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Faculty/Staff Know Your Rights and Responsibilities Session
What do you do if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) comes to your classroom looking for a student? What if you are asked for a list of undocumented students? What are impacted students concerned about? What resources are available for impacted students?
If you are interested in the answers to these and other questions, and want to learn more about supporting undocumented students at OSU, join us for a Know Your Rights & Responsibilities Session for Faculty and Staff with OSU’s Undocumented Student Care and Wellbeing Committee and immigration lawyer Maria Cobarrubias on Thursday, February 22 from 12-1pm OR 2-3pm in the MU Multipurpose Room (MU 13). Coffee & water will be provided. RSVP by Monday, February 19 athttp://dce.oregonstate.edu/rights. Walk-in attendance available depending on space availability. Learn more about the presenter here: https://www.cobarrubiaslaw.com/.
Nuclear Forensics Undergraduate Summer School Program Now Accepting Applications- Summer 2018
NFUSS is a six-week course, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), designed to provide undergraduate students with comprehensive, experimental, hands-on training in topics essential to nuclear forensics. This program will be held June 11 to July 20, 2018, at the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City. Through laboratory experiments and complementary lectures, students are introduced to the practice and technical aspects of nuclear forensic science. The program will also include a field trip to Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
Nuclear forensics involves examining materials recovered from radiological and nuclear events of an illicit or hostile nature in order to determine their character and origin. Nuclear forensics conclusions, combined with information from law enforcement investigation and intelligence, help identify those responsible for planned and actual attacks.
Nuclear forensics supports the U.S. Government commitment to identify and hold fully accountable any state or non-state actor that willfully supports, enables, or engages in hostile weapons of mass destruction activities that threaten the United States or our allies and partners.
Important Dates
- Application deadline:February 28, 2018
- Reference received deadline: March 9, 2018
- Candidates notified of selection:March 1-30, 2018
- Program dates:June 11 to July 20, 2018
- Field trip to Oak Ridge National Laboratory:Tentative date of July 11, 2018
If you have any questions, visit https://orise.orau.gov/nfuss/ or contact NFUSS@orau.org.
Best Regards,
Brook Benson
Program Specialist – WorkForce Development
Join us for the ORNL Science Education and Workforce Development VIrtual Career Fair on February 22 from noon to 3 pm.
Register at http://orau.us/live-ornl and discover the next step in your career!
Student and Alumni Research and Technical Opportunities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) – Oak Ridge, TN
Appointments for Summer 2018!
Apply NOW to the Nuclear Engineering Science Laboratory Synthesis Program (NESLS) Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) – Summer 2018
Must apply at https://www.zintellect.com/Posting/Details/3685
by February 28, 2018 for Summer term (must start by June 15 and end on or after August 10, 2018
· Current AAS, BS, MS, and PhD students – Majors related to Engineering, Earth and Geosciences, Environmental and Marine Sciences, Life Health and Medical Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Nanotechnology, Chemistry, Physics, International Relations, Political Science, Government, Policy, Risk Analysis, Science Writing, Public Affairs, and Computer Sciences
· Stipend based on academic status – range from $529/week to $935/week for full-time; pro-rated for part-time
· Travel/Housing assistance (if eligible)
· Professional development activities
· Minimum GPA – 3.0/4.0
· Open to U.S. and Eligible International Citizenship
Visit http://www.orau.org/ornl or contact NESLS@orau.org for more information!
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Science Education and Workforce Development Virtual Career Fair
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education are excited to share with you a great opportunity for your students to learn about the variety of internships and research participation programs available at ORNL, the U.S. Department of Energy’s largest science and energy lab.
ORNL and ORISE are co-hosting a virtual career fair on February 22 from noon to 3 p.m. EST. Students may register up to the day of the event at http://orau.us/live-ornl.
During the virtual career fair, students will be able to chat with ORNL scientists and ORISE recruiters and get tips on applying. (See the attached agenda to learn more about the researchers scheduled to chat.)
Please share this information with your students and encourage them to find out more about the science education programs at ORNL!
Winter 2018 – Undergraduate of the Quarter – Molly Austin
Molly Austin has been named one of the Winter 2018 Undergraduates of the Quarter and we couldn’t be happier for her.
Molly was born in Iowa City, Iowa and moved to Oregon when she was 11 years old. She went to Lake Oswego High School and inherited her love of chemistry from her parents.
Molly enjoys the fundamental nature of chemistry and its ability to explain essential functions of other science disciplines. Molly always knew she wanted to be a chemistry major at Oregon State University, choosing the location to be near family and for the beauty that Oregon possesses.
Her freshman year, Molly applied for the URSA Grant which allowed her to interview for various research positions. She chose to work in Dr. Sandra Loesgen’s lab. Molly’s research involves natural product discovery, where she works on bacterial strains from the mucus of juvenile Pacific fish. Extracted metabolites are isolated, identified, and tested against pathogens, such as MRSA, and cancer cell lines.
Post-graduation, Molly plans to go medical school or physician’s assistant school.
In her spare time, she likes to play volleyball, do ceramics, and participate in the EPIC campus ministry and leadership.
Her favorite TV show is Avatar: The Last Airbender, and favorite her food is chocolate.
Students like Molly Austin are a huge part of what makes our department so great. We wish her well in all her future endeavors.
Winter 2018 – Undergraduate of the Quarter – Jonathan Lopez Arana
Jonathan Lopez Arana has been named the winter 2018 Undergraduate of the Quarter and we couldn’t be happier for him. Jonathan was born and raised in Hillsboro Oregon, where he went to Hillsboro High School, and enjoyed the chemistry learned in his physics classes.
When Jonathan first applied to OSU he originally decided on engineering because of the quality the OSU College of Engineering. He switched to Chemistry after enjoying a class taken from Margie Haak. He has since served as a TA for Paula Weiss.
Post-graduation Jonathan plans to teach for multiple years, but eventually go back to school to get into educational administration and become a principal. Jonathan is planning on getting an ESOL endorsement so he can teach nonEnglish students, and plans to teach wherever he is most needed, but would prefer to stay in Oregon if possible. In his spare time Jonathan likes to play sports at Dixon and is part of an intermural sports flag football and basketball team. He also enjoys going to elementary schools and helping with the science and engineering nights that Margie Haak leads.
Jonathan’s favorite movie is Boys in the Hood, and his favorite food is a quesadilla because it’s quick and simple. He also loves his mother’s tamales.
Jonathan’s being the first person in his family to go to college, and planning to become a principal in order to help children, are examples of what makes our department so great. We wish him well in the future and in whatever path he chooses to follow.
Faculty Awards Solicitation
The Faculty Recognition and Awards Committee is now accepting nominations for University Day awards. Criteria and nomination forms regarding these awards are online at http://senate.oregonstate.edu/individual-awards; nominations will be accepted through March 17. Guidelines to assist those preparing nomination packets are available online athttp://senate.oregonstate.edu/sites/senate.oregonstate.edu/files/guidelinesfacultysenateawardnominationpackets.pdf. For further information, contact Vickie Nunnemaker at vickie.nunnemaker@oregonstate.edu.