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I’m sure many of you have heard the news items on the Dow Jones, the nation’s financial crisis, WaMu, Wall Street and other miscellaneous stories on the the economy. OSU announced that it has entrusted its own student investment club to manage $1,000,000 (that’s one million!) after they did better than the professionals last year. [...]

From the South Lobby, fourth floor, Washington Convention Center:
Greetings from Seattle, dear readers! I know it has been a long stretch since I last posted but I have been running around like crazy at the National Association of College Admissions Counseling Nat. Conference this week. The whole staff is up here and we’ve [...]

Hey budding filmmakers out there! We all know that Oregon State rocks for so many reasons. U.S. News and World Reports is sponsoring a Youtube contest, “Why My College Rocks“. All you need to do if you want to participate is make a video about why Oregon State rocks then post it [...]

Wow!
I can’t believe it’s already that time of year. Our students have arrived for Connect Week! On my drive in to work this morning I was greeted by an ENORMOUS line of students waiting for tickets to this Thursday’s USC game stretching from Gill Coliseum on 26th Ave. to the Indoor Practice Facility [...]

A workgroup made up of folks from Central Web Services, University Housing and Dining, Enrollment Management, the TOUR office and Admissions have developed a serious upgrade to the campus map.
Some of the newer features include 360-degree shots at different campus locations, static campus pictures, and descriptions of buildings and programs within them.
Experience OSU 360! [...]

UPDATE: Video footage of Craig Robinson introducing his sister, Michele Obama, and giving a “Go Beavers” shout-out.
Here’s some photos of OSU Head Basketball Coach Craig Robinson introducing his sister, Michele Obama, at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Denver. Check out that Beaver-Orange tie! Good call, Coach! Check out the video clip of Michele’s shout [...]

You may have read JM’s posting on how OSU is currently a construction zone. This morning, that progressed into a fire hazard as people were forced to evacuate Kerr Administration Building. No word on the official cause of the alarm, but it made for an interesting first day of work for Lindsay Mitchell, the newest [...]

Happy Friday, Dear Readers!
If you have been on campus recently, you have probably noticed some big changes. Everywhere you look, there are buildings being renovated, streets being torn up and concrete being poured.

Thanks to kightp for the photo!
Besides posing a GIGANTIC obstacle for MKO and I on the way to grab [...]

Exciting news just off the presses! The OSU College of Liberal Arts has named their new Dean, Larry Rodgers , currently of Kansas State University.

From the official press release:
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Lawrence R. Rodgers, an associate dean at Kansas State University with a track record of liberal arts advocacy, fundraising, and creating [...]

Yesterday a group of about forty high school/Independent counselors from the Pacific Northwest and beyond who are on the Pacific Northwest Association of College Admission Counseling College Tour stopped at OSU to get a feel for our campus. I was able to run around behind them and shoot some footage…Enjoy!
PNACAC Summer Tour:

Are you [...]