Category: Alumni
Posted November 17th, 2009 by Marleigh
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 [...]
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Posted September 23rd, 2009 by Sam
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, [...]
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Tags: ceremonies, new students, Sam, Traditions
Posted in Alumni, Campus Life, Events, Orientation/New students | No Comments »
Posted September 9th, 2009 by James
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, [...]
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Tags: AIER, American Institute for Economic Research, College Town, College Towns, Corvallis, Oregon, visit OSU
Posted in Alumni, Campus Life, Faculty, Undergraduate Students | 4 Comments »
Posted August 25th, 2009 by James
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 [...]
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Posted in Admissions, Alumni, Athletics, Careers, Powered by Orange, Undergraduate Students | No Comments »
Posted August 5th, 2009 by Marleigh
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 [...]
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Posted in Admissions, Alumni, Misc. | 11 Comments »
Posted July 28th, 2009 by James
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 [...]
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Tags: Contest, facebook, Heat Wave, Powered by Orange, Social Media, T-Shirt, Twitter
Posted in Alumni, Beaver News, Misc., Orientation/New students, Parents, Powered by Orange, Undergraduate Students | 2 Comments »
Posted June 26th, 2009 by Blake
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’ [...]
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Tags: bisexual, gay, lesbian, LGBTQ, PRIDE, transgender
Posted in Admissions, Alumni, Events, Faculty, Misc. | 3 Comments »
Posted April 8th, 2009 by Matt
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 [...]
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Tags: OSU, Pwered by Orange
Posted in Admissions, Alumni, Beaver News, Powered by Orange | 13 Comments »
Posted January 30th, 2009 by James
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 [...]
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Tags: Emilio Vejil, financial aid, Retirement
Posted in Alumni, Events, Faculty | 9 Comments »
Posted January 29th, 2009 by Matt
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 [...]
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Tags: Chinese New Year, Hong Kong Student Association, Noemi Wada, Stanley Yu, Year of the Ox
Posted in Admissions, Alumni, Beaver News, Campus Life, International Students, Misc., Undergraduate Students | 19 Comments »