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CBEE Home | news | archives | 2007
Weekly News for CHE STUDENTS / STAFF / FACULTY
FOR THE WEEK What goes up and
down but doesn't actually move? --------------------------------------------------- ---------------- ---------------------------------- May 16 - OSU Alternative
Transportation Advisory Committee May 17 - four-day spring blood
drive May 19 - Community and University
Service Effort
May 21 – Engineers Without Borders Meeting May 31 – June 10 – June 17 - GRADUATION INFORMATION AND UPDATES -------------------------------------------------------- Kristin Rorrer ----------------------------------------------------- Advising for Fall term registration is here! Please check the advising page to be sure you
know who your advisor is. We do make
changes during each term. Then please
sign up for your advising appointment by going to the advising calendar. ---- Any student that
has Dr. Skip Rochefort as their advisor may see Kristin Rorrer for advising
this term. Due to a heavy schedule Dr.
Rochefort may not have enough openings on his calendar and we want everyone to
see an advisor by the time they are scheduled to register. ---- Students can find their
particular registration time by going to the “Check Registration Status” page
in the Registration menu through Student Online Services. http://che.oregonstate.edu/advising ------------------------------------------------------- NEWS ---------------------------------------------------- GRADUATION INFORMATION AND
UPDATES Graduation will be here before we know
it! Deadline – May 31, 2007 Pictures – If you have not had your picture taken,
please contact BALL Studios @ 753-5721. They will
schedule a sitting for you. Department Graduation – IF YOU ARE GRADUATING AND HAVE NOT
RECEIVED AN INVITATION or HAVE NOT NOTIFIED ME OF THE NUMBER OF FAMILY YOU WILL
BE HAVING AS GUESTS– PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY!
Karen/737-2491 or karen.kelly@oregonstate.edu or stop by the office. ---- Some of you
were not able to read the newsletter last week so I am leaving this in again
for this week since many of you have asked about the department
graduation. The general program runs as
follows: The
ceremonies are held outside of Gleeson Hall.
There are bleachers and chairs so there will be plenty of room for
family and friends. The program
begins between 8:30 and 8:45 depending on how quickly everyone can get
seated. Coffee and other goodies are
provided both before and after the ceremonies in the main lobby. There will
be speeches by the chair, the dean, faculty and students. Awards will be given and each of you will be
acknowledged before your guests. There will
then be a time for the taking of the group graduation picture and time for
photos with family and friends. During
and after this time there is a reception with refreshments in Gleeson 100. The whole
affair should be completed by 11:45 leaving plenty of time for you and your
family to attend the OSU graduation beginning at 2:00. If you need
more information, please stop by the office. ---- Please email Jennifer (if you have not
already done so) if you are interested in planning/helping with the student
portion of the graduation celebration. Jennifer
Kanaan @ kanaanje@onid.orst.edu - let her know you are interested in
helping plan something. An email went
out to all of the graduating seniors last Tuesday with ideas and
suggestions. This is your graduation
celebration – make it fun and full of memories!! ---- OSU
General Information for All Students
To participate in commencement, a student
must file an Application for Graduation with the Registrar's office, and be a
graduate (or anticipated graduate) of Summer 2006, Fall 2006, Winter 2007,
Spring 2007 or Summer 2007 terms. If you require accommodations due to a
disability, please contact the Registrar's Office at 541-737-4331, as soon as
possible, but no later than May 26, 2007 Guest Tickets
You may obtain your graduation items from the
OSU Bookstore after April 26. ----- The
four-day spring blood drive will be today through Thursday in the
Memorial Union Ballroom. The blood drive, sponsored by the OSU Blood Drive
Association and the American Red Cross, will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each
day. ---- Volunteers
are needed for the Community
and University Service Effort cleanup on Saturday, May 19. The campus
clean-up starts at 9 a.m. in the MU Quad. Two other ---- The
City of As some of you move on from the University
and for those that will be here for a bit longer. It is for you to ask the question, pose the problem, find the solution!!! POINTS TO PONDER – COMPLIMENTS OF DR. LEVENSPIEL! "The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn
better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible," A "But what is it good for?" commenting on the microchip. Engineer
at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968 "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." Popular
Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers ." Thomas
Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943 "I don't know what use any one could find for a machine that would
make copies of documents. It certainly couldn't be a feasible business by
itself. The
head of IBM, refusing to back the idea, forcing the inventor to found Xerox "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their
home." Ken
Olson, president, chairman, founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977 --------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- Engineers Without Borders meetings "Engineers Without Borders
- is an OSU student chapter of EWB - The meetings will be from 6-7
pm in Monday, May 21, 2007 Monday, June 4, 2007 ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- Notes and Information from Tracy
Rothwell J ------------------------------------------------------------ There is
now an e-mail list that you can join to receive updates about internships. If
you are interested in signing up for the list go to https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/che-internship-info I
will be sending e-mails when I update the website so you will know when there
is new internship information available. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acumed just posted a Quality
engineering internship on Beaver recruiting. The details are at http://che.oregonstate.edu/students/internships/intern_latest.html . This job only
asks for ONE YEAR of engineering education! Doesn’t specify a major and
sounds suitable for CHEs as well as BIOEs ---- HP will be
interviewing in the virtual world for real-world jobs! This is a first for HP and I encourage OSU
students to try it out, especially if they are already Second Life players. We would love to make this a success story! HP interviewing
on Second Life May 15-17 http://www.networkinworld.jobs/hp_profile.aspx At this event they
will be interviewing for these positions: Administrative Computer
Services Computers,
Hardware Computers,
Software Consulting
Services Customer
Service/Call Center Engineering,
Environmental Services Financial
Services Human
Resources/Recruiting Information
Technology Legal Program/Project Management Quality
Assurance/Safety Sales ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ Application Deatline/May 18, 2007 BBI International’s 2007 Fuel Ethanol Workshop
(FEW) Scholarship program will award three individuals
pursuing higher education leading to careers or post-graduate studies related
to the ethanol industry. The scholarships will be awarded at the FEW this
June in Click here for a
scholarship application. For more information contact Margo Clark atmclark@bbibiofuels.com BBI International/PO Box 1146/Salida, CO 81201/719-539-0300 ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- PACIFIC BIODIESEL, INC. I am currently recruiting for a
R&D lab technician for a position in William T. Smith/Manager of Research and wsmith@biodiesel.com ---- Application
Deadline/May 18, 2007 The City
of Hillsboro Water Department is recruiting for the following position. Position: Water Resources
Technician The employment
application packet and complete job description is available at http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Jobs/Default.aspx. Niki J. Iverson / Water Resources Manager / City of 503-615-6770 / nikii@ci.hillsboro.or.us --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Answer to our question. Temperature. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Read the Forward newsletter submissions to [karen.kelly@orst.edu] no later
than Friday of each week.
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