{"id":1014,"date":"2022-04-26T18:07:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/science\/?p=1014"},"modified":"2024-02-06T22:18:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T22:18:19","slug":"april-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/science\/newsletter\/april-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
\"College<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n
\n

Research<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

Honors<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

Visibility<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

Events<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
<\/span>\"\"
\n
\n
\n

Words from the Dean<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

April 2022<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Dear colleagues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the last two years, our community has engaged extensively in discussions and collective decision-making to ensure that new plans for the College’s future align with our shared values. Your input informed the community-created Diversity Action Plan<\/a> that launched in fall. And this year, your feedback is guiding the priorities and goals in the College’s next five-year strategic plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In evaluating your input during this time, it is resoundingly clear to me that, among other convictions, this community cares deeply about student success and transformative education that is accessible for all learners<\/strong>. I’m grateful that the values and commitments of our two incoming College of Science leaders \u2013 both with track records of advocating student-centered, inclusive education \u2013 align well with these values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jessica Siegel<\/a>, associate dean of academic and student affairs as of January, is a community-minded leader who thinks strategically about holistic, student-centered education and issues of equity and wellbeing. I’m confident that her knowledge of evidence-based practices in teaching and learning will positively impact our students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of April 1, Jessica is now the first point of contact as associate dean<\/strong> as Henri Jansen transitions toward full retirement June 1. Jessica will continue working at 60% in this position as she finishes out her teaching and leadership responsibilities at University of St. Thomas, moving to a full-time basis at OSU June 1. Again, I offer my thanks to Henri for his devoted service. Stay tuned for news about his retirement party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kameron Kadooka<\/a> also steps into his new role this month as the College of Science’s first director of Equity, Access and Inclusion. Kameron has been a constant advocate for students as LSAMP coordinator at OSU and recently as our interim EAI director. I know the College will be well served by his experience and commitment to embed, integrate and advance inclusive excellence within all aspects of the College of Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As interim director (on a part-time basis), Kameron oversaw the development of the College’s new EAI website<\/a>, served as chair of the EAI leadership council, and worked with the members of EAI subcommittees to identify barriers to recruitment, retention and success of faculty and students from underrepresented communities. I want to thank Andy Karplus, University Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, for working alongside Kameron during the last six months to those ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving forward, Kameron will continue laying the groundwork to advance goals and actions in the Diversity Action Plan in collaboration with the EAI leadership council, and senior and academic leadership. Watch for an upcoming Impact story<\/strong> in which Kameron will share his vision for the role and future EAI initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we think deeply about our research and teaching mission in planning for the future, I want to encourage all of you to participate in two upcoming events involving the Collaborative Innovation Complex<\/a> (CIC) that Provost Ed Feser announced<\/a> in November. This state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary facility on the Corvallis campus will host OSU\u2019s most advanced research infrastructure with the goal of supporting team-based interdisciplinary research and education. Please join the University Forum<\/a> on April 7 at 3:30 p.m. and the Ideation Session<\/a> on April 15 at 4 p.m. Read more details here<\/a> or at the bottom of this newsletter. If you are part of a collaborative team with faculty from at least one other college working on one of the CIC themes, please consider giving a brief presentation at the Ideation Session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to the many of you who participated in our recent strategic planning engagement activities. The committee is synthesizing your feedback and drafting a plan that will be consistent with the OSU strategic plan SP4.0, incorporate our Diversity Action Plan, and encompass our mission in research, teaching, outreach, engagement and inclusive excellence. We anticipate the formal unveiling of the plan next fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roy Haggerty<\/strong>
Dean, College of Science<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n

All the news that’s fit to print.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Please submit news, honors and awards, discoveries, events, research funding, student news, alumni updates and more. Just send us a quick email<\/a><\/strong> by the end of the month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
<\/span>\"\"
\n
\n
\n

Research updates<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

Seeding testing \u2014 used for determining seed lot quality and establishing seed value \u2014 is a fundamental phase of the agricultural marketing system<\/small><\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Research Funding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to the 2022 awardees of the Science Research and Innovation Seed \u2013 Individual Investigator awards. These awards, ranging in amounts from $10K to $20K, providing funding to establish partnerships, accelerate project development, generate data and manuscripts and foster proposal submissions to external funders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n