A MESSAGE FROM CINDY: NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION FOLLOW-UP

Bravo, RO!  Yesterday’s new faculty orientation (NFO) was simply great. We delivered with energy and polish the message of who we are and what we do. Thank you for your time, for preparing so carefully, and for your commitment to excellence in serving the research community. We are now only 12 months from the 2017 NFO. If you would, send your suggestions for improving the session to Jane.cigarran@oregonstate.edu. Thanks again!

 

HAILS! OSRAA UPDATE

FROM SANDY COBB: I am very pleased to announce that we have hired two new Accountant 2s for the Cash and Financial Management Unit.  We received confirmation of both hires this morning and were able to share the happy news at the OSRAA Education and Outreach session. Rhonda Holcomb will be joining us on November 7 from Sea Grant, where she is currently working as a Grants and Contracts Technician. She was formerly in the UABC as an Accountant 1. Rhonda has extensive experience in grants and operations administration at Blue Mountain Community College and at the Corvallis School District. She has experience working with granting agencies and PIs, managing awards through all stages of the award, including writing, reviewing, applying, contracting, budgeting, spending, billing, reconciling, reporting, and closing grants.  Rhonda’s extensive experience in all facets of award administration will be a tremendous asset to us as Rhonda joins CFM Team O. Autumn Helenihi will be starting on November 1 in this new role, after providing support to OSRAA as a student employee while working on her degree in Accountancy at OSU. She has an extensive history in project, operations, and program management at Hewlett-Packard, Yahoo, and Kinko’s where she was responsible for short and long-term forecasts of product quality rates and costs for projects in excess. In addition to her exposure to OSRAA systems and processes over the last six months, her strong customer service focus, contract compliance, and practical accounting experience and training will be assets as she joins CFM Team O. Please join us in welcoming both Rhonda and Autumn to the OSRAA/ Research Office family!

 

SAVE THE DATE!- RO HOLIDAY PARTY

Friday, December 9 from 5p-730p, MU Main Lounge. More information and formal invite to follow sometime in November.

 

PHOTOS OF THE WEEK- RESEARCH IN ACTION: CONSUELO CARBONELL-MOORE

RO SPACE POLICY UPDATE

Research Office space is controlled by the VPR or her designee.  “Space” is defined as all offices, cubicles, all space designated as employee work stations, all network and telephone connections, and all associated locks and keys.  For the good of all Research Office employees, only the VPR or her designee may authorize use of space or changes in use of space.  For the same reason, only the VPR or her designee may make arrangements for changes in space (arranging key requisitions, lock changes, network/phone connections).    Designees: The Associate VPR is the VPR’s designee for authorization of space, and the VPR’s Executive Assistant is the designee for making arrangements for changes in space. Please work with your Assistant VP to communicate requests to the Associate VPR.  We are working on an electronic form for requests. For questions please contact Roy Haggerty.

CHANGES TO THE URISC, FRT , AND GENERAL RESEARCH FUND PROGRAMS

The URISC, Faculty Release Time, and General Research Fund programs are under review in the Research Office.  We are looking at changing each of these programs somewhat.  Look for a request for proposals for revised programs sometime in late fall 2016 or early winter 2017.  If you have questions, please contact the Associate Vice President for Research, Roy Haggerty, roy.haggerty@oregonstate.edu

HRPP ONLINE MEETING REQUEST FORM

The Human Research Protection Program (formerly known as the IRB Office) has held over 430 advising and study review appointments so far this year. Because Tiffany Andrews is scheduling these meetings while working from Utah, Stephen helped us create an online meeting request form to streamline the process. If this type of process is useful to anyone else in the Research Office, the form can be found at:  http://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5bfKMZmdCWZBoMd

LPI DIRECTOR CANDIDATE A-OPEN FORUM 10/24, 11am- LPSC 402

Open Forum for Director, Linus Pauling Institute-Monday, October 24^th, from 11am-12pm in Linus Pauling Science Center (LPSC) 402. Candidate A will give a 20min presentation addressing the following question: Based on what you know about LPI today, what do you see as the opportunities to leverage further to ensure our position as a top, internationally recognized research institute? The presentation will be followed by Q&A for the remainder of the hour. The forum is open to all OSU students, staff and faculty. Position information and the candidate’s bio will be available at the session. For questions, please contact: jane.cigarran@oregonstate.edu.

JOY DRIVE PARTICIPATION

Each year Childcare and Family Resources leads a Joy Drive to provide student families in need with gifts for the winter holiday season. They invite departments on campus to participate by sponsoring a family. The Research Office has participated in the Joy Drive for the past few years. Jillian Coleman has offered to help coordinate the Research Office’s participation in the Joy Drive this year. In the past, we have asked people who are interested in participating to donate to a fund which will then be used to purchase gifts for the families. If you are interested in participating, please let Jillian know by November 7^th. Participation involves making a donation in any amount you choose to help purchase presents. If you’d like to help with coordinating our participation or shopping, you can do that too. They are also accepting donations of wrapping paper, ribbons, tape, etc. Please feel free to contact Jillian with any questions. (jillian.coleman@oregonstate.edu)

MUSIC IN THE MU TODAY AT LUNCH

OSU Music Faculty in Recital is the Music a la Carte theme for today’s concert in the MU Lounge at Noon.  One of the performances will be by Julie Meier’s brother, Dr. Robert Brudvig, Associate Professor, Percussion, who will perform “Fabian Theory” a six-minute percussion solo on the Malletkat – An electronic delay system is employed throughout the piece serving to reproduce the “live” signal 566 milliseconds (about half a second) after it has been played, thereby building a multi-marimba illusion & creating rhythmic counterpoint against a live performance.

DIVE CENTER VIDEO

From Kevin Buch…Here is a link to a short video highlighting the new dive center from our friends at OSU Interactive Communications. And thanks to everyone who stopped by the open house on Friday!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG7WZ5_DDKQ

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DIVE CENTER EVENT- OCT. 13, 3-5pm

The Research Office and the College of Public Health and Human Sciences invite you to dive into a new era with us! Scientific and recreational diving just got a boost, and we’re excited to share it with you. More details here: dive-center-flier

PLEASE RSVP: RESEARCH OFFICE NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION

Please note that this year’s NFO will have a new format, starting with an introduction from Cindy followed by a 1-hour panel discussion with OSU faculty who have served as program officers. After that there will be booths set up around the Horizon Room for each RO unit. We will use a  “speed dating” format to allow new faculty to choose which areas they would like to learn more about. We’ll wrap at 5pm (no reception but refreshments will be provided throughout the event). Please RSVP here.

MONTHLY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TOPIC- EARTHQUAKES/ DRILL 10/20/16

Please click here: monthly-topic-2016-10-earthquakes for more information. Also please note there will be an earthquake drill on Oct 20 at 10:20am. More details here: earthquake-drill

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