Author Archives: Luanne Johnson
Tenure and Time Management Workshop with Dr. Kerry Ann Rockquemore
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
Summer Housing for Scholars and Interns
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.
VWR Supply Trade Show
Open Access Publishing Fund
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.
Leah Chibwe awarded 2015 Graduate Student Paper Award
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!
Faculty Regalia
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.
Who Am I? Wednesday – Sean Burrows
Name: Sean M. Burrows, PHD
Area of Study / Position Title: Assistant Professor: bioanalytical chemistry, laser spectroscopy, innovations in biosensor and instrumentation technologies, and cellular analysis.
Why chemistry? (What about it initially interested you?): Curiosity, forensic science, and DNA sequencing at Tufts University as a freshman in high school. In addition, chemistry was the only subject I was any good at in high school and college.
Research focus (in non-science terms) or basic job duties? Our laboratory focuses on the innovation of biosensors and laser-based technologies for qualitative and quantitative analysis of biomarkers in biological systems. More specifically, we aim to image cellular regulatory biomarkers indicative of disease (cancer) development and progression. Providing diagnostic tools and discovering answers to fundamental questions about molecular regulation of diseases and cancers through sensing and imaging is a major interest to our group. Ultimately, our group aims to bridge bioanalytical chemistry, laser spectroscopy, and molecular biology to solve complex biological problems.
One thing you truly love about your job? Working with and training students in chemistry, watching students learn and make discoveries on their own, contributing to the community through innovation and discovery, and playing with lasers.
One interesting/strange factoid about yourself. I used to restore antique stoves from the late 1880’s to early 1940’s.
NSF Division Director Search
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
URISC Summer 2015
The Research Office is accepting applications for the Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Creativity (URISC) program for Summer term 2015. This program supports undergraduate research activities from all academic disciplines within the university. NOTE: the program description and application have been revised: http://research.oregonstate.edu/incentive/undergraduate-research-innovation-scholarship-creativity-urisc. Information: Debbie Delmore at debbie.delmore@oregonstate.edu. Deadline: April 13.