Interim Chair: Jon Kimerling

Director, Geography Program: Larry Becker

Director, Geology Program: Peter Clark

Head Advisor, Undergraduate Geography: Jon Kimerling

Head Advisor, Undergraduate Geology: Robert Lillie

Head Advisor, Natural Resources: Gordon Matzke

Office Manager: Melinda Peterson

Anderson, Marion - Office Specialist 1 (part-time). Provides support for the Accounting Manager in the Department of Geosciences. Inputs bills, processes payments, and payroll on the Financial Information System. Purchases supplies and equipment for faculty, staff and students. Maintains office supplies and assists with travel reimbursements.

Telephone: 541-737-8290
Email: andersonm@geo.oregonstate.edu

Hoffman, Katherine - Research Coordinator. Provide technical and executive support to the Director of the Ecosystem Informatics IGERT program. Recruit students, including women and minorities, into the IGERT program. Responsible for advertising program and outreach activities. Lead and coordinate IGERT recruiting activities at OSU. Responsible for logistics for such activities as 'boot' camp, travel, meetings, Advisory Board selection, on-and-off site conferences and symposia, etc. Advise program director on policy and meet requirements which NSF imposes. Maintain a point of contact for inquiries on IGERT program. Responsible for ordering and maintaining equipment and supplies for the program and processing payments into the OSU Banner system. Expend and reconcile funds allocated for student stipends, internships, travel, research, and subsistence. Create and maintain budgets for IGERT expenditures. Produce financial reports for budget analysis. Hold signature authority for IGERT accounts. Interpret and establish policy for university administrators and others. Monitor student progress and advise on such things as Graduate School requirements and resolve issues which could interfere with a student's success.

Telephone: 541-737-5046
Email: hoffmank@geo.oregonstate.edu

Logan, Karen - Accountant 1/Accounting Manager Accounting/fiscal manager for department of Geosciences. Responsible for all purchases and payment thereof using the Financial Information System. Prepares personnel and pay budget documents for all faculty, staff and students utilizing Human Resources Information System. Prepares budget information for faculty applying for grants from Federal, State, and local agencies. Provides budget projections for department Chair and alerts the Chair to pending budget problems. Oversees all OSU Foundation and State accounts to determine if they meet the standards set forth by all agencies concerned. Assists faculty and students in preparing travel reimbursements. Trains part-time Accounting Assistant in purchasing, ordering supplies and travel reimbursements.

Telephone: 541-737-1220
Email: logank@geo.oregonstate.edu

Peterson, Melinda - Office Manager. Supervises support staff with responsibilities inclusive of interviewing and hiring personnel, assigning and reviewing work, preparing performance appraisals, reviewing requests for training and approving or denying, identifying training needs for support staff, approving leave requests, recommending salary adjustments, responding to grievances at first step, counseling employees regarding performance deficiencies, and when necessary, taking appropriate disciplinary action. Responsible for overall internal operations within the Department. Coordinates course scheduling, textbook ordering, catalog copy and registration. Responsible for the equipment inventory and maintenance of equipment. Responsible for the Geography and Geology alumni data base and for the annual and biennial mailings.

Telephone: 541-737-1238
Email: petersom@geo.oregonstate.edu

Schulte, Stacey - Office Specialist 2. Departmental student affairs coordinator for all graduate and undergraduate students, their records and data in both Geography and Geology programs. Uses the Banner/GQL systems to keep track of grades, addresses, class lists, etc. Responsible for collecting and coordinating all information (GPA, GRE scores, letters of reference, transcripts) on incoming graduate students for faculty to evaluate and determine which students to admit and offer financial aid to. Secretary to the Chair and both Program Directors. Assists and advises students daily with scheduling courses, requirements towards their degree, and schedules program meetings. Trains work-study student in getting graduate admissions packets together to send to applicants. Department webmaster.

Telephone: 541-737-1221
Email: schultes@geo.oregonstate.edu