• TODAY, October 9th:  “drop-in” Help Session from 9am – Noon, Valley Library Barnard Classroom (5^th floor #5420). 
• For a complete listing of the Help Sessions, please visit:  http://hr.oregonstate.edu/benefits/mandatory-open-enrollment-2018-benefits#help-sessions

 

 

• Wednesday, October 11, 2017 – Noon to 1 p.m.  https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/8972694766644014081
• Wednesday, October 11, 2017 – 2 to 3 p.m.  https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/8972694766644014081
• Monday, October 23, 2017 – 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/6773761671045549313
• Monday, October 23, 2017 – 3 to 4 p.m.  https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/6773761671045549313

 

 

• Action 1:  PEBB Open Enrollment completion – complete between October 1-31, 2017.  Confirm your benefit elections, make changes, re-enroll in flexible spending accounts, AND indicate your HEM participation status for 2018.

 

 

• Action 2:  HEM Health Assessment Completion – complete between September 1 – October 31, 2017.  If you have or will elect to participate in the HEM for 2018, you must complete the HEM health assessment by October 31, 2017. 

 

 

• OSU Open Enrollment Website:  http://hr.oregonstate.edu/benefits/mandatory-open-enrollment-2018-benefits
• PEBB Open Enrollment Website:  http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/PEBB/, includes videos on health insurance options and Open Enrollment

 

 

• Campus Mail: 204 Kerr Administration Building, Corvallis OR
• US Mail: 122 Kerr Administration Building, Corvallis OR 97331-2132
• Fax: 541.737.0553

 

 

• Spouse/Partner does not need to complete the health assessment.

• Instructions/Videos, Additional Information:  http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/PEBB/Pages/HEM-FAQ.aspx

 

Humans versus Zombies, a student-led activity, will be taking place on the Oregon State University Corvallis campus from Monday October 23rd until Saturday October 28th, 2017. During this game, players will be on campus with toy Nerf blasters in what is, in essence, a game of tag.  This game has been played yearly since 2008.

Our goal in sending this email is to alert our campus community who might not expect this event to be played on campus and to recognize what is going on.  We want to respect those who might experience alarm or distress when seeing groups of individuals moving throughout campus carrying Nerf blasters.

Participants of this outdoor-only game will be indicated by a colorful band of cloth worn on either the individual’s head or arm.  Please note that participants with BRIGHT PINK bands are acting as moderators, or referees, and can tell the players to move gameplay to another location if asked by OSU faculty or staff.  We estimate that there will be between 50 and 200 participants.  During this game you might see groups of players running around together, picking up brightly marked boxes, chasing one another around campus, and playing with Nerf blasters.

Any students or staff with concerns should contact Campus Public Safety non-emergency number, 541-737-3010.  For more information, you can email the game’s organizers at mods@osundead.com, or visit the HvZ website at www.osundead.com.

This year, the Next Great Startup is organizing lead-in competitions for participating colleges to determine the next great startup in their field. We are excited to announce that the Honors College will be participating during fall term!  If you know of any HC students with an entrepreneurial spirit, please encourage them to enter this competition.  Students may choose anyone else to be on their team and assist their startup, including faculty, community members, and students from other academic colleges.

Applications must be submitted by a current Honors College student and are due no later than October 20th. We will review these after the deadline and inform all applicants of their application status within the week.

For more information and to apply, visit http://nextgreatstartup.oregonstate.edu/honors. If you have any questions, please email Rylan Good at rylan.good@oregonstate.edu.

The President’s Commission on the Status of Women provides funding to faculty, students, and staff who are pursuing professional development, research, outreach, or creative projects related to women’s issues. Scholarships average $500. Applications are due Friday, Oct. 26, with notification in Week 7.  Please visit http://leadership.oregonstate.edu/pcosw/awards-scholarshipsfor detailed guidelines, qualification requirements, and application links.

The fourth annual Portland American Chemical Society Undergraduate Poster Symposium and Career Fair will be held on Sunday, October 22, at the SRTC Building at Portland State University, from 4-7 PM.  We hope to have 40 or more undergraduates presenting posters about their summer research; there will be free pizza and pastries (and other food and drink).

There will be $150 first prizes and possibly $75 second prizes in each of seven divisions (Organic, Inorganic, Analytical, Physical, Biochemistry, Polymers, Materials).  Note that the chances of winning a prize are pretty high!

We anticipate that representatives of many local companies and graduate schools will be present; the schedule is designed to allow plenty of time for the students to leave their posters and interact with the recruiters and other students.

I am writing to seek your help in getting this information to every undergraduate attending a school in the Portland or Oregon ACS sections who did chemistry-related research during the summer of 2017.  No one knows this better than the faculty.  Please forward this to your colleagues, and through them (or directly) to appropriate students; in addition to those who did research on campus last summer, please try to remember those who did research somewhere else.  Company and national lab internships count, as long as the students are able to divulge their results, and researchers from other departments are also welcome, as long as there is some connection to chemistry.  The results need not be high impact—we understand that some projects do not work as expected, but one can still make good posters about them.

There is no selection process for this event—any student registering may present.  Full information, including registration instructions, can be found at the following web site: https://sites.google.com/site/portlandacsposters/home.  However, we do not want a bunch of no-shows—registration should constitute a good-faith commitment to attend and present.

Deadline for registration is October 10.  We need some lead time to prepare the booklet.  To encourage early submission, there will be a $10 prize for the first 5 students who register!

 

Cheers,

Dave Reingold

Marilyn Mackiewicz

Co-Chairs

2017 Flyer

Dear Oregon State University chemistry/biochemistry faculty,

I’m writing to let you know we are running our Pfizer Academic-Industrial Relations Diversity fellowship program again, for the 2017 – 2018 academic year.  The program is essentially the same as last year. We are looking for enthusiastic undergraduates from historically under-represented ethnic groups to participate in this research fellowship program.  We are asking for your help in identifying these individuals from your own research groups and undergraduate classes.  The same requirements and qualifications apply.  This is a $15K fellowship divided into $12K for the student stipend and $3000 that may be used for lab and travel costs.  The student is required to write a report of his/her progress in January 2018 and will be invited to present his/her research at the La Jolla site at the end of the 2018 summer.  Application deadline is October 23th, 2017.

The research areas of interest that we will consider funding include organic synthesis, analytical chemistry, computational chemistry, crystallography and structural/chemical biology.

Attached is a cover letter describing the program in more detail along with a copy of the application and a flyer to post around the department. Please also feel free to circulate to other interested colleagues/students. I can also provide former example applications if students need an idea of what we are looking for in a successful application.

We look forward to hearing from you and some excellent Oregon State University undergraduate students.  Thank you also in advance for your help in making this program a success. Feel free to contact me if you need more information.

Sincerely,

Eric

 

Eric Johnson, Ph.D.

Principal Scientist

Pfizer Global R&D – Structural Biology & Protein Sciences

2017-2018 AIR Application

2017-2018 AIR Diversity Fellowship Cover letter

2017-2018 AIR Diversity Fellowship Flyer

Dear Colleagues,

There are several updates from the Career Development Center. We are thrilled to partner with you on students’ career success for the 2017-2018 academic year and beyond.

Student Drop-In Appointments

The Career Development Center now offers 15-minute drop-in appointments for students seeking career assistance Monday – Friday, 9 A.M. – 4 P.M., in-person at the Career Development Center (B008 Kerr Administration Building).

Fall 2017 Career Events for Students

The Career Expo is only a few weeks away. This is an entire week of events for students to develop their professional skills, culminating in two career fairs where students will get to interact with hundreds of employers who want to hire OSU students!

Please join us in encouraging our students to invest in their futures by participating in these events. Please note, the entire OSU community is invited to attend! We would love to see you at the career fairs to chat with employers who may be hiring your students, and of course, we welcome anyone who would like to volunteer.

Please encourage your students to volunteer for this event; benefits include volunteer experience (which is great on a resume!) and face time with employers! Interested volunteers can sign up here for various shifts to accommodate your schedule.

Career Expo Events

• October 16, 2017 | Speed Mock Interviews (In-Person & Virtual)
• October 18, 2017 | Fall Career Expo – Day 1
• October 19, 2017| Fall Career Expo – Day 2

 

To download Career Expo screens, posters, and social media images, please click here.

Other Fall Career Events

October

• October 11, 2017 | Resume Workshop
• October 17, 2017 | College of Agricultural Sciences Experiential Expo
• October 17, 2017 | Peace Corps Information Session
• October 19, 2017 | Online Career Connections: Peer Resume Reviews (Virtual Event)
• October 23, 2017 | Interview Skills Workshop
• October 24, 2017 | Job Search Workshop
• October 25, 2017 | Career Panel for Graduate Students: Beyond the Tenure Track (Webinar Option)

November

• November 1, 2017 | Negotiation Workshop
• November 2, 2017 | Resume Workshop
• November 6, 2017 | Interview Skills Workshop
• November 9, 2017 | Society of American Foresters Fair
• November 14, 2017 | LinkedIn/Social Networking/Email Workshop
• November 30, 2017 | Online Career Connections: Ask a Mentor (Virtual Event)

Interested in a digital slide with a list of these events for screens in your building? Let us know!

Oregon State is on Handshake

Handshake is Oregon State’s new hub for everything students need from college to career. The Handshake platform was designed by students, for students with one goal in mind: to help college students find their way to their dream careers.

The more students use Handshake, the smarter it gets. When a student inputs their interests, preferences, and outcomes, the Handshake platform delivers content and jobs tailored to them.

If you want to get in the system and see what students see, please use our fully-functional student demo account, Betty Beaver.

• Navigate to oregonstate.joinhandshake.com/login.
• Click “Log In Using Email and Password”
• Username: handshake@oregonstate.edu
• Password: OSUBeavers1

Note: this account cannot be used in different places simultaneously. Please contact us if you get an error.

 

Careers in your College

If you’re interested in providing career-related content to students in your college, please email career@oregonstate.edu or connect with your college’s assistant director for career development:

• Amanda Cordes

o   College of Engineering

• Bre Hiivala

o   College of Liberal Arts

o   College of Education

• Claire Wu

o   College of Pharmacy

o   College of Science

o   College of Veterinary Medicine

o   Graduate School

• Joanna Abbott

o   College of Public Health and Human Sciences

Thank you for investing in our students’ futures. We look forward to partnering with you in creating excellent professional development and career opportunities for students at Oregon State.

Sincerely,

 

The Career Development Center

career@oregonstate.edu | 541-737-4085

Join other OSU faculty, staff, and students in the Great Oregon Shake Out!

On October 19 at 10:19 am, join the rest of Oregon and the nation and Drop, Cover, and Hold-On for 60 seconds to simulate the response to an earthquake.

Participation is voluntary but encouraged.  In previous years, several campus classes and organizations have:

• Made participation a small group class project, to include a 5 minute research presentation
• Made a class project to have students, wherever they are, encourage those around them to Drop, Cover, Hold-On (proof provided by videotaping the activity)
• Prepared informational materials and distribute to staff/faculty/classmates
• Planned an evacuation drill to high ground near Hatfield due to the tsunami threat

As part of the monthly OSU Emergency Preparedness Learning sessions, October’s fact sheet will review the response to earthquakes and other preparedness points – Great talking tips to present on 10/20, right before the Drop, Cover, and Hold-On event!

There will be a PowerPoint sent on Monday, October 17 that can be used in offices and classrooms to introduce the earthquake drill.  It even has a 60 second timer to help with how long to run the drill.

If you do participate, please complete our Qualtrics Surveyhttp://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2of1ZBgMQGATFrv or send a count of participants to OSU Emergency Preparedness (emergency@oregonstate.edu) so we can update the OSU participation tally on the Shake Out website.

Additional information about the Shake Out can be found at:

• http://emergency.oregonstate.edu/oregon-shake-out
• http://shakeout.org/oregon/

Background:

Oregon is subjected to earthquakes daily, but the largest event forecasted has yet to occur within our lifetime.  The Cascadia Subduction zone earthquake is forecasted to be a 9.0 or higher and to last for 5-7 minutes, followed by a 30-50 foot tsunami at the coast.

Response to earthquakes is simple but important for everyone to perform correctly and automatically.  When the shaking is felt, drop low to the ground, seek overhead cover to protect yourself from falling debris, and hold on to the cover so it does not move away from you.  When the shaking has stopped, cautiously exit the building, watching for falling objects.

For more Cascadia Subduction Zone and earthquake information, please refer to these summary websites:

• http://www.commdiginews.com/environment/massive-earthquake-threatens-pacific-northwest-12492/
• http://geology.about.com/od/quake_preparedness/a/aa_cascadiaEQ.htm
• http://www.crew.org/earthquake-information/history-of-earthquakes-in-cascadia

 

Thank you,

Mike Bamberger

Emergency Preparedness Manager

 

• FMLA-OFLA Pregnancy Disability & Parental Leave, Presenter – Office of Human Resources, 8am – 9am, MU 208
• Short-term & Long-term Disability, Presenter Standard Insurance, 9am-10am, MU 208
• Medicare Basics (Parts A, B, C), Presenter SHIBA, 1pm-3pm, MU 208

 

 

• The first “drop-in” Help Session is October 3^rd, 1pm – 3pm, Valley Library Barnard Classroom (5^th floor #5420). 
• For a complete listing of the Help Sessions, please visit:  http://hr.oregonstate.edu/benefits/mandatory-open-enrollment-2018-benefits#help-sessions

 

 

• Action 1:  PEBB Open Enrollment completion – complete between October 1-31, 2017.  Confirm your benefit elections, make changes, re-enroll in flexible spending accounts, AND indicate your HEM participation status for 2018.

 

 

• Action 2:  HEM Health Assessment Completion – complete between September 1 – October 31, 2017.  If you have or will elect to participate in the HEM for 2018, you must complete the HEM health assessment by October 31, 2017. 

 

 

• OSU Open Enrollment Website:  http://hr.oregonstate.edu/benefits/mandatory-open-enrollment-2018-benefits
• PEBB Open Enrollment Website:  http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/PEBB/, includes videos on health insurance options and Open Enrollment

 

 

• Campus Mail: 204 Kerr Administration Building, Corvallis OR
• US Mail: 122 Kerr Administration Building, Corvallis OR 97331-2132
• Fax: 541.737.0553

 

 

• Spouse/Partner does not need to complete the health assessment.

• Instructions/Videos, Additional Information:  http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/PEBB/Pages/HEM-FAQ.aspx