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COVID-19 website: To facilitate the ongoing sharing of information about the virus, Oregon State University has added a link on the OSU homepage to a new page that provides detailed and up-to-date COVID-19 information; links to OSU, local, state and federal resources; updates on the latest federal travel restrictions; and previous university communications about the virus and other information. Additionally CDC information (including Spanish resources) can be found here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/communication/factsheets.html
OSU employees and students should observe 'stay at home' order: https://leadership.oregonstate.edu/covid-19/updates/osu-employees-and-students-should-observe-%E2%80%98stay-home%E2%80%99-order-march-23-2020
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. Content appearing includes timely news and feature stories from broadcast, print and online sources. Occasionally, opinion pieces and first-person columns appearing in mainstream media outlets that are written by faculty members and pertain to their academic or professional expertise may be included based on their unique, informative value, timeliness and space constraints. It is not the policy of OSU Today to include Letters to the Editor.
Kinsa founder and CEO Inder Singh told me this allowed them to achieve an unprecedented level of accuracy and granularity in flu forecasting down to the community level, working in partnership with Oregon State University Assistant Professor Ben Dalziel.
A piece by OSU's Regan Gurung.
Today, the Oregon State University College of Forestry closed their McDonald-Dunn Forests to recreational use. There is no indication when they will be reopened.
James Douglass, who served as Oregon State University’s Director of Bands from 1968-1999, has passed away. During his time at Oregon State, he directed the OSU Symphonic Band and the OSU Marching Band, as well as other athletic bands. He appeared as an adjudicator, guest conductor, band clinician and trumpet soloist at colleges and high schools in Europe, Canada, Taiwan, the Philippines and the U.S.
Today’s workspace: Fiscal coordinator with the Research Office LaRae Wallace says, "I am used to spending a lot of time in this room because it is also the home of my online business (making purses and other bags), but I am usually on the other side of the room at my sewing machines. I realized today that I had to work on making that side of the room presentable for a Zoom meeting." Send your home workspace photos to [email protected].
Please be aware that in this quickly shifting environment, some events may be cancelled at the last minute and updates may not have been provided to OSU Today in time.
Free Virtual Nutrition Counseling: Help the OSU dietetic interns get their internship hours so they can stay on track to graduate and join the healthcare workforce as Registered Dietitians. We’re offering 1:1 virtual counseling sessions over Zoom starting Monday, March 23. Contact Michelle Bump at [email protected] if you’re interested with a time/day you’re available.
Support for Faculty on Remote Teaching: Open online training sessions are available March 23-27 to all faculty. Topics include teaching remotely with Zoom and Canvas, recording lectures, preparing course material, academic honesty in remote instruction, and more. See the schedule for live sessions, open Q&A, and recordings on OSU’s Keep Teaching site. Questions? Email [email protected].
“Skype a Scientist Live: Gray Whales with Clara Bird”: Clara Bird, a graduate student in the Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna lab in the Marine Mammal Institute at Hatfield Marine Science Center, will give a short presentation and then take questions during this session aimed at school-age students on March 24 at 9 a.m. Bird’s research is focused on using drones to study how gray whale behavior varies across space, time and individuals off the coast of Oregon. Watch her session here. This session will have an ASL interpreter. The session will also be recorded for posting on YouTube on the Skype a Scientist channel. More information: https://www.skypeascientist.com/skype-a-scientist-live.html.
NEW! Board of Trustees: The OSU Board of Trustees will meet from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Friday, April 3, to consider tuition rates, mandatory fees and student incidental fees for the 2020-21 academic year and summer session 2020. The board also will consider public safety and enforcement programming at OSU’s Corvallis campus, the university’s biennial capital funding request to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, updates to the educator equity plan required by state statute, the creation of schools within the College of Business, and other reports. The board will receive updates on the university’s COVID-19 response and on Oregon’s most recent legislative session. The board will hold an executive session pursuant to ORS 192.660(2)(d) to conduct deliberations with persons designated by the governing body to carry on labor negotiations. Given current COVID-19 guidance from the Governor’s Office, as well as university and health officials, the meeting will be hosted through a remote conferencing service. Members of the public can join the meeting by calling the toll-free number or connecting via the weblink provided on the agenda. The Finance & Administration Committee will meet from 8:30-9:45 a.m. that same day. Options for providing comments, agendas and meeting materials will be posted as they are available at http://oregonstate.edu/leadership/trustees/meetings. For accommodations: (541) 737-3449 or [email protected] at least 48 hours in advance.
NEW! Health and Community Building Webinars: Join the Adventure Leadership Institute as we host several webinars around adventure, health and community building topics during the age of social distancing. Click the links to register: Hiking in the Age of Social Distancing, April 1 at 3 p.m, Nature and Health, April 7 at 5 p.m., and Community Building in the Age of COVID-19, April 15 at 3 p.m. Check out more of our webinars offered Spring term here. Questions? Contact Emily Abrams.
FSF online classes: Faculty Staff Fitness is now hosting online classes. Programs offered will include strength/weight training, gentle exercise, cardio kickboxing, swim land training, pilates and yoga, which will be tailored to your home environment with household equipment. $20 for an unlimited three-month package. Register here, and receive an invitation to join the page. New content will be added throughout the term to supplement your well-being while being away from your usual fitness routine. If you were already registered for Spring 2020 Faculty Staff Fitness classes, you have two options: Email [email protected] and let us know that you want to sign up for our Online FSF programming and receive an account credit with the rest of your registration for future classes, or receive a full refund by emailing [email protected]. Contact Dee Gillen with questions about online classes or your account.
Alyssa Offutt -- Water Resources Diplomacy and Cooperation M.S. Defense: Offutt will present her thesis, “Overcoming the Hypolimnion: Stakeholder Influence in Transboundary Water Quality Governance,” on Wednesday, March 25, 11 a.m. Offutt is advised by Susanne Schmeier of Delft IHE. All are welcome to join her Zoom Defense: https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/187542161, or by calling +1 301-715-8592 U.S. or +1 971-247-1195 U.S. (Portland). Meeting ID: 187 542 161
InnovationX resource updates: All regularly scheduled programming offered by the InnovationX Center of Excellence for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will be provided remotely this term. Join us for a brief webinar and Q&A session to learn more: Friday, March 27, 10 a.m. Faculty, staff and students are invited. Contact Michelle Marie with any questions.(Portland). Meeting ID: 219 169 2947
The Center for Teaching & Learning’s T4 & New2OSU: During this unique time, the Center for Teaching and Learning is canceling all Tuesday Teaching and Tech Talk (T4) sessions and will be deferring all New2OSU registration and enrollments until Fall 2020. Meanwhile, please utilize and share with colleagues the resources for moving towards remote teaching on the Keep Teaching page https://learn.oregonstate.edu/keep-teaching. Please stay healthy in these extraordinary circumstances.
STEM Academy: STEM Academy is hosting a broad range of STEM Summer Day Camps from mid-June through early-August for students who will be entering 3rd-12th grades in the Fall of 2020. Registration for the summer program is open. Topics include: Transportation, Color Innovation, Coding, iINVENT, Web Design, Engineering, Computer Graphics, Cybersecurity, Biochemistry, Sketch Up, Computational Biology, Drones, Powered Machines, Science Exploration, Lego Robotics, Wildlife Science, and Computational Mystery of Board Games. For more information, or to register online, please visit http://stemacademy.oregonstate.edu. For questions, call 541-737-8139 or email [email protected]. Scholarships available for many camps.
NEW! New! Remote Teaching Canvas Template Available Faculty have access to a new Canvas course template that can be imported into empty Canvas course sites to help instructors rapidly prepare for Spring courses. The template homepage provides directions for use. Questions? Contact [email protected]
NEW! OSU Beaver Store physical space closes: With the Governor's order regarding Oregon businesses and social distancing, the OSU Beaver Store will have no choice but to close our campus store to the public, effective as of the end of business on Tuesday, March 24. The minimum social distancing requirements for customers mandated within the order can not be maintained within our store once spring term begins, particularly in our course material aisles. While our stores will be temporarily closed to the public, we will remain open as an online-only retailer to serve the needs of OSU students and faculty for spring term. All OSU course materials are available at osubeaverstore.com for electronic delivery (when in digital format), shipment, or pick-up at our campus store's outdoor service counter. There is ample outdoor space at our service counter adjacent to Dutch Bros. for social distancing and on-campus pick-up of your online orders.
OSU Libraries building closures: Public access to the Valley Library (Corvallis campus) and the Guin Library (Hatfield Marine Science Center) is suspended indefinitely. Digital services will be used to support remote teaching and research, and the libraries will focus on delivering materials to all OSU students, staff and faculty on campus and off-campus. Contact Valley Library through email, text, phone or chat to make arrangements. Contact Guin Library at [email protected]. For more info, go to http://library.oregonstate.edu/ or https://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/coronavirus.
Health & Safety: The University Health & Safety Committee would like to recommend employees who are working from home review SAIF online resources at https://www.saif.com/safety-and-health/home-office-safety.html with six tips for home office safety.
RecycleMania is still on: We can do this together: RecycleMania continues through the end of spring break. We are currently winning and in the home stretch – let’s not lose footing now. Those still living and working on campus can help us compete by recycling your end-of-term papers, emptying recycling from your office desk or residential hall room into central bins to make it count, and double-checking what is recyclable at OSU to make sure you and everyone you know is recycling everything possible.
Recycling Spring Break Service: Due to predicted reductions in recycling generated on campus during spring break (March 23-27), some buildings will be moving to on-call service. Anyone in these buildings can request emptying of a receptacle that is approaching fullness by submitting an online service request. For questions, please contact [email protected].
Reminder to Recycle Right: For those still living and working on campus, Campus Recycling appreciates your support in reducing COVID-19 risks to works who handle our recycling and trash. You can do your part by ensuring recyclables are completely emptied of liquids and only accepted items are placed in recycling receptacles. When in doubt, please throw it out. For questions, please contact [email protected].
OSU Folk Club/Thrift Shop changes the deadline for non-traditional women scholarships due to revised OSU Financial Aid Review Process: Submission Deadline is now Friday, May 1. The Scholarship Committee is accepting applications from non-traditional women (age 30 or older, who will be attending OSU full-time or part-time in 2020-2021 pursuing their first undergraduate degree). Students must be U.S. citizens and residents of Benton County, Linn County or Monmouth or Independence in Polk County. Principal criteria are financial need and academic merit. These $3,000 awards ($1,500 for part-time) are made possible by the work of the OSU Folk Club Thrift Shop in Corvallis. Applications are available online at https://osufolk.oregonstate.edu.
COVID-19 cyber scams: Concern about COVID-19 has opened an opportunity for cyber actors to take advantage and conduct email fraud. Members of the OSU Community have been targeted with cell phone account scams — asking for cell numbers, likely to take over the provided number — and with email scams. If you see any suspicious emails, please send to [email protected]. For more information about the cell phone account scam, see https://uit.oregonstate.edu/ois/cell-phone-account-fraud.
Inclusive Excellence@OSU Fellowship: Inclusive Excellence@OSU is seeking applications for the 2020 cohort of fellows. IE@OSU is a program for STEM faculty to develop their teaching practice around equity and inclusion. Please apply if you teach in a STEM discipline and are interested in exploring your own understanding of inclusion and equity and engaging in student-centered inclusive pedagogy. Click here for more information and to apply.
Foundation and Alumni Association: All in-person OSU Foundation and OSU Alumni Association events are postponed through April 30. Most Foundation and Alumni Association employees are working remotely through April 30, with minimal staffing at the CH2M HILL Alumni Center, the OSU Foundation office on Research Way, and the OSU Portland Center. For updates, visit osualum.com/covid19.
May Avenue: The manholes along May Avenue will be repaired and the asphalt will be replaced between Arnold Dining Center and the Beth Ray Center for Academic Support. May Avenue will be completely closed to all traffic during this work on Monday, March 23 and Tuesday, March 24.
POSTPONED - PLANNED POWER OUTAGE: The planned power outage along SW Jefferson Way scheduled for March 26-28 has been postponed. The work requires crews to work in confined spaces, which is not recommended during the COVID-19 response. Our priority is to maintain university operations while seeking to reduce the spread and transmission of COVID-19. Updates can be found at powergrid.oregonstate.edu.
Transportation services: Effective immediately, any valid OSU parking permit may be used in any zone (All A, B, C and R lots) until further notice. Please observe all other signs, as these still apply. The Beaver Bus will be will be running on the Central Route only until further notice. Spring Break lot sweeping will begin on Monday, March 23-24, with Wednesday as a back-up. Weather permitting, work will begin over the weekend. Please move vehicles from the closed lots so work can be completed as quickly as possible. They recommend going online to purchase parking permits or pay citations, and please consider contacting the office via phone or email.
30th Street closure: Work is scheduled to take place along SW 30th Street and Washington Way for repairs associated with a campus steam vault. Southbound SW 30th Street will be closed from 6 a.m. on Monday, March 23 to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, and again from 6 a.m. on Monday, March 30 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31. View the map for detour information. For questions or comments on this closure, contact Construction Manager Jason Lundy at 541-270-0193.
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To apply for the below positions, visit jobs.oregonstate.edu unless otherwise specified.
EXTENDED! The Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics invites applications for a new tenure-track Assistant Professor position. This competitive, internal search is for a 9-month 1.0 FTE appointment. Posting #P03661UF. Full consideration April 15.
"I am a great admirer of mystery and magic. Look at this life - all mystery and magic." ~ Harry Houdini, born today in 1874.
Corvallis: Showers today, high of 48, low of 35. Chance of showers tomorrow.
Central Oregon: Slight chance of snow showers, high of 46, low of 26. Chance of snow showers tomorrow.
Newport: Showers today, high of 48, low of 36. Chance of showers tomorrow.
Statewide: For OSU employees around the state, find your local forecast here: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/
