Programs: 2009 and Earlier

2016

2016
Date Location Speaker Title
Jun 02 MU 211 Business meeting Elections, Budget and More!
May 26 Ag Production Room, LaSells Stewart Center Linda Schmidt, Corvallis Tai Chi Teacher The Practice of Tai Chi
May 19 Linus Pauling Science Center 402 Shan de Silva, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences What We Have Learned in Volcanology Since Mount St. Helens
May 12 MU 211 McKenzie Huber and Tristen Shay, College of Liberal Arts Being Transgender, All Sides of the Rainbow: Working with Trans* and Gender Variant Students
May 05 MU 215 Megan Ward, College of Liberal Arts Bringing Technology to the Humanities: The David Livingstone Spectral Imaging Project
Apr 28 MU 211 President Ed Ray A Conversation with the President
Apr 21 MU 215 Brett Tyler, Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing China - Past, Present and Future
Apr 14 MU 211 Sam Logan, College of Public Health and Human Sciences Go Baby Go!
Apr 07 MU 211 Gordon Grant, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences Water in the West: How geology and climate conspire to dictate the future
Mar 31 MU 211 Robert Boyce, College of Pharmacy Three Questions Everyone Should Ask About Their Medication
Mar 10 MU 211 Jill Bushakra, Agricultural Research Service, USDA Preserving and Characterizing Diversity at the Corvallis USDA Germplasm Repository
Mar 03 MU 211 Daniel Faltesek, New Media Communications Health Care on Your Mobile Device
Feb 25 MU 211 Kathleen Bogart, School of Psychological Science Face to Face and Heart to Heart: The psychology of disability communications
Feb 18 MU 211 Jeremy Hoffman, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Singing for Science: When data aren't enough
Feb 11 MU 215 Cynthia Sagers, Vice President for Research Field Notes: A Life in Research
Feb 04 MU 211 Andrew Thurber, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences An Ecosystem View of the High Antarctic: When the best solution is to eat your competition
Jan 28 MU 215 Cynthia Beal, Crop and Soil Science Sustainable Cemeteries, Natural Burial and the Ultimate Back-to-the-Land Movement
Jan 21 Ag Sciences Room, LaSells Stewart Center Cindy Grimm, College of Engineering If a Robot Rang Your Doorbell, Would You Let It In?
Jan 14 MU 211 Chuck Toombs, College of Business Commercializing Academic Technologies: Lessons Learned and Roadmaps Explored
Jan 07 LaSells Stewart Center Gallery Michele Ribeiro, "Mindful Living Resources" Winter Gala with the Professional Faculty Leadership Association

2015

2015
Date Location Speaker Title
Dec 03 MU 211 Karim Hamdy, International Programs From Corvallis to Tunis: OSU students in birthplace of the Arab Spring
Nov 26 No meeting Thanksgiving
Nov 19 MU 211 James Cassidy, College of Agricultural Sciences Soil! What It's All About
Nov 12 Wells Fargo Room, LaSells Stewart Center Chris Petersen, Valley Library Special Collections OSU's Oral History Project
Nov 05 MU 211 Jane Ishmael, College of Pharmacy Marijuana as Medicine
Oct 29 MU 211 Loren Davis, College of Liberal Arts Recent Findings at the Cooper's Ferry Archaeological Dig
Oct 22 MU 211 Kym Pokorny, Extension and Experiment Station Communications Gardening in a Drier Future
Oct 15 MU 211 Chris Anderson, College of Liberal Arts Opening Up Malcolm: Poetry as Spiritual Practice
Oct 08 Wells Fargo Room, LaSells Stewart Center Brent Kronmiller, Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing Genome Sequencing at OSU
Oct 01 MU 211 Michael Bamberger, Emergency Preparedness Preparing for the Big One
Sep 24 MU 211 Cody Fast, Lucas Teeter, Engineering undergrads OSU's Blacksmith Club: The Bladesmithing Competition
Jun 04 MU 211 Business meeting
May 28 MU 211 Starr McMullen, Applied Economics What It Takes to Win a Fiddling Championship
May 21 Linus Pauling Science Center 402 Tom Sharpton, Microbiology The Microbiome Inside
May 14 MU 211 Bob Cowen, Hatfield Marine Science Center OSU's Marine Studies Initiative
May 07 MU 211 President Ed Ray Combined meeting with the Association of Office Professionals and the Professional Faculty Leadership Association
Apr 30 MU 211 Minjeong Kim, Design and Human Environment Apparel Shopping Online: A peek into the consumer's mind
Apr 23 MU 211 Colin Huber, University Marketing The Many Voices of OSU: Communicating through social media
Apr 16 MU 211 Amy Below, Political Science Cuba Under the Other Castro
Apr 09 MU 211 Katy Prudic, Integrative Biology Butterflies and Their Wings: How everyone can help study them
Apr 02 MU 211 Stephanie Jenkins, Philosophy Why Disability Ethics Matters
Mar 12 MU 211 Jean Hall, Professor, Veterinary Medicine A New Biomarker for Kidney Function in Cats
Mar 05 MU 211 Richard Wood, Commander, Naval ROTC ROTC at OSU
Feb 26 MU 211 Bruce Geller, Professor of Microbiology Molecular Medicine for Infectious Diseases
Feb 19 MU 211 Susan Shaw, Director, Women's Studies ADVANCE for Women in Science at OSU
Feb 12 MU 211 John Turner, OSU Advantage, College of Business A Seedbed for Startups: The OSU Advantage Accelerator
Feb 05 MU 211 Robert Reff, Student Health Services Reducing Alcohol Use Among OSU Students
Jan 29 MU 211 John Wager, Prof. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Next Generation of Semiconductors at OSU
Jan 22 Linus Pauling Science Center 402 Chris Chapman, Director of Bands Oregon State University Band Program: Hidden Gem of the West Since 1891
Jan 14 LaSells Stewart Center Gallery Annual Winter Gala Entertainment by Outspoken, OSU men's choral group
Jan 08 MU 211 Shelby Walker, Director, Oregon Sea Grant Moving from Inside the Beltway to Oregon Sea Grant: Prespectives of a New Arrival

2014

2014
Date Location Speaker Title
Dec 04 MU 211 Dee Denver, College of Science The Dharma of DNA: Buddhism and Science
Nov 20 MU 211 Lt. Teresa Bloom, Oregon State Police Public Safety on Campus
Nov 13 MU 211 Emily Ford, Head Coach, Women's Rowing Program Rowing to the Finish Line: Women's Crew at OSU
Nov 06 MU 211 Kerry McPhail, College of Pharmacy Deep-Sea Medicine: Potential New Drugs from the World's Oceans
Oct 30 MU 211 Bill Smart, College of Engineering Robots and Us: At the Human-Machine Interface
Oct 23 LaSells Stewart Center Jonathan Stoll, Director, OSU Community Relations Getting to Know the Neighbors: OSU's Community Relations Program
Oct 16 MU 211 Dick Waring, Emeritus Professor, College of Forestry Our Changing Forests
Oct 09 MU 211 Tammy Bray, Dean, College of Public Health and Human Sciences Why Accreditation Matters
Oct 02 MU 211 George Edmonston, former editor, "The Oregon Stater" Is OSU Lying About Its Age?
Jun 05 MU 211 Business meeting Election of officers, financial report, other business
May 29 Linus Pauling Science Center 402 David Dickson, Coach, Women's Rugby Discovering Women's Rugby at OSU
May 22 Linus Pauling Science Center 402 Aurora Sherman, School of Psychological Sciences Girls and Their Dolls: Stereotypes and self-perception
May 15 MU 211 John Bailey, College of Forestry Prescribed Fire for Resilient Forests
May 08 MU 211 Rich Carter, Dept. of Chemistry The Business of Science: How a chemist learned to love spreadsheets
May 01 MU 211 Dana Reason, Dept. of Music Genre-Bending: The work of a composer-performer-musicologist
Apr 24 MU 211 Tram Hoang, Tina Clawson, Dixon Rec Center Student development: beyond the degree
Apr 17 MU 211 Siew Sun Wong, College of Public Health and Human Sciences The Childhood Obesity Project
Apr 10 MU 211 Susie Brubaker-Cole, vice provost for Student Affairs The first-year student experience
Apr 03 MU 211 Kyle Reed, Andrea Norris, Campus Recycling Conserving our Planet's Resources: How to Recycle on Campus
Mar 13 MU 211 Jim White, College of Science Conversation: Why are pharmaceuticals so expensive?
Mar 06 MU 213 David Kerr, College of Liberal Arts Shedding Some Light on the Winter Blues
Feb 27 MU 211 Rebecca Olson, College of Liberal Arts Textiles to Text: The language of Renaissance tapestries
Feb 20 MU 211 Tom Kaye, Institute of Applied Ecology Research, Restoration and Education in a Conservation-Focused NGO: The Institute for Applied Ecology
Feb 13 MU 211 Larry Flick, College of Education STEM Education at Oregon State
Feb 06 MU 211 Hossien El-Nashaar Challenges and Opportunities in International Agricultural Research
Jan 30 Ag Sciences Room, LaSells Stewart Center Julie Schwartz, OSU Alumni Association Building Beaver Nation Through Alumni Connections
Jan 23 Ag Sciences Room, LaSells Stewart Center Scott Ashford, College of Engineering Earthquake Resilience: The Cascadia Lifelines Program
Jan 16 MU 211 Dr. Mike Huntington The Affordable Care Act: Is this the best we can do?
Jan 09 MU 211 Kendra Sharp, College of Engineering Humanitarian Engineering: A proposal

2013

2013
Date Location Speaker Title
Dec 06 YBA Holiday Party
Nov 28 Thanksgiving
Nov 21 MU 211 Emily Ho, Linus Pauling Institute Before the Feast: How to boost your immune system and prevent cancer
Nov 14 MU 211 Linda Modrell, Benton County Commissioner High-Speed Rail in the Willamette Valley? Can we get there from here?
Nov 07 MU 213 Marion Rossi, College of Liberal Arts Raising the Curtain on OSU's Performing Arts
Oct 31 MU 213 Brooke Collison and D. Joan Collison Four Months in Kenya: experiences with children, a university and the people
Oct 24 La Sells Stewart Center, Ag Science Rm Bob McGorrin, Food Science and Technology A Toast to OSU's Fermentation Science Program
Oct 17 La Sells Stewart Center, Ag Science Rm Bob Collier, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences The Ocean Observatories Initiative: 24/7 data from the Endurance Array
Oct 10 MU 211 Mai Araki Sign Language in the Life of a CODA (Child of Deaf Adult)
Oct 03 MU 211 Steve Clark, University Relations and Marketing Parking at OSU
Jun 06 MU 109A Business meeting Election of officers
May 30 MU 109A Susan Haig, U.S. Geological Survey, OSU Fisheries and Wildlife Search and Recovery: The condor, spotted owl and other species
May 23 MU 109A Gregg Walker, Speech Communications Words Matter: Discourse on climate
May 16 MU 109A Patrick Chiang, College of Engineering Wearable Sensors for Non-Invasive Monitoring of Healthy Aging
May 09 MU 109A Adam Schultz. College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences In Hot Water: Geothermal systems, volcanoes and subducting plates
May 02 MU 109A Amy Koehlinger, School of History, Philosophy and Religion Catholicism and Boxing
Apr 25 MU 109A Cub Kahn, Center for Teaching and Learning Hybrid Courses and the Future of Higher Education
Apr 18 MU 109A John Byrne, former OSU president Presidential Years: Stories behind the stories
Apr 11 MU 109A Carly and David Lettero Solar Energy for Ghana
Apr 04 MU 109A Nancy King, College of Business Privacy and the Internet
Mar 14 MU 109A Michael Nelson, College of Forestry Two Cultures, One Mission: Philosophy and Science
Mar 07 MU 109A Kavinda Arthenayake, OSU Conference Services OSU Commencement: Hosting The First Lady
Feb 28 MU 109A Nancy Seifert, College of Public Health and Human Sciences Planning the Future of Healthcare Through CCOs, A New Vision of Oregon
Feb 21 MU 109A Steve Clark (OSU) and Jim Patterson (City of Corvallis) OSU-Corvallis Community Collaboration
Feb 14 MU 109A Ariko Iso, Dept. of Intercollegiate Athletics Prepping Athletes for the Gridiron
Feb 07 MU 109A Kevin Ahern, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics Biochemistry "Free and Easy," Hub of an Educational Ecosystem
Jan 31 Linus Pauling Science Center, 402 Jason O'Brien, Extension Service Master Naturalist Program
Jan 24 LaSells Stewart Center Aleita Hass-Holcombe, Corvallis Homeless Coalition Winter Shelter for the Homeless
Jan 17 MU 109A Viviana Perez, Linus Pauling Institute Naked Mole Rats and the Science of Aging
Jan 10 MU 109A Mas Subramanian, Dept. of Chemistry A New True Blue

2012

2012
Date Location Speaker Title
Dec 06 Women's Building Holiday Party Held jointly with the Professional Faculty Leadership Association
Nov 29 MU 211 Mike Curtis, musician, composer, former OSU faculty member A Musician's Holiday
Nov 15 MU 211 Viviana Perez, Linus Pauling Institute Naked Mole Rats and the Science of Aging
Nov 08 MU 211 Kathryn Higley Lessons Learned from Fukushima
Nov 01 MU 211 Peg Herring Oregon and the Morrill Act
Oct 25 MU 109A Bill Lunch, Emeritus, Political Science Elections 2012
Oct 18 LaSells Stewart Center, Ag Leaders Rm. Ron Lovell, Emeritus Professor of English, Journalism The Mystery Novel
Oct 11 MU 211 Joe Majeski, OSU Facilities Tree Doctors: Caring for OSU's Urban Forest
Oct 04 MU 211 Gus Bedwell, Veteran Services OSU, A Leader in Veteran Services
Sep 27 MU 211 Noah Buckley, Admissions Incoming: A Profile of OSU's Class of 2016
Jun 07 MU 109 Business meeting Business meeting
May 31 MU 109 Bill Ripple, Professor of Forestry Restoring ecosystems with large, fierce predators
May 24 402 Linus Pauling Science Center Scott Greenwood, Executive Director, Oregon State University Alumni Association How OSUAA is connecting with alums
May 17 MU 109 Lisa Templeton, Executive Director, E-Campus E-campus enrollment and summer outlook
May 10 MU 109 Alison Koleszar, post-doc, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences Eruption history of Mt. Hood
May 03 MU 109 Kevin Patton, Assistant Professor, Department of Music Digital music: technology and performance
Apr 26 MU 109 Hannah Gosnell, Associate Professor, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences Rural sustainability in the West
Apr 19 MU 109 Virginia Lesser, Director, Survey Research Center Asking the right questions: survey data for Oregon
Apr 12 MU 109 Xan Augerot, Director, Marys River Watershed Council The Marys River Watershed Council
Apr 05 MU 109 Angelo Gomez, Director, Office of Equity and Inclusion Why equity and inclusion matter
Mar 15 MU 109 Lois Brooks, Vice Provost for Information Services Data In, Data Out: OSU's information common
Mar 08 MU 109 Student officers of OSU's MANNRS chapter Accomplished Mentors: First in the nation
Mar 08 MU 109 Bruce Weber, Agricultural and Resource Economics Oregon's Rural Counties and the Loss of Federal Funding
Feb 23 MU 109 Belinda Batten, Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center Update on Wave Energy Research
Feb 16 MU 109 Sabah Randhawa, Provost The New Face of OSU
Feb 09 MU 109 MU109 Joseph Spatafora, OSU Faculty Athletics Representative Athletics and Academics
Feb 02 MU 109 Kathie Dello, Oregon Climate Service Chance of Rain: From weather to climate
Jan 26 Linus Pauling Science Center, room 402 Steve Clark, Vice President, University Relations and Marketing Knowledge, Admiration, Support: Outcomes for marketing communications
Jan 19 Hallie Ford Center, room 115 Stewart Trost, College of Public Health and Human Sciences Childhood Obesity: What can we do?
Jan 12 MU 109 Justin Fleming, OSU Motor Pool Stories from the Road