Hello Department Grading Contacts,

Sign up for the Grading 101 presentation at Training Days on November 8th and:
·         Explore how grading processes work!
·         Have mysteries and misconceptions around grading revealed!
·         Get some great tips to help faculty troubleshoot grading issues!
·         Get a sneak peek at the new grading tool Faculty Grading XE!
·         Hear about Midterm Grading, which will start this coming winter term!
Grading 101
November 8th, 2016
3:00 pm
CH2M-Hill – Room 115

Register online: http://fa.oregonstate.edu/training-days

We hope to see you there!

The Grading Team
Office of the Registrar

David Ji will be featured on KBVR 88.7 FM’s “Friday Review” Friday (10/28/16) at 4pm.

Listen here! http://www.ustream.tv/channel/osu-kbvr-fm

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate Office of University Programs sponsors a 10-week summer internship program for students majoring in homeland security related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (HS-STEM) disciplines. The program provides students with quality research experiences at federal research facilities located across the country and allows students the opportunity to establish connections with DHS professionals. It is open to undergraduate and graduate students in a broad spectrum of HS-STEM disciplines and DHS mission-relevant Research Areas.

Undergraduate students receive a $6,000 stipend plus travel expenses.

Graduate students receive a $7,000 stipend plus travel expenses.

10-week research experiences are offered at:  Coast Guard Research and Development Center ● Customs and Borders Protection ● Engineer Research and Development Center ● Federal Emergency Management Agency ● Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Health Service Corps ●  National Security Technologies ● National Urban Security Technology Laboratory ● Naval Research Laboratory ● Office for Interoperabilty and Compatibility ● Transportation Security Laboratory ● DOE National Laboratories: Argonne, Berkeley, Idaho, Livermore, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Pacific Northwest, and Sandia

Areas of research: Engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological / life sciences, environmental science, emergency and incident management, social sciences, and more.

U.S. citizenship required

Application deadline: December 7, 2016, 11:59PM EST

How to Apply: Applications and supporting materials must be submitted at
https://www.zintellect.com/Posting/Details/2595

Program Information: Detailed information about the internships can be found at
http://www.orau.gov/dhseducation/internships/

For questions please email us at dhsed@orau.org.

The following job opportunity is being announced within the Office of Research and Development’s (ORD) National Health And Environmental Effects Research Lab (NHEERL), Western Ecology Division (WED):
To view the specifics of this announcement, please click on the link below:
Delegated Examining (DE) – External Candidates: RTP-ORD-DE-2017-0001
Title: Chemist
Series/Grades Announced: GS-1320-12
Full Performance Level: 12
Location(s) of the Position: Corvallis, OR
Area of Consideration: DE- Open to any United States Citizen – Nationwide
Opening Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Closing Date: DE: Tuesday, November 01, 2016
# of Vacancies: 1

To be considered for this position, applicants must apply on-line at the USAJOBS.gov website by the closing date of the announcement and follow the vacancy announcement instructions for providing any applicable supplemental information.
Please share this announcement with anyone that you feel may be interested and meets the eligibility requirements.
Please do not respond to this email. For questions regarding this job opportunity, please contact Janet Thompson at 919-541-2718 or thompson.janet@epa.gov.
To see a list of all job opportunities currently open within ORD visit: http://intranet.ord.epa.gov/administrative/hr/employment.

OSU’s President’s Commission on the Status of Women (PCOSW) is offering funds to cover registration costs for OSU Faculty, Staff, and Students to attend the 2016 Oregon Women in Higher Education (OWHE) conference in Sunriver, OR, Jan. 26-27, 2017. To apply, submit the online form by Oct. 31. Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Sb5k9WC0yNCHaNTr-2mP1Lb-arZRLtmv0Ke8zyrWEQ0/edit Notification of awards will be sent by Nov. 2. All tenure-line and non-tenure faculty, professional faculty, staff, and students are eligible to apply. For more information: Karen Holmberg, PCOSW Scholarships and Awards Committee, karen.holmberg@oregonstate.edu

According to the Faculty Senate Bylaws, non-tenured faculty who have split appointments between two apportionment units may choose with which unit they wish to be apportioned for Senate purposes. This choice will determine Senate representation. Faculty not choosing where they wish to be apportioned will be placed in an apportionment unit at the discretion of the Faculty Senate Office. Respond to the survey at http://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3faYxl8N2Jo2aHz by noon on Tuesday, Nov. 1 to indicate with which unit you wish to be apportioned. Tenured faculty will be apportioned in their tenure unit, with the exception of off-campus Extension, OSU-Cascades, and Hatfield Marine Science Center.

All faculty represented by the Faculty Senate (http://senate.oregonstate.edu/bylaws Article III. Sec. 1.) are eligible during the Fall 2016 elections to be elected to a Faculty Senator position and represent faculty in their apportionment unit, unless they are a current Senator whose term extends beyond Dec. 31, 2016 or an administrator with an Executive Level 1, 2, or 3 position (dean or above). If you wish to decline to have your name placed on the Faculty Senator nomination ballot, please respond to the survey at http://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bjiClKYVZXP6iEJ by noon on Tuesday, Nov. 1 to decline.