Campus Living: eNewsletter from UHDS

Reminder: UHDS dining plans end this term

Remember that residence hall UHDS dining plan balances are removed at the end of Spring Term – they do not carry over to the next term. Whatever is left on the plan will be removed on June 16.

Now is the time to be aware of your remaining dining plan balances. If your current balance is more than you can use by the end of the term, please consider changing to a lower dining plan now before your balance is too low to allow the change. Dining plan changes cannot be requested after June 6.

Minimum balances required to lower your dining plan:

From Ultimate to Premium: $218
From Ultimate to Preferred: $457
From Ultimate to Basic: $696
From Premium to Preferred: $239
From Premium to Basic: $478
From Preferred to Basic: $239

If you are running low on UHDS dining dollars, you can choose to add money to your Orange Rewards plan; Orange Rewards balances DO carry over as long as you are an OSU student. Orange Rewards dollars are accepted in all campus dining locations. Simply log in to MyCard site and add whatever amount you need to get you through the rest of the term. Good luck with the rest of the term!

Orange Rewards don’t disappear!

Are you returning to OSU next year? If you will continue to be an OSU student next year, even if you are living off-campus, your Orange Rewards dining plan will still be active. So don’t worry about trying to use up your Orange Rewards balance before the end of Spring Term. Save it to use during Summer Session or next Fall Term when you return to campus!

New: Slack line area added to south side

Attention Slackers,

Out of respect to your amazing balance, as well as a desire to take the tension of trees on campus, University Housing & Dining Services and the Department of Recreational Sports has teamed up to install a series of poles that can be used to stretch webbing between. The new slack line area is the on the south side of campus between Halsell Hall and Southside Station @ Arnold.

Please come enjoy the area as a place to practice your tricks and stunts, or simply to hang out and watch others engage in the sport of trying.

Slackers need to provide their own gear, or check out gear from Rec Sports. All slacklining in this area is performed at your own risk, so please exercise caution and spot new slackers. The area will be open as soon as the construction fencing is removed next week.

Input needed: Lounges, common areas and kitchens

UHDS Facilities Maintenance and Construction would like to know what you, the students, think about some of the lounges, common areas and kitchens in the UHDS buildings that you live and dine in.

The facilities team realizes that some spaces need a little extra care and renovation this summer and want to know things that you think should be repaired or remodeled in the near future.

Email us your ideas!! Please remember that we only have the ability to work on the UHDS buildings (the residence and dining halls). If you send us an email be sure to include as much information on the issue as possible, including the building and room number if possible. If you would like to submit a picture to us please do so by attaching it to an email addressed to UHDS Work Coordination or call in a suggestion to 541-737-2032.

Thank you! Go Beavs!

Time to submit 'late stay' requests

As we reach finals week of spring term, it is time to prepare for checking out of your hall or cooperative.

All halls and cooperative houses will close at noon on Friday, June 13.

If you need to make arrangements to stay later due to a late final or graduation ceremonies, please sign up for Late Stay on MyUHDS and set up a meeting with your Resident Director or Co-op Director no later than Monday, June 2.

Move-out tip: Traveling home over the Memorial Day holiday? Help lighten your load during move-out by taking items you won't need in the coming weeks home now!

Call for research participants from 'quad' halls

Megan Knight, a graduate student in the OSU School of Design & Human Environment, is seeking volunteers to air in her research for a thesis in the topic of human behavior in the near environment.

Specifically, she is seeking participants to take part in a short interview about their perception and experience in the lounges and common spaces in their resident hall. She has tentatively named her study "Students' perception of the design of common space and its role in sense of community and belonging."

Participants must be at least 18 years of age, a native English speaker, and have lived in one of the following residence halls during the 2012-13 or 2013-14 academic years: Hawley, Buxton, Poling or Cauthorn.

Participants will receive a $10 gift certificate. To participate, please contact the Principal Investigator Dr. Marilyn Read via email to schedule an interview.

Student loan repayment workshops

Get answers to all your questions, such as: Who do I send payments to? What happens after I graduate? When do I start paying my loan back? Where can I find options on consolidation? Why is it important to communicate with my lender? How can I find options if I can’t start repayment right away?

There is an upcoming workshop from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, International Forum, Snell Hall

Can’t make it? Get more information on our Loan Repayment webpage. A recorded version of the presentation will also be available online after the first session. For questions, please email the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships.

RecSports announcements

Summer Adventure Leadership Institute classes

The Adventure Leadership Institute offers a variety of unique, fun, and challenging courses! Find out more about the course listings for Summer 2014 here.

FREE volleyball doubles tournament

Join Recreational Sports for a FREE volleyball doubles tournament on May 31 (Men's & Women's) and June 1 (co-rec). Learn all about this fun and FREE event here! Registration entries are due to the Sports & Special Programs office in Dixon by 2 p.m. on Friday, May 30.

Recreational Sports Memorial Day weekend hours

Recreational Sports facilities will maintain normal operating hours over Memorial Day Weekend however all programs will be cancelled over the holiday weekend. Fit Pass classes will break for the holiday beginning at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 23 and classes will resume on Tuesday, May 27.

Recreational Sports tennis courts availability

The OSAA Tennis Tournament will be held at OSU and will use Recreational Sports facilities. All tennis courts (indoor and outdoor) will be in use for this tournament on Thursday, May 22 from 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. and Friday, May 23 - Saturday, May 24 all day. Thank you in advance for your understanding while we welcome our friends from OSAA to campus!

Summer Session news!

¿No habla Español?

How about French, Italian or Chinese? You will if you immerse yourself in a language during summer. Imagine completing a year’s worth of Spanish in one term. Check out the Summer Session schedule of classes for Spanish (SPAN), Chinese (CHN), French (FR), or Italian (IT) courses this summer.

Battle of the Bands

Summer Session is a proud sponsor of the MUPC Battle of the Bands, May 30 and the DAM JAM, May 31. Both are FREE for all OSU students, but you’ll need to pick up tickets to the DAM JAM at MU 103. Visit MUPC for details.

Stop by the Summer Session table during the event. We’ll have helpful information and we’ll be giving away 2014 Summer Session T-shirts.

Visible is safe

One of the joys of summer for many of us is the freedom of riding a motorcycle. But with freedom comes responsibility. You want to be safe while having fun. And that begins with being seen.

Summer Session is sponsoring OSU Motorcycle Visibility Day on May 21 near the Agricultural & Life Sciences building. Stop by to learn how to be safe while enjoying the thrill of riding a motorcycle.

Summer Session housing

We can’t tell you how to live. That’s your mother’s job. But, we can suggest where to live. Especially if you’re interested in a one-, three- or four-week session and don’t want to pay for a place all summer.

You can rent a room by the week with University Housing and Dining Services. Rooms include a meal plan and are as low as $223 per week. Check out UHDS Summer Session Housing for details.

Day of Caring: Register now

Registration for Day of Caring Service Projects planned for Friday, May 30, is now OPEN!

Students, staff, and faculty are invited to participate in this day of service. Choose from 14 different service projects with 12 community partners. Projects will take place at various times in the afternoon and check-in will be on campus at the Dixon lower courts, with transportation provided from there.

The Center for Civic Engagement is partnering with the United Way of Benton & Lincoln Counties to host this event. Work will include options ranging from outdoor park cleanups and invasive species removal to community garden maintenance to facility cleanup, crafting, program preparation, home building, and much more! Many projects can accommodate children and youth as well.

Registration is required, so be sure to reserve your spot by signing up online.

Fix it: May Repair Fair is tonight

Bring your broken items and questions to the last Repair Fair of the school year this Thursday, May 22 between 6:00 and 8:00 pm, and volunteers will help you learn how to repair your belongings!

Located at the OSU recycling warehouse at 644 SW 13th St., repair skills will be offered for appliances, bicycles, clothing, electronics, housewares, jewelry and more.

Drop-in demonstrations will also be offered - come by anytime in the scheduled timeframe to see a brief D.I.Y. demo! Upcycling: Renewing Your Furniture at 6:15 to 6:45 pm, Bicycles: Shifting & Braking Like New at 6:45 to 7:15 pm, and Those Darned Socks: Fixing Holes at 7:15 to 7:45 pm.

Repair Fairs are sponsored the Waste Watchers, helping you save money and natural resources. Join on Facebook to get all the details and updates.

International students: Share your culture through a donation to the IRC

Construction will soon be completed for Oregon State University's new Student Experience Center (under construction on the east side of the Memorial Union).

When completed, the International Resource Center will be open! But what would the center be without any representations of the rich cultures of Oregon State's international students?

The center needs your help! If you have any cultural items (clothes, trinkets, toys, decorations, etc.) that you don’t need or want to haul around when you move in the summer, please donate them to the center! The staff will be sure to find them a good home for them in the International Resource Center. Your items will help enrich the experience of future students!

For information or to arrange a donation, please contact Rone Nop (Coordinator of the International Resource Center) via email or call 503-621-2690.

Check out May movies on BMC

BMC is a free on-demand streaming movie service (similar to Netflix streaming movies) available to students living on campus. New movies are selected every month by on-campus students.

Check out May's movies:

American Hustle
The Amazing Spiderman
Ride Along
47 Ronin
The To Do List
Space Jam
Dallas Buyers Club
Limitless
The Goonies

Suggest a Movie
If you would like to see a movie show up on next month’s ballot, make a suggestion by clicking Suggest a Movie. See the New Releases available here.

Advertise on BMC
Get great exposure for your OSU club, sports club, or event by advertising on BMC.

Get you tix: Mike Posner to headline DAM JAM

The Memorial Union Program Council has a massive line-up set for Beaver Nation's end-of-year concerts on the quad.

The annual Battle of the Bands will take place 4:30 to 10:30 p.m. May 30, on the Memorial Union Quad. The event is free.

The opening band will be B2K and the Delicious Spoon, an all OSU professor group. Following will be the featured student bands, competing for the opening spot in DAM JAM the next day:

Black Market Bargain
That Coyote
How The West Was Won
Macrofocus
Humble Beginnings
The Kosmos
Left In Shechem
Mulino Road
The Shifts
Infamous Unknown

The DAM JAM (formerly known as the Flat Tail Festival) will take place 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, May 31, on the Memorial Union Quad featuring The Flavr Blue and headliner Mike Posner. Tickets went on sale Monday, May 12. Tickets are FREE for all OSU students and can be picked up in Memorial Union, room 103. Tickets are $10 for non-students. Information.

Linda Bacon to speak on obesity myths today

Linda Bacon, author of “Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About your Weight,” will speak about weight prejudice and body acceptance at Oregon State University in Corvallis on Thursday, May 22.

Bacon’s presentation, “The Next Public Health Challenge: Losing the Anti-Obesity Paradigm,” will examine myths about obesity and problems with a health agenda that is focused on the concept of thinness. She’ll also offer an alternative that does not use weight as a barometer for health or promote weight loss as a means to achieving better health.

Bacon will speak from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Withycombe Theatre, 2901 S.W. Campus Way. The event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by Healthy Campus Initiatives and the School of Psychological Science in the College of Liberal Arts at OSU.

Bacon is a professor, researcher and author who combines academic expertise and clinical experience to bring together scientific research and practical application. She focuses on well-being rather than weight to help people of all sizes achieve fitness, health and happiness without dieting.

She is an assistant researcher in the nutrition department and teaches nutrition at City College of San Francisco. She holds a doctorate in physiology from the University of California, Davis.

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It's not too late: Stay with Benny!

Current residents: Feel like you missed your chance to get a room on campus for next year? Too much of a busy beaver to make the deadline? Bummer ....

But wait! Now that our housing team has assured all of our students who met the deadline are squared away and the cancelation deadline has passed, we will be working with waitlist students and late applicants.

If you are still interested in returning to live on campus next year, please email your request to the housing office and we will get in contact.

Benny is stoked to welcome more residents back. Join the hundreds of upper-division students already booked into rooms on campus for next fall.

Cascadia Market

Spring has arrived! YUM. Check out these great products featured now at Cascadia Market in the International Living-Learning Center.

Now hiring

UHDS Marketing Intern
The University Housing & Dining Services Marketing and Communication team is hiring immediately for a Marketing Assistant for 2014-15.

The UHDS Marketing Assistant acts as a student project manager and administrative support to the Marketing and Communications unit by assisting with projects and other tasks. The UHDS Marketing Assistant will have the opportunity, through project management work, to coordinate photo shoots, collaborate with graphic designers and design/create marketing materials. In addition to project and administrative support, the UHDS Marketing Assistant provides outreach to prospective students, their families and special visiting groups. Strong communication skills are a vital part of the position. As the UHDS Marketing Assistant remains in constant contact via phone, email or face-to-face interactions with partners both within and outside of the university.

Minimum Qualifications: Strong desire to gain marketing and project management skills; Current undergraduate student with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.75; Full-time student at Oregon State University; Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; Ability to effectively and positively represent OSU and UHDS; Commitment to working with students of diverse populations; Knowledge of UHDS resources and services; and Exhibit leadership, initiative, dependability, discipline and self-confidence.

This position will be hired to work 15-20 hours per week and will earn $9.55 to $10.50 per week (depending on experience), starting May 2014, with a commitment through June 2015. Submit supplemental question response, cover letter and résumé by June 1. Apply via Beaver JobNet. Find more information on the UHDS student job page or email Natalie Moser for more information.

University Housing & Dining Services: Fall 2014 dining jobs!
The Dining Application is open for 2014-15! Interested in working at a dining center, coffee shop or market next year. Please find the application link on the UHDS student jobs page. We look forward to your application.

University Housing & Dining Services: Summer Maintenance Workers Needed!
Housing Maintenance with University and Housing Dining Services at OSU is looking for four skilled, responsible, and hardworking maintenance workers. Qualifications: You must be at least 16 years of age, a student (proof required), and be willing to work 40 hours a week Monday through Friday this summer. Maintenance responsibilities will include: blind repairs, bulb replacements, product deliveries, residential room checks, delivering and removing furniture, etc. If you do not have previous experience there is some room for training on the job. We are looking for applicants that are intuitive and have initiative, will be flexible in schedule changes, be willing to work alone or with others, maintain a professional attitude and appearance while representing Housing Maintenance, and who will be respectful of our residents’ personal space, keeping in mind that this is their home.
Any questions please email or call 541-737-2032. Please find the application link on the UHDS student jobs page. We look forward to your application.

University Housing & Dining Services: Summer Painters Needed!
Housing Maintenance with University and Housing Dining Services at OSU is looking for six skilled, responsible and hardworking painters for summer. Qualifications: You must be willing to work 40 hours a week Monday through Friday. Painting will include: resident rooms, hallways, kitchenettes, and bathrooms within the dining areas and resident halls. We are looking for applicants that will maintain a professional attitude and appearance while representing Housing Maintenance, and who will be respectful of our residents’ personal space, keeping in mind that this is their home. Any questions please email or call 541-737-2032. Please find the application link on the UHDS student jobs page. We look forward to your application.

EVENTS

Ongoing

Summer Housing application is live. On-campus living provides you the greatest opportunity for academic success and enjoyment at Oregon State University in Bloss Hall and the International Living-Learning Center (ILLC). Both of these buildings offer suite style bathrooms and room types are single and double in Bloss and single with a private restroom, double with a private restroom and double with a suite style restroom in the ILLC. Residents in the Summer Session halls contract on a flexible, weekly basis for a room and meal plan. See the Summer Application.

May

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Educational Materials Access Week: Open Textbook Discussion for OSU Students, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 21, Willamette Room, Valley Library. Dave Ernst and Kristi Jensen from University of Minnesota’s Open Textbook Library meets with OSU students.

OSU Motorcycle Visibility Day: OSU motorcyclists will participate in the annual Motorcycle Visibility Day to remind campus community members to be aware of motorcycles. Beavers can show off their bikes, connect with other riders and demonstrate that OSU has riders from all over campus. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 21. New location: SW Campus Way, outside Cordley Hall and the Hallie Ford Center.

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HSRC Culinary Challenge, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22. Southside Station @ Arnold. Student chefs compete for bragging rights in event benefiting the OSU Food Pantry.

Southside Street Fair, 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 22, on the southside quad (outside Southside Station @Arnold). Carnival food, healthy snacks, samples, games and face-painting.

Repair Fair, 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 22, Campus Recycling Warehouse, 644 S.W. 13^th St. Bring your broken items and questions to the last Repair Fair of the school year and volunteers will help you learn how to repair your belongings!

Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About your Weight, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 22, Withycombe Theater. Linda Bacon, author of “Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About your Weight,” will speak about weight prejudice and body acceptance.

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Memorial Day, No classes.

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Day of Caring, 2 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 30, Dixon Recreation Center. In coordination with Linn-Benton United Way, the Center for Civic Engagement will be hosting projects with 14 community partners within Corvallis and neighboring communities. Check-in will be at 1:15 and 2:15 on campus at the Dixon Lower Courts. Registration can be accessed here.

MUPC Battle of the Bands, 4:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, May 30, Memorial Union Quad. Free!

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Dam Jam, 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Friday, May 31, Memorial Union Quad. Information.

June

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Dead Week, Monday, June 2

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Finals Week, Monday, June 9

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Commencement, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 14, Reser Stadium. Rain or shine, tickets not required.

For a listing of wider Corvallis community events see Visit Corvallis, check out the daily calendars in The Barometer, or refer to the Corvallis Gazette-Time’s local events section The E.