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Passion for Community

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

Life was not easy for Cristina Delgado when she moved to the United States from Michoacán, Mexico, when she was nine years old. Her father had just passed away, and her mother moved Delgado and her sister to Hillsboro, Ore., to give their family a chance at starting a new life.

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 [...]

A sustainable degree, from a distance

Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

Tommy Sheridan at times lives in a glorified tree house, and a houseboat on a remote Alaskan fjord. By day he dodges bears instead of traffic on campus. By night he watches the beautiful Northern Lights instead of a movie at the local Corvallis theater. He’s not your typical Oregon State University student.

Listening Post

Friday, March 11th, 2011

Like some peace and quiet? You can find it where scientists listen for earthquakes. On a remote hilltop west of Corvallis, John Nabelek unlocks a door into an underground bunker covered with bushes and blackberry vines. Inside, cold air bathes a rack of electronic gear fed by power cables that lie like snakes along the [...]

OSthankU Video Contest

Monday, March 7th, 2011

Darryl Lai recently won the OSthankU video contest. He along with several other students created 1-2 minute videos thanking Oregon State University donors. You can watch his video and read a short Q&A with him below. Thanks to everyone who participated and of course a big thanks to OSU Donors! Why did you choose OSU? [...]

Seeing the Divine

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Oregon State University Theatre will present Saudi Arabian playwright Raja Alem’s “I See God/I See Allah” on March 2-5 at 7:30 p.m. and March 6 at 2 p.m. in the Withycombe Hall Lab Theatre on the OSU campus. “I See God/I See Allah” was translated by OSU faculty members Karim Hamdy and Laura Rice. Alem [...]

Intramural fields, McAlexander get ready for use

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

Students are already beginning to kick a soccer ball around the bright green new turf on the athletic fields just west of Dixon Recreation Center. They’re reaping the benefits of a year-long Outdoor Recreation Complex project funded by student fees, which has greatly improved the facilities for intramural teams on campus. Students voted to approve [...]

“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 [...]

The Melting Point

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

The Collier Glacier captured Cody Beedlow’s attention the first time he saw it. He was eight, on his first backpacking trip with his father and sister in the Three Sisters Wilderness. When he laid eyes on Collier he thought, “Look at all that snow. I could ski on it all year long,” he says. Nearly [...]

Building Success

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

Hyung Seok Lee has always been a hard worker. He learned it from his parents. In his native South Korea, he worked at a KFC, worked 12-hour shifts at a taco stand slinging food. He ran deliveries for the fashion industry. He followed his passion for clothes and worked in retail fashion, and learned how [...]