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Today in the News Media is a synopsis of some of the most prominent coverage of OSU people and programs. Inclusion of any item constitutes neither an endorsement nor a critique, but rather is intended only to make the OSU community aware of significant items in the media.
As a young geophysicist in the 1980s, Rob Holman attended a conference in San Francisco that included a field trip to a beach. Today Dr. Holman is best known as a coastal oceanographer at Oregon State University whose computerized photography system, called Argus, has given researchers new ways to observe and measure beaches. But he still collects sand, which he displays on shelves in the corridor outside his office.
Four Oregon college presidents, including OSU President Ed Ray, will offer their thoughts this week on the state of higher education. The discussion will air on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s “Think Out Loud” radio show. The discussion will be taped before a live audience Wednesday at Portland State University.
It may look like a generator mated to a lawnmower, but a $5,000 robot stolen from a Portland State University professor's car in Aloha late Sunday or early today can be modified to do some pretty cool stuff. Oregon State University students modified a similar robot to perform tasks such as remotely measuring soil temperatures and finding missing or stranded astronauts. The OSU team captured first place in the 2008 University Rover Challenge at the Mars Desert Research Station in Colorado.
Want to organize and title your music collection? Find a free alternative to popular office software programs? If so, you and hundreds of millions of other users have probably ended up at the Open Source Lab at Oregon State University, which was just named one of the nations “10 Really Cool University Networking Labs” by Network World, an information technology magazine.
K.I.S.S. those Veggies (Keep It Simple Sweetie) Gearing Up for Gardening Series takes place from 12:10 to 1 p.m. today in the main meeting room of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, 645 N.W. Monroe Ave. Plan your backyard or container vegetable garden presented by Gail Langellotto, Urban & Community Horticulture Specialist, OSU Department of Horticulture.
Ride the Beaver Bus free Jan. 8, 9, and 10. To celebrate the return of the Beaver Bus from Winter Break, everyone rides free. The Beaver Bus operates from 8:45 p.m. to 2:45 a.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday on weeks when OSU is in session. The Beaver Bus is a service for the general public, and fare pricing is the same as for our standard service. Community members with valid transit passes and OSU students, faculty and staff, along with community members whose employer participates in a group pass agreement with CTS, have pre-paid rides and may ride simply by showing their pass or ID/employee card. For more information, see http://www.ci.corvallis.or.us/cts or call the Beaver Bus HOTLINE 541-602-2430
Winston Wilkinson, outgoing director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Office for Civil Rights, will speak at Oregon State University 7 p.m., Jan. 29 in Milam Auditorium on campus. He will be speaking on the topic, “Social Justice: The State of the Union.”
The 2009 Starker Lecture Series, Sustaining Forests, Homes, & Communities, takes place beginning Jan. 22. The free lecture series begins with James E. Brown discussing sustainability and forest management, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Jan. 22 in Richardson Hall Room 107. Then from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 19 in Richardson Hall Room 107, Jerry Yudelson looks at preparing the forest product industry for sustainable marketplaces. Martin Goebel rounds out the series with a look at community and social sustainability from 3:30 to 5 p.m. March 5 in Richardson Hall Room 107, and finally, a capstone field trip will take place March 12. For more information, see http://starkerlectures.forestry.oregonstate.edu
OSU is undergoing its cyclical re-accreditation by the NCAA. Members of the university community and the public are invited to provide input as part of that process. Four public sessions have been scheduled for January, and all are welcome to attend:
For more upcoming events, go to http://oregonstate.edu/events/newsevents/events.html.
Free access to Dixon Recreation Center and free Fit Pass Classes for Faculty, Staff & Affiliates – Jan. 5-11. Stop by and see how Recreational Sports can help you meet your health and wellness goals for the New Year! RecServices has extended hours the first two weeks of the term M-R, 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. For more information see http://oregonstate.edu/recsports, 541-737-3748.
Applications for the L.L. Stewart Faculty Development Award are due before 5 p.m. Feb. 2. The L.L. Stewart Faculty Development Award provides individual faculty members with grants of up to $2,200 for professional development activities that have a clear connection to the enhancement of teaching and student learning at OSU. Two grants for $4,400 may also be considered for exceptionally compelling and well-written proposals. Academic advising-related proposals are welcome. Application and guidelines are available at: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/senate/awards/application/llstewart/index.html. For information, contact Evelyn Reynolds Evelyn Reynolds.
OSU Campus Recycling is seeking volunteers for Recyclemania 2009, a nationwide competition between universities to see who can recycle the most, which will run Jan. 18 through March 28. Volunteer opportunities include distributing flyers, assisting with event set up and tear down, making class announcements, performing waste audits, promoting recycling through word of mouth, and more. Any time commitment is appreciated. For information, contact Andrea at Andrea Norris. More info at http://recycle.oregonstate.edu/recyclemania/.
The Graduate School at OSU is recruiting for the position of Executive Assistant to the Dean. Full-time, 12-month, fixed-term, professional faculty position. See full announcement for minimum qualifications and application requirements at http://oregonstate.edu/jobs; Posting No. 0003695. For full consideration, apply by Jan. 13.
Bike lockers are available to students, faculty and staff on a first-come, first-serve basis. The lockers are located in the Park Terrace West parking lot, 26th & Orchard. The Winter Term rental rate for winter through summer term is $48 plus a $50 refundable security deposit. Contact Transit and Parking Services (TAPS) for more information Transit and Parkings. or 541-737-2583.
Corvallis Transit System (CTS) announces the addition of one extra run to the Route 6 service. Effective Jan. 5, the Route 6 Monday-Friday service will add a 6:45 p.m. run and on Saturday a 5:45 p.m. run. This is in addition to the current scheduled service. The Philomath Connection will eliminate the 8:45 a.m. partial run.
Facilities Services seeks a Senior Planner. Position will provide planning services, zoning and code analysis on issues related to the development of the campus and, will provide land use guidance as it relates to the Campus Master Plan. This is a full-time unclassified Professional Faculty position, posting number 0003694. Deadline for applications is Jan. 16. Position details can be found at OSU Human Resources at http://oregonstate.edu/jobs.
The Western Association of Student Employment Administrators (WASEA) is looking for nominations of outstanding student employees in the Western region. Students are evaluated based on reliability, quality of work, initiative, professionalism and the uniqueness of their contribution. The student must have completed or expect to complete at least three months full-time or six months part-time between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009. The nomination form is available at http://oregonstate.edu/career/students/employmentNEW.php#SEAppreciation. Return this form to Career Services, Student Employment by 5 p.m. Feb. 13. For information, call 541-737-0520 or email Mike Mays.
The Research Office Incentive Funds is requesting Letters of Intent for the National Science Foundation - Math and Science Partnership (NSF-MSP) program. This is a limited submission program. Letter of Intent guidelines to the Research Office may be accessed at http://oregonstate.edu/research/incentive/nsf_msp.html. NSF-MSP guidelines may be accessed at: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09507/nsf09507.htm. Letters of Intent submission deadline to the Research Office is Jan. 9 and should be sent as a MS Word or PDF document to: mailto:debbie.delmore@oregonstate.edu. For more information contact Debbie Delmore at 737-8390.
The Research Office is requesting Letters of Intent from interested faculty for the National Science Foundation (NSF) - Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program. This is a limited submission program. An IGERT brown bag lunch question, answer and strategy session is being offered for all those planning to submit letters. The session takes place at noon Jan. 13 in the Memorial Union, LaRaza Room 208. For more information call Debbie Delmore at 541-737-8390.
The 2008-09 OSU Directory has arrived and all department pre-orders have been delivered. If your department needs more copies, call Kami Hammerschmith in Student Media at 541-737-6379 or come to 118 Memorial Union East/Snell Hall. The directories are $2 each and can be billed to an OSU index number. OSU Directories put out in the Memorial Union are free to OSU students only.
The OSU Women’s Center is proud to present its first ever “Calendar of Hope.” This 18-month calendar features OSU students, staff and faculty who have completed the phrase, “When Violence Against Women and Children Ends’….I will______.” The photography by OSU art students Daron Jackson and Katie Holloway is stunning, and the calendar features helpful information for anyone in the OSU community who might need to refer a student or colleague to support/advocacy , medical, educational and reporting options if she/he is a survivor of domestic violence, sexual assault or abuse. Calendars are available at the Women’s Center for $15 and checks should be payable to the OSU Foundation. Proceeds will be used for sexual violence education at OSU. Women’’s Center phone number is 541-737-3186.
To observe their 75th Anniversary, the Agricultural Research Foundation is inviting proposals for two special grants that will be awarded for $50,000/ year for two years. These are separate from the normal $12,500 grants that will be announced later in the spring. They must be interdisciplinary in nature, and they must include principal investigators from at least two different departments or colleges. Send a 1-to-1½--page pre-proposal including a comment on the importance of the research to Oregon agriculture and natural resources, and a summary of the intended research. Preference will be given to proposals that may lead to practical products or practices, including projects investigating agricultural environmental impact. Pre-proposal deadline is 5 p.m. Jan. 30. Submit one hard copy to Agricultural Research Foundation, Strand Agricultural Hall, Ste. 100, Oregon State University, OR., 97331.
James S. McDonnell Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for 21st Century Research Awards to support research on brain cancer or studying complex systems. The award amount is up to $450,000 for three-to-six year projects. Proposals may be submitted between Feb. 10 - March 17 for research projects beginning in September or October 2009. A full program description and application instructions are available at http://www.jsmf.org/apply/index.htm/. Info: 541-737-6961 or Martha Coleman.
Due to the holiday schedule, the Research Office is extending the deadline for the NSF - Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) program. Letters of Intent submission deadline to the Research Office is extended to Friday, Jan. 9. NSF Preliminary Proposal Due Date: Feb. 26. Guidance for preparation Letters of Intent to the Research Office: http://oregonstate.edu/research/incentive/pire.htm. NSF - PIRE program: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09505/nsf09505.htm.
Due to emergency repairs to the boiler, all steam and heating services in the Naval ROTC Armory will be temporarily shutdown. This will affect all floors and all rooms, and is anticipated to remain in effect through Jan. 23.
The parking area on Pioneer Way (east of Benton Hall) has been reopened and available for staff parking. This parking area was recently shutdown to accommodate construction associated with the Apperson/Kearney remodel project.
Due to the installation of new utility vaults for permanent power to the new Energy Center, the sidewalk on 35th street (between Washington Way and Jefferson) will be shutdown from Jan. 6 through Feb. 4. Construction crews and large equipment will be working to remove portions of the sidewalk to accommodate this installation.
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