The Office of Undergraduate Research seeks nominations of OSU faculty members in all disciplines who are guiding undergraduates in projects of research and creativity for OSU’s 2015 Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year. Complete nominations are due April 13.  Instructions are attached here and available on the Undergraduate Research Web page – http://oregonstate.edu/students/research/

For questions, contact Kevin Ahern at ahernk@onid.orst.edu

As current or past members of PKP, with an affiliation at OSU, we would welcome your nominations for the 2015 PKP Emerging Scholar Award.  The OSU chapter of the Honor Society of PKP established the award to honor tenure-track faculty members in any academic unit who are in the early stages of their professional careers in recognition of outstanding research or creative activity in their field of study.  The award consists of a plaque and first year membership dues to both the local OSU Chapter and the National Society of Phi Kappa Phi.  A nominee must be a faculty member at OSU who:
•         holds a tenure-track appointment at the rank of assistant professor in any academic field at the University
•         has conducted outstanding research or creative work in the arts, sciences, or professional fields, especially while at OSU
Applications must be submitted by April 10 to: Michael.Wing@OregonState.edu .  For more details, please go to http://phikappaphi.oregonstate.edu/sites/default/files/EmergingScholarFlier2015.pdf

Nominees do not need to be current members of PKP.

Nominations for classified or professional faculty to receive a monthly Merit Award are now being accepted. The award recognizes and encourages outstanding performance in the work place. The nominator may be anyone from the campus community. Potential qualities include great working attitude, cooperation, courtesy, creativity, flexibility, professionalism, quality of work, sense of humor, and other qualities the nominee admires. Nominations are due by March 16. For more information: http://oregonstate.edu/aop/awards-recognition.  February’s is Beth Chamblin, College of Vet Med.

We are pleased to announce there will be another Radiochemistry Fuel Cycle Summer School at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2015.  This is the 6th year of the summer school at UNLV.  The summer school is scheduled for 6 weeks from 15 June 2015 to 24 July 2015, with the dates to be confirmed.  The course topics include radioactive decay, chemistry of radioisotopes, nuclear properties, and nuclear structure, technetium chemistry, actinide chemistry, and the use of radiochemistry in research.  The course has morning lectures and afternoon laboratories, with a number of web-based lectures. Five weeks are devoted to independent laboratory research projects.
Applicants must be U.S. Citizens. Applications are due by April 29, 2015. Twelve students will be selected for participation and notified by May 6, 2015. Rising seniors are preferred, but all applications will be reviewed. Finalization of the summer school is contingent upon funding. Application requires a statement of interest, resume, transcript (unofficial acceptable) and letter of recommendation. This information should be sent to Ms. Wendee Johns (wendee.johns@unlv.edu). Selected students are expected to participate in coursework, research and nuclear facility tours. This Summer School is sponsored by the Department of Energy-Nuclear Energy and organized by the Radiochemistry Program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Program details and application information are available at: http://radchem.nevada.edu/rfcss.html.

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.