f A concise statement concerning the amount, location and types of computer facilities and resources for students, faculty, administration and staff.

Computer services and computer labs are centralized at OSU. Faculty, staff, and students in our College benefit from numerous university-wide services including:

 High speed wired network to every building on campus including dorms.

 Extensive wireless network coverage.

 Email, file storage, and web hosting for all students and OSU employees.

 Secure off campus access to OSU resources through VPN.

 Free and discounted licensed academic software to students, faculty, and staff for campus and home use.

 Helpdesk services, including quick-help response for common questions and in-depth consulting for complex issues, technical support for students presenting academic work, computer

troubleshooting, and consulting.

 Multimedia equipment checkout service for laptops, cameras, camcorders, and other media devises.

 Website hosting through OSU Central Web Services using the Drupal CMS.

 Access to site licensed and bulk licenses software, including numerous statistical packages, Microsoft OS & Office, and Arc GIS.

 Audio and video conference bridging service.

In the area of instruction, OSU provides an extensive array of tools and services for faculty and students including:

 Blackboard Learning Management System.

 Approximately 200 general purpose classrooms with dual-platform instructional computers, Smartboard interactive symposia and custom teaching podiums with extensive helpline support.

 One-on-one consultations with faculty, bi-monthly educational technology workshops, online faculty training and support for core campus instructional systems including Blackboard, presentation software, student response systems, and social media.

 Presentation systems in large lecture halls.

 Four general use computer labs and a virtual computer lab.

OSU dedicates over 7 million dollars each year toward support for existing Information Technology (IT) services along with new innovative services targeted specifically at students.

In addition to the above, the College contracts with the Office of Information Services (IS) for the following customized services:

 Purchasing, configuration, management, and support for 300+ faculty and staff workstations.

 Nearly 80 laptop computers available in Waldo Hall for use by College faculty, staff, and students.

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 100% coverage for wired internet access and 95% wireless internet coverage of all 7 PHHS buildings.

 IT enhanced room design, build and support for administrative, instruction, research and video conferencing needs.

 Dedicated computer support for off-campus faculty in research and outreach activities. 1.7.g. A concise description of library/information resources available for school use, including a description of library capacity to provide digital (electronic) content, access mechanisms, training opportunities and document-delivery services.

Faculty, staff and students have on-campus and remote access to the resources of the OSU Libraries (OSUL), http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/. OSUL houses nearly 2 million volumes, with approximately 20,000 new monographs added annually. OSUL subscribes to approximately 34,000 current serials. Through more than 250 indexing, abstracting and full-text databases and other electronic subscriptions, OSUL provides access to 71,972 unique electronic journal titles. Access mechanisms for licensed subscription resources include IP address recognition on campus and proxy server authentication from off campus. Additionally community members have in-person access to the majority of library resources. OSUL provides freely available access to significant and unique archival and digital library collections including: Oregon Explorer (http://oregonexplorer.info/); Linus Pauling Online

(http://pauling.library.oregonstate.edu/) - part of OSU Special Collections; the Oregon Multicultural Archive (http://archives.library.oregonstate.edu/oma/index.html) - part of University Archives; and OSU’s institutional repository, ScholarsArchive@OSU (http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/). OSUL is a selective Federal depository library and a State of Oregon depository library, providing documents in all formats including print, electronic (online and CD/DVD), and microform. Currently OSUL collects 80% of U.S. Government materials available through the Federal Depository Library program, and 100% of state documents. OSUL has been a depository library since 1907.

Guidance in accessing and using library resources, related research tools and developing research strategies is provided by professional subject specialist and instruction librarians. Support includes course-integrated instruction, one-on-one research assistance, research workshops developed for undergraduate students (http://ica.library.oregonstate.edu/subject-guide/1481-Research-Skills-for- Undergraduates), and research workshops developed for graduate students and faculty

(http://ica.library.oregonstate.edu/subject-guide/656-Library-Workshops-for-Grad-Students-

Faculty?tab=2451). OSUL also provides Web-based, point-of-need instruction including course resource guides, discipline-based research guides, and self-paced tutorials. Additional assistance is available in person, by email, text, instant messaging/chat, and telephone.

Document delivery services include a reciprocal materials borrowing arrangement among 37 university, college, and community college libraries in the region (the Orbis Cascade Alliance). Document delivery also includes Interlibrary Loan desktop delivery services for materials not held by OSU Libraries and a scanning/desktop delivery service for OSU-held, print-only or microfilm/fiche-only materials.

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Our comprehensive PHHS Extension programs, OSU Extension Service 4-H Youth Development, and Family and Community Health (FCH), are integrated throughout both Schools. The Oregon 4-H Youth Development program reaches more than100,000 youth across the state of Oregon through clubs, camps, afterschool programs, and activities that enrich the school curriculum. The FCH program serves

Oregonians through educational programs that promote healthy communities, healthy families, and healthy individuals. This program includes the Oregon Nutrition Education Program (NEP) that helps Oregonians make healthier food choices, handle food safely, and manage their resources so they do not run out of food before the end of the month, as well as Parenting Education Programs for parents and other caregivers of children. Faculty and staff are located on campus and in 36 county offices. 1.7.i . Identification of measurable objectives through which the school assesses the adequacy of its resources, along with data regarding the school’s performance against those measures for each of the last two years.

OSU Space Standards as recommended by the University Space Committee and approved by the Provost are applied to determine the amount of allowable space for each unit within the College. This

methodology is generally applicable to all OSU units and Colleges. This methodology also affords the opportunity to plan for additional space needs as the College’s enrollments increases.

Table 1.7.i. Outcome Measures for Evaluating Adequacy of Other Resources

Indicator Target 2011/12 2012/13

Student to faculty ratio* for MPH disciplines and PhD in public health 10:1 3.9:1 3.9:1 Percent of faculty who has a minimum office space of 100-135 square

feet/faculty 100% 100% 100%

Percent of administrative staff who has a minimum office/working space of

75 square feet/ administrative staff 100% 100% 100%

Percent of funded GTAs and GRAs who have shared office space 100% 100% 100% Percent of faculty who has adequate labs and office space to conduct research 100% 100% 100% *Ratios calculated using primary faculty only (student FTE/primary faculty FTE)

1.7.j. Assessment of the extent to which this criterion is met and an analysis of the school’s strengths,