First Lady, Michelle Obama, will provide the commencement address at Oregon State’s 143rd annual ceremony on June 17th. OSU President Ed Ray invited Michelle Obama to give the address. In the invitation, he cited her work on behalf of youth health and the university’s commitment to fighting hunger and obesity. The first lady’s “Let’s Move!” [...]
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The First Lady to Speak at Commencement
Thursday, March 29th, 2012PNACAC College Fairs Coming to You!
Thursday, March 8th, 2012Oregon State representatives will be at various college fairs throughout the northwest next week! The fairs are affiliated with the Pacific Northwest Associate for College Admission Counseling (PNACAC). These college fairs are a great way for prospective students to learn more about attending Oregon State and to get their questions answered about the admission process. [...]
OSU Graduate Haley Johnsen on American Idol
Monday, February 20th, 2012Haley Johnsen a recent graduate of Oregon State University has made it to the top 42 performers on the television show American Idol. Last week she was showcased with 3 other contestants singing the song “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes”. Her group was given the only standing ovation by the judges that evening. Tune [...]
OSU Gymnastics upsets Oklahoma
Thursday, January 19th, 2012OSU gymnastics starts the season off with a big win again No. 4 Oklahoma! OSU started slowly scoring 48.850 in the opening rotation on the vault. But the Beavers never scored below 49-points in a rotation thereafter. Freshman Chelsea Tang, who has taken her vaulting up several notches in the past week according to associate [...]
OSU Grad Pettit Returns to Space!
Thursday, December 29th, 2011Last Wednesday, December 21st a spacecraft took off from Russia on its way to the International Space Station. Among the three astronauts inside of the shuttle was Oregon grown Don Pettit. Don was raised in Silverton, Oregon and received a Chemical Engineering degree from Oregon State University. This is not Don’s first time in space; he has been part [...]
Placement rates for OSU students
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011Some numbers from the recent 2010-11 Annual Campus Report that are certainly interesting: Performance of OSU students continued to be excellent in professional certification exams: Engineering—93 percent on Fundamentals of Engineering exam (national average 79 percent) Exercise Science—67 percent on national athletic training association exam (national average 52 percent) Nutrition—92 percent on American Dietetic Association [...]
Amazing Race: OSU Professor and husband continue in the race.
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011The amazing race continues! Earlier this year we blogged about a couple who were set to compete in the amazing race Bill and Cathi, who is a professor at Oregon State University. First Blog on Bill and Cathi. They have been all over the world at this point in the season starting at Taiwan and [...]
The Dad’s are back in town
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011Dad’s weekend is just around the corner this event it a great opportunity for current OSU students to have their Dad or family member come to Oregon State University and participate in a wide variety of events this Friday November 18th – Sunday November 20th . There will be a golf tournament, rafting trip, comedy [...]
Oregon State diploma yields top salary
Friday, October 7th, 2011While we at Oregon State always feel pretty positive about what our students can achieve and where their degree will take them, it’s even better when an independent source confirms it. From the Portland Business Journal: Want your children to get the best salary possible after graduating in Oregon? Then send them to Oregon State [...]
NOAA’s Marine Operations in Newport, OR
Monday, August 22nd, 2011This Saturday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) dedicated their new Marine Operations Center-Pacific Facility in Newport, OR (also home to Oregon State’s Hatfield Marine Science Center). Heading that dedication was former OSU distinguished professor Jane Lubchenco, who is the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and the first woman administrator for NOAA. Lubchenco was a [...]
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