RO CANDIDATES ON CAMPUS NEXT WEEK!
As you may have noticed, we have a very busy interview schedule next week for the new Asst. VP in ORI as well as the new Associate VP for Operations. Meeting requests have been sent for the AVPR and first of the ORI candidates. Debbie will be sending out materials on the other 3 ORI candidates early next week:
ASSOCIATE VPR, OPERATIONS- SCHEDULE
Candidate 1- Roy Haggerty- Monday, May 23
Research Office interview- 11-11:45am, Location: MU 222, Council Room
Campus Forum- 12-1pm, Location: Burt 193
Candidate 2- Staci Simonich- Thursday, May 26
Research Office interview- 11-11:45am, Location: MU 221
Campus Forum- 12-1pm, Location: MU 222, Council Room
Candidate 3- Phil Mote- Tuesday, May 31
Research Office interview- 11:10-11:50, Location: MU 222, Council Room
Campus Forum- 12-1pm, Location: MU 222, Council Room
ASSISTANT VP- ORI- SCHEDULE
Candidate 1- Shannon Lunt- Monday, May 23
Campus Forum- 1:30-2:30pm, Location: MU 208, La Raza
Candidate 2- Farida Lada, Thursday, May 26
Campus Forum- Timing TBD
Candidate 3- Corina Benson- Tuesday, June 7
Campus Forum- Timing TBD
Candidate 3- Bill Dale- Thursday, June 9
Campus Forum- Timing TBD
OSRAA UPDATES
B306 REMODEL: The moving company will remove furnishings from B306 on 6/13, and the carpeting will be replaced 6/14 through 6/16. Whatever will be moving back into B306 will be delivered back on 6/17. Hopefully cubicle installs will happen at this time as well. Julie has reserved the conference room in Snell Hall so that B306’ers can use that as workspace during the week of 6/13.
RETIREMENT PARTY NEWS!!: Lin Reilly’s retirement reception will be held on June 15, from 2:30 – 3:30 in MU 213. All RO staff please try to swing by and toast Lin!
HIRING: OSRAA will be hiring a Grant and Contract Officer instead of another Senior Grant and Contract Officer. Zach will lead the Search Committee, so he will be putting a Search Committee very soon.
OFFICE 365 ROLLOUT
CN is rollout out Office365 starting 5/19 PM. The first phase will include machines with Office 2010. A few weeks later, the other machines will be upgraded, including Macs. Be sure to leave your machines on at night to receive the automatic update Things to know:
1) New interface: Some features and options will be in different locations. https://support.office.com/en-us/article/What-s-new-and-improved-in-Office-2016-for-Office-365-95c8d81d-08ba-42c1-914f-bca4603e1426
2) Cloud service for sharing and syncing documents. Also- this is an online version that can be used by multiple devices, such as your phone or tablet. Similar to Google drive, you can upload, sync and share Office documents: http://main.oregonstate.edu/office-365 . If you would like a demo of these features for project management, backup or other uses, please let Stephen know.
3) Trust Center settings: the new version is locked down a little more. If you have problems running or accessing files, you can manually adjust your settings: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Add-remove-or-change-a-trusted-location-7ee1cdc2-483e-4cbb-bcb3-4e7c67147fb4 . Note: we’ve found you must restart the application (Excel, Access, Word) after you’ve made changes for the updates to take effect.”
4) According to CN: “The Office 2016 installation will NOT remove your Office 2010 desktop and taskbar shortcuts, so please replace them with Office 2016 shortcuts prior to launching any applications” Please contact Stephen at stephen.hotard@oregonstate.edu if you have any questions or need assistance on any of the above.
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