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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. For more about this section, see: https://today.oregonstate.edu/email/submission-guidelines.
The two scholars note that McCartney’s dictionaries aren’t rooted in foundational linguistic practices, which renders them largely unviable as academic resources. But they say the extensive glossary-like wordlists serve as an accessible gateway into the language for non-academics. That assessment is echoed by David Lewis, a professor in Oregon State University’s anthropology and ethnic studies department who advised McCartney early in his efforts.
It’s also worth remembering that a professor can improve grading without getting rid of traditional grades, says Regan A.R. Gurung, associate vice provost and executive director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Oregon State University. Gurung encourages professors to consider the ideas laid out in the book Grading for Equity, by Joe Feldman.
It's a challenge in the age of megafires to remember that fire is a natural part of the forest ecosystem in our region. And so it will be used, whether by human hands or by lightning. Aaron Krikava of the Rogue Valley Prescribed Burn Association and Chris Adlam, PhD, Assistant Professor of Practice, Regional Fire Specialist at Southwest Oregon, Oregon State University's College of Forestry opt for the first option.
Forest hydrological models struggle with these intricacies. But with accelerometers, scientists have a new way of measuring how much rain or snow a particular tree in a forest ends up intercepting. “How much of that actually gets to the ground is kind of a big question,” says Oregon State University hydrologist Mark Raleigh.
Co-author Susanne Brander, an ecotoxicologist at Oregon State University, said the proper regulation of plastics could generate a “gateway to more effective regulation of synthetic chemical production as a whole. Prioritizing the health of our planet and its people with a binding global agreement that caps plastic production, while acknowledging that there is no ‘away’ for pollutants and that there never has been, is a critical step towards a more sustainable future for all of us,” she said.
Under the sea: Becca Harver, program assistant with Precollege Programs and Science and Math Investigative Learning Experiences (SMILE), contributed this photo of a Pacific spiny lumpsucker.
She also contributed this photo of Seal Rock. We are accepting photo submissions at [email protected].
Timely Teaching Tips: Want to explore methods to use ed tech tools to engage students? Participate in the Academic Technologies workshop via Zoom on May 5 at 1 p.m. to discuss Top Hat, Gradescope, videos, Jamboard and Canvas Discussions. Then brainstorm about other tools that can encourage student engagement. Register for the Tools for Student Engagement workshop now.
Hort Club Plant Sale at Oak Creek Center for Urban Horticulture (OCCUH), 843 SW 35th St., Corvallis, featuring fuchsia baskets and geraniums from Peoria Gardens. 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. May 2-4 p.m. or until sold out. If an after-hours pickup is required, call or email Al Shay and he will meet you out there. [email protected], 541-207-8951.
Ag Day: “Ag-gregating Again,” this year’s College of Agricultural Sciences’ Ag & Natural Resources Day, is May 3, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., on the SEC Plaza and MU Quad. Join in for various student club sponsored events including live animal displays, chain saw demonstrations, meat club sponsored BBQ, Food Science and Technology Department-sponsored ice cream truck, and the OSU SACNAS Chapter-sponsored performance at 11:30 a.m. from the Woodburn High School Mariachi Band directed by Nadia Maksimov. Live performance (On the stage in the SEC Plaza).
Center for Teaching and Learning: How can you make content more memorable for students? This week we are highlighting varied approaches to incorporating strategies from the bestselling book Made to Stick into your course. For spring, Tuesday Teaching + Tech Talks are recordings allow you to pursue our non-credit certificate using this self-paced, asynchronous approach to encourage flexibility and self-care. Each talk is housed on our website and has accompanying slides, resources, and contact information in a Box folder.
Virtual Celebration of Women in Engineering: Hear from three distinguished College of Engineering alumnae, highlighting the academic and professional journeys that led them to become leaders in engineering. May 3, noon to 1:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Details and registration: https://events.engineering.oregonstate.edu/wie22.
People and Nature Lunch Series: Emily Griffith (Public Policy) presents “Institutional Adaptive Capacity and the California Abalone,” May 3, noon to 12:50 p.m. The lecture is free and open to all. Nash Hall 032 or join online (https://beav.es/pan). Sponsored by the School of Public Policy and the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences. More information at https://peopleandnatureosu.weebly.com.
EMT Seminars: Lindsay Wilson will speak on “Assessing phenotypically anchored transcriptomic and epigenetic changes underlying polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon toxicity,” Tuesday, May 3, at 3:30 p.m. This will be a hybrid seminar. In-person in ALS 4001 and remote access available by Zoom. Zoom waiting room opens at 3 p.m. Join Zoom meeting: https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/96569322481
Register now for the Ecampus Faculty Forum: Take part in discussions about online teaching excellence and discover techniques you can use to enhance your online courses at the Ecampus Faculty Forum. The event at the CH2M HILL Alumni Center features pre-conference workshops on the afternoon of May 3, followed by a series of interactive presentations May 4 from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Engage with your colleagues as they share their innovative teaching methods and experiences in online course development. See the agenda and a list of presenters, and register today.
Museum Curation Panel (Kaku-Ixt Mana Ina Haws): Mariah Berlanga-Shevchuk (Five Oaks Museum), Travis Stewart (Chachalu Museum), and Deana Dartt (Live Oak Consulting), May 3, 4-5:30 p.m. Hybrid option link: https://beav.es/wjW Accommodations for disabilities may be made by contacting Luhui Whitebear at: [email protected] or 541-737-9036.
Things I Wish I Knew about Being Out in the Workplace: Learn from OSU alumni who will share about coming and being out in the workplace, and their experiences navigating their gender and sexual identities in the workplace. May 3, 5-6 p.m. Register now. The event is hosted by the Career Development Center, the OSU Alumni Association and the Pride Center and is open to all OSU students and alumni.
OSUsed Store Public Sales: The OSUsed Store carries furniture, computers, household items, office supplies and more, at 644 SW 13th St. Public sales are open to all shoppers this Tuesday, 5:30-7:30 p.m. and Friday, noon to 3 p.m.; details here. Staff may shop for their department Mondays through Thursdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; details here.
Gilfillan Memorial Lecture: Michael Freitag, a molecular geneticist, will outline his personal and scientific journey that brought him to Oregon. He will also explain how well fungi lend themselves to teaching and provide us with excellent new materials and pharmaceuticals. May 3 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in The LaSells Stewart Center Construction & Engineering Hall. Free but RSVP required.
Holocaust Memorial Week: Teaching the Holocaust Through Film to Children, Tweens and Teenagers. Talk by Lawrence Baron, former professor of Jewish history at San Diego State University. Baron will discuss, and illustrate with film clips, Holocaust movies that are intended for children. May 3 at 7 p.m. Free, open to all via Zoom. Registration is required. Information.
NEW! Pilot Program for Disability Cultural Center: ASOSU is currently working on establishing a pilot program for the Disability Cultural Center. This center will be a welcoming space for all students with disabilities and their allies to connect with each other and build stronger communities. It will help provide support for the largest minority group in the country and improve their experience at OSU. For more details, read this brief memo, visit our website or attend the open forum May 5, 11 a.m. (details on the website). Fill out this form to show your support for this program and for this community at OSU.
NEW! Pilot Program for International Student Center: ASOSU is currently working on establishing a pilot program for the International Student Center. Envisioned as an open lounge space, this center will be open to all international students and domestic students interested in intercultural activities. For more details, read this brief memo, visit our website or attend the open forum May 5, 11 a.m. (details on the website). Fill out this form to show your support for this program and for this community at OSU.
NEW! Celebrating Undergraduate Excellence: Register today to attend the 2022 Celebrating Undergraduate Excellence (CUE) Symposium on May 19 from 9 a.m. to noon in the Memorial Union Ballroom and online via Canvas for those who are unable to join us in Corvallis. Register to attend by May 17. Students will present in person (posters) or virtually (pre-recorded 3-minute talk in Canvas). For more info, visit https://beav.es/wLP or contact [email protected].
Prism meet and greet: Interested in art or literature? Then Prism, OSU’s premier creative magazine, is the perfect outlet for you. Swing by the SEC Plaza on May 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. to meet the members of the Prism team responsible for creating a magazine highlighting and celebrate the release of their upcoming issue.
Pet Day: Oregon State University’s Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine is hosting its community Pet Day event on May 7. Pet Day is a family and pet friendly event with that includes a 5K fun run, teddy bear surgery in the kids zone, dog wash and nail trim, tours of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, reptiles, pet costume contest, local vendors and many more fun activities. The fun run begins at 9 a.m. and all Pet Day activities are open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Magruder Hall. Some activities include a minimal fee. Leashed pets are welcome. For questions, contact [email protected].
Steinway Piano Concert Series: Sergei Babayan. Corvallis-OSU Piano International presents Armenian-American pianist Sergei Babyan in recital in Austin Auditorium at The LaSells Stewart Center. Sunday, May 8, at 4 p.m. Tickets $25 in advance, $28 at the door. OSU students free with ID. Tickets and more information.
NEW! Managing Worry and Anxiety: Worries are thoughts we have about the future that generate fear. They arrive in the form of a “what if?” and generate dire warnings about terrible consequences that await us. Unfortunately, these warnings we give ourselves are generally overblown and focused on hypothetical problems that probably won’t happen. This training will address how worry habits develop and methods of intervening with worry and anxiety. May 5, noon. Register here.
NEW! HMSC Research Seminar: On Thursday, May 5, at 3:30 p.m., Leigh Torres, Kim Bernard, Susanne Brander, Sarah Henkel and Lisa Hildebrand of the COZI team from OSU will be giving a seminar titled “Zoop to Poop: a collaborative effort to assess the caloric value and microparticle load in zooplankton prey of Oregon gray whales.” Attend in person at HMSC’s GVMSB Auditorium or online. Zoom link. Click here for more information.
NEW! Department of Botany & Plant Pathology Spring Seminar Series: “Giving the Trees Tongues: Using DNA From Wood to Help Solve Timber Poaching Crimes,” presented by Rich Cronn of the USDA Forest Service. May 5, 4 p.m., ALS 4001 and via Zoom. For complete schedule visit the BPP Seminar website.
NEW! PFLA Lunch and Learn: "Effective Email Communication," presented by Jeannine Cropley. Bring your best practices and lessons learned to this interactive, informal event. May 6, noon to 1 p.m. Join in person (Covell 139) or via Zoom.
NEW! WIC Workshop: Writing consultants are trained to support their peers across all majors through one-on-one conversations about the writer’s process and draft. On Friday, May 6 at 3 p.m. via Zoom, a panel of writing consultants will describe assignment features that writers often find confusing, as well as assignment features that help students understand their writing tasks. Register here.
NEW! Do you have a business idea but need some help? The OSU Advantage Accelerator is offering Iterate, a free virtual class for researchers and prospective entrepreneurs who have a business idea or technology that could become a sellable product or service but aren't sure what to do next. Come learn how to create a value proposition, find and understand your market and more. Iterate consists of four workshops on Wednesdays that build on each other: May 11, 18, 25 and June 1, all from 3-4:30 p.m. Learn more and register here.
NEW! PFLA Zoom event: "Communication Stance," presented by Rachael Weber, assistant director, Office of International Services. This session will examine how communication stances affect success and impact. May 16, 1-2 p.m. For more information about the event and how to register, click here.
NEW! Honors College Thesis Research Conference: Explore the diversity of Honors College research and engage with honors students on May 19-20. Come listen to students give lightning talks in LInC 228 on May 19, 4-5:30 p.m., and May 20, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. A selection of students will display research posters in LInC hallways from 1-3 p.m. on May 20.
NEW! Changemakers: A Rising Tide Lifts All Ships, May 31 webcast. Join an inspiring and uplifting conversation with Tonga Hopoi, ’12, during the Changemakers live webcast on May 31 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. A leader who remains true to her cultural upbringing, Topoi will discuss the value of service and encourage those still finding their voices as leaders of change. Register: bit.ly/RisingTide2.
Bioinformatics Users Group (BUG): “The OpenPower HUB - i.e., an open, community driven, sandbox for next-gen HPC.” Maximilian Schmidt, Center for Quantitative Life Science. May 4 at noon via Zoom, https://oregonstate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvfuioqT8iHdDRksio4mqupQZ3STExFhY8. BUG is a community open to everyone. For additional information, see https://cgrb.oregonstate.edu/bug.
Water Resources Science Seminar Series: Riverscape approaches in practice: perspective and applications. Christian Torgersen, USGS FRESC/UW. Wednesday, May 4, 4-5 p.m., Bexell Hall 328 or on Zoom.
Core Curriculum for OSU Managers and Supervisors: The Core Curriculum for Managers and Supervisors is a training program for all OSU managers, supervisors, and lead workers. Learners will have a solid understanding about the principles and policies that apply to our employees; know how to navigate within the space of talent management activities and more. May 17-20, 8:15 a.m. to noon each day via Zoom. Learn more and register before May 13.
The Great Resignation: Four New Post-Pandemic Work Shifts. The pandemic changed how we work. What are the trends and which ones are likely to stay? Get expert advice and hear from alumni professionals at winning in life, Thursday, May 19, at 5:30 p.m. The OSU Alumni Association’s free interactive virtual webcast series is designed to help students and alumni build personal and professional skills for success in life, career and beyond. Register for free at ForOregonState.org/Winning.
Beavers SAVE Lives: An Introduction to Suicide Prevention: We can all help prevent suicide. This workshop will provide the skills you need to effectively help or intervene with a friend or family member who is considering suicide. Open to all OSU community members. May 10, noon to 1:30 p.m. in MU 211 and May 17, noon to 1:30 p.m. via Zoom. Join at https://beav.es/wXR. Questions? Contact [email protected].
State of Black Affairs: The State of Black Affairs Summit will be held May 25 at the OSU Portland Center. This day-long summit will be an opportunity for faculty, administrators, advocates and community members from across Oregon to learn, network and discuss ideas facing Black professionals, staff and students in the state. In-person and virtual options are available. The event takes place from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost is $100 in-person, $75 virtual. Registration is highly encouraged by May 1. To find out more, see https://leadership.oregonstate.edu/pcsbfsa/blacksummit.
NEW! 35 Year Club inductees: Congratulations to Andreas Weisshaar, professor and CDADIC director, for 35 years of service to OSU. You can read more about their time at OSU and others who have reached this milestone by clicking on their name.
Monthly Emergency Preparedness Topic: Recreational Water Safety. Whether a tiny trickle of a creek, enough to cool your toes, or the vast expanses of beaches, water provides an exciting element to outdoor recreation. Even the most seasoned of water enthusiasts can be surprised by changing water conditions. Don’t let good times turn very bad because you didn’t follow some basic water safety guidelines. This month’s poster can be downloaded at: https://emergency.oregonstate.edu/emergency-management/preparedness-topics/recreational-water-safety.
Information about Fee-Funded Units: As a student at OSU, you pay the incidental fee each term ($455.31 for fall, winter, and spring; $235.10 for summer). The budgeted revenue of more than $27.36 million provides everyone with access to a variety of programs and services. Come learn about how ASOSU allocates this budget and what all of this buys you. There are multiple ways to learn more and get involved — simply fill out this form. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the ASOSU Student Fee Committee Chair at [email protected].
Upcoming OSHA Safety Break for Oregon: Managers and supervisors, please visit OSHA's website for information on OSHA’s Safety Break for Oregon, coming up on May 11. Oregon OSHA coordinates this one-day event, designed to raise awareness and promote the value of workplace safety and health. The event is flexible to meet an employer's needs, and health and safety activities are determined by individual employers. For ideas on how to participate, see the tools page.
Interim President Johnson to Meet with Faculty: Interim President Johnson and the Faculty Senate Executive Committee are continuing the longstanding tradition of sponsoring small group faculty conversations with academic, research and professional faculty. Each Zoom conversation will be facilitated by a Faculty Senate Executive Committee member and will consist of up to 12 faculty. To register for the last session in AY2021-2022, which is scheduled for May 4 from 2-3:30 p.m., access the registration form at https://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8wbi3tzlsYtenqe.
HRWGC Awards: The Hattie Redmond Women & Gender Center invites nominations for annual awards. Nominations close on Sunday, May 8 and the Awards Celebration will be held on Friday, May 20 from noon to 1:30 p.m. Information about each award and the nomination process can found at: https://beav.es/ik7.
Apply now for an Affordable Learning Grant: OSU's Open Educational Resources Unit is accepting proposals for the Affordable Learning Grant through June 1. The grant provides funding to adopt, adapt or author an open educational resource, such as a textbook. An open textbook is one that is published under an open copyright license and made freely available online for students, faculty and the public. All funding is a department-to-department transfer. Please talk to your department head about how this applies to the grant. Questions? Contact Stefanie Buck.
Free COVID tests: Free iHealth COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Tests are available around the Corvallis campus. Each box contains two tests. While supplies last, OSU community members can pick up these self-test kits at the following locations: Residence Hall Service Centers (Arnold, McNary and West); Lab tent outside Plageman Hall; Memorial Union Info Desk and Student Experience Center Info Desk. For questions or accommodations related to disabilities, contact [email protected].
COVID-19 testing: Oregon State University, in collaboration with Willamette Valley Toxicology (WVT), is providing on-site COVID-19 testing for people without symptoms. OSU employees and students, regardless of vaccination status, are welcome to test at one of these locations: Corvallis: Lab tent outside Plageman Hall Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., and Cascade Hall 120, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Bend: Outside Obsidian Hall Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 3-5 p.m. Note: All employees will need a WVT Labdash account prior to testing.
This email only lists new or recently updated job postings. For a full list of current job postings for OSU Today, go to: http://today.oregonstate.edu/email/jobs To apply for the below positions, visit jobs.oregonstate.edu unless otherwise specified.
NEW! The School of Social Behavior and Health Science is seeking a Research Project Coordinator. This is a full-time, 1.0 FTE, 12-month, professional faculty position. Posting #P05469UF. Closes May 13.
NEW! OSU Extension Service in Lane County invites applications for an Office Specialist 2. This is a full-time, 12-month, Classified position. This position serves the 4-H Youth Development program team, provides general office support and interacts with faculty, staff, volunteers and the general public in-person and by phone, email, social media and mail. Posting #P03554CT. Closes May 19.
"Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.” ~ Emma Goldman
Corvallis: Partly sunny today, high of 62, low of 42. Partly sunny Wednesday.
Central Oregon: Sunny today, high of 60, low of 38. Mostly sunny tomorrow.
Newport: Partly sunny today, high of 58, low of 42. Partly sunny tomorrow.
Statewide: For OSU employees around the state, find your local forecast here: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/.