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October 2016<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We are excited to welcome in a new academic year with new students, new faculty, new staff and new alumni joining our OneScience community. It is exciting and inspiring to read all of the many things you accomplished this past year. It shows in your teaching excellence, in your discoveries and publications, in your funded research, in your outreach, in your visibility and in your passion for everyone’s success. You have a lot to be proud of yourself, and we are proud of you. Thank you for all you do to strive for excellence, enhance diversity and foster harmony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This fall, we launched a new M.S. and graduate certificate program in data analytics. We also launched a new undergraduate major in biochemistry and molecular biology to offer students in-depth training in molecular and computational biology preparing them for successful careers as modern molecular biologists. We are working on enhancing student success by developing internship programs, increasing resources for undergraduate research and study abroad, developing a summit to discuss mathematical and statistical training on our campus, and providing additional advising support and resources for our students and advisors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are also continuing to invest in resources to support faculty success related to teaching, research and outreach. For example, we are increasing support for grant writing techniques and proposal preparation, bringing distinguished diverse speakers to our campus, and raising funds to support and enhance teaching excellence. We are grateful to our alumni like Michael Waterman for creating new scholarships that provide Oregonians access to education and a chance to excel. We will also be investing in science communication skills training for faculty and students with several significant events throughout the winter and spring. We are excited about the leadership that many in our College are taking regarding effective use of learning assistants and other pedagogical innovations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, we are committed to working with everyone across our College to make strong progress moving our strategic plan goals forward. Three of the working groups in data science, distance education and diversity completed reports with final recommendations. The College has begun working to implement these strategies and tactics. Specifically, we are developing workshops to expand our distance education efforts (Thanks, Mike Lerner); to partner with minority-serving institutions to enhance diversity in our graduate programs (Thanks, Judy Giordan and Doug Keszler); and to identify resources to develop a data science hub on our campus (Thanks, Lan Xue and Malgo Peszynska).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are grateful to the working group that developed a 10-year capital improvement plan for the College. Working with the university Infrastructure working group and the OSU Foundation, we will identify and develop resources that can support our current and future infrastructure needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, we are excited to celebrate SPARK: A year of arts + science through 2016-17. This gives us a wonderful opportunity to showcase the impeccable impact arts and science have on innovation in teaching and research and in all of our lives at OSU and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are proud of you. We are proud of all our students, staff, faculty and alumni. Look forward to seeing you at the Fall Awards ceremony on Monday October 17 at 5 pm in the MU Horizon Room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the best and keep up the excellent work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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

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Welcome Class of 2020!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Welcome Class of 2020!<\/strong>
The College of Science welcomed 1,069 new undergraduate students, our largest class in five years but fairly flat from last year. We also welcomed 93 graduate students in science, a 24% increase from last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Class of 2020: Who are these future scientists?<\/em>
Women comprise 61% of the class of 2020 and men 39%. The average age is almost 20 years old. Eighteen percent are transfer students. More than five percent are international students. Roughly 35% of our incoming class are students from underrepresented populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The average high school GPA of this class is 3.60.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Asian<\/td>13%<\/td><\/tr>
Black\/African American<\/td>2%<\/td><\/tr>
Hispanic<\/td>11%<\/td><\/tr>
Multiple<\/td>9%<\/td><\/tr>
Native Hawaiian\/Pacific Islander<\/td>0%<\/td><\/tr>
Non-resident Alien<\/td>5%<\/td><\/tr>
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Breakdown by Major<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Non-degree<\/td>99<\/td><\/tr>
Biochemistry & Biophysics<\/td>81<\/td><\/tr>
Biology<\/td>401<\/td><\/tr>
Chemistry<\/td>85<\/td><\/tr>
General Science<\/td>19<\/td><\/tr>
Mathematics<\/td>24<\/td><\/tr>
Microbiology<\/td>42<\/td><\/tr>
Physics<\/td>41<\/td><\/tr>
Biohealth Sciences<\/td>206<\/td><\/tr>
Zoology<\/td>50<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n