Hello,

Attached is a list of possible funding opportunities that were recently released.  All updated opportunities have also been posted to the website at http://agsci.oregonstate.edu/research/fo.

Please forward along to those who may be interested and have them contact me if they have any questions.  I am happy to meet with departments and  / or individual faculty to discuss particular research interest if you find I may be missing a particular niche.

 

Thank you,

Liz

 

Liz Etherington

Sponsored Research Program Administration

College of Agricultural Sciences

Oregon State University

138 Strand Agriculture Hall

Office: 541-737-3429

Cell: 541-740-0002

Liz.Etherington@oregonstate.edu

FundingOppTable-06.29.12

To the OSU Community:

I am pleased to inform you that I have appointed Dr. Thomas Maness as the Cheryl Ramberg & Allyn C. Ford Deanship of Forestry and Director of the Oregon Forest Research Laboratory effective August 1, 2012.

Dr. Maness is professor of Forest Economics and Policy and Head of the Department of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management at Oregon State University’s College of Forestry.  He is responsible for the professional forest management and engineering degree programs. Since joining OSU in 2009, he has spearheaded the development of the College’s new Professional School and Conservation Management Program.

Dr. Maness earned his Bachelor’s degree in Forest Management from West Virginia University, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1979.  He earned his MS in Forest Operations at Virginia Tech in 1981, and afterwards worked for Weyerhaeuser Company where he served as a forest engineer in the Klamath Falls region, developed strategic forest-planning models in corporate R&D, designed and installed advanced manufacturing optimization systems for west coast sawmills, and conducted financial analysis for large-scale capital projects.  In 1989 Thomas earned his doctorate in Forest Economics from the University of Washington and joined the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia.

In addition to leading the College of Forestry, Dr. Maness will work  in collaboration with the Deans of Agricultural Sciences and Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences to advance the science of sustainable Earth ecosystems as part of the Division of Earth Systems Science.

Please join me in congratulating Dr. Maness on his new role, and again acknowledging Dr. Hal Salwasser for his many years of excellence in leadership as Dean of Forestry. We are fortunate that Dr. Salwasser has elected to remain at Oregon State University as a Professor in the Department of Forest Ecosystems & Society.

I have attached our press release regarding Dr. Maness’ appointment.

 

Sabah Randhawa

Provost and Executive Vice President

6-29-12 New Dean of Forestry

Dear College of Science Colleagues,

 

I would like to provide a quick update regarding the search for Dean of Science. The search committee is in the process of scheduling our kick off meeting for mid-July. We anticipate our focused recruitment strategy will be in place through mid-September and we plan to conduct airport interviews with semi-finalists at the start of October. We are currently targeting mid- to late-October for campus interviews, with an appointment date of January 1, 2013. As you know, search timelines change as the search evolves, and you will receive updates as the search progresses.

 

Questions may be directed to me or to Gigi Bruce, Special Assistant to the Provost, at any time during the search process. I hope you are enjoying your summer.

 

Larry Rodgers

Dean, College of Liberal Arts

Chair, Search Committee for Dean, College of Science

 

New Student Programs & Family Outreach is collaborating with our campus partners to welcome new students at START – OSU’s summer advising, registration and orientation program. Students attend START to meet with an academic advisor, register for fall term classes, attend workshops on a variety of topics, meet current students and staff, and learn about campus resources. This summer orientation program aids in the transition process of OSU’s new students. A parent/family orientation program runs concurrently.

Please note that START dates this year are as follows:

  • Monday, June 25 – Tuesday, June 26 – First-year START
  • Thursday, June 28 – Friday, June 29   – First-year START
  • Monday, July 2 – Transfer START
  • Sunday, July 8 – Monday, July 9 – First-year START
  • Wednesday, July 11 – Transfer START
  • Thursday, July 12-Friday, July 13 – First-year START
  • Monday, July 16 – Friday, July 17- First-Year START
  • Thursday, July 19- Friday, July 20 – First- Year START
  • Sunday, July 22-Monday, July 23 – First-year START
  • Wednesday, July 25 – Transfer START
  • Thursday, July 26 – Friday, July 27 – First-year START
  • Monday, August 27-Tuesday, August 28 – First-year START
  • Wednesday , August 29 – Transfer START

You will notice an increased amount of people on campus during these days and traffic to your department/office could increase. Usually our 2-day orientation program for first-year students involves about 800 participants (students and their family members). Our 1-day transfer sessions see about 375 participants.

Student unable to participate in START will be invited to attend new student orientation in September.

If you would like more information about OSU’s new student programming and/or START, please visit our web site: www.oregonstate.edu/newstudents . We are always looking for campus-wide participation in our programs. If you would like to be involved in any aspect please contact me.

Thank you in advance for your help in creating a welcoming environment for our new students.

 

Attached is a list of possible funding opportunities that were recently released.  All updated opportunities have also been posted to the website at http://agsci.oregonstate.edu/research/fo.

 

Please forward along to those who may be interested and have them contact me if they have any questions.  I am happy to meet with departments and  / or individual faculty to discuss particular research interest if you find I may be missing a particular niche.

 

Thank you,

Liz

FundingOppTable-06.15.12

 

Just a reminder that I have several spots still available for this Monday’s training session (we moved into a larger room) – let me know if you or your faculty are interested in attending.

 

Cayuse Training

Monday, June 25th

2:30 PM

Peavy 236

I will also be adding some sessions for the summer months, more information coming soon.

Thank you!

Liz

 

Liz Etherington

Sponsored Research Program Administration, CAS

Office: 541-737-3429

Cell: 541-740-0002

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Just another reminder about the new online proposal submission service – Cayuse.  The site is live and several faculty have already been submitting proposals via this method but everyone will be required to use this system as of July 1, 2012.

Cayuse’s production system is found at http://oregonstate.cayuse424.com.  The system is under Single Sign-on, and you will use your ONID username (all lower case) and your ONID password to access the website.

For those of you that have not had a chance to attend a training session,  I have scheduled some additional “anyone can join” sessions to give everyone a chance to get familiar with the system prior to their first proposal submission &/or to ask specific questions if they have had a chance to play around a bit.  I have also added an extra training session to go over the addition of subawards to your projects as this can be a bit tricky.

 

The next general training sessions are scheduled for –

  • Thursday, 5/31 @ 1:30 PM
  • Wednesday, 6/13 @ 10 AM
  • Monday, 6/25 @ 2:30 PM

 

Special session – Managing subawards in Cayuse (best if you have already used Cayuse &/or have been to a general training session)

  • Tuesday, 6/5 @ 2 PM

All sessions will be held in Peavy 236 which is supplied with computers to make it an interactive training session.  Please share the information with your faculty and have them contact me if they are interested (as space is limited).

 

Thank you,

Liz

 

Liz Etherington

Sponsored Research Program Administration

College of Agricultural Sciences

Oregon State University

138 Strand Agriculture Hall

Office: 541-737-3429

Cell: 541-740-0002

Liz.Etherington@oregonstate.edu

 

OSU Libraries is pleased to announce that Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) is now providing unlimited access to SciFinder at no additional cost to OSU.

The Academic Unlimited Access Program no longer restricts SciFinder use by concurrent seats. Under this program, CAS will use its best efforts to provide at least 95 percent access.

SciFinder access will continue to be subject to the terms and conditions of the SciFinder License. Please remember:

  • If you want to use SciFinder Scholar in the classroom, you must first contact SciFinder Customer Support at scifi@cas.org prior to scheduling classroom training.
  • Alumni do not qualify for SciFinder access.
  • Any use of SciFinder for commercial purposes under your institution’s license is prohibited. (Please contact Laurel Kristick at laurel.kristick@oregonstate.edu if you have commercial SciFinder needs.)

Please contact Laurel Kristick at laurel.kristick@oregonstate.edu if you have any questions.

 

To OSU Faculty:

Academic Affairs, through the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), announces a Request for Proposals for Fall Term 2012 participation in the new Service Learning Faculty Learning Community.  This will be for the design of new service-learning courses or the redesign of established undergraduate classroom courses with a substantial service-learning component.  Service-Learning is a teaching strategy that integrates course content with relevant community service.

The full Request for Proposals is inserted below and attached as a PDF.  The proposal submission deadline is July 2, 2012.

Faculty selected to participate will receive either overload pay or professional development funding, will participate in a CTL-facilitated faculty learning community on service learning course design and pedagogy, and will receive individual support from the CTL Service-Learning Faculty Development Coordinator.

Best regards,

Susie

 

Susie Brubaker-Cole, Ph.D.

Associate Provost for Academic Success and Engagement | Director of Advising

Oregon State University

500 Kerr Administration Building

541/737-6164

 

 

To:         OSU Faculty

From:   Michelle Inderbitzin, Associate Professor of Sociology and Service Learning Faculty Development Coordinator in the Center for Teaching and Learning

Susie Brubaker-Cole, Interim Director, Center for Teaching and Learning

Date:     June 12, 2012

Re:         Request for Proposals: Service-Learning Faculty Learning Community

The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has deemed Service-Learning a high-impact educational practice – educational activities that are linked with elevated student performance and persistence across multiple measures.  Service-Learning is a teaching strategy that integrates course content with relevant community service.  Through assignments and class discussions, students critically reflect on the service in order to increase their understanding of course content, gain a broader appreciation of the discipline, and enhance their sense of civic responsibility.

Academic Affairs, through the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), is offering compensation and course development support to OSU faculty for the design of new service-learning courses or the redesign of established undergraduate classroom courses with a substantial service-learning component.

Faculty participants will receive $2000 paid either as overload pay or professional development funding, will participate in a CTL-facilitated faculty learning community on effective practices in service-learning course design, and will receive individual support from the CTL Service-Learning Faculty Development Coordinator.  Details are provided below.

While proposals will be accepted for all courses, priority will be granted to Bacc Core courses, large-enrollment undergraduate courses, and/or courses that serve more than one undergraduate academic program.  Participation is limited to 8 faculty participants for the Fall 2012 term.

Tenured/tenure-track faculty and instructors with at least 2 years of teaching at OSU are eligible to participate. Service-learning course development proposals should be submitted by the course instructor with a supporting message from the respective academic unit head.

Funding

Academic Affairs will allocate $2000 per course to each participating faculty member who develops and delivers a service-learning course, paid either as overload pay or as professional development funds and as allowed by university policy. Overload pay will be subject to taxes and withholding.

 

These funds are in support of:

1 – Participation in the CTL faculty learning community focused on service-learning

course development, approximately a 30-hour commitment. This faculty learning community will share a blend of online activities and approximately five, two-hour face-to-face meetings on the Corvallis campus during the Fall 2012 term.

2 – Developing course content and working with the CTL Service-Learning Faculty Development Coordinator to (re)design and produce a new service-learning course.

AND

3 – Sharing new course development and experience with the OSU campus in 2013.

Timeline

An initial meeting between the instructor and the Service-Learning Faculty Development Coordinator will occur in September, followed by service-learning course development and participation in faculty learning community during the Fall 2012 term. The service-learning course should be offered for the first time in Winter or Spring 2013.

Requirements

Instructor must fully participate in the Service-Learning faculty learning community, including completion of all online activities, assignments, and attendance at all scheduled face-to-face meetings.

Instructors will work with the CTL coordinator and their colleagues in the faculty learning community to design the service-learning course to include recognized standards of key elements and best practices in service-learning.  Additionally:

  • Chosen course must be readily redesigned to include a substantial service-learning component without excessive development cost.
  • The instructor’s department accepts responsibility for the curriculum and quality of instruction.
  • Service-learning course will be offered at least once per year.
  • Service-learning course will be available to all OSU students who meet prerequisites.

 

Proposal Guidelines

Applicants are asked to submit a narrative proposal of 2 to 3 pages, which includes the following information in this order:

1. Course designator, title and credits.

2. Instructor’s contact information and rank.

3. Degree, program(s), or certificate to which this course would apply and the role/importance of this course to the program(s); and/or description of audience or express need for this course.

4. Bacc Core category (if any) of the course.

5. Current enrollment in each section of the course, and total number of sections of course offered per year.

6. Proposed terms to be taught with new service-learning components.

7. Instructor’s (or department chair’s) rationale for adding service-learning as a significant component to this specific course.

8. One paragraph of preliminary ideas for course design, potential service project and partners, and assignments for student learning and reflection.

9. One paragraph describing why the instructor is interested in participating in the service-learning faculty learning community.

10. Indication of academic unit’s approval for service-learning course development and ongoing offerings of the service-learning course. This approval can be by separate email from head of academic unit.

11. Attach a current course syllabus to the proposal.

Submission of Proposals

Submit proposals for the Service-Learning Faculty Learning Community by July 2 by email to:

 

Michelle Inderbitzin, Service-Learning Faculty Development Coordinator

Center for Teaching and Learning

307 Fairbanks Hall

mli@oregonstate.edu

 

Announcement of Award

Decisions will be announced by July 11, 2012.

Upon acceptance, an MOU will be drawn up with the academic unit for course production, use of course and materials, control and credit, distribution of supporting funds, and course delivery. Funds will be sent to the academic unit by budget transfer upon satisfactory completion of service-learning course development and all program requirements.

Please address questions to mli@oregonstate.edu.

Call for Proposals Service Learning June 2012