As Chair of the Department of Chemistry at Portland State University (PSU), I am writing to request your assistance in identifying any graduates or affiliates of your department who may be interested in a full-time lecturer position in Organic Chemistry at PSU beginning September 2018.
We seek an exceptional educator who will contribute to the tradition of high-quality teaching in the Department. The successful candidate will be expected to work collaboratively with the Organic Chemistry faculty in the development of curriculum, teach one of the large enrollment sections of sophomore Organic Chemistry (125 – 400 students), coordinate and oversee the Organic Chemistry teaching laboratories and graduate student TAs, and manage the course workshops. Full details of the job responsibilities can be found at https://www.pdx.edu/chemistry/search.In addition to working with Chemistry faculty, the candidate will have an opportunity to interact with a growing cadre of discipline-based education researchers at PSU collaborating to support the campus STEM Initiative. Several major interdisciplinary grants are in place to provide an infrastructure to support this research, which contributes to a dynamic environment in which to work.The position requires a Ph.D. in Chemistry and relevant teaching experience. This is a non-tenure track, renewable 9-month appointment to begin in the Fall of 2018. Review of applications will begin June 15 and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching philosophy, and arrange for three letters of recommendation. All materials should be submitted via https://jobs.hrc.pdx.edu. Queries regarding the position may be addressed to: chsearch@pdx.edu.
Thank you in advance for your assistance.Best regards,
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Dirk Iwata-Reuyl
Professor and Chair
Department of ChemistryPortland State University
Workshops: PERS, Social Security, OSURA – Non-financial aspects of retiring, etc.
The Office of Human Resources is sponsoring the following financial and retirement workshops. We look forward to seeing you there.
| Social Security 101, presented by Social Security.
To Register visit the OSU Professional Development website (http://oregonstate.edu/training/) [Tip: To find the workshop, use the Course Listing search = “Employee Benefits”] |
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| May 30, 2018 | Social Security 101 – Everything You Wanted to Know
* When are you eligible to receive retirement benefits? Option: You can go to www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount to create a my Social Security account and print out your Social Security Statement before attending the workshop. |
Three Sessions:
10am to 11:15am Noon to 1:15 pm 2pm to 3:15pm |
MU208 |
| Pre-retirement Panel Discussion on the Non-financial Aspects of Retirement, OSU Retirement Association.
To Register visit the OSU Professional Development website (http://oregonstate.edu/training/) [Tip: To find the workshop, use the Course Listing search = “Employee Benefits”] |
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Retirement: Pre-retirement Panel Discussion on the Non-financial Aspects of Retirement. Workshop presented by OSURA (Oregon State University Retirement Association). For Faculty and Staff that are within 1-3 years of retirement. Retirement is a major life transition and requires planning for other than just financial matters. Discussion will explore these areas and illustrate some aspects of the physical, psychological, and social dimensions of retirement. Dr Karen Hooker will provide an introductory presentation followed by a panel of 4 retired faculty/staff from OSU. | 3pm-5pm | MU206 |
| PERS Workshops: To Register visit the OSU Professional Development website (http://oregonstate.edu/training/)
[Tip: To find the workshop, use the Course Listing search = “Employee Benefits”] |
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| Spring 2018
Throughout the State |
PERS offers workshops throughout the State, to register for a workshop in your area please select the appropriate Workshop for your below:
· Tier 1 & Tier 2 members PERS Educational Workshops · OPSRP members PERS Educational Workshops
Or, visit the PERS website at: http://www.oregon.gov/PERS , In the RESOURSES – Education Sessions Section, select either Tier 1/2 or OPSRP. |
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| May 23, 2018
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PERS: Retirement Readiness for PERS Tier 1 & Tier 2 members (previously 1-Year to Retirement for Tier 1/2 Members). For PERS Tier 1 & 2 members that will be retiring in less than 3 years. Topics will include the IAP, Online Member Services, retirement eligibility, calculating retirement benefit, review of benefit estimate and retirement options. | 11am-1pm | MU 208 |
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PERS: All About OPSRP. An overview of the PERS OPSRP pension program including membership, benefit, retirement eligibility, Online Member Services, OPSRP benefit estimates, retirement process, and the Individual Account Program (IAP).
This workshop is for PERS OPSRP members and employees currently serving their 6-month waiting period. An OPSRP member is an employee that established membership in the PERS OPSRP pension program after August 2003. |
8:30am-10am | MU 208 |
| Financial Workshops, online. | |||
| For all employees –presented by Fidelity
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Fidelity will be offering On-demand webinars on a variety of topics by the end of October. Workshops will be on the Fidelity’s Oregon Public Universities website. Click on the tab titled “Workshops” | On-demand | |
| For all employees –presented by TIAA | TIAA provides articles, tools, and videos to help you prepare for retirement. Visit the TIAA Oregon Public Universities website | On-demand | |
| TIAA: 1-to-1 Financial Consultations. To Register, call 800.732.8353 or schedule online at www.tiaa-cref.org/ScheduleNow | |||
| June 5, 6, 7, 2018 | Visit TIAA at: www.tiaa-cref.org/ScheduleNow for more information or call 800.732.8353 | Varies | MU105 |
| FIDELITY: 1-to-1 Financial Consultations. To Register, go to the Fidelity web site. | |||
| May 31, 2018
June 1, 6, 12, 2018 |
Visit the Fidelity website at: https://nb.fidelity.com/public/nb/default/fort | Varies | Varies |
Employee Benefits Workshop website: http://hr.oregonstate.edu/benefits/current-employees/workshops-and-events
If you have any questions, please contact Employee Benefits at 541.737.2805 or by email atemployee.benefits@oregonstate.edu.
Employee Benefits | Office of Human Resources |
Oregon State University | Direct: 541.737.2805 | Fax: 541.737.0553 |
Location: 204 Kerr Admin Bldg | Mailing: 122 Kerr Admin Bldg | Corvallis, OR 97331-2132 | Go Beavs!
Job Opportunity
Western States Group, my apologies for adding to your inbox if you are already gainfully employed or don’t know anyone looking for a teaching job! Lane Community College is hiring a part-time chemistry instructor (or two) for next academic year. If you know any graduate students or professional colleagues who may be interested please share the link with them. Our initial first review of applications is next week but the pool will likely remain open longer. Thank you.
Call for Nominations for Five Faculty and Staff Honors and Awards, Deadline 15 July 2018
Greetings!
We have five honors and awards for faculty and staff with a nomination deadline of 15 July 2018 (COB):
- Outstanding Faculty Research Assistant Award ($500)
- Milton Harris Award in Basic Research ($1000)
- F.A. Gilfillan Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Science ($1500)
- Dean’s Early Career Achievement Award ($1000)
- College of Science Impact Award ($10,000)
Nomination guidelines are attached to this email. They can also be found here: https://www.science.oregonstate.edu/node/147
Please share these honors and award nominations with your departments. Faculty, staff or students may nominate eligible faculty.
Submit nominations to bettye.maddux@oregonstate.edu by 15 July 2018.
Sincerely,
Bettye
Green and Sustainable Chemistry Award – Bower Award and Prize – Nomination Deadline 5/31
The Franklin Institute is currently accepting nominations for the 2019 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science of individuals who have made significant contributions to Green and Sustainable Chemistry—chemistry focused on the technological design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances. Objectives of green and sustainable chemistry include: minimizing the use of chemical raw materials, reducing waste, lowering the toxicity of utilized chemicals, and improving lifecycle through the use of more sustainable or renewable raw materials to produce fuels or chemicals, thereby minimizing the environmental impact of chemical processes.
Nominations are encouraged in, but not limited to, the following subtopics:
- New chemical processes with reduced hazardous byproducts
- Applications of supercritical fluids in chemical processes as environmentally benign solvents for chemical reactions, extractions, and chemical analyses
- Utilization of ionic liquids as environmentally friendly alternatives to volatile and flammable solvents in chemical processes
- Use of catalysts that make chemical processes more selective, less energy intensive, or more economical in their use of feedstock
- Chemicals and fuels from renewable raw materials as feedstocks
Nominations for this award are limited to an individual nominee and are accepted from any individual or organization, including self-nominations. Please share this call for nominations with your colleagues and professional associations and post it on relevant websites. Questions are welcome and may be directed to Beth Scheraga, director of the awards program, at bscheraga@fi.edu.
Spring 2018 – Undergraduate of the Quarter – Eric Qian
Eric Qian has been named one of the Spring 2018 Undergraduates of the Quarter and we couldn’t be happier for him.
Eric has been living in Corvallis since he was 4 years old and his love of the town helped contribute to his choice to stay local for college. He went to Crescent Valley High School, a school he enjoyed due to the passion the teachers had as well as the school’s dedication to the arts which helped him develop an interest in creating jewelry.
When entering college, Eric’s original plan was to be a premed student. He quickly discovered a love of materials science and decided he would focus on chemistry instead of becoming a doctor.
It was through joining Dr. Michelle Dolgos’ lab that he realized how much he enjoyed the chemistry side of his research, focusing on finding new and optimized ways to generate electricity.
Eric recently graduated, but took a short break from research to write his honors thesis, which focuses on the study of Aurivillius phases. His main focus was on ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties and trying to find a new material that is as effective as Lead Zirconium Titanate (PZT) yet wasn’t toxic or lead-based. Eric believes that the material chemistries’ focus towards environmentally friendly and green materials is very noble and focused most of his time there.
Eric plans to take a year off before Graduate School to relax. His main hopes are to get back into playing music because he is a musician at heart, being able to play piano, clarinet, tenor sax, and the organ. He also has an extensive list of nonfiction books he has been meaning to work his way through, including Stuff Matters, a book on materials that shaped human history.
The highest ambitions in Eric’s educational career is to gain a PhD and become a professor himself because of his love of teaching and conducting research. He believes it would be very fun to have a research group of his own in order to pass down his insights and spark the interests of future generations.
COS 2018 Scholarship Dessert
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Ecampus RFP: 2-week session over winter break
Dear instructors of Ecampus courses,
To help provide students with greater flexibility and access to courses,Ecampus is requesting proposals for courses to be offered online during a two-week period during winter break 2018-19.
These courses are considered “term-extension courses” as recently communicated by the Office of the Registrar to provide innovative course offerings that the traditional term schedule has not always provided. (See more on the registrar’s website.)
This winter two-week session would run from Dec. 24, 2018, through Jan. 6, 2019. The courses in this pilot would be fully online and asynchronous. If this initial offering of courses proves successful, the hope is to offer a two-week session annually. These courses would be delivered via Ecampus and would use the Ecampus tuition and revenue share model.
Which courses?
Not every course can be offered in a two-week session, but some can be taught successfully in this format. Some course types that might work well include:
- 1- or 2-credit courses, as each credit hour earned requires 30 hours of work
- 3-credit courses could also work, but would require about 45 hours of work per week for students
- Courses that have been offered in condensed formats for past years during the summer
- Courses that serve as introductions to majors, career explorations, or which would benefit from student immersion in the subject over a short period of time
- In-demand, higher-enrollment courses
- Courses that do not require textbook purchase/delivery (e.g. courses that use open educational resources or resources available online through OSU Libraries)
What support is available?
Course development funding ($1,000-$5,000), plus instructional design and multimedia development services, as well as faculty training for online course development and teaching as needed.
How will students know these courses are available?
These courses will display in the traditional schedule of classes, and students can register for them as they would any other course. Academic units will benefit from promoting these unique courses with students in their programs. Additionally, Ecampus and the Office of the Registrar will collaboratively create a list of these courses so advisors have a handy resource to share with students they think could benefit from the opportunity.
Are these courses a good fit for all students?
All students learn differently, and it will be important for students to consider if a condensed class will work for them. Advisors can often help students with this topic. Also, some funding programs (such as veterans benefits) may be limited in how they can support their students. It is important that the student is fully aware of their own funding requirements when they register for these courses.
How can you submit proposals and by when?
If you are interested in teaching courses in this format during this year’s winter break, submit a brief proposal by Monday, May 28, using the Ecampus Online Course Proposal Form. When submitting your proposal, please indicate that you are submitting a proposal for the Winter 2019 Two-Week Session Pilot.
Several questions provide text boxes where you can supply additional information about your proposal. Somewhere in your proposal (such as in the response to “Who is the audience for this course?”), please include information about the following:
- Information about any known audiences for a two-week format for the proposed course, if available
- Has the course been offered in an accelerated format previously, such as during a short Summer Session? If so, was this accelerated offering online, hybrid or face-to-face?
Please share this call for proposals with faculty who may be interested. If you have questions, please let me know.
Shannon Riggs
Executive director
Course Development and Learning Innovation
Extended Campus, Oregon State University
541-737-2613
Spring 2018 – Undergraduate of the Quarter – Jason Srey
Jason Srey has been named one of the Spring 2018 Undergraduates of the Quarter, and we couldn’t be more pleased.
Jason was born in Chicago, Illinois, but spent most of his life in Clackamas. He attended Clackamas High School.
Jason chose chemistry because he wanted to learn more about how atoms and molecules react. His curiosity was piqued when his 7th grade science teacher made a gummy bear explode in a test tube. Jason was also often sick throughout his childhood and spent a lot of time in doctor’s offices and pharmacies. This exposure to the world of medicine along with the introduction to chemistry during 7th grade science class first attracted him to chemistry.
He wants to be in the medical field because of how large of a role it played in his childhood and because it is related to his favorite subject. He researched the world of pharmacy and decided that was where he wanted to go in life, and is using chemistry as a basis for achieving that goal. Jason currently performs research for Dr. Sandra Loesgen, and focuses on discovering new antibiotics or anti-cancer compounds by feeding synthetic compounds to fungal cultures as precursors. He has been there since mid fall term, and credits his introduction to research to Dr. Neal Sleszynski who helped him initially contact three professors who are doing work in areas of interest.
In his spare time Jason likes to listen to, and perform music. He has practiced the violin for five years and taught himself to play the piano through online tutorials in his spare time. He likes all genres of music besides classical, and his favorite movie is Titanic.
ONAMI internship available
We would like to inform you of an internship that may be of interest to your students. This is one of the ONAMI Graduate Internships in Startups program. The internship is with Diatomix, Inc.
The ONAMI Graduate Internships are open to graduate students who are currently working with ONAMI Member Researchers, or who have completed their MS or PhD within the last year. The position description for the internship is attached. Please share this opportunity with your students who may be interested and qualified.
Interested students should send their resume and cover letter to:
About ONAMI Graduate Internships in Startups:ONAMI Graduate Internships in Startups (GIST) Program: ONAMI will fund internships for qualified grad students or recent graduates at ONAMI portfolio companies for 6-9 months. This is a great opportunity for a student to determine if the startup environment is an attractive career option. Experience to date has proven the internships beneficial to both company and student.
When a match is found (this is determined by the student and company), ONAMI will enter into an agreement with the company, and the student will become a company employee or contractor. ONAMI will fund the internship at the rate of $25/hour, paid to the company. The company will provide the intern with salary (at least $25/hour), supervision, training, materials and mentorship. (Any additional compensation or benefits are the option of the company.) ONAMI will fund the company up front for half of the internship. Brief (non-confidential) monthly reports from the student, as well as a mid-term review by both company and student will determine if the internship will proceed. At that point, ONAMI will fund the remainder of the internship.
We look forward to hearing from students interested in the internship.
Cindy
Cindy L. Dahl, PEVice President, OperationsONAMI, Inc.