Join us to explore tools and techniques to integrate classroom and online learning in your courses. Learn effective blended/hybrid teaching practices in this hands-on CTL workshop on Wednesday, Nov. 1, noon-1:30 p.m., in Milam 215. All faculty and GTA’s welcome. Please bring your laptop. Lunch provided. Register here.

Dear Colleagues:

On behalf of the Office of the Vice Provost for Information Services, I am pleased to announce the opening of the call for proposals for the 2017-2018 Learning Innovation Grants.

http://leadership.oregonstate.edu/tech-funding/learning-innovation-grant

In 2016-2017, $160,000 was awarded to support 20 Individual projects and nearly $200,000 was awarded to collaborative teams to support 2 Scaled projects. Consistent with last year, awards will be offered in two categories.

Individual Grants (up to $10,000)

10 to 15 individual grants will be awarded to faculty at the OSU Corvallis campus. These awards are intended to bring innovation to the learning experience by providing seed funding for pilot projects combining effective pedagogy with technology or other educational technology efforts.

These are one-time grants, not an ongoing service fund.

For more information about individual grants, please visit this url: http://leadership.oregonstate.edu/technology-funding/learning-innovation-grant/individual-grants-learning-innovation-grant

Scaled Grants (up to $100,000)

Scaled Grants will be awarded to multi-departmental teams at the OSU Corvallis campus who are launching new initiatives or expanding existing ones. Co-contributed resources of staff time and/or funds are expected, and a sustainability plan for maintaining the initiative should be included with the proposal. Deans need to review and actively support the project. Projects should directly contribute to student learning and experience: although research may be conducted on a funded project, the grant funds are not intended to support research itself.

Applications for Scaled Grants will be accepted in Winter 2018. (A separate RFP for Scaled Grant proposals will come out in January 2018.)

For more information about the Scaled Grants, please visit this url: http://leadership.oregonstate.edu/tech-funding/learning-innovation-grant/scaled-grants-learning-innovation-grant

NEW! Descriptions of the Individual and Scaled Grant awards, including the successful Scaled Grant proposal documents, are now available on the LIG web site: http://leadership.oregonstate.edu/tech-funding/learning-innovation-grant/grants . If you are interested in learning more about the Learning Innovation Grants, an information session will be held in the upcoming weeks. Meanwhile, please feel free to contact Robin Pappas with questions at robin.pappas@oregonstate.edu

We look forward to seeing your wonderful ideas!

Best regards,

Robin Pappas

Robin Pappas, Ph. D., Instructional Innovation Program Manager, Office of the Vice Provost and CIO

Oregon State University | Information Services | 541-737-3712

Younger Chemist Leadership Development Award 
The YCC grants 15 Younger Chemist Leadership Development Awards that support ACS members who are less than 35 years of age to travel to and participate in the annual ACS Leadership Institute.  More info and application here: http://ycc.sites.acs.org/leadershipdevelopment.htm. Deadline: Nov 1, 2017.
 
CIBA/YCC Young Scientist Travel Award 
The ACS Younger Chemists Committee (YCC) and the CIBA Foundation are proud to introduce the CIBA/YCC Young Scientist Travel Award. The program provides funding for young and early-career chemists to travel to and participate in an ACS national or regional meeting. Through this program, the YCC and the CIBA Foundation continue to support development of younger chemists in the chemical sciences. The award is intended for young scientists (under 35) who have post-doctoral appointments OR are within the first seven (7) years of their professional career. CIBA/YCC Young Scientist Travel Awards are awarded twice each year but the number of awards granted yearly will vary subject to available funding. Each award will equal $1000. More info and application here: http://ycc.sites.acs.org/cibatravelaward.htm. Deadline: Nov 15, 2017.

Reduce the cost of textbooks and save OSU students money. OSU Faculty are invited to submit a proposal to replace a current textbook with high-quality, no or low-cost alternatives. Winners receive $500 – $1000 to compensate them for time spent in locating, evaluating, and selecting open educational resources or low-cost alternatives. This grant is sponsored by the Women’s Giving Circle.Proposals are due by Dec. 9. Contact Stefanie Buck (stefanie.buck@oregonstate.edu).

Hello,

We are a small manufactuaring company here in Corvallis and we have certain analytical/lab equipment we are looking to part with. I attach a list of what we have and if anything would be of interest for your department please send me an email and we can arrange for you to come by and pick up. Most of these are used and older tech but if you find something useful on the list we are happy to give this to the University free of charge.

used equipment

Sincerely,

Sandra Balzer

Office Manager

Wavelength References, Inc.

sandra.balzer@wavelengthreferences.com

Tel: 541-738-0528

Fax: 541-738-0998

Confusion among employers over which forms should be used to initially report injuries and illness, and those that should be used for submission to OSHA or the proper reporting_agency may_result in problems. Any gaps in your OSHA 300 log can trigger_OSHA inquiries or even inspections.

Accurate reporting is imperative, and is a good tool to use in determining problem areas in the company’s business operation. So, prepare now to fill in the missing information as soon as possible.

On Wednesday, October 25 at 2 PM EDT, we will present a webinar titled OSHA Recordkeeping Compliance: Completing and Maintaining the OSHA 300 Log. The webinar will help those tasked with filling out and maintaining OSHA_Injury and Illness logs.

In this 90-minute live training, Irwin Dobrushin will help clarify what should be reported as an injury_or illness, as well as how to account correctly for lost work time. He will discuss:

• The importance of the employees work relationship
• Rules for temporary workers.
• What OSHA means by “restricted_work”
• What are the exceptions to OSHA recordability
• Prescription medications versus OTC medicines
• Calculation of injury_and illness rates
• Resources to evaluate injury_recordability including OSHA Interpretations and other documents.

The session will provide you with techniques to assure that the information contained in the logs remains_confidential.

Join us for this highly-interactive 90 minutes webinar.

Topic: OSHA Recordkeeping Compliance: Completing and Maintaining the OSHA 300 Log
Date:  25-October-2017, Wednesday
Time: 2pm EDT – Duration: 90 Minutes
Location: Live, interactive training on your computer
Includes proprietary tools and helpful documentation!

This course has been approved by HRCI as eligible for 1.50 credits towards a participant’s recertification upon full completion.

Register Now

Instructor profile:

Irwin Dobrushin has over 38+ years of experience in the Environmental, Health and Safety Profession. Throughout his career, he has provided comprehensive Health & Safety services and support in a variety of business settings including consultation and industrial/manufacturing. His specialties include Safety and Industrial Hygiene Compliance Auditing, OSHA Process Safety Management and EPA Risk Management Programs, and Hazardous Waste Disposal, among others.

At the end of the webinar, you will know the nuts and bolts of completing the OSHA 300 Log and the 300A Annual summary

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

I am honoured to invite and send you this call for papers on behalf of Conference Organisation Board of  “4^thInternational Conference on New Trends in Chemistry”, to be held  in St. Petersburg dates between 11 – 13 May 2018
You can directly access to our conference through http://icntcconference.com
A limited number of Papers and Posters with the below mentioned topics will be accepted for our conference:

• Polymer Chemistry and Applications
• Pharmaceutical Chemsitry
• Computational Chemistry
• Bio Chemistry
• Physical Chemistry
• Analytical Chemistry
• Environmental Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Material Chemistry
• Inorganic  Chemistry

Abstract submission deadline March 30th, 2018

For abstract submission please visit http://icntcconference.com/guidelines/ and submit your abstract toaioc.chemistry@gmail.com

• Selected Papers presented as Oral Presentation will be published as Special Issue Edition of Bulgarian Chemical Communications. Bulgarian Chemical Communications is indexed by Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E). (ISSN:0324-1130) Web site of journal : http://www.bcc.bas.bg/

Our official Airline Partner Turkish Airlines  will provide discounted flight tickets for conference participants.More Information will be available shortly

Our official Travel Agent is at your disposal for all travel arrangenments to St. Petersburg. There are various of different alternatives for arriving to St. Petersburg. For all options please contact travel@monreturizm.com

Official travel agent is providing Russian Visa for the participants attending from Turkey also will provide requested visa documents for all participants.. Full Information about visa is available at http://icntcconference.com/visa/

We kindly wait for your attendance to our congress to be held in St Petersburg  dates between 11 – 13 May 2018, while it is also starting period of worldwide known famous Poetic White Nights of St. Petersburg

ICNTC Conference is organized in a cooperation with Smolny Institute of the Russian Academy of Education, St. Petersburg

Respectfully Yours,

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dolunay SAKAR DASDAN

ICNTC 2018 Conference Chair

Yıldız Technical  University  – Istanbul

Department of Chemistry

E Mail                    aioc.chemistry@gmail.com

Web Site               http://icntcconference.com

*Reminder*

Delson Bridge to the Future Fund: Opened October 5, 2017

Deadline for Nominations:  October 23, 2017 at 5PM

The Graduate School administers an endowment fund created to honor Irma Delson, who dedicated her many years at OSU to serving students from all over the world. The Delson Bridge to the Future Fund is designed to assist students in the final phase of their graduate education to pay research expenses, publication costs, and other incidentals that stand in the way of completing their studies.

It is anticipated that up to two awards will be given.

For eligibility criteria, award guidelines, and nomination procedures, visit: http://gradschool.oregonstate.edu/finance/awards/delson-bridge

Jesse M. Bell Memorial Graduate Student Loan Program

Deadline for Nominations:  October 23, 2017 at 5PM 

The Graduate School is pleased to announce the Jesse M. Bell Memorial Graduate Student Loan Program which was created by the estate of Jesse Bell for the purpose of providing loans for worthy graduate students of high scholastic standing to enable their pursuit of graduate study in an OUS institution.

These non-need-based loans are available on a one-time basis to enrolled graduate students to assist with educational and/or research expenses associated with their advanced degree. Loans up to $5,000 are anticipated, and will be dependent upon the merits of the case, the loan demand, and the current balance available in the loan fund. Requests exceeding $5,000 will be considered on an exception basis.

It is anticipated that up to three awards will be given.

For eligibility criteria, terms and conditions, and application procedures, visit:   http://gradschool.oregonstate.edu/finance/awards/jesse-bell