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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.
Jacob Wester wanted to improve on his one term of college Spanish at OSU, so he went to South America. He wanted to experience a leadership role in the Greek system, so he founded a new chapter of Delta Sigma Phi. He wanted to stay involved with sports, so his new fraternity formed teams to play in OSU’s intramural leagues. All of them. All year round. That’s the kind of drive that earned Wester, 21, the Waldo-Cummings Outstanding Student Award for top scholastic honors at OSU, and the Drucilla Shepard Smith Award for maintaining a perfect 4.0 grade point average. “If I had a 3.99 right now because I had a B this term, I would probably retake that class,” he said. “I don’t know. I always try to strive for the highest I can obtain.” Wester is the son of Ken and Susie Wester of Albany and a 2004 graduate of West Albany High. He will finish four years at OSU at Sunday’s commencement ceremony, 1 p.m. at Reser Stadium, graduating with a major in biology and minors in Spanish and chemistry.
More than 1,800 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean, the eruptions of an undersea volcano have revealed themselves on film, including the ejection of glowing red lava and the sounds of exploding gases. "It's the first place where we've been able to observe an active volcanic eruption underwater," said Bill Chadwick of the Oregon State University Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, who led the group that observed the volcano with a remotely operated vehicle. "Even though we think about 75 percent of the world's volcanic activity happens underwater in the ocean basins, it's a lot harder to see and detect."
People are doubting the most fiercely held paradigm of modern physics - the Big Bang. According to the June 7-13 issue of New Scientist magazine, author Michael Brooks concludes that physicists may be forced to go back to the drawing board to develop better models to describe cosmic events. Null Physics may be the undoing of the Big Bang. With Null Physics, Terence Witt (founder and former CEO of Witt Biomedical Corporation, BSEE from Oregon State University) presents an intricate, four-dimensional expression of our universe in which energy and space constitute existence. Most importantly, the universe is infinite and eternal; it did not begin with a bang nor will it end with a whimper. With his analysis, Witt hopes to increase the public's awareness of fatal flaws in the Big Bang theory and to propel them to ask questions that lead to logical conclusions.
OSU’s Faculty Senate is asking for people to take a brief survey at https://surveys.bus.oregonstate.edu/BsgSurvey2_0/main.aspx?SurveyID=2568 to assist it in determining whether changes to the Baccalaureate Core Curriculum are important. If the initial faculty response to the survey indicates that an in-depth review of the current baccalaureate core is timely, a review process will be developed to enable meaningful input and involvement. Please respond to the survey by June 13, so your input can be included in the analysis. If you have questions about the survey, please contact Vickie Nunnemaker at vickie.nunnemaker@oregonstate.edu.
The OSU Libraries Interlibrary Loan department will make changes to the format of their Web page and request forms on Monday, June 16. The process to place an ILL request will remain the same. If you should have any problems navigating the new design or accessing a request form, please feel free to contact the office at 737-4488 or valley.ill@oregonstate.edu.
The OSU Challenge Course Instructor Training will be the week of June 16 to June 21. The CCIT is a 40 hour curriculum intended to provide participants with skills and theoretical background in Experiential Education. The course is open to faculty, staff, students and community members. For more information, go to http://oregonstate.edu/recsports/adventure-education/challenge-course-and-experiential-education or contact mark.belson@oregonstate.edu.
Beginning on Monday, Oct. 13, OSU parking permits will be required to park in the Campus Way and 30th Street (gravel) parking lot from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The lot includes faculty/staff and student/visitor sections. Please note this change, as the lot has provided “open” (free) parking for OSU students and visitors over the past couple of years as well as limited faculty/staff permit parking. At that time, there will no longer be open (free) parking on the OSU campus. The free OSU Shuttle provides 15 minute service from this lot to many campus destinations. For OSU Shuttle route and schedule information, view this Web site: http://oregonstate.edu/facilities/transit_pkg/index_pkg.html. If you have questions please contact Transit and Parking Services at transitandparkingservices@oregonstate.eduor 541-737-2583.
The OSU Beaver football team takes on the University of Southern California Trojans at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 25. In order to accommodate our football guests while reducing the impact on current OSU parkers, OSU Athletic Department and Transportation and Parking Services will implement a phased-in parking schedule beginning with the arrival of our RV patrons on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 24. If you have questions call the Athletic Department Ticket Office at 1-800-GO BEAVS, or leave a message by e-mail event.management@oregonstate.edu or by phone 737-7375.
For more upcoming events, go to http://oregonstate.edu/events/newsevents/events.html.
Office 2007 workshops have been scheduled for the first two weeks in July and August. At a minimum you may want to sign up for the one hour Introductory MS Office 2007 session, which will cover the changes common across all the Office applications and the minimal changes in Outlook: http://oregonstate.edu/training/course_view.php?crse_id=129. Introductory PowerPoint, Excel, and Word 2007 sessions are also on the schedule. These sessions will focus on transitional differences and essential tips. For more information and to register, scroll down to the “Introductory …” series of workshops at: http://oregonstate.edu/training/course_list.php.
Printing and Mailing Services will move to summer hours beginning Monday, June 23, and running through Friday, Sept. 5. Summer hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Research Office is accepting applications for the Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Creativity (URISC) for the Fall 2008-09 solicitation. Applications are due in the Research Office by Monday, June 16. The complete program description, application and proposal criteria can be accessed at the Research Office Web site: http://oregonstate.edu/research/incentive/urisc.htm. If you have any questions, please contact Debbie Delmore at 737-8390 or debbie.delmore@oregonstate.edu.
OSU faculty and staff are eligible for a 20 percent discount on season tickets (limit 2) to Reser Stadium for OSU football. Sideline seats require a per-seat donation to the Beaver Athletic Student Fund, which can be paid using payroll deductions. The faculty/staff rate for 2008 football season tickets is $192, additional season tickets are $240. BASF per seat donations for sideline seats start at $100 and go up to $1,600 for the amenity filled Club Level. End zone seats require no BASF donation. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact the Ticket Office at 737-4455. For information regarding donations and payroll deductions, contact the BASF at 737-2370.
The Office of Human Resources is accepting applications for the position of Employee Records and Information Analyst. Applications are due by Monday, June 23. The complete announcement can be accessed at https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/, posting # 0002713.
The English Language Institute is in urgent need of volunteers to host an international visiting faculty member or two for dinner the evening of July 30. Dinner hosts will pick up their guest(s) at 5:30 p.m., on Wednesday, July 30, from a designated location on campus and return their guest(s) to campus later that evening. The faculty are coming from all over the world and will be at the ELI for a special two week program. The ELI is also in great need of home stay hosts for a group of teachers from Mexico, who are coming to study at the ELI for five weeks. The home stay weekend is July 11 to July 13. These are teachers of English and they are coming to study new teaching techniques at the ELI. If you would like to volunteer for either of these, please call Candy Pierson-Charlton at 737-6981 or email her at candace.pierson-charlton@orst.edu for more information.
The SMILE Program at Oregon State University is seeking a Programs Coordinator. Responsibilities include planning, coordinating, and implementing youth and adult science and math enrichment activities. This is a full-time, 12-month, fixed-term position with renewal at the discretion of the supervisor. To view the full position description and to apply, go to http://oregonstate.edu/jobs, posting #0002634. The closing date is June 30.
Due to annual maintenance on the campus steam distribution system, Facilities Services will need to temporarily shut down all steam services to the campus, beginning at 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 15 and restoring services by noon on Friday, June 20. This will affect all hot water and heating services. If you have any questions concerning the steam shutdown, you may contact Les Walton at 737-4395.
Due to work on the storm sewer system, the Dryden Hall parking lot will be temporarily shutdown on Monday, June 16. It is expected to reopen by 6 p.m. on Friday, June 20. This is the lot immediately south of Dryden, on the corner of Washington Way and the southbound lane of 30th Street. If you have any questions concerning this shutdown, please contact Zach Golik at 737-5569.
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