Please come see us in CEOAS Admin from 12-2pm every day until Friday June 13th. We can accept checks AND cash!

We’ll be selling t-shirts and hoodies with the new logo designed by our very own Mo Bancroft, along with tote bags and hats with the classic logos.

If you cannot make it to these hours between now and then, come out for the SAC sponsored ice cream social this Friday, June 6 and we will gladly sell you something between 4 and 5 PM!

If you can’t make it for ice cream, just e-mail SAC, and we’ll work something out with you.

Thanks for your support!

CEOAS Merch Flyer

Are you finishing up your MS/MA/PhD document now or in the near future? Need to prepare it for final submission to your committee and to the grad school?

Bojan Šavrič and Jennifer Veilleux are offering a tutorial on how to format your thesis/dissertation document for submission.

What: We will walk you through graduate school guidelines with the formatting tools found inside of your Microsoft Word program. All the styles and automated functions that you need already exist in Word,and Bojan will explain how to demystify the process of coding your document. (Such as how to automatically populate your Table Of Contents or how to automatically generate chronological numbers for your figures.) This can also help you in general with any document you are preparing for submission for publication.

When and Where: Wednesday, May 21st from 1300-1400 in Wilkinson Room 203.

*You are welcome to bring your lunch*

Jen recently went through this process with her PhD document and found Bojan’s assistance hugely helpful. Now they want to share this insider knowledge with you too!

The CEOAS egg hunt last Saturday, organized by Jen Lam and Liz King with SAC, was a success! We had over 20 kids participate in the event, which included over 550 hidden eggs, face painting, music, and refreshments! Check out photos from the event taken by Aurelie Moulin.

SAC has created a CEOAS-specific craigslist-like forum for anyone in the CEOAS community looking to advertise for roommates/housing or buy/sell miscellaneous goods.

See the webpage here for more information, or go directly to the link!

Several talented CEOAS students have their own blogs. Check them out below!

• Oceans Simplified (by Aurelie Moulin)

“Just about every day I am asked something about the ocean. How are the whales doing? What is climate change going to do to the ocean? Can I keep eating tuna? Do you dive? How does an ocean model work? What’s the Coriolis force? What is it like to be an oceanographer? What causes El Niño? Are coral reefs dying?  Why do you do what you do? If I am not asked about the ocean, I read inaccurate or wrong statements about the ocean in this interminable quest to sensationalize simple facts or debunk climate change.
With this blog, I hope to:

1. share with you my passion of the ocean, how it works, who lives in it and how well it is doing.
2. teach you about things I know, or break down peer-reviewed articles I read so that anyone can understand them.
3. learn from you anything ocean-related you would like to share.
4. answer any questions you may have about the ocean. Want to know something? ASK ME ANYTHING! If I can’t answer, I know where to look or who to ask. In any case, I promise an honest and accurate answer, with science-worthy references.
5. correct wrong or inaccurate statements I read on blogs or in layman press with a scientific proof. If you read something and want to know if this is true, please ask.
6. show you how the oceans matter to all of us and why we should work on making them healthier.
7. suggest things you can do to help conserve and protect our oceans, or the environment in a broader sense.”

Aurelie would be more than happy to write posts about papers being published by CEOAS students to promote their work. Contact her if interested!

• The Way of Water (by Jennifer Veilleux)

“Oregon State University Geography PhD Student, Jennifer Veilleux, records her fieldwork, research, and thoughts about transboundary water resources development in the Nile River and Mekong River basins. Particular attention is given to Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Laos’ Xayaburi Dam.”

• Oceans, the Arctic, and Science Exploration (by Allison Einolf)

“Allison Einolf is a doctoral student in Physical Oceanography at Oregon State University studying with Emily Schroyer. She is interested in all things arctic and got her start blogging at Icy Seas during a summer internship with Andreas Muenchow at the University of Delaware.”

SAC is planning a kid-friendly EGG HUNT for all CEOAS families and friends! Plastic eggs with prizes will be hidden throughout the Burt Courtyard for kids to find! There will be face painting, music, and snacks. Come join the fun!

• Date: Saturday, April 19th
• Time: 11am-1pm
• Place: Burt Courtyard
• Cost: FREE

Please fill out the free registration form so we can gauge the # of children participating. A formal invite/reminder will be sent out next month.

Contact Jen Lam for more info

For CEOAS students involved in water-related research, consider signing up for the 4th annual Water Research Symposium (WRS) held at OSU on May 12, 2014. This conference is a great way to practice presenting your research, get feedback, and network with students from other Universities! See info below for more details and visit the WRS webpage for application info. 

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Join us for the Water Research Symposium at Oregon State University, a one-day conference highlighting outstanding student research in the fields of water resources science, engineering, policy, and management. Graduate and undergraduate students conducting water-related research are invited to submit abstracts to present oral or poster presentations about their proposed, ongoing, or completed research. Anyone interested in water resources is encouraged to attend. The symposium is an excellent opportunity to exchange knowledge and ideas among students, university faculty, staff, and local professionals in Oregon working in water resources.

WHEN: Monday, May 12^th 2014 from 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM.  The symposium program will be posted by April 21st.

WHERE: CH2M Hill Alumni Center (map)

WHO: The symposium is a great opportunity for students to network with other students and with water resources professionals.  It’s also a great opportunity for faculty, staff, water resources professionals, and anyone else interested in water-related topics to learn more about the research happening in the field.  The symposium is open to the public and everyone interested in water resources issues is welcome to register and attend.

The Geo Club will be holding a fundraiser at the Delicias Valley Café (933 NW Circle Blvd) to support their upcoming trip to the Grand Canyon.  They would love the support of the CEOAS graduate students!

Come eat  from 4-7pm on Monday the 24th.  After you purchase your meal, simply drop your receipt in the GroupRaise.com donation box at the restaurant, and 20% of your meal will be donated back to the Geo Club.

 **Please RSVP at www.groupraise.com/events/2653. We need at least 20 people to sign up in order to get the donation!

The Student Advisory Committee’s new website is still growing. We’ll continue to add information and update the website with SAC and CEOAS events and opportunities. In the meantime, swing by the SAC bulletin board on the first floor of Burt and be sure to check out our facebook group for updates! As always, let us know if you have any comments or questions (sac@coas.oregonstate.edu).