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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. For more about this section, see: https://today.oregonstate.edu/email/submission-guidelines.
A piece by David W. Rothwell, associate professor and the Barbara E. Knudson Chair in Family Policy at Oregon State University.
Shannon Lipscomb is a Public Voices fellow of the OpEd Project and Oregon State University, the lead developer of the Roots of Resilience program, and an Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences at Oregon State University-Cascades.
A piece co-written by OSU Professor Emeritus Kathleen Dean Moore.
Artists and scientists are coming together to create something both beautiful and educational on the Oregon State University campus: an 80-foot sculpture of a giant sequoia that portrays the impacts of climate change on old growth forest.
The scientists constructed an artificial mangrove forest with PVC pipes for the trunks and cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) for the roots with the forest measuring 18-meters cross-shore width. They placed the forest model in a 104-meter long wave tank called a flume, using the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Experimental Facility at OSU.
Jon Lewis, Distinguished Professor of Film Studies at Oregon State University, recently was on local TV show Reel Film Snobs to discuss his new book, "Road Trip to Nowhere: Hollywood Encounters the Counterculture."
Volunteers still needed on OSU sculpture: Volunteers are needed, particularly on Wednesday, Oct. 12, to assist the John Grade Studio team in assembling four thousand clusters of spine-like “cones” that will swarm together to define the shape of the new sculpture, Emeritus, on OSU’s main campus. Volunteering involves stringing each of the small spines onto wire to compose each cone’s unique makeup. Sign up to volunteer at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c084fa4ac2ba0f94-volunteer. For more information contact: Joy Jenson, joy.jensen@oregonstate.edu. We are accepting photo submissions at osutoday@oregonstate.edu.
Timely Teaching Tips: Curious about Gradescope, a feedback and assessment tool widely used at OSU? Want to learn the basics of this time-saving app? Join Academic Technologies tomorrow (Wednesday, Oct. 12) at 3 p.m. to learn how to create a Gradescope course, link Gradescope assignments to Canvas, grade submissions and sync grades. Register for this 30-minute webinar.
Center for Teaching Quality Teaching (QT) Talks: "Welcoming LGBTQ+ Students: Intentionally inclusive language in the classroom," presented by Holly Zell. In this presentation, we will discuss LGBTQ+ terms appropriate for any level of prior knowledge. We will also discuss practical and easy ways to update language within the classroom and in class materials. Oct. 11, 11-11:50 a.m., in the Learning Innovation Center 414.
NEW! People and Nature Seminar: Hannah Brachfeld (Marine Resource Management) will present, “Offshore Wind and Floating Offshore Wind: Impacts on Military and Large Vessel Ocean Users,” Oct. 11, noon to 12:45 p.m. The lecture is free and open to all. Bexell Hall 414 or join online (https://beav.es/pan). This seminar series is sponsored by the School of Public Policy and the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, & Conservation Sciences. For more information, visit: https://peopleandnatureosu.weebly.com/schedule.html.
Department of Horticulture seminar series: Join us for the Horticulture Fall 2022 Seminar Series Tuesdays in ALS 4001 or via Zoom on Oct. 11 at noon. Jeremy Schuster, Oregon State University, Horticulture will present, “Grapevine Rootstock Breeding: Past, Present, and Future.” The event is free and open to the public. Please visit our website for presenter’s bio and the Zoom information at: https://horticulture.oregonstate.edu/horticulture-0.
Getting a Dam Job workshop series: Students, do interviews make you nervous? Are you never really sure what to say in a cover letter? Attend one of Oregon State’s Getting a Dam Job workshops, Oct. 11-17, and learn to excel at career skills like interviews, job searching, résumés, cover letters and more. All workshops are offered virtually, and if you can’t make it, register anyway and you’ll receive a recording. Sign up for a Getting a Dam Job workshop.
Beaver Boosters: ROOM CHANGE FOR TUESDAY. OSU will be providing COVID-19 booster clinics on the OSU Corvallis campus, Monday Oct. 10 through Thursday Oct. 13, from noon to 4 p.m. On Tuesday Oct. 10 the clinic will be provided in Memorial Union room 62, with check-in at the Trysting Tree Lounge. On Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 12 and 13, clinics will be in Memorial Union rooms 211 & 212. Clinics are open to the public and will provide only updated bivalent boosters for individuals 12 and older, while supplies last. No appointments needed and boosters are free of charge. Please bring your vaccination card. Click here for more information. Subject to change.
Department of Horticulture Seminar Series: Join us for the Horticulture Fall 2022 Seminar Series Tuesdays in ALS 4001 or via Zoom on Oct. 11 at noon. Jeremy Schuster, OSU Horticulture, will present, “Grapevine Rootstock Breeding: Past, Present, and Future.” The event is free and open to the public. Please visit our website for presenter’s bio and the Zoom information at: https://horticulture.oregonstate.edu/horticulture-0.
ELSI Training Sessions at CELYD Leadership Conference: The Early Learning System Initiative Center (ELSI) will be presenting a number of trainings at the Center on Early Learning and Youth Development Leadership conference on Oct. 11-12 at Western Oregon University. Link to ELSI training Schedule: HTTPS://BEAV.ES/535.
Domestic Violence Awareness Month Resource Fair: OSU’s Center for Advocacy, Prevention & Education, SAFER (Students Active for Ending Rape), and CARDV are hosting a Resource Fair on Tuesday, Oct. 11 from noon to 4 p.m. Stop by the SEC Plaza to connect with on- and off-campus community resources and learn how we can continue to raise awareness about domestic violence. Sign up for raffles, make your own tie-dye and grab some ice cream from the Beaver Classic Food Truck.
Center for Teaching and Learning – Quality Teaching (QT) Tips: New(er) faculty and GTAs are welcome to join our open and casual community conversations about teaching. Bring a lunch, your questions and your teaching-related successes to share. We will meet in the Learning Innovation Center (LINC) Lounge – 468, Oct. 11 from 12:15-12:50 p.m. No registration required; come as you please. Snacks and beverages are provided. Email Brooke.Howland@oregonstate.edu for more information.
OSUsed Store Public Sales: The OSUsed Store carries furniture, computers, household items, office supplies and more, at 644 SW 13th Street. Public sales are open to all shoppers this Tuesday, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and Friday, noon to 3 p.m.; details here. Staff may shop for their department Mondays through Thursdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; details here.
NEW! Opening reception: The Little Gallery is hosting an opening reception for the exhibition "Currency of Language" with Barbara Kruger and Analia Saban on Wednesday, Oct. 12, from 3:30-5 p.m. in Kidder Hall 210. Free, all are welcome. The exhibition runs through Dec. 2.
NEW! OSU Herbarium Open House: Guided tours of our new facility Oct. 13, on the hour from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. The 1 p.m. tour will highlight the mycology collection. In conjunction, a WeDigBio specimen label transcription event will be hosted in Cordley 2602 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Stop by for games, stickers, plant prizes and refreshments. Oct. 13, Cordley Hall, Room 2512. For questions or accommodations, contact aaron.liston@oregonstate.edu.
NEW! Strand Gallery Reception: All are welcome to the reception and artist talk for Paulette Kaskinen: "Woolly." Kaskinen’s intricate charcoal drawings of fiber animals highlight careful stewardship of farmers and personalities of her animal subjects. Thursday, Oct. 13, from 4-7 p.m. at Strand Gallery (440 Strand Agriculture Hall). Artist talk at 4:30 p.m. More information at beav.es/iDr. Sponsored by the College of Agricultural Sciences.
NEW! Speed Friending: Make new friends fast. Oct. 13, 6-9 p.m., MU Ballroom.
NEW! Wind Ensemble: The Oregon State University Wind Ensemble, directed by Erik Leung, and the OSU Marching Band, directed by Olin Hannum, will perform the James Douglass Memorial Band Concert in conjunction with Homecoming Week on Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the LaSells Stewart Center. The program will include music by Kevin Puts, Anthony Barfield, John Philip Sousa and Homer Maris. Free, open to all. A livestream will be available at https://beav.es/5kp.
ALPHA: Join the Catholic Student Association for a free dinner, talk and discussion. Alpha is a place to discuss the big questions of life, faith, meaning and God in an open and welcoming environment, regardless of your beliefs and background. Alpha will be held in the MU Horizon on Wednesdays from 6:30-8 p.m. throughout the term. Visit alphaosu.org for more information, or contact alpha@osunewman.org.
Papa’s Pizza 4-H fundraiser: An easy way to help raise funds for your Benton County 4-H Program is to dine in or get takeout food at Papa’s Pizza in Corvallis on Oct. 12. All you have to do is provide the cashier with the Benton County 4-H Papa’s Pizza fundraiser flyer, and Papa’s will donate 50% of the proceeds. Please visit our website or contact our Benton Extension office to receive a flyer.
Reception for faculty senators: Provost Ed Feser will host a reception for senators immediately following the Oct. 13 Faculty Senate meeting. All senators are welcome. Thursday, Oct. 13, 5-6 p.m., LaSells Stewart Center, Ag. Production Rm.
2022 Homecoming festivities: This fall, join the OSU Alumni Association, friends, faculty and classmates for Homecoming celebrations. From Oct. 13-15, participate in traditions from class reunions to the Homecoming game and tailgate. View the schedule and stay tuned for more events to be added at ForOregonState.org/Homecoming.
6th Annual Multicultural Alumni and Friends Tailgate: Get the game day hype started with new and old friends before the Homecoming game vs. WSU on Oct. 15. Join the free, family-friendly pregame tailgate outside of the Centro Cultural César Chávez and enjoy food, drinks, photo ops, a DJ and more. Please register by Oct. 13. Limited walk-ups may be available.
NEW! Information and Society Speaker Series: Sherry Antoine, executive director of AfroCROWD, will speak in the Valley Library’s Willamette Rooms as part of the OSU Libraries & Press Information and Society Speaker Series Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. She will speak about the essential role academia plays in efforts to close information gaps in Wikipedia. The event is free and open to the public.
NEW! HMSC Research Seminar: Keith Hernadez a postdoc with the Marine Mammal Institute at Hatfield Marine Science Center, will be giving a seminar titled “From pinniped diets to aging dolphins: One postdoc's path in marine ecology, so far," Oct. 13 at 3:30 p.m. Please join us in person at HMSC’s GVMSB Auditorium or online. Zoom link or call +1-971-247-1195 Meeting ID: 945 5573 115. Click here for more information.
NEW! Department of Botany & Plant Pathology Fall Seminar Series: "Economic considerations in strawberry harvest management: robotics, labor, and plant health," presented by Timothy Delbridge of OSU Applied Economics, Oct. 13, 4 p.m., ALS 4001 and via Zoom. For complete schedule visit the BPP Seminar website.
NEW! The OSU Community and Cybersecurity: What does it all mean? Ever wonder about phishes, cyber security threats, and how the OSU community is affected by them? Have you wondered if you can help defend against them? Join the Office of Information Security on Oct. 14 at noon for a virtual event to get your questions answered. Register at: https://apps.ideal-logic.com/osupace?key=F3T9-25VWY_K9KH-5PTF_bb8f554a5222.
NEW! Beavs Lead: Community Engagement & Leadership is hosting a day-long immersive leadership experience, “Beavs Lead: Spark,” on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in the AAPC. Students will have the opportunity to explore their personal leadership approach by examining their values, strengths, identities and passions. First-year, second-year, and transfer students are encouraged to attend, but this event is open to all students. Lunch will be provided. Register here: beav.es/cel.
Core Values and the Future of Andersen Construction: Please join the Center for Family Enterprise on Oct. 12, 8:30 a.m. via Zoom for our Family Business 360 Event on creating and upholding core values within a family business. Speaker Joel Andersen, president of Andersen Construction, will be sharing Andersen Construction’s longstanding core values and their impacts on the family business.
Information Session: New & Expanded Student Support Resources. Join representatives from Counseling & Psychological Services, the Office of the Dean of Students, and the Center for Advocacy, Prevention, and Education to learn more about new and expanded resources for students. This presentation will be Wednesday, Oct. 12, from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Memorial Union. Additional details can be found at: http://events.oregonstate.edu/event/information_session_new_expanded_student_support_resources.
Communicating with Older Adults and Family Members: Join Eldercare Connections Oct. 13 from noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom to discuss strategies for communicating with older adults and family members about giving care. Guest speaker Barbara Grant, LCSW, will provide effective tips for communicating with older adults and your family members about aging, care needs and coordinating caregiving responsibilities. The Zoom link will open at 11:30 a.m. for informal conversation and check in and will close at 1:30 to allow additional time for discussion. For more information email robynn.pease@oregonstate.edu.
Joe Ellingson M.S. Water Resource Science Defense: Ellington will present his thesis, titled “Preventing the Accumulation of Fine Sediments in Sand Dam Reservoirs: An Analytical Framework and Flume Experiments,” on Oct. 13 at noon in Gilmore Hall 234 and on Zoom. John Selker of Biological & Ecological Engineering advises Ellington. Reach out to Catherine.Mullins@oregonstate.edu for Zoom details.
University Budget Conversation: The Office of Budget and Resource Planning will hold a University Budget Conversation via Zoom Oct. 13 from noon to 1 p.m. This week’s topic is “FY23 Budget Overview.” The initial 15 minutes is spent on presentation of the topic, followed by discussion and Q&A. To join the webinar, visit https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/96921324786?pwd=aXdUMHFCUENGaVpwVUZYTEhWRUZHUT09. More information is on the website or contact Sherm Bloomer.
2022 Thomas Condon Lecture: Kathy Cashman, University of Oregon, “What’s under a volcano and how do we know?” Wednesday, Nov. 2, 7-8 p.m.; refreshments at 6:30 p.m. LaSells Stewart Center and online. For registration and details, see https://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/2022-thomas-condon-lecture.
Core Curriculum for OSU Managers and Supervisors: Managers and supervisors at OSU play a key role in enabling employees to do their best work. The Core Curriculum for Managers and Supervisors is a training program for all Oregon State University managers, supervisors and lead workers. At the end of this course, learners will have a solid understanding about the principles and policies that apply to our employees, know how to navigate within the space of talent management activities, and recognize when, and how, to provide equal opportunity and access to employees. Nov. 15-18, 8:15 a.m. to noon each day via Zoom. Learn more and register before Nov 8.
CPHHS Coaches Clinic Series: Foundations of Coaching. Learn how to support positive developments as a youth sports coach by attending this session led by OSU kinesiology experts. The first session in the Coaches Clinic Series presented by the College of Public Health and Human Sciences is Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hallie Ford Center, Room 115. Advanced registration required and space is limited. ForOregonState.org/Coaches-Clinic.
NEW! Recruiting participants for bicycling simulator experiment: The OSU Bicycling Simulator lab is seeking participants for an experiment who are at least 18 years old and have ridden a bicycle in the last 10 years. The purpose of this study is to make autonomous vehicles safer for bicyclists. Participation involves a one-hour time commitment and coming to the OSU Bicycling Simulator. Persons who participated in the first stage of this study (pedestrian or bicycle, conducted January 2022) are ineligible to participate. Participants will be compensated $20 for their time. To schedule a time to participate or for more information, please email Amy Wyman at wymana@oregonstate.edu.
Affordable student health insurance is available: Enrollment is open through Friday, Oct. 14. Domestic, Ecampus and PharmD students can easily signup for the OSU Insurance Plan from PacificSource. The plan provides access to a vast network of local and nationwide care providers. More info: beav.es/5Jr.
Eugene Commuters: Spaces available in Eugene to Corvallis Vanpool. An established vanpool from Eugene area is currently recruiting additional riders. Save money on gas while reclaiming your driving time for relaxation or socializing. For more information please contact Transportation Services at transportation@oregonstate.edu.
Taste Testers Wanted: The OSU Center for Sensory & Consumer Behavior Research is looking for new panelists for consumer taste tests. Open to all students, faculty, staff, family and community members 18 and over. Panelists receive up to $20/hour for their time. Tests run throughout the year. Some tests are done in our lab and others use our drive-thru sample pickup and in-home testing. Fill out Qualtrics survey to be added to our pool at http://agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu/sensoryresearch/ or call 541-737-6506. People already in our pool do not need to fill out survey.
VR experiment: Recruiting participants for virtual reality (VR) experiment. Psychology researchers are seeking participants who are at least 18 years old, speak fluent English and have normal or corrected-to-normal vision (no glasses) for VR research aiming to explore how to improve human interactions with automated vehicles. Participants will need to come to Moreland 140 to participate. Those who complete the study will receive $20 cash. More details and sign-up times available at https://bit.ly/osuroadusers.
Volunteers needed on OSU sculpture: Volunteers are needed beginning Oct. 8 to assist the John Grade Studio team in assembling four thousand clusters of spine-like “cones” that will swarm together to define the shape of the new sculpture, Emeritus, on OSU’s main campus. Volunteers will be working to string each of the small spines onto wire to compose each cone’s unique makeup. Sign up to volunteer at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c084fa4ac2ba0f94-volunteer. For more information contact: Joy Jenson, joy.jensen@oregonstate.edu
Internationalization grant application now open: The Office of Faculty Affairs Internationalization Grant is open to all OSU professional and academic faculty and INTO OSU employees. The program awards up to $5,000 for projects that advance the university’s internationalization agenda. Applications for the fall cycle are due by Friday, Oct. 14. 5 p.m. For more information and to apply, visit https://global.oregonstate.edu/internationalization-grant-program.
Walktober: It’s not too late to register for this 31-day self-care and movement challenge. Any movement activities count (from your Faculty Staff Fitness classes and workouts, to personal stretching, gardening or even birdwatching). Log daily activity in the web tracker or mobile app. Join a team or sign up solo. Register through Oct. 14 at https://beav.es/walktober. Cost: $10 for faculty/staff; $5 for students/alums. Brought to you by the Moore Family Center and Faculty Staff Fitness.
Free COVID tests: Free iHealth COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Tests are available on the Corvallis and Bend campuses and at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport. Each box contains two tests. While supplies last, OSU community members can pick up these self-test kits without restrictions. Please note the FDA has extended the self-test kit expiration dates by six months.
“The thing with October is, I think, it somehow gets in your very blood. Unapologetically. Almost ruthlessly.” ~ Anne Sexton
Corvallis: Sunny today, high of 71, low of 45. Sunny tomorrow.
Central Oregon: Sunny today, high of 71, low of 46. Sunny tomorrow.
Newport: Sunny today, high of 68, low of 53. Sunny tomorrow.
Statewide: For OSU employees around the state, find your local forecast here: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/.