Undergraduate Research Launches Student To New Heights
When Sam Bartlett ran into his advanced organic chemistry professor, Chris Beaudry, at the near-campus coffee shop Interzone in spring 2010, he had more than a caffeine quest on his mind.
Bartlett, a chemistry major at Oregon State University, approached Beaudry and asked if there were any undergraduate positions available in Beaudry’s research group. Read More…
April 1, 2013
Memo To: Rich Carter, Department Head
Department of Chemistry
From: Fran Saveriano
Director of Graduate Student Financial Support and Recruitment
Subject: 2013-14 Oregon Lottery Graduate Scholarship
I am pleased to inform you that your nominee, Weekit Sirisaksoontorn, has been awarded a $3,250 Oregon Lottery Graduate Scholarship award for the 2013-14 academic year. Weekit’s award letter is attached – please deliver it as soon as possible.
Congratulations on Weekit’s selection in this prestigious university-wide fellowship competition. Selection for this award is certainly an honor for which Weekit may be justifiably proud.
Thank you for participating in this process and advancing your nominee for consideration in this year’s Oregon Lottery Graduate Scholarship competition.
Please let me know if you have questions.
The afternoon session from 2-4 pm is for students, but does require registration. The 7pm lecture is open to all. Full details at http://oregonstate.edu/ua/events/discovery
At Oregon State University, students use a “virtual spectrometer” to measure the absorbance of different solutions in an online chemistry course that features a “virtual lab.” At the University of Central Florida, aspiring teachers practice their skills in a simulated middle school classroom that features digital avatars controlled by trainers who act like students. At Weber State University, students in an online marketing course issue time-stamped critiques of student presentations.
These are some of the ways technology is transforming teaching and learning in higher education. And the trend is likely to continue.
Consider the following statistics from a January report produced jointly by the Babson Survey Research Group and the College Board, titled Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States. According to the report:
• More than 6.7 million students were taking at least one online course in the fall of 2011, 570,000 more than the prior year.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Grand Challenges Explorations, Round 11
Gates Foundation Deadline: May 7, 2013
Funding: $100,000 for Phase I Grants
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is currently accepting letters of inquiry for the following topics:
Please see the attached funding opportunity announcement.
For related questions, contact Martha Coleman, Director of Principal Gifts for Foundation Relations at OSU Foundation at 503-553-3409 ormartha.coleman@oregonstate.edu.
Dear New Graduate Faculty,
The Graduate School will again hold a SPECIAL WORKSHOP for OSU Graduate Faculty on the essentials of graduate student degree completion. The workshop is designed for Graduate Faculty new to advising graduate students as well as experienced Graduate Faculty. The workshop will present the basic facts as well as best practices for mentoring. Things that will be covered: degree requirements, time limits, required student-committee meetings, the student’s program of study, the role of Graduate Council Representatives, and activities that are most likely to lead to graduate student success.
If you are a new or continuing advisor of master’s or doctoral students at OSU, this is the workshop for you.
The workshop will be held on:
SPECIAL WORKSHOP FOR GRADUATE FACULTY ON ADVISING GRADUATE STUDENTS
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Memorial Union Journey Room
The workshop will be presented by Martin Fisk, Associate Dean in the Graduate School.
If you are going to attend, please RSVP to Nagwa Naguib, Nagwa.Naguib@oregonstate.edu.
Marty
Martin Fisk, Associate Dean of the Graduate School Rm 300 Kerr Admin Bldg Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon, 97330 USA
phone: 541-737-4881
email: martin.fisk@oregonstate.edu
The Research Office, Incentive Programs is requesting letters of intent for the NSF – Scalable Nanomanufacturing (SNM) program.
Deadline to the Research Office, Incentive Programs: Monday, April 15, 2013
NSF announces a third year of a program on collaborative research and education in the area of scalable nanomanufacturing, including the long-term societal implications of the large-scale implementation of nanomanufacturing innovations. This program is in response to and is a component of the National Nanotechnology Initiative Signature Initiative: Sustainable Nanomanufacturing – Creating the Industries of the Future. Although many nanofabrication techniques have demonstrated the ability to produce relatively small quantities of nanomaterials and devices for characterization and evaluation purposes, the emphasis of this program is on research to overcome the key impediments that prevent the low cost production of useful nanomaterials, devices and systems at industrially relevant scale. Therefore, competitive proposals will incorporate three elements in their research plans:
The mode of support is Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams (NIRT). Proposals submitted to this program must address at least one, and preferably more than one, of the following interconnected themes:
Guidance for preparation of letters of intent to the Research Office, Incentive Programs: http://oregonstate.edu/research/incentive/nsf-snm
NSF – SNM program information: http://nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13545/nsf13545.htm
If you have any questions, please contact Debbie Delmore at debbie.delmore@oregonstate.edu.
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that registration and abstract submission for the 24th meeting of the International Symposium on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (ISPAC 2013), to be held in beautiful Corvallis, Oregon USA September 8-12, 2013, is now open:
http://www.ispac2013.com/deadlines/
Sessions topics include:
Abstract Submission Deadline: May 3, 2013
Early Bird Registration Deadline: June 30, 2013
Hotel Group Rate Deadline: August 8, 2013
We look forward to seeing you in Corvallis this September!
Staci Simonich Andreas Sjodin
ISPAC 2013 co-chair ISPAC 2013 co-chair