | Corvallis, OR 97321
541.737.7627
ORISE Fellowships at CDC, Clinical Chemistry Branch
I would like to share with you the attached Fellowship Position Announcement in the Clinical Chemistry Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This fellowship will provide the opportunity to obtain hands-on experience in human exposure research as well as laboratory medicine using state-of-the-art laboratory equipment and procedures; work in a CLIA regulated environment, and involvement in biomonitoring related public health activities. We are seeking candidates at the Ph.D., M.S. and B.S. levels, preferably with experience in GC, LC, and MS instrumentation. Please share this announcement with your colleagues and any possible applicants. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you very much,
Heather
Heather C. Kuiper, Ph.D.
Associate Service Fellow
Who Am I? Wednesday – Phil Watson
Name: Philip Watson
Area of Study / Position Title: Professor (Physical Chemistry)/Associate Chair
Why chemistry? (What about it initially interested you?):
Turned on to chemistry when about 12 after receiving a home chemistry set as a Xmas gift.
Research focus (in non-science terms) or basic job duties?
Used to research chemistry at the surface of things. Nowadays, I teach and look after organizing teaching schedules, scheduling classes, assigning TAs, riding herd over the general chemistry teaching staff.
One thing you truly love about your job?
The light-bulb moment when a student who was struggling with a concept “gets it”.
One interesting/strange factoid about yourself.
I like to play cutthroat competitive duplicate bridge at the local club.
ACS Poster Symposium and Career Fair
Hello, Folks! I wanted to let you know that once again, the Portland ACS section will be sponsoring an undergrad poster symposium and career fair this fall, in the afternoon of October 25. The room will be full of star undergrads from the institutions in the Portland area, and we are hoping that you folks will send one or more people to set up a table and recruit them. This year we will designate some time specifically for recruiting activities, so you will not (always) have to compete with poster presentations. Please let me know if someone from your institution will be able to join us. Thanks!
Dave Reingold
Chair, Portland ACS Section
Focus on ECampus – Brian Tanis cont.
As promised in April, Focus on Ecampus is going to revisit Brian Tanis, an OSU doctoral student in the Integrative Biology program. Brian is working on some pretty interesting things!
He continues:
After graduating, I hope to remain within academia, teaching courses and conducting research. To build upon my teaching skills, I am working on completing the Graduate Certificate in College and University Teaching. As part of the program I chose to take “Instruments and Online Interactions in the Sciences” (CH 584) through the Chemistry Ecampus program.
I am originally from New Jersey and completed my undergraduate degrees in Biology and Ecology from Susquehanna University in PA. Following graduation, I moved to Kansas where I worked on a Master’s degree at Fort Hays State University, researching the impacts of wind energy turbines on the scavenging mammal community. Currently, I am working towards a PhD in Zoology at Oregon State University, where I am focusing on exploring the dynamic interactions between apex predators and meso-predators over the past 11,000 years. This will hopefully give us a better idea of how interactions between predators change and how that impacts the ecosystem as a whole.
I have always been interested in learning more about the patterns seen in nature and passing that information on to others. As an undergraduate, I became involved with a variety of research projects, and quickly developed a love for scientific research. As an undergraduate I also got the opportunity to work as a teaching assistant, and found it was very rewarding to help people make connections between materials and clarify difficult concepts. I decided that I would like to remain within academia and continue to try to make advances in my field, and to share those advances with as many students as possible.
I decided to take “Instruments and Online Interactions in the Sciences” because more universities and students are looking for non-traditional methods for higher education. The course offered a great opportunity to learn about how to best implement science courses, which typically rely on physical laboratories, into a virtual setting without sacrificing any of the information for students. Not only did we cover techniques and tools used within a virtual classroom, but we also covered key concepts in designing courses and the rationale behind developing assignments and activities. This type of knowledge really makes me more marketable to future employers and improves my abilities in the courses I currently teach.
As far as advice for other online students, one of the most challenging aspects of any online course is staying up to date with the material and assignments without the structure of a traditional classroom. I highly recommend that online students seriously devote a set amount of time each day to going over the course materials. Also, be sure to use the instructor and your fellow students as resources. Sometimes, an online course can make students feel isolated, but it is easy to reach out over the internet and make connections or ask for clarification. Often, your instructor and classmates will be glad to discuss the material and help out with more challenging concepts.
In the near future, I will be working on collecting and analyzing data for my dissertation, which I hope to complete in the next 3 years. After that, I will be looking for post-doctoral positions to further my teaching and research abilities, before looking for full time employment at a university or museum.
Thanks to Brian for sharing his story!
FY15 Year End Closing (YEC) Message #4
Here’s your weekly message from the Business Center about upcoming fiscal year-end deadlines.
Friday, June 12th
· Last day for ordering Autopay goods and supplies for inclusion in the FY15 accounting records.
· Last day to reimburse petty cash funds. Inactive petty cash funds should be returned to the Cashier’s Office with a reconciliation form.
· Last day for processing OSUF Direct Pays to guarantee check payment will be issued to payee by June 30.
· Last day for Business Center HR/Payroll staff to enter paperwork for June.
· Last day for work-study students to work on FY15 work-study funds (Last day of Spring term).
Next Week’s Deadlines:
Wednesday, June 17th
· Last day to request a scholarship through the Scholarship System (GRRS) for awards in FY15 for graduating students.
Friday, June 19th
· Last day to request a scholarship through the Scholarship System (GRRS) for awards in FY15 for NON graduating students.
2015-16 WAGS/UMI Innovation in Technology Awards – Now Accepting Nominations
Graduate School invites your program’s participation in a campus-based competition for selection of OSU’s nominee for the 2015-16 WAGS/UMI Innovation in Technology Award.
This award recognizes distinguished scholarly achievement at the master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation level for the development of an innovative technology and its utilization for the creative solution of a major problem. A nominee must have earned the master’s or doctoral degree within the period of July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.
This prestigious regional competition is an important opportunity for OSU to showcase technological innovation and creativity by our graduate students to institutions throughout the western region and to celebrate our success. We encourage you to take the time to prepare a nomination.
OSU AWARDS AND RECOGNITION: The Graduate School will provide a cash award of $500 to the student selected as OSU’s nominee for the Western Association of Graduate Schools/UMI Innovation in Technology Award. In addition, the Graduate School will award $500 to the graduate department/program that submits the thesis selected as OSU’s nominee for the Western Association of Graduate Schools/UMI Innovation in Technology Award.
PROCEDURES: Each graduate program may submit only one nomination for consideration. Graduate programs must provide in one electronic PDF file items b, c and d as reflected in the attached WAGS/UMI guidelines. Please refer to the full announcement for complete details.
NOMINATION DEADLINE: To facilitate the internal selection process, please submit all nomination materials to the Graduate School by 5:00 p.m., Monday, July 13, 2015 to the following e-mail address: Graduate.Scholarships@oregonstate.edu – subject line should read [Nominee Name_Program] – WAGS/Technology.