Category Archives: Announcements

General announcements to the department.

Winter 2014 Chemistry Honor Roll

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Congratulations to our Winter 2014 Honor Roll Students!!  Great job everybody!

Chadd Armstrong
Dakota Backus
Scott Best
Corinne Brucks
Abigail Chitwood
Tora Cobb
Andrea Domen
Tony Duong
Brandice Durfee
Robert Figura
Elizabeth Gass
Erin Hanson
John Hergert
Joshua Holmes
Michael Hughes
Michael Jagielski
Reid Kinser
Shan Lansing
Jamy Lee
Sarah Melancon
Lindsey Michaud
Monica Mueller
Chen Ng
Dang Nguyen
Dallas Niemeyer
Thu Pham
Gary Points
Kristin Potter
Jacob Ramsey
Jason Sandwisch
Allie Schultz
Kenneth Stout
Halley Todd
Drew Van Anrooy
Tianqi Zhang
Karen Zhen

Men’s Chemistry Softball Signups – “The Alchemists”

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There is a sign-up sheet for the men’s chemistry softball team in the Chemistry Office. All levels of players are welcome. Games are held once a week in the evenings from May 11th to the end of July.  The cost to the players is $25/person to cover league fees. Sign up deadline is April 15th. More information is on the sign-up sheet and for other questions email Ryan McQuade: mcquadry@onid.orst.edu

We already have quite a few players so come sign up while you have a chance!

-Ryan McQuade

REMINDER: Deadline for GTA Mentor Applications

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The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is recruiting experienced graduate students to serve as part of our 2014 GTA Mentors team. The GTA Mentors Program provides an opportunity for experienced GTAs to gain valuable teaching experience and participate in advanced trainings and professional development. The CTL is seeking twelve motivated and qualified graduate students from a variety of disciplines to serve in this leadership role during the spring, summer, and fall of 2014.

GTA Mentors’ primary responsibility will be planning and facilitating the fourth annual New GTA Orientation event in September. In doing so, GTA Mentors will be required to attend four trainings throughout the summer and the New GTA Orientation September 18 & 19. All GTA Mentors will be compensated $250 in professional development funds upon completing their training and facilitation duties.

Applicants must have completed at least two terms of teaching at OSU by the end of the 2014 spring term and should have a record of high quality and innovative teaching. Applicants must also have at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA at OSU to be eligible. We have extended the application deadline by one week, completed applications must now be received by April 8, 2014, at 5:00 PM.

If you would like more information about the program, please contact Tess Collins at tess.collins@oregonstate.edu or check out the following link for application information: Apply Here.  Faculty and staff are encouraged to forward this email to those they think may be interested or to nominate outstanding GTAs within their departments by sending the GTA’s name and email address to Tess Collins.

Leah Chibwe: ACS ENVR 100th Anniversary Emerging Leader Awardee

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It is with tremendous enthusiasm that we recognize your early contributions to the field of Environmental Science and Engineering through the ACS ENVR 100th Anniversary Emerging Leader Award. Your accomplishments and dedication to the field in this early stage of your career are to be celebrated and encouraged – and we can’t wait to do just that!

In the spirit of the Centennial of the Division of Environmental Chemistry of ACS, a “Women in Environmental Science and Engineering” Symposium will highlight advances and pioneering efforts made by women in the field. This symposium will feature keynote and invited presentations from top women in our field. We will have an awards ceremony in the afternoon of this session[1] where you will have the opportunity to introduce yourself to the ENVR and ACS Community in the presence of well-established researchers. We are highlighting your work at SciMix and as a “Newsworthy” participant at this event. In addition, we have taken the liberty of including your abstract in this Symposiums poster session (to be held Wednesday Aug 13, optional). Your abstract submitted with your nomination from your advisor will appear in the ACS program book.

This award comes with a $500 travel grant. To receive this stipend, you must be present at both the WIESE Symposium (where the awards will be presented) and SciMix Poster session (to be held on Monday, August 11, 2014). We are sincerely looking forward to recognizing your early achievements in the field, introducing you to some of today’s leaders and legends, and welcoming you into this tremendous community. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Jillian Goldfarb at jilliang@bu.edu. We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco! Congratulations!

Sincerely,

The Women in Environmental Science & Engineering Symposium Committee

Chem Program Offers Internship Opportunities to Undergrads

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Good morning. I would like to alert you to a new program we have set up for our undergrads to provide internship opportunities in companies throughout Oregon for them during the summer.  We hope to continue to grow this list to become the “one stop” shopping for our majors when looking for summer internship experiences using their chemistry skills.

http://chemistry.oregonstate.edu/content/osu-chemistry-internship-2014-summer-program

Please alert any Chemistry majors that are interested in this opportunity to the website. The deadline for summer 2014 applications from students is April 15.

If you are aware of a company looking for interns who is not listed, please direct them to the website where there is information on how to get their information listed.

Research Opportunities Week for Postdoctoral Researchers

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I would like to inform you about the TUM Research Opportunities Week for postdoctoral researchers, which will take place October 20th through 24th 2014.

This event, which is fully financed by TUM, offers up to 50 postdocs from around the world the opportunity to get to know faculty and explore research facilities at our university during a five days stay in Munich. The most promising participants will be offered a TUM University Foundation Fellowship to spend one year as a postdoc at our university. Application deadline is May 30th 2014.

If you can think of any young researchers of your acquaintance that might be interested in this, please spread the information:

http://www.tum.de/en/research/postdocs/research-opportunities-week/

For more information, please contact Dr. Christiane Haupt – Tel.: +49.89.289.25235, email:
haupt@zv.tum.de.