A MESSAGE FROM CINDY
Great news for OSU and oceans this week! On Monday morning, Congress released its 2017 budget amendment, which funds the government through September. In it is language to support two major OSU efforts: the Regional Class Research Vessel (RCRV) and the PMEC-SETS wave energy testbed. Much to our delight, the RCRV is envisioned a three-ship build out (0, 1 or 2 ships have been discussed). Total RCRV project budget is now $340M, with an initial tranche of $122M. PMEC-SETS has been granted an additional $30M to fund the industry test bed in Newport, Oregon. This tranche gets us closer to the total projected costs of $50M. Bravo to RO staff and project managers for keeping a steady had on the rudder during these deliberations. Budget should move to university in the next months.
and in more exciting Research news….
HAILS: NEW FISCAL DIRECTOR
Please join us in welcoming Jennifer Creighton to the Research Office as our new Fiscal Director! Jenn will be starting on June 19th and will be located in Kerr A322K (Shirley’s current office). She comes to us from the Auxiliaries and Activities Business Center (AABC) here on campus and brings extensive finance, accounting, human resource and administrative management experience from working at both OSU and UofO. I’m sure she will make a great addition to our team! As you all know, Shirley Chow retired and will continue part time through the calendar year to help with the transition to the new Fiscal Director and to support a major project in OCCD. Please give a big shout out to Shirley for all of her hard work and achievements over the years! You will be missed!
OSU ADVANTAGE ACCELERATOR SHOWCASE- May 10th
Startup Showcase: Join us in this celebration of achievements and a new take on a traditional startup graduation event. Entrepreneurs from the OSU Advantage Accelerator/ RAIN Corvallis program will present their successes and companies live onstage May 10, at the ATAMI building on the HP Campus. This event is free and open to the public; register at Eventbrite here.
And in separate but equally as exciting OCCD news, Kirt Fuller was interviewed recently by Industry Sponsored Research – a journal, highlighting OSU’s Alternative industry contracting model.
TRY-Athalon – BACK FOR MORE RO GLORY!?
FROM KIM: I am working on seeing if there is enough interest to have a team for the Faculty Staff Fitness TRY-Athlon on June 9th. The Research Office won second last year! There are 3 portions to the TRY-Athlon Running, Swimming, and walking. The event itself is a 20 minute relay. The team with the most combined laps for each event wins the activity category. I would be happy to be the captain again if I can get at least 5 people for each portion. This event is open to Faculty, Staff, Retirees, Spouses/Partners, GTAs/GRAs of Oregon State University. The cost is $5 per person. Please email Kimberly.reese@oregonstate.edu if you are interested in joining this year. If you would like more information, please check this out.
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