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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.
The Washington state climatologist will soon run a unique climate change institute in Oregon. Philip Mote says he may actually be the state climatologist for both Oregon and Washington for a short time, depending on how lawmakers in Olympia react to his new job. The institute is at Oregon State University but is shared by the statewide university system.
There was good news about Oregon water issues last week, but you might have missed it because it was easier to focus on the bad news. Both the bad news and the good news came from the same source: A report from Oregon State University’€™s Institute for Water and Watersheds on a series of roundtable meetings the institute held last year around the state.
Water supply and water infrastructure concern many Oregonians, according to a recent survey performed by Oregon State University.
Now that the holiday season has passed, Oregon State Parks is hoping people will now observe whale watch season, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The Holmes have been volunteering for the Whale Watching Spoken Here program for the past four years and make the long drive from Marcola to the lighthouse. The Holmes are part of a program run by Oregon State University that has trained more than 27,000 volunteers who have helped more than 1 million visitors better understand these gentle giants.
The January PFLA meeting takes place at noon today in the Memorial Union, room 213. Today’s discussion is “OSU, The Party College?” presented by Joyce Fred, OSU Risk Officer. Her talk will include the process for serving alcohol at OSU functions, liability, risk factors and guidelines.
Betsy Glenn of OSU Fisheries & Wildlife will speak on the Effects of Climate on Survival, Reproduction, and Rate of Population Change of Northern Spotted Owls, from 4 to 5 p.m., Nash Hall, room 206.
The Institute for Water and Watersheds Film Series begins with the 40-minute world premiere of a documentary made by OSU graduate student on the Umatilla County Critical Groundwater Solutions Taskforce. The screening takes place from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union, room 208.
Auditions for the tenth anniversary of the OSU Vagina Monologues production takes place tonight and tomorrow, 6 to 9 p.m., in Waldo Hall room 201A. Callbacks are Jan. 9. For information, call 541-737-3927.
The local Employers Partnership for Diversity presents its first workshop of 2009 on Jan. 8. This month's topic is Politics and Political Policies. Take a closer look at the public policy area of immigration and learn about today’s public policy debates and how they will shape our future. Presenters are Karmen Fore, District Director for Congressman Peter DeFazio and Teuta Norman, partner in Hecht & Norman, Immigration Law Specialists. The workshop will be held from 8:30 to 10:30 am at the Albany Public Schools district office, 718 Seventh Avenue S.W. All OSU employees are welcome to attend free of charge. Info: Diane Davis. Accommodations and registration: Leo Soto.
The OSU department of zoology has announced their 2009 winter seminar series. Seminars are free and open to the public. They take place at 3:30 p.m. in ALS room 4001. Jan. 12: “Adaptive Evolution and Coevolution of Sperm-Egg Recognition Molecules,” Willie Swanson, University of Washington, Seattle. Jan. 26: œPenguins as marine sentinels, Dee Boersma, Wadsworth Endowed Chair of Conservation Science, University of Washington, Seattle. Feb. 9: “Cooperation and Conflict in Social Amoeba,” Joan Strassmann and David Queller, Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess professors, Rice University, Houston, Tex.
The OSU department of philosophy'€™s Ideas Matter 2009 series, the UN Declaration of Human Rights, begins this month.
Jan. 15: How Human Rights Came About: Some History and some Philosophy, Bill Uzgalis, Philosophy Department, Oregon State University
Jan. 22: The Declaration at 60: The Journey from Rights to Goals, Ibrahim Gassama, Law, UO Knight School of Law
Jan. 29: Humanitarian Intervention and Human Rights, A Dialogue, David Reidy, University of Tennessee and Michael Blake, Department of Philosophy and the Evans School of Public Policy, University of Washington.
Feb. 5: €œHuman Rights and Linguistic Subterfuge in the Bush League, J. Jeremy Wisnewski, Department of Philosophy, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
Feb. 12: Immigration, Human Rights, and Global Justice Framework, Jorge Valadez, Philosophy Department, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio.
Feb. 19: Are Women Human Yet? (With a Nod to Catharine MacKinnon), Lani Roberts, Philosophy Department, Oregon State University
Feb. 26: Sequels of Political Violence in Refugees: Providing Reparation and Treatment with the Human Rights Frame, Ruth Vargas Forman, Torture Treatment Center of Oregon, OHSU
March 5: €œEnvironmental Degradation as a Human Rights Issue, Steven Vanderheiden, UC Boulder, Colo.
All lectures are at 7 p.m. in Gilfillan Auditorium; these lectures are open and free to the community.
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’Â….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’Â’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 additional repairs on the storm sewer system, the southbound lane of 26th Street will remain closed to through traffic between Campus Way and Orchard Ave. The northbound lane of 26th is open and available for normal travel. Access to parking lots entries/exits between these streets will remain open during repairs. Traffic control devices will be in place to direct traffic.
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.
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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