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The Students Have Spoken…Student Experience Center Approved!

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

After years and years of students meeting, lobbying, blogging, discussing, proposing and campaigning for the Student Experience Center, the SEC officially passed late Thursday, May 27th.  The Student Experience Center was approved with a total of 2,056 “yes” votes which represents 69 percent of the total.  There has been much excitement bubbling around campus about [...]

Get Ready for Pride Week 2010!

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Pride Week, Queerology: The Study of…LOVE…REVOLUTION…POLY-CULTURAL…COMMUNITY…FABULOSITY! The Rainbow Continuum is excited to celebrate the LGBTQQIA (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender
 Queer Questioning Intersex Ally) community during the annual Pride Week.  Pride Week will begin on Sunday, May 9th through Friday, May 14th.  The entire week will include loads of events, speakers, food, music and many opportunities [...]

Preview the new OSU Homepage

Friday, May 7th, 2010

Should be rolled out in the next couple weeks as they finalize some details. Nice work by all involved at Web Communications, the Web Steering committee and the implementation team. -bv

OSU information system down for maintenance 9/5-9/8

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Oregon State will be transitioning to an updated version of our student information system (Banner) over Labor Day weekend. Since this is a pretty big update, we are expected to be without access to Banner until September 9th. This means that we will not be able to process, search, review or update any applicant information [...]

Gatorade highlights OSU student in ‘G’ ad

Monday, August 10th, 2009

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

OSU Housing and Dining wins award for Dining Excellence!

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

One of the most common questions I get from prospective students besides admission requirements and costs is: “how’s the food?” I’ve always known that the food at OSU is excellent but now UHDS boasts a very prestigious award to back up what our tastebuds have been telling us for years. From Life @ OSU: Housing [...]

OSU students exercise their ‘power’

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

In a great article in the Oregonian, OSU students that work out on specially retro-fitted elliptical machines are returning electricity to the campus power grid. Is there any question that Oregon State University is leading the way in sustainability??? (the answer is ‘no’ BTW) Some article snips: Thousands of college students regularly hit the cardio [...]

OSU Housing gets kudos for gender inclusive housing policy

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Great story from the Chicago Tribune from a couple of weeks back. University of Chicago is implementing a gender inclusive housing policy following the lead of socially progressive campuses like OSU. Several of our housing folks were interviewed for the story. From the Trib: The University of Chicago, proud home of Nobel laureates, will undertake [...]

Oregon State University continues its Marine Biology leadership

Friday, December 26th, 2008

There has already been a lot written here on the Admissions Blog and other media outlets about Jane Lubchenco’s appointment to direct NOAA in the Obama Administration. Folks in the know here in the GPNW (Great Pacific Northwest) were already aware that OSU’s Marine Biology/Marine Science research, facilities, academic programs and faculty are amongst the [...]

OSU Professor to Head NOAA

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Just found this on the internets (hat tip to Blue Oregon): Washington Post- Lubchenco Will Helm National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration By Juliet Eilperin President-elect Barack Obama has tapped Oregon State University professor Jane Lubchenco, one of the nation’s most prominent marine biologists, to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Lubchenco, a conservationist who [...]

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