Congrats to the most recent grads of the Accelerator program…read all about it here!
OREGON SEA GRANT ANNOUNCES 2016-18 RESEARCH GRANT RECIPIENTS
Oregon Sea Grant, a marine research, outreach, education and communication program based at Oregon State University, is awarding $1.7 million in competitive, federally funded research grants for 2016-18.
The grants will go to eight principal investigators at OSU, Oregon Health & Science University, and the University of Oregon for research into marine-related issues. Read the full press release here.
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
The gifts that we purchased with the donations from the office for the Joy Drive are pictured here. In addition to providing toys for the three boys we sponsored, we were able to provide their family with a gift card to purchase food, and we purchased extra toys for additional families. MUCHO THANKS to Jillian Coleman for leading the charge!!NCURA Seminar: This was a pretty exciting event. 80 people from colleges, business center, OSRAA and internal audit services engaging and working together over two and a half days. It represents the kick-off of monthly training/education/outreach between these groups that support our faculty engaged in world-class research. Thanks to all that participated!Lucy was more than happy to hang out with this lovely ladyBiscuit was feeling a little trepidation but enjoyed the comfort of Ann’s sweater!
We look forward to seeing you this evening in the MU Lounge for our holiday party! If you are bringing your child to KidSpirit, friendly reminder that the drop-off and pick-up location is at Langton Hall (there are signs directing you there to KidSpirit). Cheese pizza, cookies and juice will be provided! We will also have to-go containers at our holiday party if you’d like to take a few goodies with you at the end of the evening.
HAILS (NO FAREWELLS) /OSRAA SPACE MOVE UPDATES
OSRAA has hired two new Award Managers. Robin Shumway, from Business Affairs, will join OSRAA on December 15. Robin has been part of the Student Accounts staff in Business Affairs since January 2012. Prior to coming to OSU, she worked in Student Accounts and Business Affairs at Northwest University is Kirkland, Washington. Michelle Warf, also from Business Affairs, will join OSRAA on January 11, 2016. Michelle has been part of the Student Accounts staff since April 2012. Prior to coming to OSU, Michelle worked at the Target Distribution Center and Linn-Benton Community College. Welcome to you both!
There have been some space moves that were necessary to accommodate things:
– Sandy Cobb will sit in B306F (where Lisa used to sit)
– Robin and Michelle will both sit in B306J (where Megan McEvoy used to sit)
– Mark will move to B306I after December 31 (this is Mike’s current office)
– Lesley will join Courtney in B306D
– Eric will move back from Snell and sit in B308E (where Lesley currently sits)
– Julie will relocate to the reception area in B306
FOOD DRIVE- COORDINATOR VOLUNTEER(S) NEEDED
Would you be interested in helping to coordinate our food drive this year for the RO? It’s a great cause and also a great way to get out in the campus community and meet new people! The annual Food Drive Coordinators Kick-off meeting being held on Tuesday, January 12 from 10-11:30 a.m. in the MU Journey Room. Please let Mimi or Jane know if you are interested in helping out! UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF ACCOUNT UNIFICATION
The exchange address book was updated with your ONID account details, so please review your name in the Exchange (Outlook) Address book to make sure it has the correct name. From CN: To get this fixed you’ll need to go through HR at this link.
UAS ARTICLE
Drone enthusiasts: Here is a link to an interesting NPR study on UAS in the Northwest.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Please welcome the newest addition to the Research Office, her name is Biscuit and she’s an adorable silver lab that Cindy and Robert just welcomed home. Hopefully she’ll be dropping by the office soon to say hi!
HAILS: We are pleased to announce that Sandy Cobb has accepted the OSRAA Senior Fiscal Officer position in Cash and Financial Management. She is scheduled to begin on December 9, 2015. FAREWELLS: Joan San-Claire has accepted a position the Arts & Sciences Business Center and will be departing the Research Office on December 10th. A search committee is already underway to fill 2 open positions and it’s anticipated Sandy Cobb will lead the search for Joan’s replacement. Last but not least, Tracy Elmshaeuser has accepted the role of EA to the VP for Marketing (Steve Clark) here at OSU starting December 21st. She won’t be going far, just a few floors up! A search for Tracy’s replacement will be chaired by Jane Cigarran.
Welcome, Sandy! And best of luck in your new roles, Joan and Tracy!
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
The Research Office is accepting applications for the Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Creativity (URISC) program for Summer term 2016. This program supports undergraduate research activities from all academic disciplines within the university. Program description and application: http://research.oregonstate.edu/incentive/undergraduate-research-innovation-scholarship-creativity-urisc. Information: Debbie Delmore at debbie.delmore@oregonstate.edu. Deadline: Jan. 19, 2016.
BEAVER NATION COMMERICAL
Last week there was a false alarm some of you caught in the newsletter. I am pleased to report that here is the NEW OSU commercial!
RO SPACE SHUFFLING
Please note we’ve had some office location changes…most folks have not yet moved in to their new offices but these are the anticipated changes: Mark Peters to Adam Schultz’s former office (B308j), Kevin Buch to Mark Peters’ former office (A312i), Rebecca Henry to Kevin Buch’s former office (B308q) , Jen Fogarty to Rebecca Henry’s former office ( B308p)
SOFTWARE CENTER TESTING
CN is rolling out a service that will allow users to install software on their systems without CN assistance or administrative passwords. The first product they are rolling out with this service is Office 2013. CN asked that we have a few users test this out before rolling it out to the entire department. If you are interested in testing this, please mail Stephen at stephen.hotard@oregonstate.edu and he will provide instructions how to use this service.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
BIG CONGRATS to Eric Anundson who received his Master of Arts in History from Wayland Baptist University. What did he do to celebrate? Go to Disneyland, of course! Here is Eric and his wife, Barb, with Olaf…Olaf does NOT have a Masters degree.
