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Students are responding to our invitation to drop off pizza boxes for composting (rather than sending them to the dump). Kristin and her student crew take the boxes out to the compost bin on the loading dock each night.
Free tickets for the 38th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. peace breakfast are now available to OSU faculty, staff and students. The breakfast begins at 9 a.m. in the CH2M HILL Alumni Center ballroom on Monday, Jan. 20, and seating is limited. After the breakfast, Raquel Willis, a black queer transgender activist, writer and the executive editor of Out Magazine, will be the keynote speaker for the celebration lecture at 11 a.m. at the LaSells Stewart Center. The keynote session is free and open to the public, and tickets are not required. The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration week runs Jan. 18 through 24. To register for the breakfast and for a full list of events, visit https://diversity.oregonstate.edu/mlk. For more info, events@oregonstate.edu or 541-737-4717.
PERS has a newsletter where they talk about a slew of useful things for preparing for retirement. Check it out online.
The OSU Press is celebrating the holiday season with their holiday sale. That means 25% off selected titles when ordered through the OSU Press website. Just enter the promotion code 19HOLIDAY at checkout.
Employees who fill out paperwork to access staff fee privileges (tuition reduction) can now submit their forms to stafffeeforms@oregonstate.edu for processing. This is a new process designed to make submission of these forms easier. If employees have questions about this process or privilege the following link is a resource: https://hr.oregonstate.edu/benefits/current-employees/tuition-reduction-staff-fee-privileges. They can also contact employee.benefits@oregonstate.edu or call 541-737-2805.
OSU’s Sarah Masoni is cohosting a new podcast on Friday mornings that is sponsored by the College of Agricultural Sciences. People can listen live at 9 a.m. at www.startupradionetwork.com. The show is called Masoni and Marshall - The Meaningful Marketplace. The hosts talk with food entrepreneurs about their experiences. The podcast is available on SoundCloud and iTunes.
The priority deadline for the Social Justice Retreats is extended to December 15. The Social Justice Retreats are weekend long off-campus experiences designed for students to engage in the concept of race and how race influences our lived experiences and interactions. Please consider applying for one of the social justice retreats offered at OSU:
Public Services Unit Supervisor – No new updates.
Analyst Programmer 3 – There are two on-site interviews scheduled for the next week or so.
Monographs LT3 – No new updates
Serials LT3 – An offer letter is in the works with HR.
Resource Sharing LT2 – No new updates.
Cataloging LT2 (temp) – No new updates.
Collections Maintenance LT2 – No new updates.
Guin LT3s – Katie Bowler starts on December 16th and Julie Drengson starts on December 30th.
Circulation LT2 – Michelle Schneider has resigned with her last day being December 13th.
Off-Site Storage Project Manager – No new updates.
“Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.”
― Sydney Harris
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