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Corvallis has popped up on The Sporting News Best Sports Cities list.
While this is no surprise to this blogger, some see our size as a hurdle (pop. 50,000) to being a sports mecca. But if you’ve heard the crowds at Reser, legendary Gill, and Goss Stadium when the Beavers are home, you know how [...]

From The Oregonian:
A 7-foot beaver will be tearing through the streets of downtown Los Angeles today, piloted by two Oregon State University seniors.
West Linn’s Jeff Woolson and Tigard’s Brian Pavlukovich will hop into their furry vehicle and face off against more than 40 other contestants in the Red Bull Soapbox Race.
Organizers of the race, which [...]

The only thing better for an office of die hard citizens of Beaver Nation than having the actual Benny Beaver working here is a LIFE SIZED CUTOUT of Benny. He arrived today, we are oh so excited!

This is a photo of two of our Admissions Bloggers, Matt Ogawa and Blake Vawter with the cutout of [...]

SYNERGIES – News from the College of Health & Human Sciences at Oregon State University.
Very cool.
-BV

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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 [...]

Happy Friday, faithful readers!
Back from a long blogging hiatus…Sorry for the silence. START, OSU’s new student orientation program, is in full swing right now. The newest members of Beaver Nation have been treated to some absolutely fabulous weather as the stroll the gorgeous OSU campus.
Check out the video that’s been [...]

This past Friday and Saturday, OSU’s Kaleidoscope of Colleges and Cultures went off without a hitch. Students from across Oregon were brought to campus with one mission in mind: Go to College. Along with their students, counselors and community organizers traveled to Corvallis to learn more about college including the resources available to them, academic [...]

James and Jacquizz Rodgers are scheduled to open the annual Kaleidoscope of Colleges and Cultures (KCC) on Saturday, April 18th with a keynote address.
KCC is an annual event designed to assist students, especially those in underrepresented groups including first-generation and low-income, to better understand what college, college academics and the college search process is all [...]

Using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), three student employees of the Dixon Recreation Center and another student successfully resuscitated a heart attack victim who was using the Dixon facilities.
More details here and here.
Well done, Miles Dodge, Michael Tasman, Joey Jenkins and Ben Misley!!!