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The people of Oregon State are Powered by Orange! They are making a difference in Oregon and beyond for a healthier economy, healthier planet, healthier people and healthier minds. We are proud of our students, faculty, staff and alumni who are making real contributions you can see every day.

Creating Prosperity

Don Neubaum

-Professor
-College of Business
(PDF 5.6 MB)

Business major and offensive guard for the Beavers football team

Greggory Peat

-Student
-College of Business
(PDF 3.9 MB)

CFO for Legacy Health Systems and a recreational softball player

Pam Vukovich

-Alum ’76
-College of Business
(PDF 3.25 MB)

Connected the engineering and business worlds by earning degrees in both

Joel Myers

-Alum ’07
-College of Engineering
-Alum ’09
-College of Business
(PDF 3.8 MB)

Helps turn research innovations into commercial products

Brian Wall

-Director
-Technology Transfer
(PDF 6.4 MB)

Working to strengthen the presence of women in engineering

Belinda Batten

-Head
-School of Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering
-College of Engineering
(PDF 5.78 MB)

Active in the student chapter of Engineers without Borders

Aparna Shrivastava

-Student
-College of Engineering
(PDF 6.28 MB)

Promoting Healthy Living

Courtney Smith

-Student
-College of Veterinary Medicine
(PDF 4.48 MB)

Research focuses on interconnected issues of animal and human health

Helen Diggs

-Associate Dean
-Hospital Programs
-Director
-Veterinary Teaching Hospital
-College of Veterinary Medicine
(PDF 3.1 MB)

Research studies people at different times of their lives

Rick Settersten

-Professor
-College of Health and Human Sciences
(PDF 5.65 MB)

Patti Warner

-Food Services
-University Housing and Dining Services
(PDF 3.17 MB)

Provides medicines to help patients improve their health

Larry Cartier

-Alum ’74
-College of Pharmacy
(PDF 6.1 MB)

Hiker, outdoorsman and Boy Scout volunteer

Gary DeLander

-Associate Dean
-College of Pharmacy
(PDF 2.4 MB)

Making a Difference

Promotes organic foods, including baking organic cookies

Ann Hoisington

-Extension Family and Community Development Faculty
-OSU Extension Service
(PDF 4.3 MB)

Promotes — and practices — sustainability by driving an electric car on campus

Brandon Trelstad

-Coordinator
-Sustainability Office
(PDF 4.6 MB)

Helps organize soccer leagues and other 4-H programs specifically for Latino youth

Mario Magana

-Extension 4-H Youth Faculty
-OSU Extension Service 4-h
(PDF 2.4 MB)

Crop and soil scientist, outdoor sports enthusiast

Marvin Butler

-Staff Chair
-OSU Extension Service
(PDF 5.87 MB)

Learning Beyond the Classroom

Recent grad ready to go where life takes her

Lauren Dillard

-Alum ’09
-College of Liberal Arts
(PDF 1.35 MB)

Memorial Union vice president and an organizer and volunteer for multiple=

Caitlin Martin

-Student
-College of Liberal Arts
(PDF 4.46 MB)

Carly Scheick

-Student
-College of Liberal Arts
(PDF 5.97 MB)

Student graphic designer for the Memorial Union

Luis Puga

-Student
-College of Liberal Arts
(PDF 4.22 MB)

Manager of the MU Basement and active in student government

Jessica Calhoun

-Student
-College of Engineering
(PDF 1.78 MB)

Memorial Union president who collects vintage record albums

Jorge Michel

-Student
-College of Engineering
(PDF 6.09 MB)

ASOSU president who’s never separated from his laptop

Chris Van Drimmelen

-Student
-College of Science
(PDF 5.13 MB)

Always looking for new ideas to get students involved

Robin Ryan

-Assistant Director
-Student Leadership and Involvement
(PDF 3.16 MB)

Completed undergraduate apprenticeship researching how muscles work differently in men and women

Heather Hodnett

-Student
-College of Health and Human Sciences
(PDF 1.86 MB)

ASOSU vice president who’s interested in how small engines work

Kevin Schock

-Student
-College of Liberal Arts
(PDF 4.07 MB)

Co-director of KidSpirit and motorcycle enthusiast

Joseph Traeger

-Student
-College of Heath and Human Sciences
-College of Education
(PDF 6.95 MB)

External coordinator for the Asian Pacific Cultural Center

Olivia Steinhoff

-Student
-College of Health and Human Sciences
(PDF 4.96 MB)

Improving Quality of Life

Veterinary missionary working on animal health issues in Africa to improve villagers’ quality of life

Valery Shean

-Alum ‘84
-College of Science
-Alum ’88
-College of Veterinary Medicine
(PDF 5.73 MB)

Supports energy conservation — and healthy exercise — by riding his bike to work every day

Robert Thompson

-Assistant Professor
-College of Liberal Arts
(PDF 5.86 MB)

Avid fly fisherman and researcher on water issues in the Klamath Basin

Brent Steel

-Professor
-College of Liberal Arts
(PDF 4.76 MB)

Melissa Cheyney

-Assistant Professor
-College of Liberal Arts
(PDF 5.66 MB)

Exploring the World

International student adjusting to Oregon weather

Ruth Mwandira

-Student
-College of Health and Human Sciences
(PDF 6.82 MB)

Public relations/event coordinator for the European Students Association

Philip Hillebrand

-Student
-College of Science
(PDF 2.16 MB)

Shares holiday traditions from her native Cameroon

Simone Fobi

-Student
-College of Business
(PDF 5.28 MB)

Brought his love of cricket from India, where it’s one of the country’s most popular sports

Sunil Khanna

-Associate Professor
-College of Liberal Arts
(PDF 3.36 MB)

Specializes in the history of cultural relations between the United States and East Asia

Jun Xing

-Department Chair
-Ethnic Studies
-College of Liberal Arts
(PDF 6.43 MB)

Excelling on the Field

Basketball gold medalist at the 1984 Olympics

Carol Menken-Schaudt

-Womens Basketball
-Alum ’81
-College of Liberal Arts

(PDF 2.69 MB)

Forward/center for the Beavers basketball team from The Netherlands

Roeland Schaftenaar

-Mens Basketball
-Student
-College of Business

(PDF 7.75 MB)

Pursing a career as a sports broadcaster

Jami Lanz

-Gymnastics
-Student
-College of Liberal Arts

(PDF 3.3 MB)

Jim Zalesky

-Coach
- OSU Wrestling
(PDF 3.79 MB)

Record-setting Beavers tailback now running to keep up with his daughter

Ken Simonton

-Alum ’02
-College of Liberal Arts
(PDF 2.08 MB)

Vincent Johnson

-Alum ’08
-College of Business
(PDF 3.36 MB)

Protecting the Environment

Doesn’t just play the guitar, he builds them

Mark Harmon

-Endowed Chair
-Forest Ecosystems & Society
-College of Forestry
(PDF 8.2 MB)

Researches the role of forests, woodlands and shrublands in the carbon cycle

Beverly Law

-Professor
-College of Forestry
(PDF 5.78 MB)

Research focuses on marine geology and geophysics

Mysti Weber

-Senior Faculty Research Assistant
-College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
(PDF 6.65 MB)

Spotted — and photographed — the first wolverine in the Sierra Nevada since the 1920s

Katie Moriarty

-Student
-College of Agricultural Sciences
(PDF 4.03 MB)

Bug collector — and curator of the OSU Arthropod Collection

Chris Marshall

-Curator & Collection Manager
-Arthropod Collection
-College of Science
(PDF 3.83 MB)

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