Dr. Staci Simonich is highlighted in the Winter issue of the OSU Research Office Terra publication for the 2014 Annual Report of Research, for her research on air quality across the globe:
http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2014/11/leading-indicators/
Please join me us congratulating Staci on this more than well deserved recognition for her scholarly accomplishments!
The Holiday season is fast approaching. No better way to make someone’s day brighter, then by nominating one of your hard working employees or co-workers for the Association of Office Personnel monthly Merit Award. It‘s not necessary for them to be a member of AOP, but they should be classified or professional faculty. For more information: http://oregonstate.edu/aop/awards-recognition
How to Create a Great Hybrid Course: Hands-on workshop offered on Monday, Nov. 10, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Milam 215. All faculty are welcome to learn about best practices in blended learning, and to try out tools for redesigning an on-campus course as a hybrid course. Funding for hybrid course development will also be discussed. Registration is now available: http://bit.ly/1u2oLwI.
with Cub Kahn (CTL). A growing number of OSU faculty are redesigning classroom courses as hybrids, which combine significant online learning activity with a reduced amount of on-campus “seat time.” This webinar will demonstrate effective methods for designing and teaching a hybrid course, as well as reasons that you might consider a blended approach. Mon. Nov. 3, 2-2:50 p.m. Register: http://bit.ly/1v0wwSr
The department will once again be participating in the Joy Drive! Stay tuned for more information.
The annual OSU Childcare and Family Resources Joy Drive is right around the corner. The Joy Drive pairs OSU sponsoring departments/individuals with OSU students who have children and are in need of help creating a joyful winter holiday season. Last year 52 student families were helped by the drive. You may sponsor the children of a student family by emailing familyresources@oregonstate.edu by Nov. 5. You will then receive information on your sponsor family by Nov. 14, and should purchase and deliver gifts to the office by Dec. 1.
The OSU Diversity Development and Student Events & Activities present an evening of Halloween fun. Starting at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 31, there is trick-or-treating for children of students, staff, faculty and administrators. From 8:30 – 11:30 p.m. there will be activities for OSU students. Memorial Union Ground Level- Ballroom.
Name: Vince Remcho
Area of Study / Position Title: Analytical Chemistry / Professor and Patricia Valian Reser Faculty Scholar
Why chemistry? (What about it initially interested you?): For me, it all started with a great summer job in high school: we developed analytical methods to determine the onset of dormancy in loblolly pine tree seedlings by quantifying polysaccharides. Following that, it was great mentorship from my undergraduate research advisor (Tom Sitz, a nucleic acid biochemist) and a true gentleman-scholar of a doctoral mentor (Harold McNair, a “founding father” of modern chromatography and chemical analysis).
Research focus (in non-science terms) or basic job duties? We design, model and build tools that solve complex biochemical and environmental chemical puzzles. Most of this involves microfluidics, a field that builds the chemical analogues to integrated circuit chips. For example, we have built “lab-on-a-chip” devices to detect antimalarial drug adulteration, measure disease biomarkers in biological fluids, synthesize genes and detect toxins in the environment.
One thing you truly love about your job? There are many things I love about my work! If I had to select only one, it would be the people I am fortunate enough to work with: inspiring and inventive graduate and undergraduate students, capable and accomplished postdocs, and wonderful collaborators whose abilities complement those of the group.
One interesting/strange factoid about yourself. I am an instrument rated commercial pilot; I also enjoy trail running – very long, quiet runs through the forest. (That’s two!)
http://sites.oregonstate.edu/beaver-nation/everywhere/valley/
Chemistry’s very own, Rick Nafshun has been featured in the Willamette Valley section of the new Beaver Nation Videos. The above link takes you to all the videos. Click below to view Rick’s video.