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From the ground up

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

The audio feed on Dirk Gard’s laptop went haywire late last month in a hotel room in Indianapolis. On a night in which he was hoping to hear some once-in-a-lifetime good news, he could have taken it as a bad omen.

Gard, an Oregon State University Extended Campus (Ecampus) graduate from Casper, Wyo., was a finalist for the university’s prestigious Waldo-Cummings Award, given annually to 10 university seniors in recognition of academic excellence.   It was a long shot, he figured, but his wife, Becky, sent him constant updates via text message while she watched and listened from Wyoming.

Rally in the Square 2011

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

Join Beaver Nation as we kick off the football season and a new school year when OSU comes to Portland. We invite you to join the rally September 16th from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at Pioneer Square. Groups from all over the university will be there to show off some of the exciting projects students are working on.

OSU’s fashion program one of the country’s best

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

Students and professors in our Department of Design and Human Environment program were proud when they found out that the influential blog and website Fashionista named our program one of the 20 best in the country.

Blazing a Trail

Monday, June 20th, 2011

It’s a work day, and like many people Justin Molter gets up, showers, dresses, brushes his teeth and grabs some breakfast. Molter, though, never dreads another long, drawn-out day. When Molter goes to work, there’s a chance he’ll bump into three-time NBA All-Star Brandon Roy for example, or maybe LaMarcus Aldridge or ex-NBA great Terry [...]

Feeling at Home

Friday, June 10th, 2011

Roberto Trinidad remembers being surprised when a representative from the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) at Oregon State came to his high school in Nyssa, Ore., to talk about college. They told Trinidad, the oldest of five children, that CAMP, a competitive grant program, was set up for migrant workers and their children – it [...]

The Orange Tour Schedule

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

In the early summer of 2011 Oregon State University is going to hit the road. As a part of the OSU Extension Centennial celebration we will be traveling all over the state. Starting June 22nd, we will visit all 36 counties handing out an award to one business that really embodies what it means to [...]

The Highest Degree

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

UPDATE: Reser was packed on Saturday for the 142nd commencement at OSU. Here are some snapshots of the procession and ceremony: Oregon State University will hold its 142nd annual commencement on Saturday, June 11, with the largest graduating class in its history. More than 4,600 students are in the class of 2011, which will hold [...]

Helping Hands

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

It was on the evening of January 12, 2010 that former Oregon State running back Yvenson Bernard got the phone call. “Yve, did you see what’s going on?” the caller, Bernard’s friend and former teammate Alexis Serna, said. “Check out the news. There’s been an earthquake in Haiti.” Bernard was shocked. Haiti wasn’t California. He [...]

“Songs for the Blue Ocean” symposium free & open to the public

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

OSU is hosting a major public symposium called “Song for the Blue Ocean” that will feature nationally recognized authors, scholars and scientists exploring the state of the world’s oceans through science, arts and ethics. The free, public event will be held Friday and Saturday, Feb. 18-19, at LaSells Stewart Center on the OSU campus. Speakers [...]

From Sea to Table

Monday, January 3rd, 2011

If you think about the fact that Laura Anderson grew up in a small fishing town on the coast of Washington and spent her younger years working in restaurants, it’s not a surprise that she co-owns and operates Local Ocean Seafoods, a renowned restaurant and market in Newport, Ore. Her father, after all, was a [...]

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