April 13, 2009
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EVENTS
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Holocaust Memorial Week 2009 is scheduled for April 20-23. This marks the twenty-third consecutive year that we will be observing Memorial Week at OSU. As always, the Holocaust Memorial Committee has attempted to provide a program that will be meaningful across the breadth of our campus community. For more information: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/holocaust/index.php
Monday, April 20, 7:30 p.m., C&E Auditorium (LaSells Stewart Center, OSU campus)
Public talk -- Claudia Koonz: How the Nazis Made Anti-Semitism Respectable
Tuesday, April 21, 7:30 p.m., Memorial Union Lounge (OSU campus)
Public talk -- Rolf Schuette: The Holocaust's Role in the Identity of Today's Germans
Wednesday, April 22, 7:30 p.m., Austin Auditorium (LaSells Stewart Center, OSU campus)
Public talk -- George Wittenstein: A Personal Account of the White Rose
Thursday, April 23, 7:00 p.m., Kelley Engineering 1001 (OSU campus)
Film – Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
On April 24 (Friday) and May 2 (Saturday), the Beatles' eponymous double album, also known as the "White Album," will be recreated live in concert. Both shows start at 7:00pm and will be held at the Milam Auditorium. EECS students Bill Cowell, Simon Ghionea, and Neville Mehta are involved in this project alongside 15 other musicians.
All proceeds go toward the Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence (CARDV). This is the 4th year running for such an event; with your support, previous shows have brought in about $20,000 for CARDV.
Tickets ($5) are available at the Women's Center (on campus), and online at http://www.beatlesatosu.org. You can also contact Neville Mehta (mehtane@eecs.oregonstate.edu) for tickets or any further information.
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OPPORTUNITIES
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University Mars Rover Challenge rehearsal
When: April 25th
Where: Adair County Park Covered Picnic Areas
Tentative Schedule:
11:00 AM – Introduction
11:30 AM – Extremophiles
12:00 PM – Site Survey Task
12:30 PM – Snacks*
1:00 PM – Emergency Navigation Task
1:30 PM – Construction Task
2:00 PM – Cleanup
*Snacks will be provided: Please RSVP to albrighr@gmail.com. Details
The Student Alumni Association is now recruiting for its Board of Directors positions! We have two types of positions available:
SAA Board of Directors 2009-2010. We are now recruiting for the 2009-2010 Student Alumni Association Board of Directors! SAA leaders uphold OSU traditions, network with alumni, plan campus events, and run the SAA membership program. In exchange for this 3-5 hour per week commitment, students receive a $1000 scholarship for the academic year. Applications are available online at www.osualum.com/council.
We also have the SAA Recruitment Chair position available immediately. This position oversees the marketing and management of our membership program, providing great hands on experience in leadership, public relations, and promotion. This position is a paid student staff position that serves on the SAA Board of Directors as well as holds additional office hours at the Alumni Association. Applicants must be able to work over summer. Applications are available online at the Beaver JobNet website operated via Career Services.
If you want to learn more about this position or other opportunities to get involved with the Student Alumni Association, attend our info session on Tuesday, April 14th at 5:00pm in MU 211. Free food and prizes available! You can direct questions to Genie Bettencourt at genia.bettencourt@oregonstate.edu or (541)737-9678. Details
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GRADUATE EXAMS
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Monday, April 20, 4-6 pm, KEC 4107. PhD Oral Preliminary Examination - Abhijith Arakali. Major Professor: Pavan Hanumolu; Committee: Un-Ku Moon, Kartikeya Mayaram, Bechir Hamdaoui; GCR: Nathan Gibson. "Supply-Noise Mitigation Techniques for Phase-Locked Loops." Details
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SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS
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Digital Vagabonding.com is offering a “Roads Scholarship” to enable a talented writer/photographer to road trip North America this summer and share their journey on Digital Vagabonding.com.
If you or someone you know is interested, visit Roads Scholarship and write a proposal. The winner will be chosen on May 8th and will get a $1,200 a month stipend and a ticket to the ultimate vagabond gathering - the Burning Man Festival (August 31st to September 7th). Three runners up proposals will also get free tickets to Burning Man.
We could really use your help in getting the word out about this life changing scholarship. Please forward this email to your friends and family and become a “fan” of the Digital Vagabonding face book page and become a friend of our MySpace page.
Even better, we’d really appreciate you emailing your Facebook and Myspace friends to invite them to check out our “Roads Scholarship” page and to become “fans” or “friends.”
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JOBS
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Did you know that you can subscribe to the EECS Jobs List that will send you e-mail when new jobs are posted? Internships and even a few on-campus jobs get advertised there as well. Subscribe here.
Don't forget to check out the AfterCollege job site, tailored especially for our EECS students.
Student Office Assistant Needed: Administratively minded student with proven customer service experience is needed to work in the College of Pharmacy. This individual will serve as the Receptionist for the Dean’s office as well as the Student Service area and will include providing administrative support to academic advisors and the Assistant to the Dean. Responsibilities will include opening/closing the office, greeting and assisting the public, answering and making phone calls, filing, file creation, photocopying, and bulletin board maintenance. Details
At any given time, CampusPoint is hiring for a number of jobs and internships here in the Portland metro area. CampusPoint is a FREE online resource (www.campuspoint.com) that helps college students and graduates find jobs & internships in the Portland Metro and Seattle/Puget Sound Area. Details
- Content Developer – Portland, OR
- Controls Engineer – Portland, OR
- Crystal Reports Specialist – Portland, OR
- Customer Service Engineer (Software) – Hillsboro, OR
- Engineering Internship (5 Openings) – Hillsboro, OR
- Entry Level Application Developer/Consultant – Beaverton, OR
- Experienced Interactive Project Manager – Portland, OR
- IPC Writer (Engineering Support) – Sandy, OR
- Programmer I – Portland, OR
- Stress Engineer – Woodland, WA
- Technical Support Representative – Vancouver, WA
- Web Designer/Developer – Hillsboro, OR
Student Internship at West Virginia University. A position is available for a student with programming skills to help develop and extend a simulation model that is being used to explore the factors controlling movement and establishment of transgenic trees in natural and managed settings. The position will be hosted by Dr. Stephen DiFazio at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV (http://www.as.wvu.edu/~sdifazio/) and Dr. Steve Strauss of Oregon State University (http://www.cof.orst.edu/coops/tbgrc/Staff/strauss/). Proficiency in C or C++ programming is required. Familiarity with Geographic Information Systems would be desirable, but not essential. Interested applicants should send a CV and names and contact information for two references to Dr. DiFazio (spdifazio@mail.wvu.edu).
Microsystems Engineering Inc., Software Engineering - Automated equipment report tool. We need an engineering student with demonstrated software skills to write a C sharp application. This application will regularly parse log files in order to extract the information needed to generate Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) metrics and store it in a database. Time permitting, the intern will then map the database to Business Object to allow for the automatic generation of reports. Details
Having a perfect resume is pretty important in today’s job market. The good news is, help is just a click away. Microsoft's Office Live teams have just created the Microsoft Office Live Workspace page on Facebook. Students will find lots of valuable resume building tips and be able to access useful resume templates. Plus, you can enter the My Resume Talks Sweepstakes for a chance to win a consultation from a Certified and Professional Resume Specialist. With 500 total winners, your odds are pretty good!
Intel Corporation is looking for students for various summer projects. This isn’t really interning, but is great experience in the industry. Specifically, we are working on storage technologies in mobile platforms in software, hardware and firmware for future Intel projects. Details
Trail Tech Inc., Electrical Engineer. Responsibilities include: design and development of analog and digital circuits; schematic entry, PCB design, component specification, BOM generation and prototype; embedded Microcontroller and related firmware specification; design and implement life/functional tests; create reports, fault finding and countermeasure to component level; documentation and engineering release for production; management of PCB contract resources; manufacturing support of electrical products. Details
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