Hello, Chemistry Department!

As with all the other finely tuned machines of chemistry awesomeness, occasionally Chemistry Stores must go through a standardized calibration process. Around here we call that the annual inventory. The time for our recalibration is coming soon!

As we have in past years, we will again be closing during Spring Break for our annual inventory count. The exact dates will be Wednesday, March 25th, through Friday, March 27th.

Chemistry Stores Receiving will still be open and processing the packages you ordered through Dan Keppinger but we will NOT be able to process ANY sales transactions during the closure. No you may not take things and pay for them later, our inventory needs to stay consistent during this time, as well.

Chemistry Stores will close at 4pm on Tuesday March 24th and will not reopen until 9am March 30th. Please plan you supplies and experimentation accordingly. I apologize in advance but there be NO EXCEPTIONS to this closure (baring threat to life or property of an extreme nature, all other natural disaster disclaimers apply here).

We thank you and appreciate your patience during this necessary inconvenience.

Next Friday (3/13/15) Dr. Kerry Ann Rockquemore, President and CEO of the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (who wrote the mentoring articles and mentor map model we discussed in the Search Advocate program) will be speaking on campus.  The target audience is tenure-track faculty, but those who work with and/or mentor tenure-track faculty will likely also find this quite valuable.  Please share this message and the attached flyer with anyone you know who might be interested—I particularly recommend it for anyone serving on a Provost’s Hiring Initiative search committee this year.  The session will be live-streamed, but is unlikely to be recorded or rebroadcast…so take advantage of the opportunity while she’s here!

The Colleges of Agricultural Sciences, Engineering, Science, and the Oregon State ADVANCE program are cosponsoring a session on “Time Management & Mentoring for Pre-Tenure Faculty” with Dr. Kerry Ann Rockquemore on March 13, 3:30-6:30 p.m. at LaSells Stewart Center in the Construction and Engineering Hall; this will be available by streaming (http://live.oregonstate.edu) to participants off-campus; unit leaders are welcome to participate. Please register if you are on campus and plan to attend in person by following the link in the attached flyer.

Thanks to Stella Coakley for forwarding this flyer and information, and thanks to all the sponsors for bringing Dr. Rockquemore to campus!

Registration is appreciated:
http://goo.gl/DbDnTT
541-737-6523

UHDS Residential Conferences is offering housing for OSU visiting interns, researchers, and scholars this summer in West Hall and Dixon Lodge. Room rates, photos, and reservation form may be found online here: http://oregonstate.edu/uhds/scholar-housing. For more information, please visit our website or contact us at (541) 737-9195 or uhdsresconf@oregonstate.edu.

OSU Libraries & Press are pleased to announce a pilot Open Access Fund for OSU faculty authors. The fund will cover article processing charges from open access journals, and is for authors who do not have access to other funds to cover these charges. Articles that comply with the eligibility criteria will be funded on a first-come, first-served basis until available funds are exhausted. The application and additional information is available at http://cdss.library.oregonstate.edu/oa_fund.

On behalf of the Division of Environmental Chemistry of the American Chemical Society, I am pleased to inform you that you have been selected as a winner of one of the 2015 Graduate Student Paper Awards.  This is the highest award given to students by the Division of Environmental Chemistry.

You will be presenting your paper at the Fall ACS Meeting in Boston at the special C. Ellen Gonter Environmental Chemistry Awards Symposium (usually it is on Tuesday afternoon) and will be our guest (i.e. don’t buy a dinner ticket) at the Environmental Division Dinner Tuesday evening.  At the dinner, you will receive a check for $1000 (the money is to offset some of your travel costs for attending the meeting).

In order for me to put together the symposium, I need some materials from you.  You will need to submit an abstract through the Program and Abstract Creation System (PACS).  Professor Simonich can give you guidelines on the abstract submission process (if you haven’t submitted one before) or you can call me with any questions.  I will be in touch with further information about the symposium.

Congratulations Leah!

The OSU Beaver Store is now taking Faculty Regalia orders. Place your order online at http://osubeaverstore.com/faculty/regalia/.  The deadline for orders is April 15.  For further questions email faculty.regalia@osubeaverstore.com or call 541-737-0045.

The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) announces a nationwide search to fill the position of Division Director, Division of Chemistry (CHE).

Dear Colleague Letter – Division Director, Division of Chemistry (CHE) Employment Opportunity
http://www.nsf.gov/mps/mps_webpage_documents/dd-ddd_dcl/2015_che_dd_dcl.pdf