04/02/2024
Welcome to Week 1!
Welcome back! Brenda Kellar started this newsletter with a list of some resources – Success Coaches, the Ecampus Hardship Grant, and CAFÉ. If you have a financial hold on your account or are struggling to figure out a payment plan, CAFÉ can help!
Don’t miss the information below on an Career events and Library and Writing Center workshops. I’ve also included a new section at the bottom with Podcasts, Blogs and other places of interest.
Need to drop a class and want a full tuition refund for that class? The deadline is Sunday, April 7th.
Comprehensive student health insurance is available: Enrollment is open through Monday, April 15.. Domestic, Ecampus and PharmD students can easily sign up for the OSU Student Health Insurance Plan from PacificSource. The plan provides access to a vast network of local and nationwide care providers. Questions: [email protected].
Anytime Anywhere: TELUS Health. Help connect the students you serve with 24/7 mental health support. Anytime Anywhere: TELUS Health is an app that gives all OSU students, including Ecampus students, 24/7 access by text or phone with a licensed mental health counselor, 24/7. There is no charge to students to use this service. Request print and digital marketing materials to share with students by clicking https://beav.es/58V. Please share the website with students you serve: https://counseling.oregonstate.edu/anytimeanywhere.
New Beginnings for Tribal Students (NBTS) offers $3-5,000 supplemental funding for summer internships in natural sciences to self-identifying Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian undergrads. There will be a drop-in information session for students from 2-3:30 p.m., April 4 at the Kaku-Ixt Mana Ina Haws, 311 SW 26th St. Come have snacks and learn about what NBTS has to offer. Students, apply to NBTS at https://opencampus.oregonstate.edu/nbts.
Student Services
https://ecampus.oregonstate.edu/services/student-services/
1. Student services representatives
a. We can help you navigate your student experience at Oregon State in a more effective manner on your path to academic success. We also provide assistance with change of major forms, overrides, questions regarding resources, registration concerns, liaison with student accounts, petitions, tuition refund appeals and facilitation of instructor-student issues.
b. Phone: 800-667-1465 (select option 1)
c. Email: [email protected]
2. Exam proctoring
a. If you have questions or problems, please email [email protected] or call us at 541-737-9281. More information about how to schedule your proctor is available on the Exam Proctoring website.
3. Success coaching
a. Success coaches work in partnership with students to improve academic skills, identify support resources and address obstacles to success at OSU. This service is available to all undergraduate, degree-seeking Ecampus students. Students can find out more about the success coaches and schedule an appointment through our student success coaching website.
Ecampus Financial Hardship Grant
https://ecampus.oregonstate.edu/services/tuition/emergency-grant.htm
Oregon State Ecampus has set aside limited funding to assist online students who are experiencing unexpected financial hardship that interferes with academic progress. This funding is being provided to help ensure that Ecampus students with demonstrated financial need are able to continue their education at OSU.
Ecampus Financial Hardship Grant Fund Eligibility Criteria (must meet all the following):
• Current or continuing undergraduate Ecampus students, and
• Enrolled in at least 6 online Oregon State credit hours during the current academic term at the time of application, and
• Currently experiencing economic hardship that significantly impedes academic progress
• Clearly explains how this financial hardship will interrupt academic progress
Exceptions to eligibility criteria may be considered. If you have questions about your eligibility and would like to discuss with someone, please reach out to [email protected].
Undergraduate application
Center for Advancing Financial Education (Café)
The Oregon State University Center for Advancing Financial Education (CAFE) is housed in the College of Business and is your one-stop financial wellness center, providing services to the OSU community and beyond.
Book an appointment
We understand that everyone’s financial situation is unique—we are here to provide advice; help you get the resources and information to navigate college; and/or make sound financial decisions. We provide free services such as, self-study modules and coursework. Topics include paying for college and all that it entails (billing, financial aid, scholarships, resources, and more), creating a budget, post-college financial planning and much more!
Do you have any questions or comments for us? Email us at [email protected].
Academic Success & Writing Workshops
The ASC & Writing Center will be offering remote workshops throughout spring term.
REGISTRATION NOTE: If you haven't registered for an OSU Zoom event before, or receive an error message saying you're not an authenticated user, try logging into the OSU Zoom page first: https://uit.oregonstate.edu/zoom. After logging in there, re-try registering for one of the workshops below. Please contact [email protected] if you encounter additional difficulty!
April 9 @ 12pm PST
Planning Time and Re-Framing Procrastination
Do you procrastinate? You’re not alone. It can happen even with the greatest schedules and the SMARTest goals. In a 10-week term, procrastination can elevate stress levels...
April 15 @ 11am PST
Concentration, Distraction & Effective Study Sessions
To have an effective study session, you need to be able to concentrate. This isn’t new news, but it can be difficult. Learn strategies and techniques that can help you work...
April 17 @ 2pm PST
Integrating Sources into Your Writing
Integrating sources into your writing puts your ideas in conversation with previous writers and researchers. In this workshop, you'll learn differences between summary,...
April 23 @ 12pm PST
Test Prep & the Science of Learning
Preparing for tests can feel daunting, and let’s be real – often, we wait until the last minute. Beginning your test preparation early can help you harness your brain’s...
April 25 @ 11am PST
Identifying Perfectionistic Tendencies & Practicing How to Undo Them
A lot of us have perfectionist tendencies that may impact our experiences and choices. So let’s talk about it! We’ll explore how these tendencies might show up, impact our...
May 1 @ ?
Planning Time & Re-Framing Procrastination - 4ish weeks left!
Do you procrastinate? A lot of us do. With 4 weeks left to the term, procrastination can elevate stress levels that might already be activated. And, there's still time to plan...
May 1 @ 1pm PST
Setting & Achieving Goals
Goals come in all sizes, and can help you accomplish work and succeed. Some goals have better results than others, and sometimes it's easier/harder to accomplish certain...
May 2 @ 12pm PST
Personal Statement Strategies
Personal statements are an important part of graduate school applications and can often be stressful to draft. Join us as we introduce personal statements, talk through...
May 8 @ 3pm PST
The Writing Process & Time Management
Writing is a process that takes energy, concentration and time--things we might be running short on these days. Join us to think through steps of the writing process and...
May 9 @ 12pm PST
Learning During Times of Stress
Your experience matters, and we want to equip you with the information to recognize what you’re feeling, how it might show up, and how to support yourself through it. We’ll...
May 13 @ 11am PST
Planning Time & Re-Framing Procrastination - 4ish weeks left!
Do you procrastinate? A lot of us do. With 4 weeks left to the term, procrastination can elevate stress levels that might already be activated. And, there's still time to plan...
May 16 @ 1pm PST
Motivation – In Concept & Practice
Motivation is a popular topic – different ways to motivate, what to do when it’s hard to motivate, things that can disrupt motivation, etc. We’ll explore concepts, practice...
May 22 @ 11am PST
Finals Survival!
It's week 8, and a great time to start planning for finals!! Take time now to identify how long you have, how many finals/projects/papers you're juggling, and how much time...
May 28 @ 12pm PST
Test Prep & the Science of Learning
Preparing for tests can feel daunting, and let’s be real – often, we wait until the last minute. Beginning your test preparation early can help you harness your brain’s...
June 5 @ 11am PST
Finals Survival!
It's week 10, and finals are on the horizon! Do you have a plan? There's still time to think about how long you have, how many finals/projects/papers you're juggling, and how...
Career Events Spring 2024
https://career.oregonstate.edu/career-events
Virtual Events
April 10 @ 4pm PST
Ask Alumni: Deep Dive into Careers with Whales, Sharks and Ocean Ecology
Get ready to make a splash in your career with firsthand insights from researchers, marine biologists and graduate students from the OSU College of Agricultural Sciences. Learn how their educational experiences at OSU have prepared them for successful careers in marine research and conservation. Register to attend this free virtual interactive Ask Alumni webcast presented by OSUAA, the Career Development Center, and the College of Agricultural Sciences.
April 24 @ 5pm PST
Start Your Own Business (in collaboration with the SBDC at LBCC)
Have you ever wanted to be your own boss or to start something totally new and totally yours? Come learn the introductory steps to starting a small business (or taking over a family business), and hear from our guest small business owners who are excited to share what they've learned through opening their own businesses. Co-sponsored by OSU's Career Development Center and the Linn-Benton Small Business Development Center. Bring your questions and your ideas for starting your own thing!
April 30 @ 5pm PST
Graduate School: Decision Making, Application, & Career Pathways in Research
Join us for an enlightening event focused on navigating the complexities of graduate school decisions, application strategies, and career pathways in research. Whether you're considering furthering your education, seeking guidance on application processes, or exploring diverse avenues within the realm of research, this event offers invaluable insights and expert advice to help you make informed choices and carve out a successful academic and professional journey. Don't miss this opportunity to gain clarity and direction in shaping your future in academia and beyond.
May 14 @ 5pm PST
Getting a Dam Job: Oops, I Still Need a Job or Internship
Finding time to search for jobs or internships can be difficult when you are busy with school work and the distractions of life! This workshop will provide you with tips and strategies to make the process less overwhelming and help you find that last-minute opportunity for the upcoming summer.
Library Workshops
Register for workshops via our registration page
April 10 @ 12pm PST
Get Your Articles Quickly, Easily AND FOR FREE (via Zoom)
OSU Libraries provides access to scholarly sources, articles and books, in a number of different ways, including via subscriptions, open access, and borrowing from other libraries. In this workshop...
April 13 @ 11am PST
Introduction to R (no coding experience) (Zoom)
This is an introductory workshop to R for beginners. We will follow a shortened version of the Software Carpentry lesson “Programming with R." We will talk about reading data with R and organizing it...
April 24 @ 10am PST
QGIS Intermediate (via Zoom)
Now that you've picked up the basics of QGIS, learn how to manipulate and analyze your data. In Intermediate QGIS, we'll use the available spatial analysis tools to generate new insights into the...
April 24 @ 11am PST
Introduction to R (some experience coding) (Zoom)
This is an introductory workshop to R for beginners. This course will be taught under the assumption that attendees have some experience in other coding languages and file organization and structure....
April 30 @ 3pm PST
Researching for the Literature Review (via Zoom)
Find out what the literature review is and how to get started, how to keep track of sources, searches and new research, and how to use library resources more effectively. This session will take place...
May 1 @ 11am PST
Introduction to R (no coding experience) (Zoom)
This is an introductory workshop to R for beginners. We will follow a shortened version of the Software Carpentry lesson “Programming with R." We will talk about reading data with R and organizing it...
May 8 @ 12pm PST
Intermediate R: tidyverse (Zoom)
This is an intermediate workshop to R. This course will be taught under the assumption that attendees have some experience in coding in R and file organization and structure. For a more...
Anthropology Podcasts, Blogs and other places of interest
AAA Podcast Library
The AAA partners with relevant podcasts in an effort to increase collaboration between our members and the field at large, and enhance the public’s general understanding of anthropology. Podcasts that provide transcripts have been notated below. Interested in joining the AAA podcast family? Send us a link and a description of your podcast.
Below are some of the podcasts available at the AAA podcast library
• Anthcurious, is brought to us by the folks at the Career Readiness Commission AAA. They are offering an online course called Anthropology on the Public Stage. The course was developed with support from a Wenner-Gren Foundation Global Initiatives grant, and is self-paced and free for personal use.
• A Story of Us – Anthropology grad students at Ohio State University in partnership with AAA. The mission of the A Story of Us podcast is to increase public understanding and access to the field of anthropology. We seek to identify who anthropologists are, what we study, and how we perform our research. We also seek to explain why anthropology is relevant to understanding diversity, our origins, human variation, and behavior. All episodes are produced in a way that is understandable to listeners who have little to no anthropology background.
• AnthroDish with Sarah Duignan in partnership with AAA. AnthroDish explores the many ways in which food relates to our cultures (and sub-cultures), as well as the role food plays in maintaining or changing personal and community identities.
• Anthrolactology, a podcast about breastfeeding, science, and society!
• This Anthro Life, a podcast about the little things we do as people that change the course of humanity.
• AnthroPod is produced by the Society for Cultural Anthropology, a section of the AAA. In each episode of Anthropod, we explore what anthropologists and anthropology can teach us about the world and people around us.
• More info at AAA Podcasts
American Philosophical Society (APS) Blog
In 2022, Abelardo de la Cruz was the first recipient of the APS's Indigenous Community Research Fellowship to visit the APS's Library for research. In this week's blog post, (January 30) he explains the work he did listening to and transcribing Nahuatl and analyzing materials collected by cultural anthropologist Victoria Bricker in the spring of 1977 in the community named Huazalinguillo, Estado de Hidalgo, Mexico. He also included a video of himself speaking in Nahuatl to invite more people to consult materials at APS.
• APS Blog
o In 2022, Abelardode la Cruz was the first recipient of the APS's Indigenous Community Research Fellowship to visit the APS's Library for research. In this week's blog post, he explains the work he did listening to and transcribing Nahuatl and analyzing materials collected by cultural anthropologist Victoria Bricker in the spring of 1977 in the community named Huazalinguillo, Estado de Hidalgo, Mexico. He also included a video of himself speaking in Nahuatl to invite more people to consult materials at APS.
Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS)
Learn more about enslaved Africans and their descendants living in the Chesapeake, Carolinas, and Caribbean during the Colonial and Ante-Bellum Periods. Analyze and compare archaeological assemblages and architectural plans from different sites at unprecedented levels of detail. DAACS is a community resource, conceived and maintained in the Department of Archaeology at Monticello, in collaboration with the research institutions and archaeologists working throughout the Atlantic World.
SBA Oral History Project
One of the Society of Black Archaeologists’ goals is to capture and highlight the history of African descendant people in the field of archaeology. To achieve this we collect and archive oral history interviews of African descendant people in the field to gain a better understanding of the roles and experiences they have had in the past and present.
[email protected]
Cabildos Lecture Series
The goal of this series is to:
• Listen to Black voices
• Foreground cutting edge scholarship
• Contextualize United States history within the African Diaspora
• Highlight the links between academic research and activism
Watch recordings of the lectures for 2020 and 2021.
Society of Black Archaeologists (SBA)
Advocating to ensure proper treatment of African and African Diaspora material culture, promote more people of African descent to enter the field of archaeology, ensure community collaborations, raise and address concerns related to African peoples worldwide, and highlights the past and present achievements and contributions people of African descent have made to the field of archaeology.
The Association for Black Anthropologists (ABA) was founded in 1970 by a small group of intellectuals who sought to break down barriers that impeded their full participation in the discipline of Anthropology. By creating scholarship that linked anthropological theory to struggles for social justice, these elders transformed anthropology and helped create generations of intellectual leaders.
American Anthropological Association (AAA) Anthropology News
Zoom is Oregon State University's official video conferencing platform, and is the recommended client for use during campus closures. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to use Zoom to create and host high-quality online meetings, classes and events, and leverage Zoom's video, chat, breakout....
