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I am pleased to announce a call for proposals for
individual Learning Innovation Grants to help faculty bring innovation through technology to the learning experience.

Faculty are invited to apply for grants of up to
$10,000 for educational technology that improves the student experience in courses, in informal learning experiences, or in student life.

Grant guidelines and information about how to apply
can be found at http://oregonstate.edu/leadership/information/tech-funding/innovation-grant/individual.
Proposals are due by December 18, 2014.

An informational session will be held on Friday,
November 21, 1-2pm, in Kidder 202
to answer questions you may have about these grants. You will also be able to participate remotely
via
live.oregonstate.edu.

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Change

Do you know of a student, faculty or staff member who enriches our OSU community in the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King?

Join us in acknowledging individuals who work to create inclusive communities and support diversity at OSU. We welcome nominations for recipients of our two community awards which are recognized yearly at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Breakfast in January. The two awards include:

· The Frances Dancy Hooks Award recognizes students, staff, or faculty who embody Frances Dancy Hooks’ work of building bridges across cultures, showing courage in promoting diversity, and “walking the talk” proudly;

· Phyllis S. Lee Award honors a member of the OSU community who exemplifies Dr. Lee’s commitment and dedication to social justice and the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

We are requesting that nominations be submitted by December 10th, 2014. To find out more information or to submit a nomination visit: Frances Dancy Hooks and Phyllis S. Lee Award Information and Nomination Page

The OSU Homestay Program is seeking local families to share their Thanksgiving festivities with international students. Applications are currently available at https://jfe.qualtrics.com/form/SV_1yTjGUsntSs1cu9. Hosting application deadline is Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 5 p.m. Hosts will be informed of student placement Monday, Nov. 24. If you have any questions, please contact homestay@oregonstate.edu.

Originally printed in Campus Technology 11/13/14

By Michael Hart

Oregon State University (OSU) is collaborating with a private partenr on a graduate-level course designed to help the students teach their own online laboratory science classes.

In the class, now offered online twice a year, students — most of whom teach online lab science classes themselves — work with a number of content delivery modes that include but are not limited to virtual labs, lab packs, kitchen science, data mining and field work, evaluating for themselves how the different modes work for the courses they teach.

eScience Labs, a company that provides customizable lab kits for online lab science courses at the university level, supplies lab kits, a set of hands-on experiments and curricular materials for the OSU courses titled “Instruments and Online Interactions in the Sciences.” The lab kits can be customized so that the students in the course can use them in the courses they teach themselves. Read more…

Hello All-

We’ve been assigned our Joy Drive family!! This year, we’ll be bringing holiday joy to a 5-year-old girl, a 2-year-old boy and a 3-month old girl. We’re asking for your help to bring these kids a great Holiday season. Please bring your donation to the main office (Gilbert 153) and put it in the giant beaker. We will be shopping for gifts on Wednesday, so we need your donations no later than Tuesday, December 2, 2014. Thank you all for your kindness and generosity in making these children’s holiday one to remember.

Name: Paula Christie

Area of Study / Position Title: Asst. to The Chair / Office Manager

Why Chemistry? (What about it initially interested you, etc): I joined the chemistry department in 2009, it was quite a culture shock compared to managing the Physics office. After many years of working for both departments, it is good to call Chemistry my home.
Research focus (in non-science terms) or basic job duties?: Duties include: Assist the Department Chair and manage the Chemistry office. 🙂

One thing you truly love about your job?: I love working with people that have a true passion for what they do.

One interesting / strange factoid about yourself: I grew up on a small farm in Crabtree Oregon (population ~300 ) we raised sheep, pigs, cattle, rabbit and had 15 farm cats at one time.

Originally published in Terra Magazine

By: Nick Houtman

October 15, 2014

Mas Subramanian didn’t expect to find a brilliant blue pigment when he was looking for new semiconductors. But the Milton Harris Chair Professor of Materials Science in the Oregon State University Department of Chemistry was shocked in 2009 when he saw a graduate student take a powder with a vibrant blue hue out of a laboratory furnace.

The student was worried. He thought it was a mistake.

“We were trying to find a material with novel magnetic properties for electronics applications, but it didn’t work. I didn’t think it would have a special color. I expected it to be brown or black,” says Subramanian, who grew up in Madras (now called Chennai), India, and received his Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Technology. “But when I saw what he had, I knew this was something unusual.”

The new blue is stable and relatively non-toxic. Produced at temperatures in excess of 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit, it reflects infrared energy and may thus help to cool buildings and reduce air conditioning costs. And it can be “tuned,” says Subramanian, to produce a range of shades from sky blue to nearly black. Read more…

Dr. Staci Simonich is highlighted in the Winter issue of the OSU Research Office Terra publication for the 2014 Annual Report of Research, for her research on air quality across the globe:

http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2014/11/leading-indicators/

Please join me us congratulating Staci on this more than well deserved recognition for her scholarly accomplishments!

The Holiday season is fast approaching. No better way to make someone’s day brighter, then by nominating one of your hard working employees or co-workers for the Association of Office Personnel monthly Merit Award. It‘s not necessary for them to be a member of AOP, but they should be classified or professional faculty. For more information: http://oregonstate.edu/aop/awards-recognition

How to Create a Great Hybrid Course: Hands-on workshop offered on Monday, Nov. 10, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Milam 215. All faculty are welcome to learn about best practices in blended learning, and to try out tools for redesigning an on-campus course as a hybrid course. Funding for hybrid course development will also be discussed. Registration is now available: http://bit.ly/1u2oLwI.

The Erlenmeyer Flask

Where Real Chemistry Happens…

Category Archives: Announcements

Call for Proposals: Learning Innovation Grants

Call for Award Nominations: 2015 MLK Jr Celebration

Want to share Thanksgiving with an International Student??

OSU Course Helps Teachers with Online Lab Science Classes

2014 Joy Drive Family

Who Am I? Wednesday – Paula Christie

Accidentally Blue: Mas Subramanian featured in Terra Magazine

Staci Simonich featured in 2014 Terra Report of Research

AOP Merit Award Nominations

How to Create a Great Hybrid Course

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