Safety Data Sheet training and Lab Hazard Awareness Training for Non-lab workers now available online (http://oregonstate.edu/ehs/training-materials). This safety training is required for all OSU employees who are not lab employees but may need to enter a lab in the course of their work. Examples would be trade workers, IT workers, or administrative personnel. The courses assist personnel to become familiar with lab hazards, lab warning signs and labels, and general and specific protective measures. Refresher training is required every three years. Questions? Contact safety@oregonstate.edu.
Category Archives: Announcements
OSU Advance Summer Seminar
Dear faculty member:
OREGON STATE ADVANCE invites you to nominate yourself to participate in one of the 2016 ADVANCE summer seminars. The summer seminar is the centerpiece and innovation for our NSF-funded ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant and provides participants with opportunities to learn how issues of gender, race, sexual identity, social class, ability, age, religion, nation of origin, and other forms of difference work in higher education and STEM/SBS specifically and how to make institutional change to bring about a more welcoming and life-affirming university.
The seminar will meet for nine days, 9-4 each day, with an hour break for lunch (lunch provided) and for six hours across the 2016-17 academic year. Participants on a 9-month contract will receive a stipend for participation; those on 12-month contracts will receive professional development funds.
The 2016 seminars meet (1) M-F June 13-17 and T-F June 21-24 or (2) M-F August 29-September 2 and T-F September 6-9.
If you are interested in participating, please fill out the information at the following link:http://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3Wz2d9GzlkQs8zH by Friday, Dec. 4, 5 p.m.
Let me know if you have questions. Thanks so much.
Susan
Susan M. Shaw, PhD
PI, OREGON STATE ADVANCE
Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Director of the School of Language, Culture, and Society
Waldo 234
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97330
541-737-3082
Applied Bioinformatics Class Winter 2016
2015 Linus Pauling Medal Symposium
Winner Barry Trost, Tamaki Professor of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University, and other organic chemists from around the globe, will speak Dec. 5 from 1 to 5 p.m. in The LaSells Stewart Center. Free reception and poster session following, 5-6 p.m. Banquet dinner at 6 p.m. ($30 full, $15 student). Visit oregon.site.acs.org for banquet and poster registration.
NRT-IGE Traineeship Proposal Faculty Information Forum: Research2Innovation2Society
Noon, Nov. 19, Dec. 4, or Dec. 7 in LPSC 402 for a forum describing a 2016 OSU NSF NRT-IGE submittal. Learn how to become involved with this transformational STEM faculty/students OSU graduate education pilot to gain the vocabulary and tools to become innovators and inform your research with market and societal need. Lunch provided. Pre-register/learn more: http://nrtige.oregonstate.edu/signup. (OSU IP addresses only).
Call for Awards Nominations for the 2016 MLK Celebration
Do you know of a student, faculty or staff member who enriches our OSU community in the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King?
Join us in acknowledging individuals who work to create inclusive communities and support diversity at OSU. We welcome nominations for recipients of our two community awards which are recognized yearly at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Breakfast in January. The two awards include:
· The Frances Dancy Hooks Award recognizes students, staff, or faculty who embody Frances Dancy Hooks’ work of building bridges across cultures, showing courage in promoting diversity, and “walking the talk” proudly;
· Phyllis S. Lee Award honors a member of the OSU community who exemplifies Dr. Lee’s commitment and dedication to social justice and the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We are requesting that nominations be submitted by December 9th, 2015. To find out more information or to submit a nomination visit: Frances Dancy Hooks and Phyllis S. Lee Award Information and Nomination Page
OWHE Funds
OSU’s President’s Commission on the Status of Women (PCOSW) is offering funds to cover registration costs for OSU Faculty, Staff, and Students to attend the 2016 Oregon Women in Higher Education (OWHE) conference in Bend, OR, Jan. 21-22, 2016. To apply, please complete the Application Form later than Monday, Nov. 30. Questions? Contact: Natalia Fernández natalia.fernandez@oregonstate.edu
STEM Academy AWSEM (Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering, and Math) Clubs for 6th-12th grade girls
Middle School Club meets Tuesdays, 5-6:30 pm, from Jan. 19–March 1 (no club Feb. 2).
High School Club meets Wednesdays, 5-6:30 p.m., from January 20–March 2 (no club Feb. 3).
Topics: Enzymes, Gels in Daily Life, Computing, 3-D Puzzle Engineering, Sports Medicine, and the Intersection of Art and Mathematics.
Undergraduate women studying science and engineering at OSU will lead and be mentors for the clubs.
To register, please visit http://academy.engr.oregonstate.edu. For questions, call 541-737-8139 or email STEM.academy@oregonstate.edu. Cost is $85 Tuition assistance/scholarships available.
Marion Milligan Mason Award for Women in the Chemical Sciences.
The objective of the Mason Award is to kick-start the research career of promising future senior investigators in the chemical sciences. The Marion Milligan Mason Fund will provide four grants of $50,000 every other year to women researchers engaged in basic research in the chemical sciences. Awards are for women who are starting their academic research careers. In addition to research funding, the program will provide leadership development and mentoring opportunities.
Applicants must have a “full-time” career-track appointment. More than one applicant from the same institution can apply for this award, provided that each application is scientifically distinct.
For more information about the request for proposals for the Marion Milligan Mason Award for Women in the Chemical Sciences, please click here to view the PDF.
This award is funded by a bequest from the Marion Milligan Mason Fund.
As a chemist and AAAS member since 1965, the late Marion Tuttle Milligan Mason wanted to support the advancement of women in the chemical sciences. Dr. Milligan also wanted to honor her family’s commitment to higher education for women, as demonstrated by her parents and grandfather, who encouraged and sent several daughters to college.
***Proposals are due Tuesday, March 1, 2016, midnight Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
***Awards will be announced on or before January 2017.
Proposals should be submitted via the online application system athttps://masonaward.aaas.org/login/indexA.cfm
Please circulate this email to your colleagues.
If you have questions, please e-mail masonaward@aaas.org
To learn more about the Marion Milligan Mason Award for Women in the Chemical Sciences program and past recipients, please visit:http://www.aaas.org/masonaward
Phi Beta Kappa
Please join us, please tell others and spread the word!
Enjoy free pizza and learn about the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa honor society (11/18, 5-6pm)
What do 17 US presidents, 39 Supreme Court Justices, and over 130 Nobel laureates have in common with Jeff Bezos, Kerry Washington, Ursula K. LeGuin, and Peyton Manning?
They’re all members of Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest and most prestigious honor society in the liberal arts and sciences. A chapter of Phi Beta Kappa has just been established at OSU, and the first group of undergraduates will be invited to join this spring. Come learn more about PBK and how to qualify for membership from 5-6pm on Wednesday, Nov 18th, at Milam Auditorium.
https://www.facebook.com/events/693475380753735/
First inductions into PBK will happen this spring — come to hear more, see friends, eat free pizza!
You can email any questions to UHC Associate Dean Tara Williams at tara.williams@oregonstate.edu.
or Christopher Nichols at christopher.nichols@oregonstate.edu