Jeff Grell has been appointed as a 2012-2013 Provost’s Distinguished Graduate Fellow.  This gives Jeff a $30,000 scholarship and an accompanying tuition scholarship.

Congratulations Jeff!!

The Research Office is requesting letters of intent from interested faculty for the NSF – Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship – CIF21 (IGERT-CIF21) program.

Letter of intent submission deadline to the Research Office: Tuesday, May 15, 2012

This is a new targeted opportunity for research communities to apply for a new track in NSF’s IGERT program as a mechanism to address the training and education needs in computational and data enabled science and engineering (CDS&E) and cyberinfrastructure research.

Guidance for preparation of letters of intent to the Research Office: http://oregonstate.edu/research/incentive/integrative-graduate-edcuation-and-research-traineeship-program-cif21

NSF – IGERT-CIF21 program guidelines: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12555/nsf12555.htm

Letters of intent should be submitted electronically to Debbie Delmore, Incentive Programs, Research Office at debbie.delmore@oregonstate.edu.

If you have any questions, please contact Debbie Delmore at (541) 737-8390 or debbie.delmore@oregonstate.edu.

Please join us for the F.A. Gilfillan Memorial Lecture!!

As the 2011 F.A. Gilfillan Memorial Award Recipient, microbiologist and Oregon State University Distinguished Professor, Dr. Stephen Giovannoni will be presenting a public lecture Ancient History: Microbial Origins and the Greening of the Earth on Monday, April 30^th in the Austin Auditorium at OSU’s LaSells Stewart Conference Center

Looking forward to seeing you there. – Vince

Ancient History: Microbial Origins and the Greening of Earth

Presented by Dr. Stephen Giovannoni, 2011 Recipient, F.A. Gilfillan Memorial Award

Austin Auditorium

LaSells Stewart Conference Center

875 SW 26th Street, Corvallis, OR  97331

April 30, 2012

6:30-7:15 Dessert and Gathering

7:15pm – 8:30pm Lecture

Greetings!

The Women’s Center is Hiring for the 2012-2013 Year!

Women’s Center Coordinators are responsible for creating a learning environment that contributes to the student development process.  We are looking for individuals with a strong commitment to the continued empowerment of our diverse student population and dedication to inclusivity.

Students from the STEM fields and who are committed to being an ally for other underserved/underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

To apply, please visit the WC Job Application 2012-2012 page where you will find an application packet and other information about the Women’s Center.

Applications, resumes, and cover letters are due Tuesday May 1st, 2012 at 5pm to Virginia Martin (virginia.martin@oregonstate.edu).

If you have any questions regarding the hiring process or the application process, please contact me at mirabelle.fernandes-paul@oregonstate.edu

Sigma Delta Omega will be selling a periodic table of sugar cookies at ALS April 23-25 from 10am-3pm. All proceeds benefit Relay for Life.

Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences – June 4th

Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry – August 20th

Senior Scientist Mentor Program – Sept 12th

Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award Program – Feb 4th

Scholarship Deadlines

Please join me in congratulating our colleagues, Professor Andrew Blaustein and Professor Stephen Giovannoni for being selected as Oregon State University’s 2012 Distinguished Professors.  The Distinguished Professor award has been presented annually since 1988 to outstanding active OSU faculty members who have achieved national and/or international stature as a result of their contributions to scholarship/creative activity, research, education, and service, and whose work has been notably influential in their fields of specialization.

Stephen Giovannoni is a microbiologist and international leader in the study of marine microbes through advanced molecular techniques, and Andrew Blaustein is a zoologist who studies animal behavior and conservation biology, and one of the world’s leading experts on biodiversity and amphibian declines.  These two OSU scientists have received millions of dollars in grants supporting their research from the National Science Foundation and other agencies, produced scores of professional publications in leading journals, and received numerous other awards for both their teaching and research.

We hope you will join us on Wednesday, May 9^th for lectures by both of this year’s Distinguished Professors.

May 9, 2012

10:30AM -11:45AM – lecture by Stephen Giovannoni

2:00PM – 3:15PM – lecture by Andrew Blaustein

CH2M Hill Alumni Center

Willamette Room

These lectures are a part of the Recognizing Excellence events planned in May. To learn more about the other events, visit http://oregonstate.edu/urm/events/recognizing-excellence.

Again, congratulations to Professors Blaustein and Giovannoni!

Sabah Randhawa

Provost and Executive Vice President

Research Higher Degree Scholarship

The Quinn group (www.researcherid.com/rid/A-7931-2008) is working towards new therapies for infectious diseases, such as malaria and tuberculosis.

We are seeking applications from prospective PhD students to work in a drug discovery project in infectious disease supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Australian Research Council (ARC Linkage). This project is your chance to make a difference in the global fight against infectious disease like malaria and tuberculosis.

This project aims to synthesis fragments derived from part structures of natural products. This will include molecular modeling and chemoinformatics to identify fragment-sized portions of natural products that can be added to the library to expand the upper limit of accessible fragment diversity and in silico analysis of natural product diversity space to generate a minimum set of fragments. Newly synthesized compounds will be tested against tuberculosis and malaria proteins using FTMS.

Scholarship value and duration

The scholarship is valued AUD$27,651 per annum for three years plus relocation and thesis allowances.

Eligibility

Candidates should hold a First-Class Honors degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline.

For more information, please contact:

Professor Ronald J Quinn AM FTSE

r.quinn@griffith.edu.au

www.griffith.edu.au/eskitis

Prof. Stephanie Brock of Wayne State University will be presenting a seminar entitled “The Role of Synthetic Levers for Control of Phase, Size and Morphology in Nanoscale Transition Metal Pnictides: Consequences for Catalytic and Magnetic Properties,” on Thursday, May 10, 2012 in Covell Hall room 117 from 3-4pm.

Brock Seminar Flyer & Bio

As you know, First Lady Michelle Obama will provide the commencement address at Oregon State University’s 2012 commencement ceremony on Sunday, June 17. We are excited to have the First Lady join us for this year’s commencement.

The logistics for this year’s commencement are going to be more complicated. Over the next few weeks, we will be working with the White House and other relevant agencies to plan the event. In the meantime, I want to share with you some key elements of the planning process as it pertains to faculty and staff participation in this year’s commencement.

The anticipated start time for the event (time when the first graduates enter Reser stadium) on June 17 is 3:30 p.m. We expect 3,500 to 4,000 students to participate and about 35,000 guests to attend the ceremony.

The 2012 graduation will be a ticketed event. As in previous commencements, faculty may participate in the 2012 commencement ceremony by volunteering as an escort, representative, or marshal.  Faculty who wish to participate in one of the following roles must register in advance.

• Faculty Escorts who wish to accompany doctoral candidates will receive a memo from the Graduate School toward the end of May.

• As Faculty Representatives, faculty will dress in academic regalia and participate in the processional across campus and into Reser Stadium where they will be seated as a group for the ceremony. There will be limited number of seats available on the stadium floor for Faculty Representatives; specific information regarding volunteering to be a faculty representative will be distributed toward the end of April.

• Faculty members are encouraged to serve as Marshals. We are anticipating the need for almost twice as many marshals as in the past. Chris Bell, Chief Marshal, will work with each college to staff marshals.

This year we have an increased need for OSU staff volunteers.  Staff who would like to volunteer greeting guests, distributing programs, assisting guests in locating a seat, etc. will need to complete the registration form found on the commencement webpage.  Once commencement begins, volunteers in all capacities are welcome to attend the ceremony.

Tickets: After accommodating family and friends of our graduates, we anticipate to have a limited number of admission tickets (no charge but this is a ticketed event) available in the general audience for faculty and staff. Information regarding ticket availability will be made available to the colleges following the graduation application deadline of May 25^th.

I would appreciate if you can encourage your students who are prospective graduates to visit the Commencement webpage http://oregonstate.edu/commencement for information on the commencement ceremony. If students have questions about graduation requirements and deadlines, please encourage them to contact their advisers and the OSU Registrar’s Office. We will provide additional information regarding the commencement ceremony as it becomes available through the commencement website and at the May Faculty Senate meeting.

I want to thank you for all you do for OSU and its students, and wish you an enjoyable and productive Spring quarter.

Sabah Randhawa

Provost and Executive Vice President