{"id":1305,"date":"2018-07-11T21:34:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T21:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/science\/?p=1305"},"modified":"2024-02-27T22:45:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T22:45:43","slug":"july-august-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/science\/newsletter\/july-august-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"July\/August 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

I hope that you all are enjoying your summer in our lovely community and taking time to rejuvenate, relax and refresh. I want to take a moment to share some good news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have had a strong surge in research funding in the last couple of months with $6.66 million in grants from NSF, NIH, other federal agencies, universities and others. This is thanks to the strong proposals you submitted to take advantage of the federal government\u2019s late FY18 spending push. Please read about the impressive array of research projects and funding that our faculty have received in this newsletter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In more welcome news, I am pleased to announce that we finished FY18 in the black. While the final numbers are not yet in, we have made progress repairing our structural deficit by making strategic investments to grow revenue and using resources prudently. A big thanks goes to the university for its investment in our College as we demonstrated good stewardship. Thank you for doing your part to grow revenue through extended campus with attractive course offerings, supporting student success and making fiscally careful decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While our fiscal house will need continued attention, we are now in a position to make a few additional investments in our future.  First, we are making a number of new hires:<\/p>\n\n\n\n