Environmental Sciences Graduate Program

The OSU Environmental Sciences Graduate Program (ESGP) is pleased to invite
you to the September 2021 Newport Beach Cleanup! 
Located 60 miles from Corvallis, Newport is a hub for marine research, private
and commercial fishing, and ocean recreation. This also means that there is
marine debris in need of removal. That’s where you come in! Please consider a
day of your time for a beach cleanup and lunch.
Date: September 25, 2021
Time: 10am to 2:30pm
Location: South Beach State Park (South Jetty), Newport OR
Activities Scheduled:

1. Beach cleanup 10:00am-12:00pm
2. Brown Bag Lunch/Snacks (Only snacks/drinks will be provided, so please
   bring your own lunch) 12:30pm-2:30pm
      

Please consider signing up early as there are limited slots. If you have any
questions or if you need a ride to the coast, please email me at:
faith.wall@oregonstate.edu

Note: This schedule may change with little notice due to possible weather and COVID-19
regulation concerns. You will be notified of changes as they occur. Be prepared to bring proper
weather attire, water, and a face covering. We are required to follow all OSU regulations for safety.

Upcoming Nomination Deadlines:

Thesis and Dissertation Completion Awards

The Thesis and Dissertation Completion Awards support outstanding master’s and doctoral students in the final stages of their theses or dissertations. The intent of these awards is to enable students to focus on research and writing with the goal of improving the quality of their work and expediting time to degree completion.

Thesis Completion Award – Fall 2021

Nomination period July 12 – August 16, 2021

Dissertation Completion Award– Fall 2021

Nomination period July 12 – August 16, 2021

Award Reminders:

Western Association of Graduate Schools and ProQuest Awards

This prestigious regional competition is an important opportunity for OSU to showcase innovation and creativity by our graduate students. The Graduate School will provide a cash award of $1000 to each student selected as OSU’s finalist for the award categories below. We encourage you to take the time to prepare a nomination for any of the four award categories:

1.      The WAGS/ProQuest Innovation in Technology Award

2.      The WAGS/ProQuest Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award in STEM disciplines

3.      The WAGS/ProQuest Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award in humanities, social sciences, education, and business disciplines

4.      The WAGS/ProQuest Distinguished Master’s Thesis and/or Final Master’s Capstone Project Award in the Creative, Visual and Performing Arts

·        Nomination period July 7, 2021 – September 6, 2021.

Scholarly Presentation Award

The Graduate School offers the Scholarly Presentation Award to provide graduate students with financial support to assist with certain costs associated with presenting their scholarly work at academic conferences and meetings. An individual student may receive up to $1000 in Scholarly Presentation Award funds per academic year. Students may now apply directly for this award!

·        Requests are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the academic year; subject to funding availability per term. Requests must be made no earlier than one term prior to the date of the activity, and no later than 30 days following the activity.

Professional Development Award

Many professional development opportunities exist beyond the university to help graduate students build core competencies and transferrable skills. The Graduate School invites students to apply for funding through the Professional Development Award to help cover costs for qualifying trainings, resources, and activities that contribute to professional skills development. Students may receive up to $500 in Professional Development Award funds per academic year. 

·        Requests are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the academic year; subject to funding availability per term. Requests must be made no earlier than one term prior to the date of the activity, and no later than 30 days following the activity.  

For your reference you can find a complete list of Graduate School competitive awards at gradschool.oregonstate.edu/awards

Thank you in advance for all you do to support our graduate students. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the information listed above please email Graduate.Scholarships@oregonstate.edu.

May 3, 2021 — 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

The virtual Environmental Joint Campus Conference (JCC) that is hosted by Oregon State University, Environmental Sciences Graduate Program will be on Monday, May, 3, 2021. It would be great to have someone from each school at the beginning so you can briefly introduce yourselves and programs during the first ten minutes 10:00-10:10. Representatives from each university will not be expected to moderate for your students’ presentations. We will have someone making sure students stay on track and don’t exceed their allotted times. It would be appreciated if students can plan on attending most, if not all of the conference in order to support all of the presenters. Please forward this to your students that will be presenting.

Each student presentation will be 10 minutes, 5-7 minutes to present your topic and the rest for Q&A. If you will be presenting, please submit your virtual poster today if you have not already done so. You can find additional information, including virtual poster submission information, at the JCC webpage at Annual Environmental Joint Campus Conference (JCC) – Annual Environmental Joint Campus Conference 2021 (oregonstate.edu). Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

The following ORISE Research Opportunities are available at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development (ORD), Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment (CPHEA), Pacific Ecological Systems Division (PESD). Please share these announcements with anyone in your network that may be interested in applying!

Title	EPA Coastal Acidification Vulnerability Research Opportunity
Reference Code	EPA-ORD-CPHEA-PESD-2020-05
Educational Level	Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree received within the last 60 months or anticipated to be received by 2/28/2021 11:59:00 PM.
Location(s) of the Position	Newport, OR
Level of Participation	Full-time for one year
Closing Date	Friday, 1/29/2021 3:00:00 PM Eastern Time Zone
# of Vacancies	1
Opportunity Link: https://zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/EPA-ORD-CPHEA-PESD-2020-05

Title	EPA Environmental Economist Fellowship
Reference Code	EPA-ORD-CPHEA-PESD-2020-04-A
Educational Level	Doctoral Degree received within the last 60 months or anticipated to be received by 12/31/2020 11:59:00 PM.
Location(s) of the Position	Corvallis, OR
Level of Participation	Full-time for one year
Closing Date	Thursday, 12/31/2020 3:00:00 PM Eastern Time Zone (to be extended until February 2021)
# of Vacancies	1
Opportunity Link: https://zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/EPA-ORD-CPHEA-PESD-2020-04-A

Register now for the virtual web-based symposium being held December 16-

The program and steering committees are excited to announce “A Community on Ecosystem Services 2021 Preview.” We would like to take this opportunity to engage with the ACES community on the vision and plans for ACES 2021; connect ACES to new communities with like interests; and highlight early career ecosystem services researchers. The program will have five sessions:

Session 1: ACES Intersections: Making Connections to Expand Our Community

Wednesday, December 16^th from 10:00am–12:00pm EST

Session 2: ACES Fellows Lightning Round I

Wednesday, December 16^th from 1:30pm–3:00pm EST

A rapid paced series of presentations on a wide variety of ecosystem services research from our ACES 2020 Student Fellows. Each speaker will provide a 7-minute presentation of their research followed by questions and answers.

Session 3: ACES 2020 Pollinator Buzz – At Home Happy Hour

Wednesday, December 16^th from 5:00pm–6:30pm EST

Dive into the hive with us for a discussion on the intersection of pollinators, conservation, ecosystem services and business. There will be supporting presentations on recent pollinator research activities and pollinator investment priorities.

Session 4: What’s Next: An ACES 2021 Preview

Thursday, December 17^th from 10:00am–11:30am EST

Please join us for a special session introduced by program co-chairs who will talk about the state of the ACES community in 2020, provide the vision for the 2021 conference, and engage the community on topics and sessions for the 2021 conference (with live polling). We welcome two expert speakers during this session who will address some of the critical themes planned for the ACES 2021 conference: “Ecosystem Services and Wellbeing: Mental Health Benefits” and “Cultural Ecosystem Services: An International Perspective.” After hearing from our speakers, there will be time for questions and discussion

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Session 5: ACES Fellows Lightning Round II

Thursday, December 17^th from 1:00pm–2:30 pm EST

A rapid paced series of presentations on a wide variety of ecosystem services research from our ACES 2020 Student Fellows. Each speaker will provide a 7-minute presentation of their research followed by questions and answers.

The webinar will conclude with a wrap up discussion from our conference co-chairs. We look forward to your participation!

We are pleased to announce that our Environmental Sciences graduate student, Haoyang Lyu, will defend for their Professional Science Master’s (PSM) degree as follows:

Date: December 4^th, 2020 at 10:00am pm Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Title: “Community Garden Sustainable Agricultural Management”.

Abstract is attached.

Links to Zoom meeting available by contacting esgp@oregonstate.edu

Topic: Lyu, Haoyang Defense

Time: Dec 4, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

We are pleased to announce that our Environmental Sciences graduate student, Emily Wolff, will defend for their Professional Science Master’s (PSM) degree as follows:

Date: December 3, 2020 from 10:00 – 12:00 pm Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Title: The COVID-19 effects on Transportation and Greenhouse Gases 

Abstract: To fulfill the requirement of the Professional Science Master’s in Environmental Sciences, I served as a Transportation Planning Intern for WSP USA in Portland, Oregon. WSP is a global business providing project management and consulting services to the built and natural environment via transportation, building, water and environment, energy, federal programs and advisory services expertise. As an Intern on the Portland planning team, I provided support and assistance to a variety of transportation projects across the region while investigating the impacts of COVID-19 on transportation and greenhouse gasses in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

This study analyzes how COVID-19 state-wide shutdowns impacted traffic patterns using traffic count data in vehicles per hour (VPH) from January 2017 through August 2020. Traffic information is further compared to known greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data by vehicle type for a deeper understanding of how COVID-19 has affected transportation related GHGs. All of the 12 highways in this study experienced significant declines in on-road traffic correlated with COVID-19 shutdowns in March 2020. Passenger car travel has the highest associated GHG emissions and declined most significantly compared to other vehicle types. Heavy-duty trucks are the second biggest on-road emitters and their traffic increased during COVID-19, but this vehicle category also experienced increased speed and efficiency. These findings suggest significant reductions in transportation-related GHG emissions due to COVID-19. Wolff, Emily Sarah is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: The COVID-19 effects on Transportation and Greenhouse Gases
Time: Dec 3, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Zoom links and information are available in your inbox, or contact esgp@oregonstate.edu

We are pleased to announce that our Environmental Sciences graduate student, Hannah Griffith will defend their Professional Science Master’s (PSM) degree as follows:

When: Dec. 1, 2020 at 2:00pm Pacific Time

Title: Developing Gardening Curriculum for Home and Community Gardeners to Improve Food Access in Low-Income Households

Zoom information:

Griffith, Hannah is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Hannah Griffith Defense

Time: Dec 1, 2020 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Links to this defense are available in your inbox, or can be requested through ESGPcomms@oregonstate.edu

(Washington, D.C., November 9, 2020) – Get the first leg up on your career ladder with a summer 2021 internship at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). As part of the federal Pathways Program, USDA offers paid federal internships at USDA agencies and offices around the country. USDA is hiring interns from high school to graduate level for a broad range of occupational fields, from veterinary science, to engineering, to natural resources management, and finance. This developmental program gives students experience to enhance their educational goals and shape their career choices. USDA internships involve on-the-job experience, mentorship, and training tailored to the student’s education, experience, and interests. The program is available to students who are currently enrolled in qualifying educational programs or institutions from high school to graduate level. In 2020, USDA hosted thousands of in-person and virtual internships around the country, many of which were through the federal Pathways Program. Next summer, USDA will hire Pathways interns in hundreds of locations in nearly every state in the country for the following occupational fields: Administration and Office Support Biological Science Business and Industry Engineering and Architecture Financial Management Information Technology Veterinary Science It’s easy to apply for a OneUSDA Pathways internship. Visit www.usda.gov/internships, choose your area of interest and the link will send you to a USAJobs posting where you can apply and choose your preferred location. The deadline for summer 2021 internship applications is Monday, November 16. Application review will begin immediately. For more information on the program and eligibility, visit www.usda.gov/internships or email internship@usda.gov. Educators, youth-serving organizations, and students can find more USDA resources to foster the next generation of agricultural professionals at www.usda.gov/youth.