Archive for the ‘healthy people’ Category
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Looking for a new way to work out? Then the OSU’s Oregon Slam Wheelchair Basketball Team could be exactly what you need. The team, started by Movement Studies in Disability PhD student Jooyeon Jin (aka “JJ”), played in its first tournament last fall. “Half of our players are disabled and half are able-bodied. We have [...]
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
After having won a Grand Gold award last week from the Council for Support and Education (CASE), Oregon State’s Powered by Orange campaign won the Virginia Carter Smith Grand Crystal award – the highest honor possible in regional competition. PBO will soon move on to national competition. Our success, in large part, is due to [...]
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Congratulations to three Oregon State community members who made the 1000 Friends of Oregon list of “35 Innovators Under 35.”
Oregon State’s Sustainability Coordinator Brandon Trelstad was chosen by the group, which dedicates itself to conservation and sustainability, because he helped make Oregon State the 4th largest university purchaser of renewable energy in the country. He [...]
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Monday, January 25th, 2010
Over the past several months we’ve spoken to some of Oregon State’s best researchers and students who are experts in the areas of food, energy and water. We wanted to show Oregon State’s impact in these areas…which, really, wasn’t all that hard. You can’t walk into a building on this campus without running into someone [...]
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
You can contribute to the relief effort in Haiti simply by walking to the MU. The Memorial Union is acting as a collecting and communication agent for Haitian Quake relief. The MU has a pre-existing partnership with Mercy Corp out of Portland for past efforts on disasters. ISOSU has agreed to act as the fund [...]
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
Beth Appert, an Oregon State alum with a Master’s in public health with a focus on international health, is working as an AIDS Program Coordinator at Medical Teams International in Portland. An advanced degree from Oregon State helped her land a job in a down economy. Beth is just one Oregon State graduate who is Solving Global Problems.
Tags: AIDS, publichealth
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Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Food insecurity – not having enough healthy food to thrive – affects 12.4 million children in the United States, a number that motivated the SIFE group to travel more than 6,000 miles to cities like San Francisco, Phoenix, Raleigh, and Boise to learn about programs that were particularly innovative.
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Friday, June 12th, 2009
“I think it’s about the people you know and making sure you get face-time with them. The benefit of being a student is that you get the opportunity to either intern or volunteer at a lot of pharmacies, hospitals, clinics and health-related industries.”
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