{"id":1871,"date":"2024-09-24T23:37:20","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T23:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/science\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2024-09-27T19:55:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T19:55:01","slug":"september-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/science\/newsletter\/september-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dear College of Science Community,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am thrilled to be starting the new academic year. After missing this seasonal excitement last year, it is so great to be with all of you and with our new and returning students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will be another big year in the College of Science. We have an unprecedented number of new students and over a dozen new faculty. Another dozen were promoted since last year, and yet another dozen have transitioned from Instructor to Professor of Teaching positions. New SciRIS awards and transdisciplinary research awards will be announced soon – totaling close to a million dollars of seed money for projects involving College of Science faculty. And we have nine new University Day award winners<\/a>, demonstrating again the remarkable contributions the College makes to research, translation and inclusive education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The College of Science has key roles to play in Prosperity Widely Shared, and we will be stepping into those roles significantly this year. In research, we will build strength in data science and other key PWS areas, as well as in our many diverse areas of existing strength. In student success, we will build on our already successful programs by diving deeply into qualitative and quantitative data on which aspects of the student experience are most critical to success and retention. And we will broaden our reach by developing new academic programs across the range of the life, quantitative and physical sciences. I will be actively fundraising for all of these initiatives, as well as for the major new \u201cFinish in 4\u201d scholarship program, designed to provide Oregon students who have the highest financial need with the means to finish their degrees without delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know that our challenges this year will include the stress of both national and world events. My hope and my goal is that we will approach these challenges with a focus on supporting each other and our students \u2013 with an attitude of listening, caring and championing diversity of all kinds. Closer to home, we will need to think outside the box about how we support both research and student success with limited budgets. This will also require an attitude of care, creativity and respectful dialogue. I hope that I can help lead these critical but difficult conversations; I welcome your thoughts at any time about how best to do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I look forward to working with all of you on both the opportunities and the challenges. On Tuesday, Oct. 8 we will hold a Fall Welcome and Town Hall <\/strong>event, with lunch and social time at 11:30 a.m. and a panel discussion starting at noon with me and the associate deans. We\u2019ll make some brief<\/em> <\/em><\/strong>remarks on this year\u2019s plans, and invite questions and thoughts from you on how we can all be successful together. Please RSVP by Oct. 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a few housekeeping items I would like to share with you as we start the year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n