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The OSU Memorial Union and ASOSU Veteran Affairs hosted a Memorial Union Rededication on Friday, November 13th at 4pm. The event was meant to rededicate the union’s war memorial in honor of the students, faculty and staff at OSU who have served our country. Admissions Advisors Christina Nakada and Erin VanAusdal were in [...]

Everything in life is luck.

To whomever is reading this blog, welcome. You have stumbled upon the blog of a freshman at Oregon State University, perchance by luck, and for the next year I will be describing things that happen around OSU that I feel are blog worthy.
In the upcoming entry’s I will be describing myself, [...]

Corvallis is ranked as the 7th best college town under 250,000 people in the American Institute for Economic Research’s annual College Destinations Index. You can get the report from the AIERC website for free but you have to register to get the download link.
Here’s the rest of the top 10:
1. Ithaca, N.Y. (Cornell)
2. State College, [...]

As a citizen of Beaver Nation, if it’s new, stylish and Orange & Black, I MUST have it! I just stumbled across one of the USPS’s hot new offerings, collegiate stamps. If I do say so myself, the OSU stamps are particularly attractive. Additionally, a portion of the proceeds go to support OSU directly. Check [...]

Hi Admissions Blog Followers!

My name is Marleigh Luster and I have just joined the blogging team.  I’m an Admissions Advisor here at Oregon State and an alum of the College of Education.  I’m originally from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii and have been living in Oregon now for about nine years.  I’m excited to be working at Beaver [...]

The Powered by Orange folks recently held a vote on Facebook that allowed those of us who are Powered by Orange to pick out our favorite designs. You can check out the designs and the results of the vote on Facebook.
If you haven’t joined the Powered by Orange Facebook group or checked [...]

Kudos to Tristen Shay and Chelsea Whitlow, OSU alumni, for their efforts on the inaugural PRIDE Corvallis events this weekend.
From the PRIDE Corvallis web site:

PRIDE Corvallis is a group of community members dedicated to supporting the LGBTQ community of Corvallis and surrounding areas. We are excited to be hosting Corvallis’ [...]

I came across an interesting new site called “Powered By Orange.” It has some pretty cool stuff on it that’s worth taking a look at. My favorite part? Check out the link to the flickr page for Benny on the Move.
Here’s some video’s I found, one of which features our very own Alex Beck [...]

It is with mixed emotions that we say goodbye to one of OSU’s finest administrators. Emilio Vejil, Director of Financial Aid and Scholarships, will be retiring this year after 35 excellent years. There are literally thousands of students who have been given the opportunity at an education that they wouldn’t have been able [...]

Oregon State University students celebrated the Year of the Ox this week in honor of the Chinese New Year. The OSU Hong Kong Student Association hosted various events and activities in the Memorial Union Ballroom which included calligraphy, red envelope art, fortune telling and more (and yes, there was food!). In the video below, meet [...]